Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-09-10
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His sulogyf What parts Of human
speech can ~euloeixs him who 10 gomez
What brush Of artist, what pen Of
dramstis, what voice Of speaker can
depict u bsnsfscdon ofhis generous
life and the tragedy Of his heroic death7
His deeds may DO heard In tones that
sound like the blare Of trumpets. His
monuments rise from every rod OF
ground IN Dis cry sHisi suleey Il
written ON tan thousand hearts. Com
msrce commsmorstss his deeds with her
whitening sails and bar ladsn whayves.
Philanthropy sings the chimes OF all
public charities In Attestation Of his
munihoence. Patriotism sings poems
for him who, In the hour Of the nations
struggle. sent the ringing gold Of mercy
TO chime With the daAhing steel Of yalor.
CApplauss.1 UnAnnbersd desds Of pd-
vats generosity attest his secret munin-
esnce. Sorrow has found solacs In his
deeds. Despair has been lifted into
hope BY His voice. There are churches
whose hesysn-kissing spires chronicle
his donations; schools claim him
as their patron: hospitals own him
On their benefactor. He was the sup
porter Of art; science leaned on him while
her vision swept infnity. Tho footsteps
OF progress have been sandaled with his
silver. He hns upheld invention whilo
she wrestled with the forces OF nature.
He was the life-blood Of enterprise; ho
was tia visor Of all progress; he was
the spitoms and the representative OF
all that was broadening and expansive
and uplifting In the lie Of California.
Applause. Did you desire to show
honor and hospitality To- travellers re-
nowned In letters. arts or arms, Raj.
kton's was tho princely establishment.
Did you wish 70 forward . public or O
private charity. Ralston headed the sub
scription himself. Did you desire to
forward . new industry. develop tho re-
sources Of the State, start q new man.
ufactory and give hundreds Of husbands
and fathers contented and well paid toll.
you went 10 Ralston for advice and as
sistanco. He impressed you with his
power; he infused you with his energy;
he touched you with his esncrosity; he
conquered you with his magnetism.
His vitality wa like the fash Of stool;
his untiring ensU was like the steady
and swift flow OF the cataract; his ben
ohcence wa like q copious and search
ing philanthrophy Of Summer rain.
(Applause.l Itch you my fellow-cit.
lions, that In all public positions the
| Commonwealth OF California never own.
oil any moro valuable than this mans
life; Of all our public disastars she has
met none greater than his death. OF
all her shrines there should DO none
moro sacred from dissertation than his
memory.
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Who can hopo TO escape after Rails
ton? A star has been dimmed and
quenched by tho t~irelcss spatter Of
slums. Laughter and applause.l The
king Of all the animals has been slain by
the lsper Of all the reptiles. tUproar.
laughter and applause. The life OF w.
G. Ralston has been takon to crafty the
sordidnsas, the envy. the m~slignancy OF
. couple Of base wretches. tRenewed
applauss.l i am not here 10 attsmpt 10
cast reproaeh upon tho genius Of q free
press ~ But II piratic hands
grasp the sceptre and chsngs II to q
murderous cudgel. u its bellied sails are
blackened with fumes from hell and
bloaied with tho vapors OF charnel
houses; II. instead OF argoaies engaged
In fair trade We have slavers seeking their
cargoes in the fever-tainted jungles OF
slander-wrsckers lighting false beacons
10 lure noble ships upon the rocks OF
confidence that they may profit and
gorge their greed OF gain; pirates whose
decks are drenched with human blood
the blood Of their victins; II, narrowing
tho horizon Of It's opportunities down 10
spits and Islander. foul and falss and in.
human. the press becomes the plunderer
Of r~epataiions Of men living and dead,
then I saw TO You, svon rs the ma
tons of the earth combine for the
determination of the outlaws of the
sea. so ought communities TO
combine for the puttipo down Of the de-
mona Of Inc press. fC}reat a~pplause. I
Have va moi snch nirates AMONG ma