Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-07-05

natural endowments, so that here, in fact,
NAV be found the realization OF the
staI6smar's hops, the fruition Of the patriots
dream Ny friends we have obligations resting
npon us and duties political To perform. 1t hss
been said tat :" Eternal vigilance is the price OF
liberty" Dangers to our institutions Turk in our
path continually: already has this devoted land
nessed through the terrible ordeal OF civil war:
contest WI ch shook the fabric of government
TO its very center; struggle in which father
warred against son and brother against brother,
and for n time the descendants OF revolutionary
sires seemed TO forget the bond Of union which
their fathers signed in blood more than a hundred
wears a o. IL is worse than useless to indulge
in criminal on and recr.ininaii to that unfor-
tunate page on countrys history. Suffice it to
say the orm Is past the sun Of liberty is shining
vet and though cSDnot effacc all traces OF that
mighty struggle We can and must prevent like mis-
fortune for the future. We must cultivate among
an classes OF our people broader patriotism,
stronger love for every portion of our common
country. We must bring our people together again
i'm heart as they were in 80, when Massachusetts,
and South Carolina sent forth the flower OF their
chiyslry to fight for the common cause. We must
impress our people with the everlasting truth that
each section must trust honor ard be proud OF the
good name Of every other section II We would be
united and presps r,ius people,
The man from Louisiana Texas must fe l that
be has a. great heritage in the glories that cluster
around Bunker Hill and Saratoga, Monmouth and
Valley Forge. as has the man from Massachusetts,
and on the other hand the man from the Northern
States must claim as portion Of his brihrght the
ratrietic memories that like halo OF glory eneircle
the names Of Charleston and Savannah Camden
the Cowpens and Yorktown, and they must
each aud every one, from north and south, east
and west feel that every American Is friend and
brother, and coSorker in the cause OF human
freedom, whose good name is as dear to US our
household gods Now that slavery is a thing Of the
past why should the people of these States be kept
permanently divided: Why should not we cf Cali
ioraia be ready to ayenge Insult offered to the
people OF Massachusetts, in the same manner and
with the same promplitude with which We right our
own wrongs? Why should we not rejoice in their
prosperity aud take pride in their good name, their
greatness and their g orys Are they rot q flesh Of
our fit sh, and bone CT our boues" Did notsthe
glorious struggle We today concentrating
make Us one and insepsraols forever We cannot
afford to cripple the energies tarnish the fair
name of any member Of our sistsrhood OF states II
the hand is shrunken or palsied, the ear afflicted,
the eye diseased, or the 70 { crushed or mis-
sharon, the whole body fees the affection and
cannot perform It's perfect finctions Sa with the
United States. Taey are bJund together by the IN.
dissouble ties of consaDguny, ccntiguiy OF terri
tory, and the memory Of common struggle for life