The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-07-06

tue nature OF ulVlne excellence, as
do rosy bowers and picturesque hill.
sides when lit up by salient beams,
approximate natural perfection.
England has been happier and bet
ter for these contests and for these
lessons. She has advanced in civili-
cation and the arts, guided and di-
rected by the teachings and expert
ence of that age. Her power has
grown greater and her influence ex-
tended further. Her citizens are
happier and in the enjoyment of
rights of person and property, freed
from the surroundings and trammels
of the feudal system. The memo
ries of the men who acted upon the
one side or the other of these great
questions are enshrined in the
hearts of her people, and that which
is noblest and best in their charac-
ter, preserved and honored upon the
pages Of her history. May we not
hope, nay, do we not feel, fellow cit
liens, that something to the great
interest of free institutions has been
developed by the conflicts of minds
and of arms through which We have
passed? Have We not developed the
strength and the weaknesses of our
cherished system of representative
government? Are We not to-day
more deeply impressed with the
great necessity and justice of our
cardinal system of taxation with rep
resentation than wen upon this year
ninety-tive years ago? Does any sin
cere man have any less confidence in
the devotion of all our people,
North and South, to tie great funda-
mental principles of our system?
Do We not all love and venerate the
teachings and the men of the revo-
luton to-day as in 1116? We have
the same common interest in the
memory and career of Washington,
Adams. Jefferson and Madison. Lex
ington and Bunker Hill. Saratoga
and Yorktown, and all the reollec-
tions which cluster around the sol
diers and statesmen of that heroic
age of the Republic, belong to Us
all as American citizens. The great
plan then lnaugurated has been
changed in no fundamental respect.
and the observance of the Constitu-
ton and regard for the rights of all
as therein guaranteed, are demanded
of the citizen now as then.
We must not give up the traditions
of our land, but whatever may be
the views of men and of parties,
however it may be desired to construe
the fundamental law to CRAFTY the
prejudices and hate of the one. or to
satisfy and promote the impulses and
interests of the other, let us hold
fast to our liberties. We can always
meet upon the common ground of
our traditions, and of respect for the
interests of the people.
Upon an occasion when Mr.. Web
ster was to address the people of
Charleston, during a stormy period
in our past history, a gentleman
friend of Webster's asked his little
son if he did not desire to 90 and
see Mr.. Webster, the little fellow re-
piled: If it is the same Mr.. Web
ster who made the spelling book.
and sets me so many hard lessons, |
never want to see him as long as |
live" The great statesman, in re
lating the incident to the people of
tina. city, said: Il am that Mr.. Web
ster who holds sentiments on some
subjects not altogether acceptable, |
am sorry to say. to some portions of
the country, but | set no lessons; |
make no spelling books. If I spell
ont some portions of the Constitu-
ton of the United States in a man
ner different from that practiced by
others, | readily cOncede, neverthe-
less to all others, a right to disclaim
my spelling and auopt an orthogra-
ply more suitable to their own opin-
ions, leaving all to that general pub
lie Judgment to which we must i'll
the end all submit" The great ora
tor, in that incident and by that SEN
timent, did set a lesson of conserva-
tism and concession the learning and
observance of which cannot but lead
to the happiest results, where the
people are the source Of all political
power. Human minds and hearts
may be influenced by many senti-
ments and passions in common
in the affairs of Government,
though for the time arrayed against
each other in martial conflict. Illus
~trative of this l have seen a beauti-
full and touching example during the
late war In the month of Julv