Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-07-04
THE NATIONAL BIRTHDAY.


The ninety ninth anniversary of the
Declaration Of Independence suggests
among q hos. OF thronging ideas, few
memories OF the past and many hopes
for the future. With the past we have
little TO do. the hopes and fears, the i'm
pulses and intentions that actuated the
deeds of former years are dead with the
past, and the great shadow of time is
enveloping them in common oblivion.
Above and beyond the petty considera-
tons Of everyday life, rises on to-day
feeling Of joyful exultation. a feeling
latent in all patriotic hearts but called
into active existence by the day and it's
significance. The event which we CON-
memorate after his own peculiar
fashion-had a Specification and an
effect more powerful and far-reaching
than any other of modern times. The
spirit Of Liberty which had lain dor
mant in the breast OF man for many
years was revived by the action OF the
American Colonists. and from the plain
brick building in Philadelphia on that
July day in l776 was sent sound, the
affirmative echo of which is still rever-
berating in the despotic Businesses of
Europe. The cycle Of years has rolled
on until the rounded fullness Of CEN
fury is well-nigh completed. From
three millions of colonists on strip OF
territory washed by the Atlantic, has
sprung forty-fve millions Of inderend-
ent self-asserting sovereigns with ter
ritory, the vastness of which is only
equalled by its natural wealth and re-
sources. From manly assertion OF
rights and lofty determination to ac-
quire and enjoy them, has resulted
combination of valor. patriotism
and enterprising intelligence unequalled
in the history of man. In the arts that
embellish peace, and tho courage that
subdues in battle, America has but to
point to her history for her claim
to supremacy. There il not de-
partment of science, an attribute Of
genius. or an ennobling faculty OF M.
ture, that her sons do not possess, and
the reflection of what tho world would
have been without the American Repub-
lie, will be sufficient illustration of her
importance as q nation, and her bene-
fetal effect as humanizing influence.
The Union and its thirty.seven soyer-
eign States, each a mighty common
wealth in itself, is u living example Of
the potentially Of united action, and an
exponent of the eternal principles OF
liberty and equality. Distinct as the
pillows, yet one as the sea, on ques-
tions Of sectional matter, at times at
variance, yet on topics of national i'm
portance unit, the United States pre-
sents to-day an unbroken front and COM
mands, the admiration and respect of the
world. The celebration this year will be
attended with more than ordinary inter-
est. and observed with an unusual degree
of patriotic feeling. The eagle will fly
farther and scream louder. will rise
higher on the mountain gale and spread
his wings to greater extent than here
tofore, the stars on the national ensign
will shine brighter, and the shield be
FURNISHED to an unwonted degree of
brilliancy, for to-day the centennial year
of our existence as nation is ushered
in. On the next anniversary of the
birthday of freedom, tho compile.
ton of the century will be celebrated
with all the fervor OF feeling and
splendor OF design that the American
people are capable Of To-day. prospect
i've Of party feeling or sectional animos.
ity, goes up from all parts of the country
spontaneous burst OF enthusiasm for
the old flag and the principles of which
it is the symbol. Born amid tribulation
and suffering, and held triumphantly
aloft over many victorious field, il floats
to-day over country more united in
sympathy and identical in interest than
at any time for the last fifteen years.
Let US hope that twelve months from to-
day. when the booming of cannon pro-
claims the first century of the Republic
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wave over reunited country; and that
ignoring the past, and ptofting only by
its dreadful lessons, the American peo.
pie will determine on creating a future
history for the Union. of which the cen
tury closed will have been f,tiu.
preface.