Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-28
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SENATOR JONES AT HOME.
Warmly Welcomed Everywhers- He Makes a
Pine Speech at Virginia City.


Senator Jones was received with
hearty public demonstrations at
every station on the road after his
train had reached Nevada. AT
Elko, Winnemucca and Reno the
ovations were grand and imposing.
He reached Virginia City on Mon
day, and was received by the Pa
clnc Coast Pioneers at grand pic
mic. In response to the univer-
sal appeal, he delivered the follow
Ing thoughtful and patriotic
speech:
Ladies' and gentlemen and Fellow
citizens of Nevada: should indeed
possess cold heart if all its sensi-
biIities were not profoundly moved
by this inspiring scene. From the
moment l reached the eastern
boundaries of this brave State l
have received an enthusiastic well
come. Would that my tongue
were inspired so that might give
adequate expression to the emo
tlons that are struggling for utter
auce. No speaker ever was
honored by nobler audience. If
there be any class on earth that de-
serves the praise of men and the
multitude Of nations it is the bold
pioneer Of empire-the bright,
brave men who carry their country
to inhospitable regions and to re-
mote shores. The pioneers are
the axmen of civilization, the
evangels of progress. 1t is
the best and bravest of a land who
emigrate. The weak of heart
and purpose never emigrate until
the restless feet of the pioneer have
marked the way.
1t is to the untiring ambition
the push energy and downright
pluck of the pioneer that we owe
our territorial extensions and the
magnitude Of our country's grand
domain. The greatness of the ter.
ritorial area Of the United States
was the constant theme of con-
graduation even when the country
was very much smaller than it i:
now.
The Louisiana purchase removed
our western ontposts from the Mis-.
sissippi river over to the shores o
the Pacific ocean. This was al
enormous stride i'll territorial ac
quisition. Events which occurred
subsequently and within the mem
ory of most of you, have transferred
to US two-fifths OF the Republic O
Mexico. Our advance IN wealth
population and power, and oul
progress in science and the arts
have been much greater than il
territorial area.
All these several circumstances
impossible to be over-estimated ol
exaggerated, are presented to thu
public view In every variety o
form. 1t may possibly be this fac
that causes US to overlook theil
real and far res schlpg significance
1t is possible that we may some
times feel tired of calling aud hear
Ing our country called Great, a.
was the Athenian of hearing Aris
tides called the Just; but it is nont
the less true, and it must soon bt
universally recognized, that the
United States is now the foremost
power in Christ endom, aud is enti.
tied to and holds primacy among
the nations of the earth. National
egotisn is puerile, and boastful
spirit is odious to the really great
but rational estimate of our actu-
al condition and our relative posi-
tion in the world is duty. Ou.
real error is not on the side of arro-
gance and bashfuIness, but Oh the
side of undue Difference to tho ma
tions of Europe, our seniors in age,
but which we have now distinctly
outstripped in the race in respect
to any particular which constitutes
power and intellectual advance
ment. We have outgrown the
fact of dependence upon them for
anything necessary TO our happi-
ness, but we have not entirely out
grown the habit Of Difference to
their ideas, which is unworthy
Of us.
Our population exceeds that Of
Great Britain by one-third; by one
fourth that OF either France or
Austro-Hungary, A and is somewhat
greater than that of the revived
German Empire. 1t is only less
than that Of Russia, but Is II mach
more effective population, and more
rapidly advancing. With our i'm
mense range OF latitude and longi-
fude, with cur highly dive rsified
soil and climate, with our bound
less forests, with our ineXhaustible
mines of precious metals, of coal,
iron and other minerals, we are de-
pendent on the rest of mankind for
10 article OF necessity or comfort,
and for very few articles of luxury.
Our condition is entirely different
from that of the people of the Euro
pean States, and especially of
Great Britain, whose superabund.
ant population could not be MAIN
tained without great foreign csm-
meice. But with rfs, on the con-
trary, the absolute collapse ard an
Inhalation of our foreign comm rec,
would cause but little if any suffer-
Ing, and but Insignificant loss.
Our foreign commerce is in ex-
tsnta mere bagatelle in comparison
with our enormous internal domes-
tic trade. There is no proportion of
our foreign traffic, of which we have
only one side, that is as profitable
as q like amount of internal traffic |
Of which we possess both sides.
The com parative wealth of |
nations is very inaccurately esti.
mated by a comparison of their ac-
foundations of the products of
industry. The stock on hand of
very few articles rarely exceeds the
necessities of single years con-
sumption. The real wealth of a
nation must be measured by its
lpotentiality of producing wealth,
rather than by the extent of its
boarded productions. The power
Of production is, of course, affected
by Increase or decrease in the num-
bers of the producers and the natu.