The weekly Arizona miner., 1881-07-08
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 r. was a worthy custom of the anciert l Greeks. our prototype in government. [, have established national games In commem oTation of the happening of events calculate,
 to inspire the hearts oi her children witt patriotism. To these games from every DOT ton of her domain her children fiocked ;anC F vas there that then historians read then chronicles, showing forth the glorious deed. of their ancestry: there then poets sang ir their lcftiest strains If the mighty deeds oftheiI C ods and heroes: there. too, their orators E;rove in forensic display, wandering oveI the helds Cf history, science, imagination and fancy, whence they gathered the faiIesi flowers and brightest gems and We've them into one harmonious whole that charmed and held entfaueed their hearers, while they stirred thoir souls to deeds oi iioh.e daring and deatllesS g,ury.
 c,o We In worthy emulation of tha. ...,"..eut custom have assembled here today to live over in imagination the rich giorics of our past. thereby rekindlIng and adding fresh fuel to the embers of patriatism that burn upon the altars ot our hearts: but unlike thoss ancieEts, who came from Greece alone. We came from the world 70 celebrate the V
 Here We have come from every cline. here we have assembled from every quarter of the globe Here the Pic, and the Scott gasps hands iu frieLdship with the Blitton, the Frank with the Augla, the German with the Italian. the Spaniard with the Moor, the Norseman and the Dane with them all.
 The Altar stones upon which the fires ot an instinctiye hatred between these peoples have burned for centuries have been torn down and in their stead has been erected in each heart an altar cf far greater beauty, upon which burn the warm and genial fires of brotherly love
 l speak today to tLe stout hearted Anglo Saxon and Anglo Norman, whose stubborn courage and daring chivalry afforded a home for the Goddess of Liberty when she had been driven from out hershriacs throughout the rest of Europe,
 I speak to-day L. the hberty-loving wan derer from ErIn, whose repeated, persisten, and determined. but, alas. unsuccessful ci- forts to shake olf the galling and oppressive chains of tyranny have elicitcd the heartfelt sympathy of every true lover of freedom
 l speak to-day to the sturdy German. the ancient oaks of whose forest. could they but speak. would tell wondeTous storie. of their ancestors, whose highest ambition 1t was to die the death cf Eaia? on the battle field and pass from the cod arms If death to tks soft embrace uf the beautiful Walkuren III the lofty halls of Walhalla.
 speak to-day to the Frank. the glory of whose nationality has shed a brilliant light athWart the page ct history and one which time will never be able tu dun.
 | sneak tp day tr rhe Italian rLa native If the land If summer skies tLs, can boast the proves ut C.-ser ani the suhjU,a.!1n of wor.d
 speak today ro the >raniard vho loves to dwell In imagination upon the days of Grenada and Saragusa
 speak today to the Mexican, the descend ant of the proud Az.ec. whose Mou,ezumas were once the lords If these broad lands
 Finally. l speak to-day tp ,Ge American, whose forcfathcUs. inspired by the principles of justice and freedom. with cpol. calm cpur- age threw down the gauntlet of defiance at the feet of the British Lion and rolled his shaggy mane u the dust.
 Irrespective of original nationality. we have assembled her, beneath the ,r.re. ethereal dome If Li1eltys teEia., tu l..,H- meuorate the day on which the gocG--s { that temple took mp her abode upon th- sh res ai the Western World N come gladly [" rest our-clyc, beneath ,l- sLaJ.,.s uf h- T.u-- pt the Au,r,sl e.-'e that >pauuiu- a c~"t,lelt .y tleT .-.I.tti..-. strike t3 foam th, =a:-r, .' cf9 .c...-.
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