Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-07-06
JEKY 8. 1879
GRAFTON.
DELIVERED BY H. F. BARTINE, ESQ, IN
CARSON CITY, JULY t, 1879.

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every step the OF the nation has been iuned by
the torch OF eoquence. From the signing Of the cove
nants within din.y cabin Of the Nayfower she
tossed upon the bosom of the stormy deep down to and
including gorgeous panorama at Philadelphia in 1876,
nothing escaped the vision Of those master minds who
have been called upon to picture the send0rs Of
its progress Therefore, with my very ordinary ahi les
were an insuerabs egotist to eNPec throw any
light upon a subject generally understood When !
somewhat doubtngy and reluctant consented to address
YOU the utmost my ancipations led farther than
to suppose that b.; of the intense interest that
rounds the themc, might by clothing familiar ideas in
language OF own, succeed in saying something not en-
tirey unappr pirate the occasion unacceptable to
you and with the promise be brief ask your attention
to the few reflections have to offer.
One hundred and three years could observer have
been so placed take in general view the whole
American continent, he would have very different
con dtion things from what exists Fo OWN; the
trend of the Atlantic line from the PasSana4loldy
Bay to the northern boundary Florida, he would have
beheld series OF struggling, sarsuv settled co.ories
b. the oceans foam and caded iii the mdest Of
prmeva forests. Ne great lines iuucatun either
natural or artificial bound them gchtr and gave them
a community OF i1te~e>tS bit the contrary every
physical and Geographical and nearly every mental eicHen,
Of cohesion seemed to %" wanting fhti" t"lncrs Iii r
ing widely mora ca and intellectual character, hail
ing from many different nations and representing every
grad OF European s0cie mad brought with them the
grained prejudires the old World Religious diff
contributed to make the Of Their diversity.
and the secarian httes which had made Europe one vast
charne house se!uouay cultivated upon the >'ores II
America Hesii al this, the colonies ranged north Fad
south through !ifte degrees IT t:tue and their already
divergent ppu atoms were sJcrttu 70 almost eNeN ad
climatic influences II ii could tend t. separation.
yet, despite al these adventitips circumstances at
the time OF which setk every trace o. a~o2rd seem
have van shel Their mU -ual jcaoiS!c> ami petty
chickering's hal given place to such feeling fraternity
as the wora had never Witnessed before.
What the cause: No doubt tho union Of all the
colonies uni y The II England had cen largely in
only secondary Importance. The main the p.ima'
was the expanding and irresistible force OF fat idea
The beiet that All men are created rec anu equal had
taken deep in American soil and with the advance &"
the colonies in st tn and selfconidmce had reached
splendid nd glowing irUlto' IhF""h from the hrSt en-
rely upon their sources environe by savage and
mpa,4lb!e foes, confronting and rn- al the OBJ
staces which nature had raised IN their PATHWAY, how
naturalc that they should learn to nd Themselves
the absolutely free and independent Freed from the
chcanery OF European dlponac\ brought INTO dreet con
with the untained and uutanabe o: the wild
wood, rejoicing in the contcmp alton 81 Their 10 ~ mount
ANS impressed with the saJih,N OF toel[ $ ohd"u'
cataracts, and viewing with admiration their srt"I
majestic rivers they flow unt-amneed to the their
souls not but feel the bound ing ecst2cy OF freedom
which springs unb',lden from such asSocla-lo'S.
And hence it hat measu Of the British govern
ment, involving vital principle, but $" u'norttn III
pecuniay that in any other land /; would ScalceI
have excited ripple Of discomfort sent thi q ndgna
tain quverlng like W jdire from Mane Georgia hi1or
differences forgotten and the Pun tan "L New Eng
land, the Catholic of Maryland the EpiscopIiap of Viz
Slda, aud the Eu-1tnot Of Carolina stamina together III
full accord, proclaimed the ina ienabie rights of man
Proclaimed did say? Ave, my fliends, they did more
than proclaim, They maintained them in the race OF eVv
vicisstude fortune through eight long weary and desc
late years. In vain gant poWc OF the mother
country hurled against her bci yus col MES The lamp
liberty had been lighted in the West and though that
lamp frequently burned low and dim amid the GarkcSs
gloom defeat, it only to flash up the moIe
brightly in the end.
What the inspired words Of Otis, and Adams, and Jcfr
son. and Henry had be- the sword Of Washington
peted and for the frs time snce the dawn OF hope
based upon the great principal OF the aOso
lutte political equality of became living reality
event farreachn couSeQu mug
that had ever TRANSFERRED in eitAeT ancient or modern
times. Its effects confined to any one aud or
meath opTressions iron heel it she'd raw of hone and
comfort upon the black mantle Of despair.
1t does accord with present purpose to lead
into LENGTHY consideration OF It's influences upon the So
cia and political condition OF Europe but can not with
hold passing notice "l its mmelsuEGbe etecs upon the
fortunes Of France For thirteen hundred years the sit
uatiOn OF the peaSnTy OF that country had been OF
virtual serfpom Until within very recent pe"iOd their
habitations had been damp wretched huts swim
SKINS, ~islrs Of bound around their shjvering
limbs proecS them from the winters biting blast. Sub
ected to every ndity and outra prey alike to the
graspng avarce of the clergy the me"c'ess ext ons OF
the Kim, and the sin oious OPP ssjonS Of the feu
augmented EveA With the revival Of cirniu, and the
immense strides in the direction Of civilization winch
marked the sixteenth, seventeenth aud eighteenth
turtles BIT small propoHoi % nat n3r''enellt cli to
the LOT Of the unhaPr peasa1try aud when shorty aer
the clos Of the reToution proposed to lay ad
dltlona bur ems ~ taNtt on upon he-a burden winch
the clergy and and nobility unw lin! to share soAt
ed 20 madness BY ierlng, lUrtd onward
the example OF America tnel" long suppressed fury hurs.
its bounds, and King, Princes, mobiles f evty shade and
de sank beneath the crimson OF of blood
revolution swept the land that rocked the thrones
OF empires to their foundations, carried five millions #
into unme!y caves and aped whole Of Europe
in mourning But when the angry of had sub
sided, and the calm Of peace had settled
the distracted land ii plain to be that freedom
had made substantial advance. Since that time three
splendid raonarchcal governments have gone down in
ruin before the might OF the people and to-day through
the whole OF sunny France, the degraded and
brutazed peasant walks erect il the pride of conscious
Acknowledging superior but he law of the
land respecting the rights others and demanding the
treatment in return his beautiful country is him
the Incarnation of the spirit Of European liberty
The French revolution the Og al sequence OF the
American and thourn tat overuing characterized
hord eXceSse of the chaos has las order
and peace, let us hope foreve".
temptation is to draw other illustrations from
European history but time wilt not permit. Our
country in which peculiarly interested demands
attention. for it is hee at home aC the results of
which have been speaking loom in their most nifi
sent proportions.
With the overthrow of the Old regime, the whole
aspect OF American affairs underwent a charge
No county attain TO retnesss while in cDoa'
state 1t is only when the incumbrance parental
is shaken off that the innate capacity OF people
show ITSELF and their latent energi deyeope. Most
Decially was this the with the American colonies
A most the first the mother country had ched
progress with jealous and her statute books
adeued with unjust reStric ions thsr
:al and manufacturing privileges The avera ye English
salesman seemed to regar the cDOnists interiors;
whose only Office minister to the and glory
II the British {
Under circImst noes, though possessed
Intellect sufficient lift him to an imperial hi ,ht above
surroundings, bis Ion aspirations could only be
called by oosequious fawnnS upon those to wnom
accident of birth mad given exalted station. The
Dampere1 aristOcracy looked with contempt the
Iancocbs the Quincys the Carols and all the brg1t
,alaXy of giant minds who guided the infant the