The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1881-06-04
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were, through your valor, assisted by q thoug.
and circumstances and providences, over which
You exercised no control. Courage and duty
alike demand > generous attitude towards those
who fought with equal courage, but less sue
cess. And last, by voice, by vote, by ac', do
all that honorable men may do to rehabili-
tate and restore that part of our common
country still languishing under the prostrating
effects OF unsuccessful war. But you must
never permit yourselves to forget for what you
fought, remembering always that what was
right then Is right now. Principles are as eter-
nal IS the stars, and may not be lighly sacri-
feed to further political ends or personal am.
bitiOn. Nor must you lightly cast ASH or
offer TO share with the unworthy the proud title
Of the nations ~saviors, nor forget that your
country, restored by your hands, Is stronger,
more honorable. more enduring and noble for
your services, bequeAtfng to posterity q free
and happy land. with no dark blot of oppres-
sion to provoke 9 sneer OF taunt.
Our great aud good President, Abraham Lin
coin, has aptly presented our duty and yours
In this relation. when he said, on an occasion
like this. &C Gettysburg, with charity for ell,
with hrmness In the right as Sod gives US to
See the right, let US strive on to finish the work
We are In, bind up the nations wounds. to care
for him who shall have borne the battle, and
for his widow and his orphans to do all which
may achieve and cherish . just and lasting
peace among ourselves. and among all nations"
Il has been frequently asserted that the great
service OF yourselves and your dead comrades
has no, met with such reward 40 an honest rec
ignition Of such service deserved. It has be-
come ; prsverb that Republics are ungrAteful,
and no doubt your desert has often bean thrust
aside to make place for the undeserving. But
your complete reward Is not to be hoped for in .
single generation. You fought aud suffered
for the perpetuation OF free institutions. Some
will ask, Have We not fought In vain. We an
swer. no Never has there been such q
rainbow OF hope In our horizon ~ low. The
false pro ohets OF the old country IS we'll ~ the
c~roaksrs, malcontents and misanthropists Of
our W country have been deeply ~disappoint-
ed that our glorious temple OF liberty should
not have long since fallen. Their dis ippoint
ment must soon grow into dependency, for to-
day the nation your valor saved stands on . tirm-
or and surer foundation than at any time since
our national Independence wss acknowledged.
Our example has not been lost on the nations
VI Europe. Liberty has lately been holding re-
vivals all over that continent. France-the
France Of . n hundred royal heroes, from
Charles Martel to the peerless Napoleon Bona
parte- has shaken Oh the letters OF her numer-
GUS royal aud imperial claimants TO dynastic
rule. aud presents to-day the wonderful specta-
Gle OF liberty enthroned politically by that fa.
vorite Implement and convenient tool Of tyrants
IA Colossal standing army.
Spain-the spain Of Ferdinand and Isabella
-tardily and reluctantly approaches . condi-
tion Ut parliamentary freedom. The imperial
empire vi the russian Car is shaken - the
center by the persistent, all-poteut thunder Ut
su outraged people. demanding the repre-
sentative Rights VI cltlZensnlp hacn REVOLVING
year brings England nearer tue true standard vi
liberty and freedom. aud the day Is not far dis.
tant when her titles, symbols aud embleins OF
mobility aud royalty, INV more the reInem-
brance of former tyranny aud oppression than
the insignia VI power. shall be swept away for.
ever.
The rule Of force. the rule Of darkness and su.
perstition, the rule Of ignorance And caprice. Is
fast giving place to the rule of right. BUSINESS.
enlightened by intelligent Investigation. The
4 Aaaaaa - A9aE t.EafnahAEA = halnH r mildly real.
lied in and through the achievements o. To.
day, powerfully supplemented by the promises
Of the near future.
The dominion Of freedom Is constantly ex-
panding, while the territory Of tyranny il -
constantly contracting-contracting until the
most securely seated monarch IN Europe feels
q dread lear lest the aurora that now tinges the
distant mountain tops pressagcs = rising sun OF
liberty which shall never set until his crown
snail come TO he = hated thing among man.
kind.
No. Comrades OF the Grand Army, your re-
ward is not IN one generation. nor in q single
hemisphere. II rests mainly IN q knowledge OF
well done duty. II your duty In the future Is
done as In the past, you cannot fail In you ul.
innate reward.
Every patriotic citizen. Of every party, Of
every sect or section or creed. owes = debt of
gratitude 10 hose h this day steep as We !
AZ those who live that can never be wholly re-
Quilted. And We with regret that the
q IN order of the ''hle closer' Is still heard rs
now and tn IN some comrade fails to answer at
roll call, having completed his service and
gone TO rest.
You need not necessarily grow weaker as you
grow less In nuinbets. Stand closer together.
strengthen your organization and watch with
eager solicitude the growth OF that country
| your organization Is intenied to protect from
| danger ; thrust aside personal ambition aud
pickering. keep step with the progress Of events
aud your usefulness will be more felt rs your
| ranks grow less. b. your acts new lustre has
been added to the heroism Of those who won
| our national Independence in that dark and
bloody struggle with Great Britain. You made
the centennial celebration held q few years ago
.. Philadelphia and that which is about to be
held at York own possible. You have vindi-
Gated the faith and hopes of those who pledged
their lives, their fortunes and their sacred
honor on that most unequal conflict. You
saved from oblivion the heroes OF 1912. and
made the daring OF Perry and Jackson. and the
don't give up the ship" dying Lawrence .
perpetual illumination OF the pages OF our ma
| tional history. You have re-establishedt the oft
disputed fact that an intelligent people are ca
pable of self-goyernment. You have again es.
tablished free speech free press, tree religion.
free men and free institutions. You have
| stayed the threatened backward movement
of civilization. You have turned the lowering
clouds of threatened darkness into present and
promised future day. I have not intended this
o. hattery for the occasion, but have attempt.
cd in my poor way 70 place you and your dead
comrades where history will place you. And
IL you do yourselves and your dead COM
rades Justice and vindicate your own fair fame
IN the past you will occupy no lower niche In
h~istory's page than that which have this day
given you. You will, like the Spartan heroes
at Thermopoln die with the armor OF your or