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

NG4N AGAEGA EAOGA CNOAI GbEOGAPu az
destruction, whether from within
or from without, during all this time
her Sons and daughters have also
been demonstrating to the world
that this our beloved Amer
lea must eventually take her
place aIongside of the wisest and
best IS we'll as the bravest and
most patriotic. What strides she
has taken by way Of improvement.
Each succeeding year has boosted
Of her own advancement, and con-
fldently asserted that they had ar
rived as near perfection as possible;
but It was only to find that the
year succeeding made as many II
not more improvements than they.
And go It l. as We look back through
the century; we find she has, in
every department, advanced q hun
dred-iold. No, America has not
gained her brightest hOnOrs by
the sword, but that higher and
bettsrIpsFt Of mantle mind and its
cuItur0-hss wreathed some Of the
brightest laureIs about the name
and fair fame of our beloved nation.
And who of us, my fellow citizens
Of America, could bat feel proud that
we are American citizens sc we stand
here to-day In the presence Of these
grand ceremonies, and take this
Retrospective view of the achieve
nents and progress Of own nation?
We should to-day thankGod anew
that our lot is cast in this great land
Of ours. And while We laud the
day that gave US this our beloved
country, let Us with one accord send
upt his prayer to Him who gaze US
all,
Great God We thank Thee for this home,
This bounteOus birth-land Of the free,
Where wanderers from afar may come,
And breathe the air Of liberty.
AS advertised, recess was then
taken. when a great many citizens
INDUCED Ia picnic under the trees.
About enc hour and q half was thus
consumed, when the recall was
sounded, and those who cared to
gathered about the stand to listen to
the second and concluding part of
the exercises at the Park. When
all had grown comparatively quiet
Gov. Murray vacated the presi-
dency Of the meeting during the af-
ternCcn in favor Of Mayor Jennings,
and that gentleman proceeded to
the toasts as announced,
and they were responded to. The
6rst toast was "The President Of the
United States" which was respond
ed to in an extemporaneous address,
frequently interrupted by applause,
by.
8. J. JoNAssoN.
The President of the United States is
The executive head Of q nation Of over fifty
millions of people. He carries no sceptre,
wears no crown, 10 purple, no royal er-
nine. He sits on no high throne, Is sur
rounded by no court retinue, by no daz-
cling pGgeantry. He has not attained his
position because he was the scion Of some
loyal house. No books OF heraldry
had to be searched to trace his |
lineage, He is not q sacred majesty who |
AN do no wrong. No, fellow citizens, the |
President of the United States Is plain |
man, reared in the midst of his fellows
lltiZens, and has been elected by their /
'ree suffrage. He Is accessible to the |
lumblest citizen In the land. He is per- |
DenalIy responsible for his acte, and no |
minister need shoulder the blame of his |
uIsdeeds or be imprisoned, perhaps |
therefor. Still, the President |
# the United States is grander than any
in 81 his simplicity! |
Every citizen Of this grand nation feels |
proud Of having the distinguished honor
# casting vote for the man who fills /
UGH position, At his election ali bal
OTIS count alike; that of the man In the |
og cabin Is equally potent with that of /
he millionaire IN the palace.
Prior to the present administra ton
Wenty American citizens had filed the
residential chair. What a era nd thing
t would beto see those twenty men as.
embed at one time. From the warrior,
tstesmsn and scholar Washington, TO
he scholar, orator and statesman Garfield. /
When ne cast our vision backward
thWart century, and contemplate them
aeh sjngly, we discover great qualities
peculiar to each individual. But what /
hall we say when we contemplate them |
Are there any twenty mon
rchs who have ruled the destiny Of any
lAbt0A GuhGChn db Ola C0IR6lo Will
among them were great warriors, great 1
awyers, great scholars philosophers and
tstesmen. And where did these twenty
nen come from? They came through no
oval lineage. Many of them were born
q leg cabins and reared in poverty. We
ave had men IN the presidential chair
Fhe commenced life as FaiI-splittere, tow.
'ath boys, farmer boys and tailorB.
T. h. Hao1
he rest, stands Washington, the Leoni-
Las of America. He it was who led
he little fsmished army of American
lstriots against the overwhelming odds OF
he foreign mercsnary troops. At the cry
Il washington and Libertyl" his band
# patriots rallied around their standards,
lefying the rigors Of the winter, and the
corching heat of summer, fOrding the
liver, scaling the mountains, marking the
round over which they trod with the
llood Of their unshod feet, and with shouts
f victory drove the enemy from his
renehes and from the land consecrsted to
.berty. Then Washington was unani
nously pronounced ''the first in war;"
he thrOes were over and a new nation was
Orn. The people declared against mon
rchy. They wished no wars of success.
lon, no internal dissensions on account
( uncIes, eunts or cousins of the royal
amily. They wanted no imbecile to rule
hem simply because he had been sWathed
] royal purple. No! They madea constl-
1tion in accordance with the rights of man
inundated IN the Declaration Of Inde-
'endence. He cOn6ded the machinery of
heir government to three departments,
he executive, the legislative and the Judi
iRl. And uO5ar 4ha Guidance of 6hase /