Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-07-05
Justice and Reason must hold sway, and peace

Red Moloch TO tho feast Of human carnage.
Be theirs the aecursed function to let loose
Ths dogs Of war, and havoc cry. To them con,
sign
The csnnon's thundor.soar; the crash of iron
The cleaning steel, dripping with brother.
And all the attendant horrors OF conflicting
hosts,
Which right tho world. and peaceful fields
With human gore incarnadine.
Now mark tho heavenly mission God hath
given you,
o sons and daughters, citizens and lovers,
or our favored land: To you condded
10 the holy privilege TO practice,
And transmit It throughout all coming time,
That wondrous announcement from the Great
White Throne:
On earth, peace; good will to men,"
More music by the band was followed
by the singing Of "The Star Spangled
| Banner" BY the children. The band
| played more music. and then Mr.. A. j.
| Stephens delivered a short and excel
lent grafton, which was attentively
listened throughout. and frequently
applauded. Not having the manu-
script we can give merely the follow
ing synopsis Of Mr.. Stephens remarks /:
FELLOW CITIZENS: Your committee
honored me a few days ago with an
invitation, not to deliver a Fourth Of
| July Grafton, for this Is no formal
gathering, but to make a few remarks
with Others suitable to tho occasion,
and said that brevity would be a pleas
Ing feature. .
II occurs to me to be peculiarly be-
| fitting OH an occasion Of this character
at times to dispense with the pomp
and show which usually attend the
| celebration Of this, our great national
holiday, and to come as we have to-
day. with our hearts filled with grail
tude for the blessing which the princi-
plies enunciated in the immortal Dec
Iaration Of Indepence have bestowed
upon US, led only by the fife and spirit
stirring drum which ninety-six years
ago summoned In haste a few thousand
sturdy and fearless men to fight for
the liberties we this day enjoy.
But we are not alone in this testi-
mony of love-forty million hearts
beat in unison with ours. Everywhere
throughout this broad Union people Of
all nations and climes, disregarding
the differences Of the past, have LETT
their labors and unite in doing hon.
age to the memory Of those heroic
men and their noble deeds which will
live forever.
Just ninety-six years ago, thirteen
colonies with n population OF three
millions, found themselves so OPP
pressed by the mother country that
p%atience had ceased to be n virtue, and
like the lightning bursting from Its
confines, electrified the world by those
magic words contained in their decla-
ration Of rights. Without an army,
without q navy, poor In purse Out
strong in heart, the heroes OF as raj
lied under the leadership Of the I'M
mortal Washington to combat against
the acknowledged mistress Of land and
sea, against an army OF tfty-four
thousand veterans, supported by a VIC
torious navy.
For seven long years that unequal
conflict was maintained. What priva-
tious, what hardships that band OF
dauntless patriots suffered during that
time, God alone knows; but the end
come at last, and with 1t victory for the
cause Of freedom.
In 1873 England acknowledged the
Independence Of the United States, and
rs n Federal Democratic Republic,
bidding defiance to the crowned heads
of Europe, she took her station among
the nations Of the earth. Our territory
comprised an area OF S0O,O 600 square
miles. There were no railroads III
operation or construction; no steam
ers, and no lines Of electric telegraph.
The country was largely IN debt, anu
the soldiers who had fought so bravely
through the revolution, were dis
charged and left In a state Of poverty.
Famine stalked abroad, and irreligion
and fanaticism brooded over the land.
Thus commenced q nation, which, In a
few years, was destined to be among
the greatest and stamp Its impress
upon them all.
At first it was considered by many
that a monarchy was the only stated
form Of Government, when such mel
as Washington, Franklin and Jeier-
son spoke Of . great Federal Union:
where all men should be free and
equal, they were told to look back at
the history Of Greece and Bone, anu
profit by their examples.
AT first 1t was considered that our
Government was q mere experiment.
II IL was, It Is such no longer, 1t had
Its origin In war, It sustained itself In
its infancy through a long, civil war,
and It has grown stronger and become
miShtier In the greatest civil strife
that ever conyulSed q nation, aud the
glorious emblem of American freedom
Still floats Oh the land and sea, "not a
stripe erased or polluted, not a single
star obscured."
He spoke Of the rapid progress made
BY the United States after II had
gained its Independence-its vast re-
Sources, and the character Of its popu
lation-showing that 1t was only nat
ural that 1t should be the Leading ma
tlon. He gave the statistics OF the
country, and predicted its future great
ness, He spoke of the amicable rela-
lions between the different sections OF
the country-of their rapid recovery
from the desolation Of war, and their
increased progress and advancement IN
every branch Of industry.
He congratulated the world upon the
Inauguration Of q new era In the settle
ment of great national questions oy
reference to arbitrators instead OF to
the sword. He cited Illustrations oil
the rapid advancement of other nations
withIn the past ten years, and that the
march Of Q better civilization hao
begun.
He stated that to tho women OF
America we " our present nign
moral character as a nation ; u cited
illustrations of nations like the Chinese
wlero their women are uneducated'
mentally, morally and socially, show.
inc them to be nations Of serfs; that
mems characters are formed IN the
sacred precincts Of home, and quoted
many Of the sayings Of Napoleon ana
other great men, showing their esti-
mate Of educated women In a nation.
He made an appeal to the youth OF
America, fired with honorable amoi-
tion, to remember that the American
system Of government offers bounties
70 merit aud worth, aud that The most
exalted positions are within the reach
of those who are willing to strive lor