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

| hearts are united. In the celebration OF
this day. In the cities, in the towns,
| the villages, the most humble hamlet,
at the old homestead of the east and
/ the new home in the west, in the plan
tations and forests from Maine to Cali
| fornia, in the corn fields and the cotton
! fields, in the interior, on the seacoast
and on the sea, up from the valleys and
! from the mountains-the mountains,
4 ever the chosen abode of liberty-aye,
even from the silver hills of Humboldt,
the voice of universal jubilee resounds
and echoes and re-echoes the notes of
rejoicing and OF triumph. We do not
celebrate the .sangrlnary triumph OF
war, nor the victory of diplomacy, nor
the birthday OF king or ruler. nor yet,
the imaginary birthday OF nation
which traces its origin from pagan or
legendary lore or fable. No! Amer
icas millions of freemen this day cele-
brate the one hundred and third ami
versary of the natal day of liberty, and
| of a governments "made by the people,
maintained by the people for, the peo
! pie, government, which the return
of this, its birthday, gives additional
assurance, ..'sball not perish from the
earth. Thousands of years had past
since mankind first
ESSAYED THE ART OF GOVERNMENT.
Each succeeding endeavor had failed in
greater or less, degree to secure the
legitimate objects for which govern
ments are formed that is, to render
! the subject the most secure III all his
rights, with. the least sacrifice of liberty.
| Numberless systems OF government had
been devised, but all failed to attain
the one grand object. Yet, man strug-
gled on. Centuries, pre- nant with dis
| astrous failures only stimulated to re-
newed efforts. Pure democracies, arts
| tocracies, morarchies and notifications
of each and all had been created; had
| existed for a time, though invariably
| failing III this object, or had crumbled
short lived into the dust OF oblivion.
India, Egypt, Rome, Greece, the
various Teutonic tribes, each. had fur
Hished numerous examples OF the efforts
| OF the people to erect a form OF govern
| rlent, which, while preserving the lib
erty OF the subject, should yet render
| each secure in his rights. Each success
sive effort but demonstrated the radi-
cal defect to be either too. great a
restraint upon. the liberties. of the SUBJ
ject, which produced tyranny, or a
want OF sufficient executive power,
which in the simple democracy pro-
duces an anarchy, more tyrannical and
/ more destructive Of rights and liberties
| of the subject than the most despotic
monarchy or aristocracy. In. the abb
solute monarchy the rights and hber-
ties of the subject depended upon the
ever-changing will OF each succeeding
ruler. The subject became virtually
| the slave OF the. sovereign, for he never
| could know the extent or duration of
his privileges. From this wrong the
aristocratic form of government afforded
no relief; while the pure democracy
usually placed the right of the people
at the mercy of the mere within aud
caprice of a. populace so STEPPED in
| ignorance and degradation that all the
evils OF anarchy seemed to be the in
variable result Of this latter form of
government. No form OF government
that had ever been devised had proved
to be infallible. Either the bands
which rendered the one form of govern
ment permanent proved to be the
CHAINS of an abject slavery to the sub
ject, or those of the other were so
weak that the government could afford
no protection to the subject While
tle monarchies were usually DESTROYED
only by external causes, the democra-
cies seemed to find speedy death from
internal dlssension and partisan war
fare, caused by the ignorance and cor
ruptlon OF the Masses disease of the
body polite, against tue ravages of
| which even the purest. and loftiest
patriotism can afford no protection.
Thus fell the democracies of Rome and
| OF Greece and of the whole world.
| Whether OF a civilized OF barbarous
people, every effort at self government
had produced only failures, and failures,
| too, which had drenched the earth with
blood and had brought additional
misery and ruin to it inhabitants. Yet,
so dear to the human heart is freedom,
OF such pelceless value is liberty and so
inherent Is the love OF liberty in the
human breast, that undaunted and un,
discouraged by disaster aad defeat, each
failure bred additional effort and each
succeeding effort sought to improve on
/ that which preceded It, From the his
tory OF the very wreck of empires and
Kingdoms aud republics mankind drew
inspiration and noe The eeaius of
freedom, born at the birth OF man,
dweit with HIM. in Egypt, and India,
4 and Rome, and Greece, and all Europe,
and for aim discovered highway across
| the painless and trackless waters nj the