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

against both civilized and savage loes,
from the burning sands of Mexico TO the
inhospitable solitudes of our northern
borders. And need mention General
Grant, who ranks as a soldier Win the
greatest captains Of Europe, and to whom
ali 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 e world,
high and low, paid honor to this nation
whose distinguished representative he
was.
Can this nation can the werld-ever
iorget 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 fellow. creatures in chains;
when he fell at the fatal blow of the as
sssssin. the letters had fallen from their
limbs. He demonstrated Richelieu's say
ing e'the pea is mightier than the sword"
to be true, because with one little
scravl ga. Lincoln" four millions of hu-
man beings had been raised from a chattel
to q status, that thereafter they would
come under the provisions of that great
charter Of English liberties, the habeas
corpus act, and their former owners
4OASCA ACOONCl dhJ Va DnCL4 Ny
writ of replevin.
Butt must close, Fellow citizens, the
Presidency of the United States is a
grander position than that occupied by
any monaIch. It is growing grander
every year. Many OF US shall yet see US
surrounded by. one hundred millions of
free, happy and prosperous fellow citi-
Zens.
/ feel proud of being q 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 and successful, and
that he win fila dis tinguished niche among
his predecessors, and 1 am sure that
every one of you agree with me In the sen.
timent, 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 1.-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
T esponse is given, and was made by
ARTHUR STAYNER.
The sentiment announced as a toa5t by
His ExceIltncy, the president OF the day,
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was enuneiated by enc of the greatest
statesmen that the American nation has
ever produced, and one to whom the re-
public owes 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 mem
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 it, and while offering the
most promising encouragement, throws
open the widest possibilities to all for
whom 1t was intended; 1t implies the very
highest degree of honorable principle in
n those who yielded obedience to its sa-
red behests and who offered themselves
IN the altar of patriotism as martyrs for
is Inauguration. Union means in this
Instance the cohesion OF two or more sep.
rate and independent bodies, bound to-
yether by welcome bonds, which taken on
1t will, are, when once rivetted, forever
after indissoluble. The Union, under |
whose benign auspices we celebrate to. |
lay, is based upon compact entered into |
between sovereign States, written with the |
outrageous hand of patriotism, embody- |
ngt certain well defined rules and |
regulations, intended to exer.
Use beneficial influence over and
De uniform in their effects upon the whole |
1ody thus formed This Union became |
IN important event in the history of ma
lens, and presented to the civilized world |
he Republic known as the United States |
II America, and the bond by which it |
elected to be bound is the Constitution /
ramed by pioneers in liberal statesman.
hip. That glorious instrument, the |
ton of the United States, which |
We are proud to:acknowIedge, was inspir /
d of Heaven, was indited by yete. ans /
Kings and felt the oppressive cruelty of /
nor srchial and imperial institutions,
nd in flaming It's magnanimous and lib. |
al provisions they were guided by the /
wisdom OF the Almighty Ruler of nations, |
Who in His grand economy had determin. |
ID to establish one spot upon the earth, |
where true and perfect freedom might be i
njoyed and where no manner of oppres.
ion should ever be allowed to bear sway. |
Within this sacred document are embodied |
II the essential elements of true, free,
nd liberal government, extending the |
,road @gis Of its protection over all classes /
# its citizens, and welcoming within 1
ts wide domain of unbounded wealth the /
ictims of poverty, of tyranny and OF OPP /
'resBion from all parts of the world. A |
Union based upon such Constitution, |
nd forming the foundation ofsuch a re- |
public, bestoWs upon even the remotest |
lenizen within Its pales the warmest as
uTances of safety from aggression of |
very kind, by pledging the sacred honor /
Il all its supporters to the protection of |
ny one or any number Of its protegees In 1
he right to ''life, liberty, and the pursuit |
f happiness" The chief corner stone of |
he Union which forms this vast Republic
3 the grand principle of universal
liberty, that liberty which i'm
lies freedom of thought, freedom of |
peech, freedom OF action, that heaven
'orn principle which breaks the gives of /
he bondman and Infetters the soul,
7hich unlocks the treasures of learning to /
he untutored mind and opens up the |
iches of the earth to the INDECENT, pre-
ents competence to the industrious and /
enders possible the accomplishment of /
he fairy dreams Of youth, and the laud-
bic ambitions of all classes: it affords an
field to the artisan and mechan-
:, the inventor and philosopher, the say.
Mt and the sage, and opens up vast and
eundless world to the energetic and en- /