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


The splendid race that lived and grand
died
To make this land plsce for Freedom
seat,
And for earth's poor safe and sure re
treatl
What tolls were borne, wars fought ant
dangers faced
AS one by one were hewed and frml.
placed
The corner stones of states, until at las
The days of doubling and Of dread wsr
passed,
Until the Great Republic, fobed in light
Splendid in grsees and superb in might
Shone on the world as shines in spac
sfar
Out On the upper deep th5 Polar star,
To guide the mariner, to guild the night
Midst sweeping suns the one unchsnginl
light.
And while we grasp the gloIies of thiI
hour,
While all that this day means comes il
full power
Upon our hearts, we question should Oul
souls;
Could we, from out the storms and thun.
der-rolls
Bring Order forth and Peace2 Amid
wars shock
Could We 8 nations cradle calmly rocki
Or could We like our brothers bear our
breasts,
To meet rebellion's lances set in rest,
And wait, through anguish like second
birth,
To saV9 free government upon the earth
We know not. but in thought we see
The desert traekleas and the storm-swept
main,
As yet no paths marked on .be COLLEEN
Coast,
The whole great west IN barbsrism lost
Unlil we came; ard counting since the
years,
Marking what hearts have broken, and
what tears
In silence nave been shed; how with
stern pride
Brave men have smiled DER broken hopes
and died
Without plant noting the pain aud toll,
K, CURED to cOnseerste a savage soil
To order ard TO law; t. build secure
The archers on which states are to endure;
We take some credit TO ourselves; in
thought
We kinship claim to those brave souls
who wrought,
Where their great deeds will as the ages
roll
Glitter forever on Fame's golden scroll.
So from these aItars mere to-day, we may
prefer this prayer;
God of our fathers, keep this land forever
in Thy care;
Keep over it our holy flag, with stars in
creasirg, bright;
The naion's radiant guide by day, Its
lamp OF light by night:
Keep ure and esl our maids and wives,
cur ~ an keep brave and true;
Keep ThOu our sages strong and wise,
and as tn@y years renew
The generations on our shores, may they
Increase 10 might,
Until immovable in power, invincible for
light,
When ring each year the solemn peas, to
mark the swift year fed,
Standing before the living, and above the
mighty dead;
The men succeeding US shall see nation OF
such grace
As neer before in glory woke smile on
earths sad face;
A natisn held by justice up, whose sell by
peace is tFod;
WI here freedoms temples shed their rays
sweet as the smile ef God.
Croxall's Silver Band played with
unusual feeling Nearer My God to
Thee" at the conclusion of which
Judge P. T. Van lille was intro
1uced, when he read the grafton.
The document, which is given be-
oW, is quite able, and its delivery
was clear and distinct, and well
listened to, and we'll received with
approval when it was finished.
GRAFTON:
b To-day We, as nation, are stand
ny upon the outer boundary of
another years march, and boxing
pack through the more than a cen.
fury that has passed, are rejecting
Upon the grand achievements of
)ther years, with their difficulties
and trials, Opping here and |
there as we, on memOry's wings,
-etrace our steps, to breath IN the
sweet fragrance Of the flowers that
are blooming by the way side,
1ourished and fostered by the beau
5iful sentiment Of freedom and
equal rights; and with the history
If America that is already written
before US, we try here to peer into
he futWe and discern, il we can,
upon what grounds the camp fires
If the coming years Will be lighted, /
md what is in store for us.
Upon such an occasion, ruled and
governed, and possessed by such
thoughts and reflections as only
nave place in the heart of a true
American citizen what can be said?
It seems to me- that the most elo-
luent ora ton l could pronounce at
uch q time would be simply TO
tand here aud point to the history
# this grand country, the birth OF
Rh ch We to-day celebrate.
a nation VIII )se grandeur is not
old alone by her vast domains and
inconquerable proves, whose
strength lies not alone in braWny |
rms and iDnumerable hosts-but in !
he sentiments, principles and grand
Institutions upon which it is build
ID, into which its life is rooted.
"We hold these truths to be self
that all men are created
,qual; that they are endowed by |