The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1883-04-21
A Genuine A~ristocracy and n True
Nobility.

David Healy, elected by the work.
ingmen of Rochester TO the New York
Legislature, delivered a speech in
Albany a few weeks ago, from which
are taken these eloquent extracts
'.Our enemies say that we want to
organize mob law and establish a sys-
TEN which will overthrow the pres
ent of holding property.
This is so absurd that a denial is
hardly necessary. The laws OF the
last generation seem TO have been en-
acted with the purpose of founding an
artificial aristocracy TO live in idle
splendor upon the scanty earnings of
the industrious, ana the design has
been too successful. Now | ain moi
opposed to a~ristocracy eyen at the
risk of shocking the sensibilities of
some of my hearers. | will say that
| believe in aristocracy and nobility.
l recognize the inequalities of the
mountains and mon nils of mankind.
/ recognize the noD.l,ty of honesty
and virtue. L glory. Ia the aristoc-
a of genius and patriotism. | go
To the polls on election day. | see
the disfigured soldier with his Grip
pls's crutch and his empty sleeve, has
right hand he has given to his coun-
try's flag and to liberate the enslaved;
with his left hand he deposits the sa-
cred ballot of the freeman Tor hon
esty and good government in the land
for which he has shed his blood.
When l see him spurning the bride
with the steel hook which must now
serve him as a hand, marching up to
the ballot box aud there registering
his vote according to his convictions,
| could cheerfully take oil my hat
and bow with reverence TO the no.
bleman, though clad in rags, for |
know that while such as he remain to
watch and, if needs be, fight for our
our liberties, America still holds her
position as guardian angel of the
worlds liberty. When / see genius
struggling with adversely and.conquer-
ing all before him by industry and
integrity, rising by slow and labored
steps to popularity and position;
when 1 see HIM steeled in the furnace
of competition and come forth with
out a stain, and finally reach the goal
Of wealth and power l glory in his
success for the sake of mankind, for
l see here an incentive to industry
and q reward to truth. | cannot say
that l accept the doctrine that all
mankind are equal in the inheritance
of nature. l believe IN aristocracy,
but it is the aristocracy of soul, of
manhood and of merit. The lords
and earls OF the ~aristocracy loom up
as often from ditch and mire and
workshop as from the feudal hall Of
the blood stained royalty. 1t may be
considered a dangerous experiment
by the monopolists to misjudge the
demands OF labor in the Legislature.
They tell us it is a departure from the
worlds usage and the traditions of
the past. | look upon the lessons OF
the past not as u beacon light for guild
ance, but as red signals of danger,
warning us to avoid the rocks and
shoals that strew the worlds history
with wrecks and revolutions. l APP
peal from the verdict of the past. l
appeal to the necessities Of the living
present. appeal to the possibilities
of the future. L appeal to the intelli-
gence of the nineteeth century. l APP
peal to the lofty and modern spirit of
thought, upon her shield do | inscribe
my aspiration, and in her train 1t is
my pride to be a follower. The past
taught us many a black and bru-
tai lesson.
The past told us that monarchy was
heaven born, that tyrants ruled by !