Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-07-08

Frenchmen pant for liberty, strug-
Cling for they will conquer it, if not as
completely as we enjoy it, certainly in
a more advanced degree than they now
possess it. #..-1
1t was so with the mountaineers of
the Tyrol contending against the first
Napoleon. Hayti under the leadership
Of Toussaint L'Overture destroyed
the power Of France and Spain in that
Island, and achieved her liberty.
Mexico, under Juarez, defeated the
Austrian Maximillian. Crete. by her.
bravery, extorted concessions from the
throne Of the Crescent.
John, of England, conceded the Mag
ma Charta The day and events we
now celebrate, repeat the truth of his
tory, that a people who long for, and
are willing to fight for liberty, if not
gained in its fullest Specification OBJ
tain rights before denied.
England is also nearing our stand
ard of liberty. The extension of the
right of franchise to tenants paying
certain rentage, the disestablishment
of the Irish church, and the repeal of
obnoxious laws clearly show that En-
glishmen can learn something from
America
At our doors we hear the thunder of
revolution in Cuba. There can be but
one aspiration from every true Ameri-
can heart, that Cuba long oppressed in
civil, political and commercial rights by
Spain, will throw off the yoke SO bur-
densome upon her material interests
and civil rights that the lone star of
her flag will add one more to ours.
In material wealth and prosperity the
history of our country for the last five
years has never been equalled. The
greatest event, the building and compile
ton of the Pacific Railroad, is an event
which ought to receive more than a
passing notice. Through almost insur-
mountable difficulties and incredit-
able hardships, the iron rail has been
laid. Bridging the Mississippi, Missou-
ri and Platte Rushing out into the
heart of that great wilderness, on our
continent every mile constructed
leading into new depths, and difficult
ties as they left civilization behind,
like the advance of an army that knew
no retreat. Climbing hill after hill,
Sierras after Sierras up the peaks of
the Rocky Mountains, that back bone
of the North American continent,
stretches the iron rail. Driving back
the Indian and buffalo, changing the
face of nature undisturbed since that
time when the fiat went forth "let
there be light onward through sandy
plains, and forest groves and stately
pines. Onward down the mountain,
past those monarchs of the forest still
standing in leafy beauty where they
stood and budded thousand years be-
fore the Christian era onward through
Kanzas, Nebraska, Idaho, Montana,
Utah and Nevada, till our eyes behold
and our feet rest upon the shores Of
San Francisco Bay.
IT'S the greatest feat of engineering
skill, and the most persistent endeav-
ors in the face OF the most obstinate OBJ
stacles the world has ever known. With
this mighty highway and artery of life
completed, it opens new pathway for
commerce, and gives to us the almost
exclusive trade with China, Japan and
the eastern coast of Asia. Already the
swarthy millions of China seek our
shores. 100000 coolies are now esti-
mated to be in California. The prob
lem by no means easy of solution, will
soon present itself before Congress and
the people at large, viz. What is the
legal and political status of the China
man F? Who can doubt that in q few
years, five to ten millions of the three
hundred and thirty millions of China,
will not seek the American shore.
| What privileges shall we grant to
them What rights deny them? Five
or ten millions speaking one language,
believing one faith, knit together by
the common ties of common country,
and d similarity of condition, cannot,
will not long remain as hewers of wood
and drawers Of water. If then the cleo
tive franchise should be granted to
them, and these five or ten millions in
a quarter or half a century should in
crease to thirty millions what will be
the effect upon our laws, our customs,
our political rights, and religious in
stitutions? will not attempt to an
swer these many and perplexing ques-
tions. 1t is evident the field widens
rapidly; is of vast extent, and the solu-
ton of this problem will call forth the
highest test Of liberal craftsmanship
and christianity.
The opening of this and other new