Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-06
country vast in extent and vast in

featuring, commerce, mining, arts anC
sciences, learning. literature, all in {
very advanced state; religion respected
and the God OF nations loved anC
worshipped.
But why speak further of our prog
ress-that Idea which is comprehendec
in the word "progress? The whole
story Of our country from its birth /.
embraced in that one word, progress
1t is he most uniform tendency to be
found in history. 1t Is true 1t has had
its battle-ground and nights Of sleep,
although IL has always and ever strug-
gled. So in this government and the
history of this nation, 10 the great ex
pertinent Of government by the REQ
pie. At first Ohscured by doubt and
inex p~erience, 1t entered upon it's career
with enemies and doubters within and
active foes from without. The friends
warm with the impulses and princi
Plies inspired by love of liberty were
restrained by those whose teachings,
sentiments and instincts were opposed
to such a form of government, and who
would have willingly surrendered
their dearest rights for security rather
than launch their banks upon an un.
known sea, whers danger threatened
and where the end could not BE- de-
termined.
But the die was cast; a new era had
dawned upon the world, and our
country took its place among the ma.
lions Of the earth.
It's destiny was to be upward and
onward; it had been so decreed by the
Almighty Creator of the universe, and
it's founders were only the instru.
ments in His hands to carry ont His
great purpose. Directed by His in.
scrutable wisdom it was to be a beacon
light in the science of government; it
was to be a. new lesson taught in
progress" art. literature and science.
Noblv has it fulfilled its mission. and
to-day we are permitted to behold the
work Of our ancestors measurably per-
fected, and still to 90 on through
countless ages under the spirit and i'm
pulse OF progress.
What u change from the old to the
new! What a change from 1776 to
1875 "A change as represented by the
difference between yonder Continental
truck-cart and its anriquated passen-
gers, and the am wagon of the State
Car and its living freight of joyous
Juveniles. Then it required from five
to ten days tn make u trip from Fort
Orange tn ManhattanviIle; nov it can
be made In three hours. Then men
wore knee breaches and powdered
wigs: 10Y mems breaches touch tse
ground. and the hair upon their heads,
in sOme cases, Is so thin that it can
scarcely be discovered. Then women
were bonnets of large dimensions;
noes thew don the shadow of a hat. But,
coming down to the period within our
W memories, I al recollect when
Won would see long trains of white
covered wagons crossing New York
from New England, marked for Ohio.
Illinois or Wisconsin, stocked with
provisions for from one to three
months. Their friends believed that
the parties were going so far that they
would never again see them on earth;
nov the most remote points of the
then destination NAV be reached in
thirty six hours; and ono may take
his duster, board a Pullman palace
ear. and reach San Francisco in ninty
hours from New York.
But for all these changes from old
to new, all this progress. all these
modern c~onveniences, let US hold the
past 10 fond remembrance; that the
links of history connecting the present
with the past may form a golden chain
70 bind uS in fraternal bond and allv
our affections more strongly to our
country.
1t Il the fervent hope Of every lover
IF liberty. every true patriot; that on
this festive year all resentments, all
differences, all conflicts that may have
heretofore existed or that NAV now
seem tn rankle in the heart
between the members Of the diff
ferent sections of this great Repub.
lie. either on accoun Of the last civil
war or from anv cause. be buried and
forever ohliterated; and that the peo-
pie of all the States and sections. of all
creedS and churches. all parties and
classes, unite with n purpose. one
object and one hone, and come up to
gether Oh their courtry's natal day, 10
measure the progress of n hundred
years; to join hands in perfect fraterni-
tv. and at their countrv's altar prom
ise the God ot II fathers that the new
century shall surpsss the old n in
the glories of civilization.
The opening of this centennial year
seemed rife with such a sentiment, and
already at Lexington and Bunker Hill
We fni the soldiers of Lee and McLsl-
an, the men who met as foes and
fought in the Wilderness, at Shiloh.
Donaldson and elsewhere. uniting in
the festive occasion, celebrating those
events with as much fervor, feasting.
and drinking, together with az much
feeling Of a Brotherhood as though
thew had never met on the battle field
in b'oodv and deadly anita yonism.
Nav the noble example of those who
endured tho burden, the privations and
suffering IF the tented field and the
prison, and struggled through the
dangers of the deadly conflict, be imi-
tated by all. In a country like ours,
with our theory Of governments, why
should sectionalism in any form be
promulgated or tolerated? While each
State Is sovereign we have ono COM
mon country. containing 81 States and
several Territories, and the citizen Of
each State owns an interest in the
prosperity, the grandeur and the glory
Of all tho States by virtue OF . oom-
NOR country.
A citizen Of Nevada should feel an
honest pride In the advancement. pros
peri'y and glories Of South Carolina
or New York a. we'll and along with
thu ~cifizan IF aithar If thosa Stafaa.