Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-07-06

he ssiusnce which has crowned he
brow Of her persistent and honorable
industry.
To every right-hearted man Il Is a
pleasing thought hat the silver lining
Of prosperity so gorgeous over the heri.
ron Of Gold Hill Is turned TO every quar-
ter Of our land. One only spot seems
signally excepted. The mighty waters
which rise in the high mountains Of Ida
no, and pour along through thousands
OF miles to the Gulf Of Mexico, away
down upon the coast Of the far South,
In the EXTREMIST State which lines the
shores Of the Mississippi there the
wild food has broken from Its channels
and spread over the fields a desolation
moro terrible than the calamities OF war.
A generous people, who saw the confa-
grafton Of Chicago, and poured an ocean
Of succor TO that city. have not failed to
mark the miseries OF Louisiana, and TO
hasten with the c~ornucopia Of relief to
her suffering children.
II Is o grateful reflection for Is and
for all Americans, that in the closing
years Of the century since Liberty was
proclaimed throughout the land unto all
the inhabitants thereof. civil and reli-
gious freedom are cherished with a jeal.
GUS care. "a priceless jewels, protected
by the strong. invulnerable vaults OF the
Union.
The history Of every free people has
afforded some imposing event worthy to
DO celebrated in song and set apart for
popular commefhoration. America has
this day. which summons the farmer
from his pillow and the miner from the
depths Of the governed earth. Az the
hour Of noon has glided across the con-
tinent, even from the verge Of the At
lantic, our brethren in every section
have rendered a common tribute to the
day OF Independence. The closing
scenes Of patriotic rejoicing are NOV be-
ing enacted here by the vast Sierras, and
along the borders Of the western ocean.
In these realms. so newly embraced by
the arms Of tho Republic, the song Of
devotion Is as fervid rs from the rising
Of the sunit was this day under the old
bell Of independence Hall. or in tho
shade OF Boston Common. There must
DO something essentially true underlying
all the devotional pomp and ceremony
which js witnessed yearly with increas-
ing zeal. and seems to grow in magni-
tude and splendor with each succeeding
anniversary. Surely there In something
in the history OF the day, real. substan-
tial, and suspicious to mankind, for
nothing but that which is founded in
truth can be lasting-can challenge q
permanent admiration. and survive in
an enlightened public sentiment from
generation 10 generation.
what Is TRUTH" was asked o long
time ago in the Council Halls Of Jerusa-
lem. Of an humble Gallileean. II was
asked scornfully or in the way Of jest by
q magistrate Of the Caesars. The proud,
weak PLATE, the Judge. who paltered
with justice NJ others since have done,
waited not for an answer Of the man &c
cused before him. But the teachings OF
charity embodied in the life Of the Naz-
arine, have gone over the earth, and
rules over an empire wider than that OF
Augustus or the Antonines. Men have
differed and may differ about the mis-
sion OF the Judean born. That which
ought to be uneIceptionable, the spirit OF
charity, Of federation, the observance
Of the spiritual from the temporal, the
Church from the State, this is certainly
truth. Yet this truth had no place ON
earth till revealed by this day on the
shores Of the New World. Born OF this
day II is the noblest fruit which hascomc
Of the work OF man since God said let
there be light. II n golden chain be sus-
pended from heaven. as imagined by the
spiritual poets, its terrestrial end hangs
not in the palaces Of kings OIL the halls
Of Legislators. Governments, Parlia-
ments and Congresses can do nothing
for the immortal part Of man, nor trims
late him to the skies. The invisible life
Of humanity is not to DO benefited by
those whose Office it is to regulate COM
mercs, grant subsidies, and dogmatize
about finance, imitation and contraction.
The couupting influence Of power, the
fallibility Of rulers, the nonsense OF the
" Divine Right" Of Kings, tho sacred
ness Of established government, though
full OF rottenness, were absurdities to the
philosophic publicists OF l776. who led
the way to the revelations Of tho Revo-
luton. Their teachings have been trans
mitted TO us. and happy for mankind
will Il be, 30 long as they recognize pre-
eminent over the whole decalogue ofpo-
litical truth-the first great command
ment that freedom Of conscience In that
upon which hangs all the law OF social
order.
With this principle camo the intelli-
gent sense to appreciate the value OF re-
ligion. in its right and proper office, and
to understand that II tiourishes in health
and yigor, where governments have
nothing to do with Il, and where there Is
no State premium on hypocrisy.
When Il In asked then "what Is
truth" though no man can furnish an
aswer, that will cover all the relations OF
man as q moral and social being, there
In this mos. absolute rule for the prac-
teal guidance Of the citizen and states
man: that the welfare Of the many, tho
protection Of private rights, the main
tenance OF order. and the defense Of the
Commonwealth, are the Legitimate OBJ
jects for which governments are insti-
tuted among men. and that that which
cannot be bettered by the law maker. is
made worse by impertinent meddling.
know 10 definition OF a free State
which is at the same so accurate and in
structive as that given by the distin-
guished S~cotchman, Lord Karnes. 1.-THE
true definition" said he, "of q FREQ
State is where the Legislature adheres
strictly to the laws Of Nature. and cal
culates every one Of its regulations for
improving society. and for promoting
honesty and industry amongthe people.
The bane Of modern States Is that
tendency to special legislation which oe-
so largely the attention OF those
intrusted with this department OF gov.
eminent. SO prone are the members OF
those bodies to prefer the business OF
grants, subsidies and franchises, to such
As are Of q more general scope. and on
Germ the whole body polite. that sus-
picious men are betrayed into the belief
that special and private enactments are
more remunerative 10 those who promote
their passage, than those which Affect
impartially the interests OF all. Some
time AGO il was the custom to answer