Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-06-30
LOVE OF LIBERTY.

Wha ~ntnuSlaSm THESE WOTuS Aluup
In every patriotic soul! About thi
time American orators r in training
for IL irrational anniversary the Fourtl
of July. The Constitution, with 1t
Fifteenth Amendment, will be exalted
and glorified that all men are borr
%equal-not with an equal degree o
talent, but with equal rights before thu
law; and that in this country "one /
as good as another while he behave!
himself as WE'LL" is now the order o
things. In the Old World monarchies
where rulers are born to their position
where protligate princes and imbe'
cile Observation-Disclosures support,
ed in place and power at the expense
of the. people, through taxation and
military force, the word Liberty has
no such significance as 1t has to free
and independent Americans. Here,
we are at liberty to choose our public
servants-we do not call them rulers
there, the people have no other rights
except to obey arbitrary authority.
The right of private judgment is only
accorded to freemen, natural or inhe-
rent. This right is incompatible with
monarchical or pontifcal rule. A true
Republican Democracy cannot co-exist
with the rules Of Popes, Priests, Kings,
Queens or Emperors. In a true De-
mocracy, self-government and uniyer.
sal representation is the rule under a
civil or a religious monarchy there can
be no such thing rs individual free
dom, liberty or independence. The
Pope, the King, the Emperor or the
Car, when speaking of the people,
speaks of-them as "his subjects" and
so they are. Here, the people are SOW,
ereign ; there, sovereignty Is inherited,
or, as in the case of France and Spain,
after a revolution the crown Is usurped
or bestowed. In either case it is con-
trary to enlightened civilization. The
love Of liberty is inherent IN man, In
beast and in bird. The child Is always
impatient of restraint. Beasts and
birds thrive best when ut liberty In
forest and in field. The boy, like the
young eagle, is subject to parental au'
thority and care. Each is expected to
have his liberty a soon as he can
maintain himself and defend his rights,
His natural course of development is
progressive. He is helplessas a child
but from a pupil in the rudiments he
becomes a student In science, art phi.
losophy, mechanism, commerce, legis'
lation and religion. Then, at n proper
time, he. Is released from "leading.
strings" and becomes q teacher, q
mate, a captain. Now, having learned
how to use his body aud his mind as q
personally responsible being, he throws
of parental restraints, and holds him
self accountable to God, to himself and
to his fellow-men. He Is now q self:
regulating, self-controlling, independ'
ent human being. He fears nothing
but sin, bows only to God, and Is q
freedom-loving, Independent human
being. With him liberty Is not license
he asks for no special "indulgences y
which are hurtful he Is a slave to nc
appetite, passion or prejudice ; he eats
only healthful food, drinks no stimu'
lants his affection is not lust, and his
prayer Is for the race Of man, rather
than for "me and my wife, John and
his wife-we four and no more, fol
Gods sake )" he sees good men In
other churches, and God in everything
his religion is not bigotry, but is faith,
hope and charity, with real devotion
and a willing spirit, dedicated to the
service of God and humanity. Such a
man sympathizes with the liberty-lov.
ing everywhere, whether 1t be In Cuba
or in Canada. Tho oppressive yoke Of
the tyrant will not be worn by one who
has tasted liberty, providing he be a
manly, self-controlled a But,
alas, for too many Of our perverted
fellow-humans-thsy are still slaves to
one folly or to another. One has an
%ungoverned temper, and he sins
through his violence; another has a
passion for gambling or h~orse-raclng;
another sinks his manliness and his
right to freedom In drink; one is the
slave to lust and to inordinate aftec-
tions another is mad with fashion, or
vanity, or avarice, or egotism, or SEN
suality. He alone is free, or fit for
freedom, "whom the truth makes
free." Education, industry, sobriety,
patriotism, l~iberality, kindness, justice
and godliness are essential to Liberty,
Freedom and Independence. When
we possess all these, we shall be In the
line of patriotic promotion, and may
throw up our hats and hurrah for the
Fourth Of July!