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

TO-DAY.
While liberty Il loved and courage
hoaorsd the event. whose huudredth
birthday Ne celebrate to-day, will be
commemorAted wherever tie sentiments
find an affirmative echo. The future
historian viii consecrate bis fairest page
to the achievements OF those who title
won yet honor lent to manhood; the
men who braved the earliest danger and
swept obstruction from the path of
those who we're to follow. Their wills
were cruciblss in which their weaknesses
we're purged - BY are and ~ they bull.
for posterity 90 should posterity honor
them. The highest need Of honor we
oan pay them. consists not of words bat
deeds. not in Wanting speech but In
integrity Of action. II 10 for Us. to-day,
to take up and carry forward the work
80 happily begun. that In our day and
generation We may not be found derelict.
There have been errors In the past,
there may be mistakes In the future, but
the duty Of that lies nearest tho present
stands out in distinctness unaffeotsdlby
past regret or future foreboding. The
Centennial anniysrsary Of the Declare.
ton of Independence finds population
OF half hundred millions, one thou.
sand years. ~ years 60. in advance of
those who framed that form OF govern
msnt Il should be our first desire to per-
petuate. The importance Of sensible
action In the present. il commensurate
with the magnitude of the destinies in.
volvsd and as pebbles in soant stream.
lets turn the course Of smbreyo rivers
90 will apparently triAing mistakes
divert from its proper course. the stream
Of life. that daily increasing, sweeps on
ward--with gathering power and in
creasing force. II 10 the brave deeds OF
thouands of gallant spirits that have
given Va this day and brought
10 fruition what was once de ON.
ed vain. Those deeds speak
to us to-day in more eloquent voice than
living tongue can utter. Whatever en-.
bers Of sectional spite or jarring jealou sy.
whatever Of bitter memory or smo ulder.
ing wrong exists should turn to ashes
before the glare Of the Centennial noon.
day. The blessings that We now enjoy
have been bought at fearful cost and
are not insured to rs except BY constant
care. Yet the future lies before rs with
fair promise. Much Of what was gross
and malignant has been purgsd from our
midst BY terrible Christening. and what
ever Of error existed in the past has been
amply atoned In the nations suffering.
Our country will rise to . hight Of
grandeur or sink to q depth of dsbase-
msnt. just ~ We, % individual citizens.
shall determine. In this way tho ma.
tons destiny. Its future power or weak
ness. lays In our hands. Az our lives are
SO viii the nations life be. and II We
weakly use our opportunity in vain has
the present imposing structure been
reared. During the Revolutionary
period. the thickening fumes OF foreign
cannon scented the cir OF Lexington and
Saratoga, the patriot Of that day fought
to tho glorious end those who sought to
fasten upon him the ancient chain of
despotism. That was his work, and
we'll he performed It. Our duty as
patriots. ~ loving sons Of a gentle
mother. Il no less clearly defined. There
are enemies to b overcome. no less fatal
to our national life In this our hun
drsdth year. than those against whom
the men Of 70 70 valiantly strove; and
effects No less baneful than what then
threatened will now result from failure.
Paramount among the many thoughts
that to-day and it's festivities will con-
jure up should be one of enthusiasm for
our flag and the principles il embodies;
and among the many recolleotions called
up BY the ushering of the day that
rounds to full completion one hundred
years OF our national existence should
mingle mental determination that, rs
far as in US lies, future history shall
be created for the American Union OF
which the century closed shall have been
fitting preface.