The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-07-07

lions Of human beings, and slavery died-and
upon its tomb should be engraved, Murdered
by its advocates. 1t clothed four millions of
human beings in the habiliments of citizen
ship, securing to them the right to protect
their persons and property in all the Courts /;
it placed in their hands the right and privi-
lege of educating their benghted minds
| (minds benighted and benumbed BY slavery
and its consequent degradation)-a privilege
formerly withheld thereby enabling them to
read the Word of God-to study out their
souls salvation in the Book of Books, as
taught by the meek and lowly Nazarene.
Those relics of barbarism-the God-ab-
horred, slave auction stands, and the brutal
whipping-post, are forever abolished. And
in their places are now, or will be, seen the
public schoolhouse the peoples college
where the dusky African can enlighten his
immortal mind and the house of God with
its spire pointing heavenward. This for the
third and greatest drama in the history of our
Republic.
| America its natal dav, the Constitution.
The heroic dead-that fell upon the field of
battle, to create, defend, and perpetuate the
| Government. Is there a being within the
territory of the United States to whom these
| words do not cause thrill of honorable
pride !? Can there be single American citi-
zen who can look up to the bright sun on
| this glorious anniversary, remembering it to
| be the same that rose upon the intrenched
patriots at Bunker Hill, beamed upon the
deadly conflict at Nicksburg and Gettysburg,
| without feeling prayer of thankfulness in
his soul that the Stars and Stripes are the
colors that he had the privilege to protect.
We are all American citizens-come we
| from the North, the South, the East or the
West /; one great bond of sympathy un.tes
US all, we have the same interest and hopes
and the great bosom OF the Nation throbs
with patr iotism as hiding as il is sincere.
Upon every battle field of the Revolution,
men of different countries and religions
firmly joined in the holy cause of Liberty,
mingfing their blood as they fell, and their
voices and shouts of triumph If they won.
We all own a share in the possessions be-
queathed to US, for our fathers were as
brothers, aud we should be likewise.
Combined we compose the Gordian Knot |
that no sword of Alexander is keen enough |
to sever; divided--out there will be no di- |
vision, except the sea divides beneath the |
vessels keel to speed her progress home. |
When | think of the bitterness existing,
one against another, among the citizens Of
this Republic, it seems TO me this anniver
sary should prove the Bethesaida for all
wounds. This day should be one of recon !
element, of patriotic emulation, of national
spirit, of laudable pride, of conscious glory.
We should bear in mind the deeds of Wash
ington, Marion, kosciusko, and La Fayette;
the labors and devotion of Jefferson, of Ham
ilton, and Paine. We should go in spirit |
to the tomb at Mount Vernon, and all our
battle fields, where our soldiers have moist
ened and made sacred the soil. in the holy
cause of Liberty TO the battle field of Get
tysburg, kneel at the base of the monument,
and pray God to perpetuate and protect our
country-let US go as to patriotic Mecca,
an INC I'M he Of fho INN,
tai dust, beseech continuance of blessings
on our beloved land, and quicken recollec
ton Of the wholesome counsels the heroes
left to guide US in our DAYS of darkness and
doubt. How could we then be longer es-
tranged Would not the shades of the
mighty dead be near, and our better nature
exert itself to pardon and forget: We are
the natives Of Columbia, the descendants
of the sires of '76-and until FIRE and water
minge, we cannot, l believe. vex with seri-
Gus dissensions the honored ghosts of the
glorious dead.
But let me turn from that which may be,
to that which is-the greatness, beauty, and
glory OF our Country, whose name stands
proudest on the list of nations, and whose
prosperity is written upon every portion of
her fertile soil, and mines of precious metal,
and in her almost countless railroads which
thread the country all over, binding the
states together WITH nos OF steel. |
l am proud to say, our young nation has
made history which will shine through the
long night of distant centuries, however
dark and tempestuous. and be brilliant in
the armament, when other lights have faded
and have been forgotten. We are expanding
and Strengthening by a natural law, by a
constant reaching out of civilization and
freedom. SavageAess, barrenness and ieno-
rance are rooted out II our progress, and we
establish in their stead, intelligence, virtue,
nd liberty. We are influenced By an agency
superior to ourselves, which in full sympathy
with a government like ours, gradually ex- :
tends its blessings over our States, Joined to
oar bright contederacy. The forests fall, r
the hills cyumble, slavery disappears the
altar of freedom arises in their places,
and upon it burns the flame which lights Y
up the earth and sky till the stars APP {
Dearto reel i'll joy at the gladdening blaze
below. We are spreading onward and on
ward, yearly filling more and more our
;ast territory between the mighty oceans
he happy homes Of the West, strong and a
rigorous, spreading like the bantam tree
drawing nearer ana nearer to the homes in
he Atlantic States, and the starry banner of a
he free over the new field of labor, and the
blaze of the Union over all.
Ninety-two years ago the instrument of
,ur liberties received the sanction of those 5
,rave spirits who in its support pledged their s
8 lives, their fortunes, and their sacred
lonor." Only ninety-two years ago, and
low wonderful have been the results. No
Imagination could then have painted what 4
yp would become. no sober mind could then |