Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-12-16

of the whole country did not exceed three
lion, In row looking over the earth
and contempstine,ts empires and kingoom'
part and present, We may we'll exclalm IN
the same prophetic language, lime
noblest empire is her last.
The wonders of the ancient world, stu
pendous and magnificent as they were,
dwindle into ipsiguifcauee when cempar-
ed with the wonders of the modern world.
The pyramids of Egypt. the colossus OF
Rhodes, the temple of Ephesus, the hang
ing gardens of Babylon aud the wall OF
China, wane and flicker in dim obscuTl-
ty when compared with the Pacific rail-
road the Atlantic Telegraph, the Print
ing Press, and the Steam Engine. The
former wele monuments of human slavery
raised amid the groans and soldered WITH
the tears and sorrow OF involuntary toll.
The latter are the triumphs of mind over
ruatter, the ripping from the womb OF
nature the hidden powers OF the Divinity.
The former were designed to perpetuate
the folly and tyranny of q few, at the b1t-
ter cost of the many !; the latter Wera
constructed fer the welfare OF the whole
human race.
The colossus of Rhodes has withered
away, save from the pa Of NEUROLOGICAL
history; the hanging gardens of Babylon
have centuries since crumbled to dust and
ore now level with the plain The site
of the wonderful .emple a. Ephesus Is
leveled in the sand of the desert, and the
pyramids are year by year and partlcie oy
particie crumblipg into ruin. Ii is nos
for humanity to regret their djsappeafance-
hey ere raised in sorrow, they have
disappeared in desoation. They were.
conceived in vanity and folly, ana they
vanished off t face of the earth, leaving
the Aorld no better because OF their con-
struction. Net SO with the wonders OF.
the modern world; they have extended
the brotherhood of man; they have wid-
ened the dominion of mind and they have
raised the human race into regions of ex.
istence that no former age could comprs-
hend or conceive.
Along the banks Of the Tigris and Eu-
pirates where once fourished the grau-
deur and masnifcence of the Assyrian
and Persian Empires, now all is desolate
aud 10 s,hen, the p,oudes; monum nt5 are
Ieveled with the dust, and were it not for
tue imperlshable records of history, there
IS nought left to indicate the grandeur
that once fourished there. Palestine,
the land Of promise, that at one period
looked SO invit ng and fruitful from
Mount Plsgah, It's hills clothed with the.
vine AID the tig tree, and its valleys teem-
ing with luxurlance is now barren aud
desolate and lnhabi'ed only by wandering
hords OF Arabs. Carthage is completely
wiped out Of existence, and the Empires
OF Cyrus, Alexander aud Caesar have
centuries since been blotted from the
map OF the world, but Homer, Socrates,
He. titus, Zenophon and Plato, still live
and bless and instruct the world with the
tults of their imperishable minds. s &.
The empires OF the ancient world were
empires OF conquest and dominion Of man
over man The empire which We contem~
plate IS the empire of learning and the
arts, the dominion Of man over himself
aud over physical nature, acquired by the
inspiration OF genius and the tolls ct in
dustry, not soldered with the tears of the
widow and the orphan, not cemented in
the blood Of human victims, but rooted
in the harmony Of the universe and
borne upward on the swelling chorus Of
peace on earth and good viii toward
men" If there is any one thi g tha hu.
manity as reason to rejoice at, it is that
the late rebellion did not succeed in sew
erlug these United Sites Every Gu.
ropean sovereign looked on the struggIa
with anxiety and desired 10 see this eouu-
try t,tter TO dissolution. Thank God II
stands to day frmer than ever it stood
before, bright aud luminous beacon to
poor down trodden humanity all over the
world, and a terror to despotism
| do not stand before you tonight rs a
politician, but | stand before you as, a
man whose heart beats with warm svmps.
thy for thel whole human race, white
au1 black, and feel impelled to say that
| rejoice that The great big heart Of this
nation has spoken out in the late election
and said, We will protect the Negro--we
will not hand hun back again to the con-
troll OF his old master--we will give him
the ballot--ao loW make ham a man. g.
who would now deny them the rights of
their manhood had better cast his thoughts
owe Newburn and Wagner, and forever
bow bis head in shame. They did their
duty to you during the var, you now do
your duty to them they piloted your
soldiers through the swamps and cane.
breaks Of the south in the stiffness Of
night, aud returned to their involuntary
toll with the morn ng s dawn, and many
brave fellow to-day owes his life to the
sympathy of some poor, aged negress who
hid him and fed him. and dressed his
sores with love that was patriotic and
devotion hat was angelic.
In Switzerland on the anniversary cf
the revolt an4 victory of William Tell ia
the month Of July in each yeaE, the rep.
resentalives Of the United Cantons Leave
their halls Of legislation, cross the soft
blue waters Of lake Lucerne. to the chapel
Of Tell--and. as they approach, its portals
and doors are thrown open, and the or,
gan pealS FORTH joyful Te De4n Lau.
aa01us that renews in every bosom the
chivalry that gave birth to that little
mountain locked Republic FIVE centuries