What to the Slave is the 4th of July.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There are lots of emotions that go with the Fourth of July.
May it be long before the people of the United States shall cease to take a deep and pervading interest in the Fourth of July, as the birthday of our national life, or the event which then occurred shall be subordinated to any other of our national history.
No other date on the calendar more potently symbolizes all that our nation stands for than the Fourth of July.
So May 4th in the labor movement has always been an important date.
I always have the most fun on the Fourth of July. You don't have to exchange any gifts. You just go to the beach and watch fireworks. It's always fun.
A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.
We are the first to honour the memories of those who perished through slavery, by declaring August 1 as Emancipation Day.
Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15.
What good to me is the festive garment of freedom when I am in a slave's smock at home?
In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in that we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.