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

! arc one year OiucI Ihoh WHICH, VIC i"oo
met to engage in the exercises that now
call us together. Let us hope that wis
dom has been given us, as well as length
of days, and that the ardent love and
honest pride of home and country have
not abated; that to-day, as heartily and
gladly as ever before, we bring to the
altar of our common country theIncense
of loyal hearts; that the patriotic fires
enkindled by heroes of the olden time,
and kept burning through the dead year,
are not dimmed or obscured; that we
are still unalterably resolved to preserve
as our invaluable patrimony, the free
government inherited from those whose
browning act we celebrate, to be given
in turn, to those who follow, unchanged
in form and interrupted in principle,
whether within the refreshing shade OF
pine or palm, or in temples ornamented
by human art. Then the innumerable
gatherings of the old and young to-day,
for the purpose of renewing a pledge
taken by the fathers and mothers OF a
former century, augurs well for an IN
limited perpetuity of our National Com
monwealth,- and presents a living pic
ture that no artist can initiate until hu-
man hopes, fears, aspirations and reso-
lutions can be represented upon canvas
by brush and pencil. And do we not so
come? Are we animated by less than
high resolves and patriotic impulses? Is
Liberty less appreciated than it was on
the morning when the old bell, called
aloud to the people from Independence
Hall? Would the heroes dead, could
they speak, accuse us of proving I'M
faithful to our trusts as citizens, by be-
coming less vigilant in those things
wherein incessant watchfulness is re-
quired-by forgetting the Nation in. a
struggle for self-agrandizement and per-
sonal prosperity? This is the day of all
Others IN the years calendar, when every
citizen should ask and answer those
questions, and, if necessary, after proper
examination, he should organize per-
sonsl reform club with himself as an ac-
tive working member. | am glad it so
happened land are not your that the
Declaration of Independence was pro-
mulgated in the Summer time; when
the birds sing the loudest and sweetest;
when choicest flowers delight the senses;
when earth's green carpet is richest and
softest, and the full leafed trees furnish
shade for man and beast. Such beau
ties and blessings of nature conduce to
proper appreciation of liberty.
Had the present generation then lived
| and been consulted as to the best time
for Independence day, it is difficult to
perceive how more appropriate season
could have been selected. And as often
as convenient, it is better to hold our
exercises in the open air, where, look
ing far and near, we can behold the
high mountains reaching toward the
sky; the broad plains, stretching every
wayin the distance; the grand old ocean,
calm-its colossal strength MON enta-
rily subdued, or its surface ruffied and
its heart angered by the storm. Those
eternal monuments of Gods goodness,
If we are worthy of the boon, never fail
to make US feel that Freedom is the one
priceless blessing given to man. To-day
and always, may every American citl-
zen regard it duty and feel it a pleas
ure, to make this anniversary the hap
piest and best; this day the brightest
jewel among the many that make up
the diadem of the year. To-day, and
always, as its successors come, let the
thunder of artillery, the peal of bells,
the hearty cheers of men, the gladstone
voices of women, and the ringing shouts
of children, fill the air with Freedoms
music. 1t is meet, that in temperate
way, we make merry and be glad, for
we celebrate the birth of Liberty, a
child of the people, born upon the soil
of our own beloved land, ngrsed by the
patriotic dead, and guarded since and
now by liberty loving and hberty-en-
joying people. But, may it not be feared
that we do not appreciate as we ought,
the privileges and blessings that come
from an absolutely free representative
government; where, one day in the year,
at least, the poor man vote, If he is
true to himself and his country, is as
potent for good, and if he is forgetful
OF his duties, as productive of evil, as
the rich mans ballot can possibly be;
may it not be true, that We have so long
enjoyed the one priceless gift, that we
do not know, much less feel its valuey
Nor is it strange, if such is the fact.
The pampered child Of wealth does not
enjoy his costly toys as he might, until
he sees the rude playthings of those who
are compelled by different conditions to
make the most of trities. A man who
has never felt the sufierings OF sick
bed cannot know the pains of another,
whose eye is sunken and whose body is
emaciated from disease. Robust MAJ :
hood is impatient in the presence OF
decrepitude and inanity that old age