The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-07-06

of over four hundred years maintained
its exalted supremacy. until the reign of
Charles /, when the Pelican minors
sailed across the Atlantic, enacted a
law prohibiting any but church mem.
bers from holding auy Office of either
profit or trust. This had a tendency
TO make the Office seeking Pelican ele
ment bow their heads in reverence and
seek for bottom facts. And when the
great Pelican tidal wave sweeps over
the country in November next we pro-
pose to christianiZe the United States
by making such law. Then the roar
ofthe Niagara will be as the musical
buzz Of a Humboldt mosquito COM
pared to the deafening roars made by
the Tapping of Pelican wings to join
some one of the Christian denomina-
tions, including the division of the
school fund, with the cherished hoce
Of getting post-iradership at fort Sill
or some other Pelican locality. 1t is
true that from the reign of the mex
perienced and stubborn Charles the
until the despotic, stupid aud thick
headed George the III asceEded the
the English throne Pelicanism was
| trnmps and neither North nor South
| America had a Dom Pedro to play
| And | undertake TO make the con.
sumptivc statement that no system of
| logic can disprove that we are indebted
| to orr party for the liberties we enjoy
to-day. 10 March. 1865, the English
Parliament passed the odious Pelican
Stamp Act. BY the provisions Of that
| Act every document issued by the
authority of the Colonies had to bear
force. When the provisions of this
Act reached the Colonies the pent M
feelings of patriotism of the people
burst forth like bottle of ginger
snaps. The members of the Virginia
House Of Burgess jumped stiff legged
| and turned btck-handsprings uatil the
people of the Colonies went iuto a
series of high and lofty tumblnes,
alighting on the 4th day of July, 1776,
| right side mp on the Declaration of
Independence. And when the old
brllman sounded the first note of
| Freedom | guarantee that no bell ever
had such a pullback since that time.
AS every marriage license had to bear a
royal stamp of five ponds or less Utah
to-day would BE- bowling wilderness
and Brigham Young pauper More,
every bill had to he stamped, eonse-
seqaen,'y every Pelcan's bill before
me would have to be covered with a
great. green plaster marked four pence.
Aud as political organic .tion we
heartily indorse the princi rles of reta-
tation in Office as enunciated during
Thomas Jefferson's administration.
That is, we believe in rotating Demo-
Gratis and Republicans out of Office and
rotating P-Iicans in. There mas not
been time. siuce JET erson's admins.
tiation that we could not have success.
fully rotated. provided we could have
segregated from the other political
parties. But with the present cheer
ful outlook We propose to establish our
selves square upon the issues that are
before the people. The question of
finance is undoubtedly the most i'm
portant Issue that is agitating the
minds of the Americans to day. The
Democratic party. by the report of the
finance committee to the lower House
of Congress. have shown determine
ton to endorse a resolution so worded
as to be construed to mean either hard
money or rag baby. In other words
the citizen who is in favor of a carrency
that has metallic ring. may read it,
ponder over it. and vote for it, with the
honest conviction that it is strong
declaration in favor of hard nnshrink-
ing collateral. On the other hand the
sound Democrat who is in favor of
manor manay NAV vota ac copsiofant1y