The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-07-11


Mr.. President, Ladies and Gentlemen
! congratulate you, my fellow citizens
that we celebrate the ninety-third an
niversary of American independence
amid profound and general peace, witt
our flag respected on lsud and sea, oul
laws obeyed, our debt decreasing, ouI
credits appreciating, our prosperity en-
larging, and our nation marching on
ward to the fulfllment of the vision ouI
fathers saw ninety three years ago.
congratulate you that the fierce an
tagonisms asd batreds of our late civil
!, contest are being silenced by the mighty
anthem which time is ever singing In
our ears, and forgotten in the eager eff
forts of former combatants 10 achieve
renewed material prosperity.
Our kinsmen and our friends, indeed,
are sleeping in million fower-wreathed
graves all the way from Lake Pepin to
Ponchartrain, from the Sacramento to
the Santee-
"Under the laurel, the blue,
Under the cypress, he gray.
But if there be memories of battle and
of sacrifice, of sorrow and of strife, it
is not upon this national Sabbath that
we can recall them. Like brothers who
have quarreled, We stand to-day At the
knees of our common mother, and in
the soft hush Of her august and holy
presence the lips of discord are dumb,
while We draw peace from her loving
counsel, and inspiration and strength
from her mighty history.
In conclusion Mr.. Fitch said:
On this coast and in this State will
be witnessed perhaps the greatest growth
and the mightiest development. In
Nevada We have been for many years
almost devoid of connection with CON-
mercial and manufacturing cities, with
no navigable waters uniting us with
the sea, with NO lines of railroad, with
most of the necessaries of life freighted
to US at grea, cost by slow moving
teams, shut up with the gnomes of DESC
laIion aud toll, and vainly essaying to
disclose to our bretheru in the East the |
rich IS secrets of our prison house,
But the day of our deliverance cometh.
Already across our State the iron evan
gelist Of progress sweeps with mighty
tread. Other lines of railroad are pro
jected, northward to the Owyhee and
Willamette, southwark 10 the gorges |
of the Colorado, and before the compa-
mics on Treasure Hill shall exhaust first |
class ore, you will watch the progress of
the iron horse down yonder valley, and |
await the hour when our markets shall |
be supplied by rail with oranges and
figs from Sonora, aud oysters from the
Gulf of California. Here is a more in
viting field for enterprise and labor
than any which ever tempted human
ambition or cupidity. Here are the
doors of caves crowded with treasure,
waiting TO spring back upon their hinges
at the "opes sesame of scientific 10
dustry. Here is the workshop of the
genius who shall lift the burden Of tax
alton from off this people, by pouring
into the arteries of trade the life cur
rent of precious metals. From the ster-
lie SUBMITS oftbe Rocky Mountains to
the smiling valleys of the Pacific sea,
from ice-bound Alaska to sultry Ari-
iona, stretches . country whose devil
Dpment will be the work of the last
quarter of this century q country
" bich when that century shall close
will still be part of the great American
Republic, and whose people will then,
Is now, gather together on each sue
Feeding anniversary of the nations
birth and return thanks to the GOO of
1ations for that He inspired our fathers
10 found the free government their de-
'cendants shall perpetuate "till time
shall be no more"
Hail to this day and its memories +!
Hail to this nation with its present
,lor:es and its grander promises /! l.
Oh country, marvel of the earth
)h realm to sudden greatness grown"
)h mother land of our love, tho
of your progress is craven in
Golden characters upon the hearts Of
he adamantine mountains, and written
n beauteous volumes BY the side of
inging streams In the roar of your
attracts, in the rush of your rivers, in
be monotones of your oceans, we hear
mighty voice proclaiming you "Queen
mong the nations ~ Your arm that !!
ears the sceptre rests upon these Pa
ific shores, never to be lifted thence-Iy
ever while Shasta defies the artists !.
encil, or Diablo woos the poets Tyre, /.
r the Sierras lift their snowy summits )
, the skies, or the groves Of Cslaveras
aise to the clouds their giant forms,
lantled With the awful majesty Of in-
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