The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-07-06


upon the scene, under which a
series of victories unsurpassed for
brilliancy in every age, were WOE.
l do not envy the American
whose pulses do not quicken when
he recalls that desperate engage.
meDt off Marlborough Head, on
that September night q hundred
years ago, when, with ship on FIRE
and sinking, Oul sailors stood to
their guns until their brave foe
struck her colors, and the victors
left the society of the Good Man
Richard for the more aristocratlc
Countess Of Scarborough. The dy-
ing words of Lawrence, Don't
give up the Ship" will go ringing
down the centuries, inspiring with
deafness courage, compared with
them the poets Excelsior " is lame
and unmeaning. M
Perry on Lake Erie, selecting the
enemy's flag ship commanded by
one OF Nelson's veterans, fighting
his ship until she was an unmanage.
able wreck, aud then in an open
boat shifting his flag to the Niagara,
and announcing the result to the
land forces in those memorable
words, I'VE have net the enemy
and they are ours" what a picture
is that my cOuntrymen!
There is great complaint that our
navy has degenerated, that it is not
what a nation of fifty millions
should have; bat this can only be
true of our ships. So long as the
memories of Fort Fisher and Mobile
Bay are ours, we will not distrust
our sailors.
That figure dashed in the rigging
of the Hartford, will stand out
TRANSPORTED on the background of
our history, immortal as the prln
ciples for which he c0ntended.
"Peace hath her victories no less
renowned than war;" is a beautiful
saying, but we often forget in the
beauty Of the quotation that the
stubborn glebe must must first be
turned by the rude share of war be-
fore the armies of peace can occupy
it. The victories of peace are made
possible by those of the sword. The
shot that was heard round the world
gave this broad continent to the
pursuits of peace. The burrows
made by shot and shell in later
times reclaimed the waste places of
our country by destroying the
nOXiOus gr0Wths that were strang-
ling our civilization and making
us kissing and by word among
the nations, and now it is fitting
place for peace to build her palaces.
The toast, utah." was presented
by Governor Murray and responded
to by Professor L. B. Lewis, of
which the following is brief syn
Opsis; LESS than half a century
since q Eand Of people, tired and
exhausted with their travels across
the continent, entered this valley
and for the first time beheld the
Great Salt Lake. The valley pre-
sent9d very different appearance
from what it Goes now. 1t was
covered with gebrush and aboun-
| ded in alkali deserts. 1t was the
abode of tie wild Indian. the coyote
and the rattlesnake. It did not pre-
sent very pleasant picture to the
wearied travellers; but the peace
they expected to enjoy in this seclu-
sion weighed heavier with them
than well.cultured fields and pleas
ant homes in another country. Utah
was not then a portion of the United
States, but belonged, with other ter
ritory since coded, to the govern.
menJ of Mexico. When the
pioneers reached the site of
! the present city of Salt Lake
! their first act was to unfurl the Stars
and Stripes, and plant them in the
ground, and take solemn possession Of
| the land in the name of the govern
ment of the United States. These
men were of the working and labor
ing class, and they went to work t.
reclaim This desert and make it {
land fit for civilized beings to in
habit. That they have succeeded
| L leave you to be the judges.
There is that in the composition Of
| the young men and women Of thil
Territory that Will make Of then
statesmen, philosophers, scientists
and great men and women o
every profession; and it il
safe to declare that if Utah wa
given the chance and privileges Ell
joyed by other territories, she woulr
soon shine as brightly as the bright
est state. l am proud of this terri
tory, the land of my adoption, an!
L am proud to say l was born under
tie stars and Stripes, and hope that
the nation will go on progressing in
the future as she has in the past.
take the greatest pleasure in &C.
knowledging the generosity of the
officers stationed at Fort Douglas
and especially Of that genial gentle
man and gallant soldier, the brave
McCook. Professor Lewis's remarks
were loudly applauded throughout
and at the close the applause anC
the cheers were prolonged. Some
one in the crowd made a motion
for three cheers for General Nc
Cook, which were given with q vii
indeed. The General responded
and said that not to him alone wer!
thanks due, the Offices and enlisted
men had assisted and done every
thing in their power to make tht
affair agreeable and enjoyable, ant
in his opinion the cheers ought Il
be given as much to the men as &
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