Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-07-06

b nrSf century andturn our 1sfentio
to the new era. and speak Of the page
OF our history 10 being written .,
golden letters on the peseeful theme
OF our coun;ry's advance in brotherl,
forbearsDee and national prosperity
which. God willing. will. u time
cycles number future years, be hileS
with chronicles Of the same actions b.
our people. but le: the virgin page o
our his.ory's second volume he illum
mated brightly with thoughts Liz.
these. When. within the first days o
our nations second century. her peo
the very verge OF auoSher civil war
with all the horrible attendants Of 9
family conflict, the laws of the land
were found TO be inadequate to NEE
the emergency, or q, the very least, Is
claimed by many. detective, the great,
free, uutrsmmelled American mind
was in an instant ut work and the
patriotic. couutry-loving and self
sacrificing men with actual yearnins
sought for q peaceful solution IF the
vexed questions of the last presidential
elec ion, and. rs If by common consent.
actuaied by the I'M a~ll-absorbing de-
sire, the whole nation q one man
cried for q method Of amicAble SET
element Of the political dispute. And
the most honorable and justly blessed
OF all q of arriving at proper
conclusion on a disputed point on fra
ternsl aud Democratic principles. com
promise was resorted to, and. 10 and
behold, we see to-day that great as the
need was, so eyeu was the remedy
adequate thereto. for when the exist
ing law WAS unequal to the exigeneies
Of the hour n new law by the wisdom
and power of the honored Forty
fourth Congress was enacted to cure
the defect, and strife and blood~hed
were thereby syeried: and that law,
together with the cheerful scQuiesence
OF the people therein. has given TO us
all renewed ASSURANCES of the ability
and cnmmendsble desire of the whole
American people to- al once and tore yer
Law aside personal ambition and party
agrandizement forthe veal of our COM
mon country and the security to all of
Us. her uniiei children, OF the peace,
harmony and good will OF which we
can now so justly bnast. The decision
anu selection of the committee appoint
ed and empowered TO decide under
that lately framed law. though bring
ing bitter disappointment to many
k'NFo StEACs 9fN ~ AK kACas HESS
and body of the nation entire and per-
feet satisfaction in this, if no further.
that it gave assurances to all the peo-
pie Of the world that no matter how
urgent the necessity, great the crisis or
imminent the danger, the statesmen of
the United States can and ever will
bravely meet the issue fairly. and ever
advance and declare some honorable
and upright means by which the
threatened calamity can be averied
and the disputed question smicably
settled so long as the ruling sovereigns
of the country, the people themselves,
desire il so To- be.
And now. again. there is given us
another pleasing subject which de.
serves a moments notice, when tie
memories of the lat centennial is fast
fading in the past, tue Mother Country.
through her titled rulers and by her
sturdy yoemanry. las seen ii. to honor
in the most marked terms. aud. as ma
be said. forgiving way, the representa-
tive of her headstrong and unruly but
still respectful child. No people ever
had more honest pride than we for the
treatment received by a member of
their nation. Great Britain has accord-
ed kind, aye. almost loving entertain
ment to our great General and ex
President. Grant: and our hearts
must needs grow fonder and more
yearniug in their love towards our
English cousins when We remember
the kind reception they have ten
dered TO our honored chief upon
British soil. which We know TO have
been given him and his. not so much
for the sake of the man and hero. as q
ta.fs,, a ~ sBa aSsa. Il, srksxH 49,
nation holds all true Americans and
their almost perfect government.
And now, to conclude. my fellow
citizens. l know of no holier injunction
to be given you than this: Let the
great American people. all sovereigus
as they are. but continue as they now
do to acQuieSce in and assist in carry
ing out The sod like principles of III
honored and worthy President. and the
present harmonious unity of our whole
people will grow and enlarge and bear
Its proper fruit, not rlpsning until the
nation will in truth know no North,
no South, no East nor West. but ma
healthful breeZss will refresh
alike the whole great, free people, acting
uniformly under their own good laws,
from the pine forests of Maine to
the everglades of Florida. from Plym-
outh Rock to the Bay of San Francisco;
and the hearts of our countrymen i'm
the valleys and on the mountain tops.
by the flow of the inland river and the
foam dashed shores of our mighty
will be raised in one universal
prayer for the peaceful preservation of
our united country in Its fullest free
dom, and the highest praise that man
need seek will be the name and coun-
OF an honest citizen Of the
United States OF America.
The literary exercises were inter
spersed with music by the band, and
singing by the school children. At
the conclusion of the GRAFTON, the band
played Yankee Doodle. and the exer-
cises were closed with = benedictiou
by Rev. ). NJ. Crothers.
John mi