Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-10-31
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rHeHKEa CKLRBRArSox.
The celebration Of the admission Of
Nevada into The Union BY The Pacific
Coast Pioneers occurred to-day. They
came down from Virginia on q train Of
eleven cars, escorted by the National
Guard, commanded BY General Batter
man. and dissnbarksd ct Fort Home
stsad. whore the following literary sxsr-
cisss took place. w. Frank Stewart, or
ator af the day, delivered the following
0rasis..
The srandsst miracle Of terrestrial
phsnomsna was the production and de-
vslopmsnt Of the human race. and the
crovning glory Of human excellence
rests alone with Tie white Caucasian.
While the dusky dsnizens OF farther
Asia we're dozing away the centuries in
stupid idlsnsss. the intrepid "path-hnd-
err" Of antiquity. the widsawsks Phos-
nicians, were whitening the deserts with
thar Caravans, marking upon the un-
troddsn sands broad highways 70 the
golden East, and Heating rich argosiss
TO and from the fruitful Wsst. While
the bronzsd lords Of the Nile wsre con-
tsnt 70 play the tyrant in t~ripl&wallsd
cities, secure behind the pondsrous gates
Of brass. the white Hsllsnss Of the West,
impsllsd by their Caucasian blood and
by the inherent FIRE Of thar race, were,
like . gigantic outtls-nsh. stretching
THAR mighty arms Of civilization around
the hahitabls globe.
Thus IL has ever bean. and thus II
always will b. Since the hour whom
the hst rude hisroglyphics were scrswlsd
upon the Chaldsan rocks. down to the
golden age Of modern civilization, the
Caucasian families Of men have ever
been the advance guards and most ag-
grsssivs pioneers in the worlds grand
march toward the goal Of perfection.
Pessy and experience alike proclaim
the fact that the Star Of Empire bears
westward in its course. The same rhst-
orici figure aptly applies to the advan-
cement and direction OF human snlight-
eminent. When the Prsmsthian FIRE grew
dim upon the altar Of the agsd Greek.
and when his palsisd hand was no longer
able to administer oil 70 the beacon
light Of civilization, up sprang white
young giant from the white hills Of
Italy. who Lit his torch at the Pickering
fame. and suddenly the Western World
was illunined by ia dazzling sffslgsnce.
Emulaing the. progressive energies OF
the Phmnioian, the Greek and the
Roman, the awakened nations Of the
West, followed the Star Of Empire be-
ysnd the Pillars OF Hercules. The
blussyed Saxon. the rsd-haired Dane.
the infexibls Teuton and the broad
fronted Norman, all contributed their
blood, THAR wisdom and their valor to
establish q nav nation. which, in the
prevalence Of God. was destined to
eclipse all former types in mental s1-
esllencs. To The remote and insis-
nincant isles OF Britain and HiberniA
gradually gravitatsd the enterprise OF
the Ph@nicians, the philosophy Of the
Greeks, and the Codes Of Justinian.
Grand Old Albion! Upon thy chalky
nights the spirits Of Pythagoras and Of
Plato revisited tho world to hold COM
munion with the souls Of Newton and OF
Bacon; and the long-slumbsring muse
Of Homer awoks upon the favored hills
to touch the harp Of Shakespeare with
mors than earthly measures!
From those diminutivs islss on the
margin Of Europe sprang the hardy
race Of pioneers who have for nearly
three hundred years psrsistsntly fol-
lowed the star Of empire through the
tracklsss wilds OF the New World. from
the shores Of the Atlantic svsn to the
ultima thule, where the thirsty God OF day
bathss his burning brows in the dark
waters Of the Pacific. To descant upon
the exploits. the hsroisms and safferings
Of the A~nglo-Saron race in North
America would simply involve an sncy-
clopedia Of the grand events which have
marked the history Of the New World
since the memorable voyages Of Cabot.
Americas and Hudson.
Suffice Il to say that, like the strag-
Cling vestigss Of q one mighty forest,
We to-day stand here upon the extreme
verge Of the western continent. the sole
survivors OF our generation. and the
last remnants Of that indomitabls race
the ProxxrHs Of the Far West.
You, my venerable friends, may
mournfully sIclain a. did the Mace
DOMAIN vanquishsr Of India: "Alas!
there are NO more worlds to conqusrF
Unlike the Macsdonian. however. you
do not look back upon ablacksned waste
Of ruined cities and dspopulatsd king
dems. A retrospective glance at the
paths ovsr which you have ~journsysd
iither, reveals only improved highways
Of human advancement. and the crown
ing triumph Of your efforts Is the per-
mansnt sstablishmsnt Of an expansive
popuisus and prosperous new empire:
Sometimes, however, tho retrospective
vision brings . sigh when memory marks
the lonely graves OF those who sleep
upon arid plains. or Of those who alum,
bar in the sounding sea, and . tear VIII
nov and then unbiddsn rise when we
dream Of those from whom We parted In
that sad hour.
which ehokss the nfs nom out Jouns
hsarts." .l
Even At the sunset Of our syentfui
lives the bright morning Of youth stu
elints upon nsmory's horizon, M .
feeling Of sadness steals INTO our hearts,
..whsu We remember all
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