The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-07-07

/ DeSl0nlQS UOOk the deepest interest
d in the result. The report went out
|, lamong all nations that thirteen
e States had risen up, free from for
: eign influence, to create their own
S civil institutions, and join together
t as one, so that the effort, whatever
Y might be the result, could never
S fade away from the memory of the
r human race. In the beautiful imag-
{ cry of Bancroft, "The astonished ma
e tons, as they read that all men are
created equal, started from their
5 lethargy, like those who have been
e exiles from childhood, when they
l suddenly hear the dimly remember
r ed accents of their mother tongue. Z"
: 1t involved the reform of the Brit
{ ish Parliament, the emancipation of
. Ireland, the awakening of the ma
lions of Europe.
And all notifications of European
politics since that time accept the
popular principles of our system and
tend to our model.
The doctrine of the divine right of
kings that pervaded all Europe in
the last century is an obsolete pOliti-
cal dogma; and in its stead is the
depreciation of every government to
stand by the assent of the governed.
Their strength is in their benefi-
cence and not in their traditions of
the past, or their preservation of an
tiquated ideas. In the flush of their
military successes they circulate APP
peals to the people for votes.
The extension of the suffrage in
England, and the recent exhibition
of the direction in which this en-
larged power of the people will be
exerted; the restoration of unity in
Italy; the confederation of Germany;
the totttering throne of Spain; the
new liberties of Hungary; the actual
existing republic in France, where in
the language of Gambetta "demo-
cracy is come of age" the enlarge
ment of the rights of the people
everywhere; all tend in one way
and that is the way pointed out in |
the Declaration of Independence.
These changes are going on con-
tinually and the records of change
make up the sum of the modern
history of Europe.
Meanwhile, how permanent has
been the Republic. Its constitu-
ton, adopted after exciting debate,
and by the will of the people accept
ed, has been interpreted by the
courts, and peacefully administered
with one great exception, from the
beginning. 1t has it is true, been
once assailed with passion
and skill and splendid dar-
ing and unboundad self-saeri-
flee, an assault that no monarchy
of the world could have withstOod.
The history is so fresh in our minds
that there is no need of recalling it,
nor would 1 if there were, on a day
consecrated like this to the harmony
of the natives. But now that thel
agony is past, who is there but will
admit that he rejoices at the re-
moval of that immense burdenI
which so weighed down our spirits,
and so clouded the future in our
youth. The great law proclaimed
at the beginning has been substanti-
ally carried into practical execution.
No longer are we subjected to MAX
ing awkward apologies and excuses, II
to the critics and opponents of our
system, for inconsistencies in ouri
theory and practices. Il
1t is true, and natural, as well as
true that we inhabitants of the Ter :
rftories find frequent cause of COM
plant in contemplating our abnor-
NAL political condition. Yet the fact
that this condition is so Temporary e
ond en- raInobIu oOOYaato1 ,xy;f1, a. | [
earliest condition of settlement I
when the sparseness of population
precludes the possible existence of q c
State, that it but poorly serves the !
purpose of an excuse for complain Z
Ing. We know too that ere long t
these Territories one by one shall be r
invested with Statehood, and take q
their seats with the original thirteen,
coming as invited guests to q pre- 7
pared banquet.
American independence and pop A
ular government have safely and {
borne their centennial :
bloom, and with the most flattering '
prospects we are fairly embarked !.
upon the second century of our ma
tiOnal career. And now, fellow-citi
zens, let each of uslive in the blessing
and duty of our great citizenship as U
those who are conscious of an I'm.
reckoned Indebtedness to q worthy ?
and heroic ancestry. Let us strive e
to attain the most elevated regions t
of political purity secured to US by &
the memory of those who have
passed before us, and who have rem =
dered sacred the very ground Occu- q
pied by their ashes. Gloriously in 4
deed may it be said of it, in the Q
language of the poet RI
''what's hallowed ground2 Ills what gives o
birth
To sacred thoughts in souls Of worth.
Peacel independence Truth go forth,
Earth's compass round,
And your high priesthood shall make earth q
All hallowed ground" T
At the conclusion OF the grafton, Ii
which was only literally applauded \
throughout, there was a burst OF APP q
probation and three hearty cheers
given for the orator, then three hearty
cheers for the governor, and three n
for the band, all of which were re- 4
,ponded to loudly. =
A fine poem, written by an I'M
known lady, was recited by young
Mr.. Royle in an artistic style and with
telling effect, and was also spplauded.
Motions then prevailed that copies OF =
the addresses Of the orator and gov o
ernor be delivered to the printing (
and thanks be returned TO o
who wrote the poem Rev. DR.. e.
Fisher then prayed. and the crowd "
moved away in high spirits. The "
band from the first discoursed very Z
excellent music and put the crowd in a
| good humcr. Il
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