Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-06
In times one hundred ys.rs ago.

| With pafrlotlsm In our breasts,
| Still higher, onward, we will move;
Our pride shall be Fame's highest point.
And in our work wc'll never flag;
We love eur dear cherished land.
We reverence our noble flag:
Our country's g ig, our nations pride.
We hail thse here, on every sidcI
| Beneath thv folds We proudly stand,
Thou glorious emblem of our landi
/ air banner Of oar country's " al,
Ben rath thy gorgeous hues We feel
That freedoms breath will lit, the cloud
From of all dangers thar enshroud.
q, may thv fold. forever wIve
Majestic DER a people brave!
U, may thy stars in glory shine,
Protected BY q hand divine;
The radiance Of thy 6 ittering band
EmblOom with grandeur Freedoms land.
Mr.. Lansing's Grafton speaks for
itself. 1t was delivered in the JUDGES
happiest style and at times called forth
the most rapturous applause. II
should be carefully read by all who
bad not the pleasure Of hearing it de.
livsred:
THE GRAFTON.
Mr.. President: Ladies and Gentle
men: The elder Adams said that the
dIiIlINeT>dTY vi lie DeEtrB y vi 1tioc-
pendence would be celebrated through
future generations. THIS day has be
come our political Sabbath. on which
| the nations heart Is exul.ant over It's
prograss, and offers Its innovations to
those glorified by valor and sanctifed
Ivy death.
These ceremonies. this grand pageant,
like others, extending all along the line
of the Atlantic, throughout the broad
tx pans westward to the Pacific, in
honor of the bril- day Of American lib
erty, at est our country's claim to civ
ilizaiion and nobility. as millions OF
freemen rejoice that the signers of that
declaration performed the noble act
and pledged TO each other and to its
support their lives, their fortunes and
their sacred honor.
The spirit of our revolutionary sires,
the memory of the heroes Of Lexing-
ton, Bunker Hill, Saratoga and Prince
ton, are calling upon the gratitude of a
nation, and the generous response Of =
free and mighty people resoupds and
revarberates over a continent.
The great principles enunciated bv
that declaration have come down
through all the changing events of a
century to ia nnimpaired and impart-
ing life and hope to The people ut other
land. Upon them a government has
been created, made of the people. by
the people, and for the people. and
maize this land the asylum for the OPP
pressed Of all nations; a government
which has maintained itself victorious
lv on sea and land. and honorably in
international convention.
In its early history it made issue
with the proudest nation of the Old
World. and-in IMPORT OF its doctrine
thar England could not search Ameri
can vessels for seaman, achieved glory
nv the brilliant engagement Of a Perry
on Lake Erie. and many others. both
on sea and land-brought TO q success
ful issue the war of 1912; establishing
he doctrine of sailors rights and com
polling the Client treaty:
A whose armies. at a
later date, won unparalleled victories
on the plains OF Mexico, at Buena
Vista, Cerro Gorlo. and several other
points: led her victorious b%attalions to
the halls of the M~ontezunas: and bv
he treaty Of G~uadaioupe Hidalgo &C
quired u domain equal to An empire.
aiding to the country the gold and
silver States of California and our own
Nevada. the product of whose noun
tains and valleys have furnishe food
and, at times. relieved from famine the
denizens OF the Old World, and bridyed
the chasm of our own financial di .as
ters with a%butfneuts Of silver and
cables of gold.
This kind Of government, founded
on the principles of liberty, has been
transmitted to us. despite the prophe-
ries Of tyrants ar their minions, al
though those who believe that the
King can do no wrong. do assert that
II must tail sooner or later. because our
officers may ba. and in many cases are
corrupt; but, although a great civil
conflict has drenched the land in blood,
vet, all yer our country. American
liberty stili lives in the strength of its
manhood and full of its original spirit.
And now. standing between tn.
bounds OF ages, We hea from the past
all hail! and from the future shouts of
welcome.
The question here naturally arises,
what has III en- the progress of our
country under her institutionsf
Turning from the careful study of
the half fabulous annals of ancient a
lions to the history of our W country
for the period which ia only embraced
In u Own memories, and reason fal
ters In establishment. Rely on history
and tradition and allow the minds ey :
to rest upOn tbs condition Of things at
the beginning of the pre>en century,
a war of xix years further duraticn. a
deplated treasury, an army lily fed
and badly equipped. in want of mnni-
tions of war, in want Of food and cloth.
ing. In want of money. in want If
everything except zeal. courage. love
ct their eause,and y fixed determination
to rid the country of its invaders, and
| drive the rad coats If Georle the III.
| from their homes and tiresides. At the
| end of the war the country was n SON.
| parative wilderness. What little i'm.
provements had bean male we're in a
dilapidated condItion-'he result of
! neglect fur seven years-lands so long
| uncultivated. farming utensils rusted
and otherwise rendered useless, sur.
rounded Ivy hostile Indians. the sol
diers unpaii. the expense OF the war
~unrsnceieh. the general business OF the
country para wed by the war, suspen-
| sion and withrNit a treasury.
| Ruf did thpy sufs.umb III the gloomy