Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-07-05
OR.ATIO\

Hon. Dav. T.. Bailv, Orator of the
Day. deliv cred the following
COMMUNICATIONS NDGEN-
TLEMEN but a few short wears ago,
one of the mi-h;ie>t dramas ever re-
corded in the annals of time. was being
enacted. The theater WAS a Continent,
the audience Il world. the draM0tis
pcrsonr millions of men under arms :
the sccnhs were lighted by the lurid
blaze of once happy and peaceful
homes. II the orchestral music was
the shouts of the combatantS, the
shricks of the wounded and the groans
of the diving. mingled with the clash of
steel, the rattle of %nu>kctry and the
deep boom of cannon. Friend was ar
raved against friend father against
son, and brother against hrotherin this
fratric;dal strife and tur Il time the
fate of Republican institutions hung
suspended II Il WaNering and uncertain
balance. The friends and enemies of
Republican freedom, alike. We're wait
ing and watching with batel breath
and eager eve the issue of that dread
conflict. The II hoping and praying
that this fair fabric. erected by the toll,
and ccm3n ed by the blood OF our fore
fathers should still survive the trying
ordeal, and that man should still prove
himself capable of Self-governmcnt 3:
and the o,ier, with equal anxiety,
that il should fall Il Ila>> of diSiointcd
Fragments, and the divine right of kings
to rule should be Vet more firmly e,-
talli>hCd.
Happily, all this has passed away
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main. the wounds are closed. and in
the language of one of the yrratcst
statesman our country has Vet pro-
duccd. we. as a nation, still live:
and to-day are stronger, more firmly
united. more homogeneous, more
prosperous and powerful than Yer be-
fore, and stand the peer, aye, more
than the peer, of the proude>t nation on
the face of the earth !: our tlag is known
and honorcd throughout the world
our sails Written every sea our pro-
ducts are sent To- and received in every
quarter of the globe. and none need be
ashamed to say that he is an American
citizen. Ashamed. did | say? Nav.
he can point to the history of his couu-
try, and beneath the shadow of the
starS and stripes, and in II land.
make it his boast. his glory, his pride,
that he is Il citizen of this Republic.
This dire conflict, which is Yet fresh
in the memory of all within the sound
of my voice, WAS not the growth of Il
day, Il month or Il year: mutterings of
discomfort had long been heard !; see
tional jealousy had long been rife, and
the Snluuldering cmher> of discord and
Threatened to blaze forth with all the
ft,r<- .f civil war lint had ny .tt.,,
been checked. At one time by the
strong arm and iron will of our then
National Executive, at others Ivy ,u,i-
tual compromise and concession.
Still the storm WAS only STAYED: the
fires onlysmoulder'g.anl III length they
burst forth with 4 fury widespread and
destructive. which t~hreatcnedto enyult
civil and religious freedom and bury
them deep beneath the ruins Of Il com
try, till that time happy and prosper
Gus. Then every home throughout
the length and breadth of the land
mourncd for its loved and honored
dead. Then was heard on every hand
the wall OF anguish and the deep sob of
agony, OF those bereit of all tney held
near and dear q II earth.
Through this travail of blood and
suffering we arose Il new Nation, and
q verified indeed me Supiliiie WORKS
which have just been read in YOUR
hearing. All honor 10 them All
honor la the noble hand now mould
cred into dust that renned them
We. rs "A Nation, suffered much I:
blood Was poured out in torrents, and
treasure in almost countless millions.
That Mas the price. Was the gain AIDE
Quatc l hold to-day. and believe You
all agree with me, that IL was ana let
us ~icr>en,ly thank that God who had
watched overthe infant dcstinies OF our
people, that the issue wasaS il VAS. Let
us thank that God who had been with
jefferson, Adams, Franklin, sherman
and Livingston when that immortal i'll
strunitnt MAS written. that in this. our
irving ordeal. he had not deserted us,
and that ont of evil. To Us as II Nation
and n people, came good.
Many OF us may have differed as to
the Justice of the cause which pro-
duced this terrible national calamity
but | have found none of them who
participated i'll it that did not hail the
coming of peace with hearts filled with
joy and souls Overlooking with thank
fulnesS. Much more 81 "a this the
case with the hravest and best who
battlel OH either side. True courage