Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-07-05

and its people. weare proud Of its history
and Of Its past. We are proud Of Its
broad area ; OF the great rivers that Lace
its surface /; Of the inland seas Of silver.
broad enough 10 mark the boundaries Of
empires; OF the oceans singing their cease
less anthems 10 twenty-five thousand miles
Of coast. and fringing II into peaceful har-
bon.
We arc proud Of the measureless pro-
ducts Of It's fields and factories; OF it,
mines Of gold and silver. feeding tho
avarios Of the world and q~uickening the
pulses Of commerce ; OF its mountains.
whose painted peaks fret the clouds OF .
hundred degrees Of latitude, and OF it,
y~slieys, stretching from the Arctic to the
great Gulf and teeming with the largess Of
every zone.
We are proud Of the school houses which
are everywhere lifting its people 70 the
light Of Q nobler manhood. and Of the
church spires pointing upward from every
hamlet. and speaking OF . faith In Him
upon whose promises our fathers leant
when the day was darkest and whose
judgments are truo and righteous alto.
gether."
We are proud OF its Institutions. whose
corner stone 10 freedom, whose pillars are
intelligence. justice and political equality.
And We are proud Of Its people OF the
beauty and virtue OF lie women /; OF the
strength and valor Of its men ; OF their
sense Of right. their love Of justice, their
self reliance. their broad humanity. and
their intelligence. uneIampled. - . whole,
In the history Of nations.
We are proud Of its future. for we have
faith In its stability and Of tho glories
which await it, march through centuries,
over the graves OF kingdoms and the ashes
Of empires. In the government OF which
the people had no voice.
Nor less proud are We Of that banner.
which emblems all its glories Of tho past,
and all Its promises OF tho future. In
battle IL 10 . pillar OF IRE which points
the way 10 victory ; In peace . symbol OF
justice. mercy and humanity. To the
down-trodden II in token OF deliverance,
and to the oppressor . flaming sword OF
retribution. As the unshackled and sym.
pathetic air watts out its glories - u passes
BY. the sunlight loves TO finger In its folds
and tint with brighter hues the field Of
stars. And 90 will II be, is azure bleach
ing with the gathering stars. until Its
beauties fade At last from sight in the
deepening twilight Of the death Of timo.
With . land 90 broad In area and so
blessed Of nature. with . beneicent gov
eminent 90 founded and 30 sustained. and
with Q people 80 imbued with the spirit Of
freedom. what may We not hope for In the
futurei Yet there DO those to whom the
coming years bear no such fruits Of prom
ise. They are Of two classes-those who
y, ~. sssnd..t covernmsntsI ~strnctnr,
80 Sss;.sJ Inv man anal those Who ones.
lion Inc self.eoyerning capacity Of : great,
free and enlightened people, simply be-
cause they have individually Lost faith In
themselves,
Because knayss are sometimes found In
ofioe because discriminating and un.
vholesome law are sometimes made ; be.
c.nse tbe ruiity sometimes VAIN forth un.
vhipped Of Justice; because corruption
sometimes touches tho very sources Of
power because the rich grow more In.
solent and the poor more dependent; be-
In the heat Of political campaigns
n~arti.sn Journals sometimes All the gen.
sr,I ssr with baseless charges Of usurpa.
tions of nover. Of e-xtrsysgsnce and waste
In Ina Advancement Of public funds, Of
frsnd Al tho polls and dishonesty In Office /;
because Of these and other conditions
growing out OF a freedom Of thought and
action nowhere else tolerated on earth.
men who neither think for themselves
nor look below the surface. draw sunless
pictures OF the future from their own sur
roupdipgs, and In the reckless declarations
m unserupulous marty rivalry find gloomy
n,...e.. ~ national veakness and coming