The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-06-30

fNoiAN, - AaN I'NHAc HHu iOE INC
people. The immediate offspring Of
unreasonins Ignorance and blind pred
uiiee. it pays no heed TO the axioms on
which the dignity aud honor and credit
of nations are based. Its solo reliance
is ia the exercise of brute force. Its
very existence Is dependent on the sup
preston Of knowledge. the maintenance
Of vice, and the supplanting Of liberty
10y IA despoiism more cruel than the
bloody tyranny of n Nero or Robes
pierre.
To attempt to controvcrt or gninsay
this fact or to reason ourselves into the
belief that such a danger does not exist
Is but TO declare au nrmistice with an
implacable enemy while he intrenches
himself within our gates. Such folly
would be worse that the crowning act
Of the suicide; it would constitute a
crime whose foul breath would rise to
heaven and provoke the wrath Of n jeal-
Gus God. Already we have heard and
needed the distant notes of alarm, the
marshalling of forces and the falling in
to line. Already we have studied the
philosophy of events to learn that we
are about TO witness "A contemplate
farce or participate in n horrible TRACE.
dy. Tho skirmisherS of society have
explored the battle front OF the opposing
forces and found its weaKest point in
ignorance. degEcdation and bigutIy.
Before the signal for u general movement;
Of the column has been given; before u
stronghold has been established, or an
Important pos, has been taken; we may
with some assurance fore,el the jealous.
les, dissensiOns aud internal strife
which will end in ultimate disorgGuizl.
ton and defeat.
Bat, as individuals. the avowed allies
Of social Improvement, OF national pros
perity and OF all thst tends to the eleva.
ton u o. fellow beings; as an organ
njzaiiou whose highest interest is the
highest welfare OF our body polite; we
IaGsi not dare 20 slumber on in careless
apathy, relying for our sec urity in the
sel:-destEuciion of a dangerous enemy.
To the Masonic institution with it,
ouiposts in every centre and on every
frontier; in every land and every cline;
there have been submitted certain
talan;s and important trusts for which
n strict accounting must be rendered .
To each Of Us. be our walk in life hum
BILE or exalted, has his station to ill;
his duty to perform.
To US oil there comes this admoni-
ton:
"Till all TIC golden hours with honest toll,
witlii this busy hive We all the world.
There be too many dsoncs aud p.rasit,s.
Too many idle dso.mors. hang rs on
Upon tue Skirts OF Industry.
RAJ al rs goilsI hours toiii honest toll.
To sleep ~ nj idayi IN a SorII like this.
\ word 50 full OF want and woe AMI sin:
To daily ia the .Ezy lap OF case
when every passing zephyr IL I sigh,
Aiii the great In Oo5iuG he ~ Of human lr
Cries out for Eelp-this Is = crime most base;
'Tis IOu!sst treason. RANK cL.Oyalty
To HIN who l. supse5lo AMI gul hath said
To cyo=y creature: work { T ia lily wIIi.'"
Ii wo cast about us to learn the re-
suits Of this u%uwcarying, neycr.ending
toll, We shall fluid them everywhere.
Ia every dark recess; in every nook
and by.path Of the globe; from the
regions Of perpetual frost and snow, to
that sunny land:
"whcrc the cyprcs' and myrtle.
Are emolUmB Of deeds that are done in thelL
cline
We find footprints of the explorer, the
indGstructiblc monuments to human
industry.
Since the glad morn when the pale
light OF Bethlehem's star penetrated
tho darkness and the gloom Of unknown
centuries; since the day when Homer
tuned his Tyre and sung to unlettered
hearers tho legends of ancient heroes
and an heroic age, tho fruits OF honest
toll have multiplied aud accumulated.
Each and every page Of the worlds his.
tory, however blurred by crime OF
stained with human blood il i]lluuined
by some heroic act. or hcraldS some
fresh truth. The fabric Of our cnlight.
cnment is builded from stones howu by
the hands and In the workshops OF ouI
fathers. In its completeness there il
an aggregation OF the handiwork OF
artiscns Of all ages. From its symmc.
try aud perfection wo i9arn
'"rhat thru The ages one increasing purpose
runs
And thoughts OF mon arc indeed with the
process Of the sans
The art Of printing by which arc pro.
served the nets. idoas and aspirations Oh
past and passing years; the discovery
of the telescope by which has been do.
monstrated q supreme intelligence in
The unvarying and eternal laws of.tho
universe; the invention Of gunpowder,
which has checked tho indiscriminatc
shedding OF human blood end convert.
cd war from n social necessity to n horri.
bio crime; the linking together of dis
tant shores aud people by an endless
network OF rail and wire; these aud an
u"nnunbered list of blessings almost
divine that have been showcrcd upon
n weary waiting world aro tho legiti.
mate fruits Of honest toll.
But there exists another result OF