Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-01
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COSMOPOLITAN.
We're there less Of the sectional aud
more OF the cosmopolitan element among
mankind, we should all get along much
better together. Here, on the borders
of the great blue Pacific, where repre-
sentatives of oil nations of the earth
are commingled among the population.
one naturally feels more Familiarity in
clined toward all foreigners, and as
though he could make himself at home
10 any part of the world. And the true
American is perfectly at home wherever
he may 60. Liberal in his great CO.'S
mopolitan heart, he feels charitably dis.
posed toward the shortcomings percciv-
able to him in the governmental princi-
pies of all nations as compared with
his own, and is willing to give them all
the chance in the world to which their
degree of true enlightenment entities
them. The pride Of his heart is the
great American Republic. He feels
that there never was its like in the his
tory of the world, nor ever will be
again, and most unselfshly he welcomes
all the nations of the earth to its ben
efts.
So, too, at home, the national Amer
can looks to the good Of the whole ma
ton aud not to any particular section of
it. To him the man from the extreme
East is no better than him Of the ex-
treme West, and Northern and Southern
men are equal-each and all equal as
far as being mas is concerned. The ex-
istence of the country is his own.
Were there no America, there would be
no Americans. jealousy he watches
the movements Of all unprincipled, IN
%scrupulous politicians who, in order to
suit their own selfish ends would disin.
tegrate the nation or steal away even
the least portion of the territory thereof;
and voc be unto all narrow-minded dis
loyal vandals who would dare to lay q
destroying hand upon that great and
glorious temple of Liberty, the Ameri-
can Union, proudest, freest and best of all
Governments on the face of the earth.
We feel that we cannot more a%ppropri-
ately close this cosmopolitan sketch
than with our extract synopsis Of Will
Campbell's grafton delivered at Fort
Homestead on the occasion Of the
recent Fourth of July celebration
Mr.. Campbell believed that the man who
could not glory in the glorious old flag on
such an occasion as this, was no true Amer
lean. He spoke Of the progress made by the
nation since Washington's barefooted sol
diers left their bloody tracks in the SHOWS Of
Valley Forge and the close Of the Revolution
saw the United States established as one
Of the nations Of the earth. The doctrine Of
State rights never included the right to Sc
cede from the Union, but only the right to
common ownership in the whole country and
its greatness. No single State has a right
to claim any one OF the great men OF the no.
ton as exclusively her OWL. Washington
was an American; Fulton and Franklin
were Americans; Morse, Farragut and Grant
are Americans. No true American wants
to sectionalize himself asa New Yorker, a
Massachusetts, man, q Pennsylvania or q
fought at Gettysburg, at Antietam, who
marched on Richmond, or who followed
Sherman "From Atlanta to the Sea-"
were all Americans, and when again the
" long roll may be sounded will not those
veterans respond to the call as Americans,
and say their muskets are ready? From
field to field OF victory our brave soldiers
marched, until at Appomattcx Court House
was the elimination, and rebellion was dead.
Next cam the assassination Of Lincoln, but
then was taught the lesson the rebels had to
learn, that one man does not make a nation,
and the wheels Of Government moved on.
Ten States have fallen as stars from our
glorious flag, but to-day seven Of them are
Constitutions which irrevocably declare that
never more shall slavery rear its cursed head
in the land. Three more States yet remain
to come in. Before three months are at an
end, old Virginia will resume her ancient
place among the States OF the Union, and
once more the "Mother Of Presidents" will
be with Us. In illustration Of what influences
ure continually working, quietly, yet surely
in the hearts Of the people to bring the two
antagonistic sections into o final reunion, the
orator said: After the war some Of the ladies
Of Alabama visited q cemetery wherein were
buried the dead from a neighboring battle.
field, and after decorating with flowers the
graves Of the Confederate soldiers they also
decorated in the same name the graves Of
the Union dead. Sometimes I now imagine
that many a Union mother may, as she reads
or hears Of this simple yet kindly tribute to
the silent dead, think perhaps they might
have decorated the grave Of her boy with
those flowers. He was glad to see SO many
ladies present, and especially the little chill;
dren /: for these were the future fathers and
mothers Of the Republic. He believed that
the next census Of the United States would
show n population Of 100000. When a
man hereafter says that he does not like the
Fourth Of July, set that man down as a fanat-
ic. In conclusion he would give these two
verses from the great American Poet:
"Great God, we thank thee for thi, home,
This bounteous birthland Of the free,
| Where Pilgrims come from every land
To breathe the air Of liberty.
"Still may thy flowers untrampled spring,
Tbv hammers wave-thy cities rise /;