The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-07-09

can Republic.
The loftiest, noblest type OF patriot
ism that ever warmed the heart OF man
is that sincere, ardent, pure devotion,
which the American citizen, III every
country and in every cline pays 70 MS
country and her beneficent institutions,
Whether native or foreign born, capl-
talist. professional or laborer; whether
he adds to the wealth of the world as
miner. mechanic or farmer; whether
he tolls in the manufactures OF New
England, in the cotton fields OF tne
South, on the prairies of the "est' III
the valleys of the Pacific, or cuts ana
hews from the rocky sides OF our own
treasure bearing mountains, the hign-
ways of civilization; whether at md
day at his home, in our own Tree iahd;.
he contemplates the beauties OF our,
lakes, cur rivesc our7mountalns OF blue
or our valleys of gold, or on ship board,
in the moonlit solitude of mid ocean he
admires in the briny wake OF the vessel
the myriads of brightly sparkling gems
of the sea wherever and when
ever the eye may see or the ear may
hear. there is, i'll the heart of the Amer
lean citizen a grateful well-spring OF
pure. patriotic devotion to his country,
and the cherished memory OF its rever-
red founders and preservers. What,
Mr.. Chairman, shall be
THE FATE OF OUR COUNTRY?
Shall the temple of liberty, erected by
the wise painstakin2 efforts of our fore
fathers and cemented by their blood,
she'd on many fields and scenes OF suf-
fering, privation and death; shall this
temple ever, by the arms OF the foreign
invader, be rent asunder and RACED to
earth: its shrines overturned and its
sacred affairs pEofaned? The reassuring
voice OF all history and all experience
gives back the welcome answer that
against foreign foe the national de-
fence of united republic is impregna-
bic. Shall partisan strife and conten
ton, headed by the demagogues who
infest American politics, be our de-
stYuetion? Shall the flames OF sectional
jealousy and hatred, famed by design
ing and INSCRIPTIONS leaders OF faction,
and clans, consume the priceless heritage |
bequeathed us by our fathers? Born |
amidst theagonring throes Of civil war,
disciplined in the school OF partisan
politics, nurtured aud sustained by the |
patriotic devotion OF the masses of the |
American people through civil war of |
the most gigantic proportions, our Re |
public survives to-day annealed, puri- |
fed and strengthened by each succeed
ing ordeal. Shall our republic, after
all its glorious victories and ennobling |
triumphs, also fail? Shall the tree Of |
liberty, though planted in the hearts Of |
Revolutionary heroes and martyrs, irri-
gated by the precious blood of cont /
mental patriots, kept green and growing
and secure from the biting irosts of that
dreadful adversely at Nafley Forge and
all the trying places Of. the American
Revolutions; kept in the bosoms OF
Washington and his compatriots; after
all shall it yet succumb'a victim Of that
dire fatality a Republics the wide |
spread corruption and dishonest greed I
of gain, which is beginning to permeatc
our political system? No, it may not
be. There Is not in all the economy Of
this life wrong without correspond
ing remedy. The genius of the Ameri-
can people, fo Sered and instructed by
free institutions, has met and overcome
the trials, has solved the problems OF
foreign and domestic war, of domestic
slavery, of rebellion, and Of all the
other trying questions that have
arisen tor solution during the years of /
our existence as a nation. Rest assured
that the geaius, the intelligence, and
above all the patriotism OF this free
people, will yet suffice TO pseserve our
government from the new impending
danger The history of the whole |
world, our own history. the. good will |
OF all nations, particularly Of all civil.
lied people, the intelligence OF our own
citizens and the deep down unquench- |
able flame of patriotism ever burning in |
their hearts; all, all contribute the
most suspicious oinens that
THE UNION AND THE CONSTITUTION
Shall be the shield and protector Of our
liberties and the safe refuge of our
postenty forever. And to-day the
winds that fan the brow of old Mount |
Rose overhead, bear to the valley be-
meath the glad greetings of this Young
mining district, and, with all of Hum
boldt county, we join in the glorious
oiier contained in the motto of our
State. Our gold and our silver. our
barley and our wheat, and all the pro
ducts OF our industries, and our hearts
and our hands and our prayers, all,
AN ior our country. First. in the
name OF our fair countrywomen, who
oy Their honored presence grace this
Celebration; IN the name OF the miner