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Newspaper
Howland Bandwagon
Location
Howland, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1976
Page
2
A June 30 1976 page quotes from John Adams George Washington Abigail Adams and others recounting the first Independence Day festivities and expressions of revolutionary zeal. The text describes pomp parades bells cannon and public joy as colonists celebrate liberty and reject royal authority.
A reader urges more Bicentennial coverage of the Bill of Rights and the Constitution. The piece then surveys Thomas Jefferson’s life, roles, and architectural achievements, highlighting his work at Monticello, Virginia’s capitol, and influence on the University of Virginia. The National Gallery of Art hosts a Jefferson exhibition as part of the celebration.
A collage of pithy lines from Rush Madison Quincy Bache Otis and Jefferson critiques. The excerpts warn of faction unequal property power masks patriots and dangers of a large military while stressing citizen vigilance and the link between learning and liberty.
The quotation argues that government harms society when happiness suffers and urges a free press as security. It stresses that public opinion must be allowed to express itself and that knowledge empowers citizens to govern themselves, warning of rebellion if women are not valued.
A historic exhortation decries choosing wealth over freedom and servitude over self governance. It laments citizens lacking voice and urges independence, warning that those who stay may endure imposed chains while future generations forget their countrymen.
Ipswich minister John Wise urged natural equality and government’s duty to protect rights. He contended no ruler owes superiority over others and that good government seeks happiness and the protection of life liberty and estate. He was jailed for opposing British duties but his ideas influenced later colonial thought.
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