Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-03-20

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LOYALTY TINE NATIONS SAFE.
GUARD.
Nations, like individuals, from time
Bmmemorial, have had their rise and
fall. TIE Romans Of old, who, In their
day, overshadowed the then known
world with their power and renown,
fell into decay when virtue and man
hood ceased to be their guiding star,
and when the corruption aud effeminacy
Of their rulers became paramount in
their governmental affairs. Among
all nations, civilized or barbarious,
when once honor makes way for GRIM
inal practices, decay o follows and
the destruction Of such a powerful
Commonwealth is certain. To the
close student of history, ancient as
we'll as modern, innumerable instan-
cas- present themselves, in every d.
rection of national decay-the result of
NATIONAL dishonor. Like the stars in
the heavens, Nature and Natures
laws are immutab!y fixed, aud nom
can be violated in the slightest degree
without a corresponding degree of suf.
fering and punishment. Men whose
minds, souls. and greatness-in the
field or in the forum-towered high
above theirsfellows, fell prone to earth
when once their ambitious aspirations
crushed honor in their path and gave
full rein to their Unsuitable passions
for power and gain, regardless of parri-
otism and the rights of the masses Q
whom they held sway. The same
storm rules Of Nature that guide the
heavenly bodies and keep them in
their orbits, control and shape things
mundane. Call them what we will,
regard them as we may in the light of
science, it Is a stern truth that q devia.
ton from their strict purse produces
evils tantsmount to ruin. Yet, in the
light of past events and present
surroundings, men continue to
follow the narrow path OF all
that OF selfshness and disregard
for the honorable instincts of the
human heart. 1t is less difficult for
men to walk in the path of truth than
TO cover their lives with an enshroud.
ing, living lie. "It is easier to follow
the straight course of the self-abnegat-
ing Lycurgus than to emblazon
our deeds under the canopy Of a
m%achisvelian philosophy" The for
mer can not and will not err; the lat
ter, though for q time it may be a sue
cess, is certain to fall through the pre-
ponderance of its own weight and bur-
den Of wrong. 1t is but a few months
since this nation, strong in the virtue
of its people. mighty in its political
and moral independence, completed
the first century of Its proud existence.
Sprung into being and sustained by
the blood and sufferings of q
handful OF heroes-Titians every one
battling in the u of right and JUS.
tice and pitted against the greatest ma
ton ON earth the United States of Amer.
lea to-day present a spectacle Of power
and grandeur %outrivaling the splendor
Of ancient Tyre. Unlike the nations
of old, resting their glory solely upon
physical prowess, the American peo-
pie have made intelligence and the ed
ucation OF the masses the ramparts OF
of their strength and the battlemepts
Of their invincibility against crown and
throne. 1t is true that at times corrup-
ton rears its head in high places
among us, yet tits but like a gentle
zephyr blowing against q hurricane
spending its force, and then being
swallowed up by the stronger forces
by which it is surrounded. The heart
of the people beats right and beats hon.
estiy, and in tho end tramples wrong
into the dust. The great heart Of the
people is In full harmony with the more
LOFTY sensin,ents Of Justice, right and
equity. Its ~diapason. like The heavenly
spheres, sounds the charmed notes Of
virtue and Independents TO the broad
sarth; and thus, II virtue and honor
are made the standard rule of govern
ment, ~ now promised the country by
President Hayes, what need to fear for
the safety Of our Republic or the purity
of bur country's flag. Honesty and
loyalty are the safeguards Of our ma.
ton. Let Rutherford B. Hayes give
~ In bis administration the former
and the psople will give him the lat.
ter.
Strawberries have made their ap.
pearance in our market. 1t Is bad
enough thus to force the season; but
six bits . pound, these bard times, IL
flying In the face OF Providence.-Cdr-
SON Appeal.
THE first Strawberries of the season
have arrived At Virginia City. They
were shipped from San Francisco and
were very fine. They sell readily at
81 Is per poupd.-Reno Journal.