Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-18
ST. PATRICK'S DAY ENERcISES

The anniversary go dear TO every
Irishman's heart passed very quietly
here in Carson. The exercises at the
Theater were OF a very interesting char
acter. As per advertisement the exer-
cises opened with Hon. T. ". Heaiy's
| OPENING ADDRESS.
FeIiow-catizens, Ladies' and Gentle
| men We have met on this occasion
| 10 honor the memory CT Ireland's pat
ron Saint WHO converted the people of
| tha, island from the darkness of Pa
| ranism TO the light of Christianity
TO celebrate in 3 becoming manner St.
Pstrick'S Day. The custom of COM
memora;ing great events Is almost
universal. and is OF all customs, per-
! hap>, tire. most grateful and beneficial.
| IL Ses ives the memory of great achiev-
menis and may serve as . subject for
emulation. Standing in the sunlight
Il The present, with double fronted
, minds. like Janus when his gates are
shut. We. III once, look forward and
behind. We peer down the dim cor
, rldors Of the Past seeking to discover
the moss OF Antiquity we gaze long
iugiy into the broad vista OF the Fu-
ture and in fancy behold the halo Of
glorv with which Hope, mighty linz
ner, crowns the distant scenes.
4 people who have sacred memo
ries must have high ambitions. The
commemoration OF good and great
events arises from, and is akin to, that
sentiment which causes the patriot to
Weld up his life for his native land.
Such y nation can never become ener-
waite or "effete." Superior force may
hold it in iron grasp /; the letters and
bonds may be too strong to be broken;
but the desire to break them is always
ibrobbing with the pulsations Of the
restless heart.
In the celebration Of this day there
is nothing which can offend the pride
of the citizen of any OF the enlightened
and progressive nations no jealousy
can be aroused no heart-burning en-
rendered no bitter or hostile feelings
called up: for surely the triumph of
Christianity, which is the foundation
of all Constitutions and laws, the pre-
cursor of Civilization, of Freedom, of
Virtue, of Intelligence and Progress,
should be equally welcome to every
Christian on the habitable globe. We
celebrate today not the anniversary
Of the birth of a new Republic
FIRST announced when the grand old bell
in Independence Hall rang out its joy
GUS notes upon the glad air proclaiming
to the world that this land was the re-
fuss and hope Of all earth's oppressed;
that 1.-The ideas of liberty imbided from
the purest fountains Of Athens and of
Rome" blended with the sturdy princi-
Die of Anglo-Saxon freedom, should here
forever find home; that here, inverting
the theory OF European nations as to the
necessity of one" king. committed its
destiny to three millions of sovereigns.
We celebrate to-day not the glory of an
ensanguined field where foe met foe in
embrace of death; not the day on which
Ireland foes were cloven down and vic
tory perched, triumphant, upon its BAN
ners; not aught that pertains to human
power or pride; but greater than all this
because the divine is greater than the
humanl, the day on which st. Patrick
turned the hearts Of millions Of pagans
to Him who spoke as man never
spake," until they stood redeemed,
regenerated and Disseminated by the
sublime genius Of Christianity. Surely
the baptism of q nation is an event in
commemoration OF which every Christian
on this wide earth might well participate
We live in practical age; materialism
is fast gaining ground. "Qui bono?"
What use? is the question We necessarily
ask concerning everything in the realm
of the human, and We press this inquiry
until at last it trenches upon the domain
of tne divine. Amid the hurry and bus
tie Of life, incident to the age in which
we live, engrossed by worldly aims and
private ambitions, each pursuing his
fayori.e phantom, we take but little
heed of the morrow, and seldom specu-
late upon the mystery of theology; but
we are not therefore idiots to doubt the
evidence Of our senses; we are not fools
who vii, not learn from experience; we
are not SO blind that we cannot see what
is forever kept before our eyes. Hence
we do recognize the potency Of a
fact; We do yield to the memorable
'.logic of events;'' We do see and know
for fact that all the nations Of tbs
earth famed for Science, AIT. Literature.
Liberty and Progress arc Christian La
tons. 1t was only under the Christian
dispensation that the Magma ChArts and
the Declaration Of Independence were
possible. The great love Of Humanity
iuculcated by the Sermon on the Mount
touched and softened the human heart
and eliminated in human rights and
human liberty. Printing. ''the art Of
arts preservative," Matchmaking, the
manufacture Of gunpowder. the spindle,
the loom, the cotton gin, the plough.
the Telegraph, the railroad. the steam
engine and sewing machine are all the
~ oil ev,1