The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-07-03
D,rthday.

day. II Il but few brief years since the fret
dawn Of our national existence; and yet We have
lived to dynasties rise and fall and the stars
Of empires ascend to the zenith Of their glory.
and then pass away like the ephemeral glare Of
the meteor. Forty millions Of freemen will meet
| in city and town. upon !csa.:sEt hills sud fertile
valleys, from ocean to ocean and from the lakes
to the gulf. to commemorate the 18th day Of July,
lT76 the grapdest epoch in the history Of nations
The living vital animating truths OF the Declare
ton Of Independence will be read from thou
sand stands; the soustirring strains from a
thousand bands OF music and the eloquent ora.
| tons OF American orators throughout the land to
teemng millions. will e!ectrify the public heart,
| and make glad the souls of men in contemplating
the virtues aud sefsacrihcing spirit Of our rev.
olutiopary sires. The Fourth Of July. for nearly
a century has not only been the theme OF school
boys and stump orators. bnt Il has engaged the
master minds of a Webster. Clay, a Douglas.
and the statesmen OF their day, and called out
the impassicaed eloquence of a Choate, an
Everett. and Prentice. Johnny Bull dashed the
spray Of battle against the rampsrts of Lex
! ington, Bunker Hill. yorktown. and Saratoga. con.
tident and defiant. but re-crossed the Atlantic
with disaster aud defeat for his companions. He
came to spank Brother jonathan but returned
spanked.
The American system Of government has with.
stood the shock of contendiug armies and the
flag of the Union now waves trum phantly over
every foot of American SOIL although covered all
with human blood. upon six hundred well
fought battle fields. Bullets and bayonets aud
the powerful and persuasive arguments OF shot
and she'll have tailed to cause n ripple upon the
sea Of national progress. We have nothing TO
fear from all the appointments and parapher-
MALTA of war, whether from foes within foes
without. Now. Ia the power of our strength and
the glory OF our renown, amidst the hozannas
and pesns Of Millions while all, with commend
able zeal and enthusiasm, laying aside for the
time partisan feelings and prejudices, meet upon
| one grand, coumOn platform. as Americans, upon
this day of national jubilee, TO commemorate the
deeds of daring aud heroic valor of our fathers.
let us inquire wherein danger may lie whether
or no all may not be lost in the anguish and con-
vulsye struggle of some Fictitious hour, and ia.
fanny, deep, dark, degrading infamy may not be
stamped upon our brows and heaped upon
| hearts with a mountains weight. The fearful
engine OF destruction which is now threatening
| the dearest rights and liberties Of the American
! -itzen and the very existence OF that system Of
! government established by the incortuptible
patriots of l7T6. is party-political party.
Through the machinery of party our popular
| elections have become popular farces. Corrup.
tiOn and fraud stalk through the land and with
brazen impudcuce they have seated themselves
in power IN both high and low places. without re.
buke. In the hot scramble for Office aud the
emoluments thereof. partisan success is the first
! and the only consideration. The seats in the
| councils OF tho nation. once filled by Americas II.
lusirioas dead, are now chiefly occupied by COR
rGpt partisan phitrOons. We claim not that the
party in power is more corrupt than its organized
gor!s. or that the elevation Of any Of the
other political organizations as they now exist
would add anything to our strength or safety.
| The people should not suffer themselves to be
! hoodwinked in:o the support Of men and meas.
ures they cannot ard do not indorse. Our pgli,i.
cal wire pU!irrS pat up the ticket al the primaries
give Us the names of the nominees. and lash utu
| the party traces all who have not the indcpen.
dence ant manhood To- think aul act for them
selves. Well may we tremble for our boosted
liberties and beloved republic. when political
tricksters 60 into the market and purchase with
gold not only tho votes Of the rebbie but the
votes Of legislators. Nevada has not as vet been
represented in the Senate Of the United States by
the free choice of the people, and what is said Of
this State is equally true Of many other States OF
late years. Let stand by the ancient land
marks erected by the sages OF the revolution; dis.
card party, cut Loose from party ties adopt sound
principles and elect honest aud intelligent men AS
our public servants. Modern party politics has
| too many tangents. We have too many unpriD-
cipled political quncks and iackknife states
men, who aspire to aid are elevated 10 places so
far above their capacity that they becoming dizzy
from the glddy nights, wonId pull down the TEN.
pie OF liberty to save their miserable carcasses.
UNITED STATES SURVEYING PARTY.-The. sur
veyors under Deputy A. J. Hatch have town.
shipped and sectionzed most Of the arabic land