The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-07-06

this distinguished phAlanx. All remem-
Der the great heroes, jackson,
Harrison and Taylor, fighting the battles
| against both civilized and savage Toes,
from the burning sands OF Mexico TO the
inhospitable solitudes OF our northern
borders. And need l mention General
Grant, who ranks as q soldier with the
greatest captains OF Europe, and to whom
all the world has paid homage, not alone
on account of his military grea mess. but
because his fellow-citizens had elevated
him to the Presidential! chair Tor two
terms, and the people OF the who ie world,
high and low, paid honor TO this nation
whose distinguished representative he
was.
Can this nation can the werld-ever
forget Abraham Lincoln? Can the records
| of canonization furnish an example more
entitled to the name OF martyr? On his
accession to the Presidency he found four
millions OF his ow-crcatures In chains:
when he fell at the fatal blow OF the as
sasssin, the letters had fallen from their
limbs. He demonstrated Richelieu's say
| ing s'the pea is mightier than the sword"
| to be true, because with one little
scrawl "a. Lincoln" four millions of hu-
man beings had been raised from chatteI
to status, that thereafter they would
come under the provisions Of that great
charter OF English liberties, the habeas
corpus act. aud their former owners
could no longer recover any OF them by
writ OF replevin.
Butt must close, Fellow citizens, the
Presidency of the United States Is a
grander position than that occupied by
any monalch- It Is growing grander
every year. Many OF US shall yet see us
I<.1 - Ill
free, happy and prosperous fellow clti.
Zens.
feel proud of being a citizen Of this
nation. feel proud OF having had
voice In the selection of the present Presi.
| dent OF the United States, and of his
great and good predecessor. / feel proud
to say that Chester A. Arthur is equal to
the task imposed upon him, and I have
| no doubt but that in impartial history his
administration will be noted as one of the
most prosperous an successful, and
that he win I'LL q dis tinguished niche among
his predecessors, and l am sure that
every one Of you agree with me In the sen.
| tlment, that long life and prosperity may
attend the twenty-frst President Of the
United States, and that peace, prosperity
and goodwill of all may attend his ad.
ministration.
The next toast was "The Union
No North, no South, no East, no
West-but one and inseparable now
and forever" The gentleman read
his address, which was very able, and
is given below. The applause at the
conclusion was very hearty. The
response is given, and was made by
ARTHUR STAYNER.
The sentiment announced as toast by
His Excelltncy, the president OF the day,
and TO which am called upon to respond,
was enuneiated by enc of the greatest
statesmen that the American nation has
ever produced, and one to whom the re-
public ewes to-day debt of lasting graf
itude, the correctness of whose principles
has never yet been questioned and whose
labors In the forum are green In the men,
cries of all patriots of to-day. speak of
that noble patriot and renowned orator,
Daniel Webster. The sentiment Is one
which reflects the greatest honor on him
who uttered 1t, and while Offering the
most promising encouragement, throws
open the widest possibilities to all for
whom 1t was intended; It Implies the very
highest degree of honorable principle in
In those who yielded obedience to its sa-
cred behests and who offered themselves
en- the altar OF patriotism as martyrs for
its Inauguration. Union means in this
instance the cohesion of two or more sep.
arate and independent bodies, bound to-
gether by welcome bonds, which taken on
at will, are, when once riVetted, forever
after indissoluble. The Union, under
whose benign auspices we celebrate to.
day, is based upon compact entered into
between sovereign States, written with the
courageous hand Of patriotism, embody.
mge certain well defined rules and
competent regulations, intended to exer.
else a beneficial influence over and
be uniform In their effects upon the whole
body thus formed. This Union became
an important event in the history of ma
items, and presented to the civilized world
the Republic known as the United States
OF America, and the bond by which it
elected to be bound Is the Constitution
framed by pioneers In liberal statesman.
ship. That glorious instrument, the
Constitution OF the United States, which
we are proud to.acknowledge, was insplr
ed Of Heaven, WAS indited by Vete. ans
who had seen the tyrannical injustice of
kings and felt the oppressive cruelty OF
monarchial and imperial institutions,
and in framing Its magnanimous and lib.
raj provisions they were guided by the
wisdom OF the Almighty Ruler of nations,
who In His grand economy had determin-
ed to establish one spot upon the earth,
where true and perfect freedom might be
enjoyed and where no manner of oppres-
sion should ever be allowed to bear sway.
Within this sacred document are embodied
all the essential elements OF true, free,
and liberal government, extending the
broad 9gis Of its protection over all classes
of its citizens, and welcoming within
its wide domain OF unbounded wealth the
victims of poverty, OF tyranny and OF CD
preston from all parts Of the world. A
Union based upon such q Constitution.
and forming the foundation of such a re-
public, bestows upon even the remotest
denizen within Its pales the warmest as.
surances OF safety from aggression of
every kind, by pledging the sacred honor
OF all its supporters to the protection of
any one or any number of its protegees In
the right to ''life, liberty, and the pursuit
Of happiness" The chief corner stone of
the Union which forms this vast Republic
is the grand principle OF universal
liberty, that liberty which i'm
plies freedom OF thought, freedom OF
speech, freedom of action, that heaven
born principle which breaks the gives of
the bondman and Infetters the soul.
which unlocks the treasures Of learning to
the untutored mind and opens up the
riches OF the earth to the INDECENT, pre-.
sents competence to the industrious and
renders possible the accomplishment OF
the fairy dreams OF youth, and the laud-