Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-02-05
National Regeneration.

the lens of the enlightened historian.
But at length the day has risen. The
grand march of Universal Freedom rolls
from ten thousand drums, speaks from a
hundred thousand iron throats, echoes in the
tread of a million of men. The Idol OF the
swarthy MolUch is broken; the fires Of his
cruel furnaces are being put out, one after
another, and the broad track Of Desolation
cleayes the land Of the oppressor, Imperial
Labor is on the march. Belted, helmeted,
mailed in triple steel, he asserts his soyc-
reignty in this Republic. The puny children
of fictitious, unrepublican aristocracy may
not Withstand the march of the giant. Be-
reavement, widowhood, orphanage, deserts,
famine mark the road of his conquest; but
his commission is from God and his inhcri-
tance is a continent, and his achievements
will glow on the pages of history like never
setting sun. The nation is undergoing a
grand regeneration. Its repentance is in tho
vale Of tears; its medtations are among the
multitude of graves, its baptism Of blood, its
communion Of fire, its justification y the
Justice of the One God over all, and its faith
imperishablc. -s. ..a.r' .ss
What the reformation was to Christian Ed
rome, the present revolution will be to repub-
lican America-the uprising of Mind against
an insupportable despotism. In the former,
rebellious mind rose against superstition and
pricst-cralt; in the latter it resisted the az
grcssion Of an unauthorized and hauty aris-
tocracy who annihilated the rights Of men;
and with this advantage, that in the latter
revolution, the aggressor struck the hrst
blow, shed the first blood, threw the first bla-
zing brand. No less glorious and illustrious
than the first will be the last. Each was Il
stroke for freedom the one moral, the other
physical, and both under the nOblest inspira-
tiOns that can animate the heart Of man.
Who will arrest the whirling chariot wheels
of advancing Freedom Not the monarch
lists of Europe; for they burst not unho0k
the chains that hold down the throb5ing
limbs of Labor; they burst not land one hos
tile ship on the shores already afame with
the war-spirit. Not the Democratic party,
for it is Sinking down to oblivion under the
fiery glances of Freedom. - -.-..
Who would net have hand in this glori-
Gus recreation +? What child would notwish
to lay up, if it were no more than sand
grain, in the magnificent structure which is
to stand in naughty grandeur through untold
ages? Who so short-sighted that he cannot
see in the immediate future the proudest,
haughtieSt, most absolute nation Of the earth
rapidly oyerreaching the whole continent and
bidding defiance to the united powers Of Eu-
roper Oh, for hundred years of life, if il
were for no more than to see with the feeble
vision Of the ccntenarian, the still multiply
ing splendors Of the great Empire Of the
West, overshadowed by one flag, defended by
one people, the secure abode of Freedom, the
dictator OF all the nations of the world
Fe!lOw-citizcn, you who have stood never so
feebly in defense of the Union, have share
in that future national glory. Your children
may proudly bear the name Of one who was
faithful to his coutry i'll her most distressing
and respondent hours.-Sonora Flag. ~
REcuPER ITIoS OF THE GLoBE.-Thc skill
and cunning of man is continually busy in
turning out machinery whereby the labor Of
the world is accomplished speedily and success
fully. 1t seems at the present time that there
is hardly trade, or branch Of one, that is
not, in some way furthered by silent and skill
full tools. Amid all this material cause and
effect alc we in any danger of overlooking the
processes nature carries on in the bosom Of
the earth, and upon its surface. for the reju-
yenatiOn Of its exhausted forces and for the
sustenance of man as well The achieve
ments of mind are great, and the ingenuity Of
our countrymen is Of worldwide celebrity;
the subtle efforts put forth by Nature are not
only interesting, but also inspiring in many
senses. When the thoughtlessness Of man
would exhaust the generous soil that feeds
him, the trees shed their leaves, the trunks
fall to the ground and decay, brooks trickle
in and mUisten the earth, birds drop seed in
their flight, and To- in a little while the herb
are springs rank and luXuriant, coarse grass
grows heavily, and the soil fattens and wakes
mellow under its rich food. Forests may in
time wave over such places, only to be cut
down by the axe of the invading settler, and
turned to an account in the economy of the
world. Damp, mould and mildew convert
the acid bark and the fatty woods into manure
that makes the earth thr0b with renewed Wig
or. Are there not new mines also forming?
In the dark and silent labratOry Of nature,
fathomS below the surface of the earth, who
shall say what wonders are now transpiring
for the future benefit Of mankind! It is not
wholly idle speculation to dwell upon these
subjects, for we read daily Of the discovery Of
silver, of gold, Of antimony, coal, oil, and
long list of innumerable other substances, all
useful to man. These nature has been slow
ly gathering in for ages, until the adventur-
GUS foot of man roaming through the wilder
ness strikes upon the hidden treasure, and
forthwith distributes it to the world. by
what mysterious affinity or construction some
soils bear gold, others diamonds, and yet 9th
ers silver or rubics, no man can say; for nei-
ther gold nor diamonds have as yet been
made artifcially, and although the component
parts of these minerals and gems are well
known, there is wanting Natures own pro-
cess of amalgamation to make their prOduc-
ton at will matter of no mystery. While
man exerts his ingenuity to tear down the
mineral rock, or open up the bowels Of the
land, and rend from thence the Jumps Of coal
which are built up from the decay and waste
of previous centuries all over the known
world, other mines and other fields, and for
ests are springing up. or being slowly ell:
riehed by ceascless and never ending natural
operations. Whatever waste goes on is re-
newcd again; and if this were not fact, this
generation of men would have starved,
and future races would find nothing wherewith
to build or sustain life.