Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-06

flowing Hudson, and the grahdsuf Of
Yosemite, are thescommon property
of q nation. Aye, Niagara herself Is
not the minstrel Of . section but the
bard Of continent.
1t has been said that this GovSrfi.
meIit contains within itself the sle.
ments Of its own distinctions: that the
conflicting interests OF the different
sections ia felatiOn to the tariff, the
currency question, the varied claims
arid rights of the respective States, the
madness of political parties, the cor.
ruption Of rollers, or those In charge Of
the affair aud administration of the
Government. and many other things,
combined and form, rs 1t were, one
colossal column of doubts and fears,
at which both the croakers and enc
mics OF self government direct their
prophecies Of failure, and insidiously
attack with epithets Of calurany.
Such questions as these, with their at
tendant difficulties, have arisen In the
past; the riot in Pennsylvania, the Mis-.
souri, compromise Of 1920, which
aroused the whole nation, when peo-
pie thought and politicians labored -
to the best means of their perpetus.
ton as . free government; and when
the illustrious Clay. with his mighty
influence in counsel, and his magic
and towering eloQuence In debatel
came upon the scene Of action and
claimed the angry wave of dissension.
Again, In the political commotion Of
1850, which shook the nation from
center to circumference: when alarm
lists prophesied, the people discussed,
the press sent forth ito columns Of po-
litical mater; when the God-like Web
ster and his able associates mel and
routed the 1egions of fanaticism by the
adoption of the compromise measures. /
Again, in 1861, when the question of
coercion and secession arose like .
black pail all around our political ho-
rison, when the people looked in awe,
when statesmen doubted, and patriots
when soldiers were drafted
and armies marshaled, and when the
and regimen. Is in blue were
confronted in field of battle by the
and regiments of gray; when
the whole South became one great bat
made desOlate; then, and by the sword,
settled and ~fOrevever the question
Of African slavery; and to-day those
W L IA t0AOthA
ef in grand procession at Philadelphia
in honor of this day.
Yet, Notwithstanding these threaten
ing and oftiines considered serious po-
litical events, our country's watch.
Is still upward and onward. The
superstructure, as founded BY
our fathers, still stands based upon the
principles of truth, adorned by
wisdom and supported by patriotism-
proud monument to the principles OF
constitutional liberty.
That the action or existence of pOllti-
,al parties should necessarily blockade
he material progress Of institutions,
the march of empire, or become
element dangerous or destructive to
country, Is An assertion negatived
BY every theory Of reason and COM
sense.
As long as the elective franchise 10
the control of just and wise
and geographical discrimination
Is not made the bases for the forma-
ton of parties, it Is we'll, and 1t is es-
to the best interests OF society
that at least two great political parties
exist. They are the watch-dogs
Of governments and the purifiers OF
administrations; they are the chan
nels through which the people, enter
diverse and different opinions
of measures, may find expression in
Legislative halls; and though PARTISAN
ship or party spirit, fed and In.
by political demagogues
or otherwise, may become at times so
and perverted as to forebOde
blodshed and revolution. yet the heavy
of the successful hosts of cleo
.ors, marching with eagles of victory
upon their banners, and q
constitutional majority of legal voters
1t their back, will eve and always
stay violence and quiet the minority
INTO submission.
1t may at times occur that the party
n power, Or its rulers OF officers who
nave been intrused to conduct the
lffairs of State, have become dishonest
md corrupt, that the public is being
ilched and depleted, that luxurious
living, extravaganza and dissipation
'eign in high places; that the business
If the Government is either unat-
ended to or lily performed; that the
representatives and ambassadors
abroad are derelict in duty; that The
at home are used for per-
,onal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT rather than the
of the interests of the State;
md it would seem that confusion,
Inarchy, revolution and a general dis
must ensue and the day Of
loom must inevitably be at hand-at
Iuch a time, in the event of such a state
things, they who believe that the
King a do no wrong would become
transported with joy in the idea of the
oftheir predictions that self
government must prove q failure.
And, indeed, and In fact. it would, did
lot the people, the sovereigns, As
'ume the reign, and demand Of their
officers Q return Of the
granted. And so long as the
,eople are intelligent and faithful to
heir trusts and Jealous of the high
egacy bequeathed them bv their
athers there can be no danger for the
'afety of the Republic.
Then, my oountrymeu, II my theory
= correct; II the experience Of the last
century confirm It; II all our history
support It; II intelligence, II love Of
,oun ~, II eternal vigilance, II the
Of our Government, car face
ind rout all these elements Of internal
aud eradicate tho canker