The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-07-07

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| speakers, and others, to positions upon the
grand stand, the other attendants iiliing the
grounds about it. After all were seated
| the band played Hail, Columbia u when
| Master of Ceremonies S. T. Ferrier, fore
man of Reynolds Hose, announced prayer
by the chaplain, of the Fire Department,
| Rev. 3. F. Moore.
| The choir selected for this especial oc-
casion, composed of Mrs A. B. Mack, Miss
| Emma Ripley, Messrs Sartor, Little and
| Dale, then sang in a very fine and spirited
maner, " The Star Spangled Banner" Miss
Minnie Mack filling the Office of organist
Then followed the
ADDRESS OF WELCOME,
| By Colonel w. Neil Dennison, who reverted
to the fact that, under the provisions of our
municipal government, the Cahon City
/ t,ire Department is Tequired ~ sipesr for
1 parade and inspection twice each year
Faithful to th4t law, and inspired by
noble patriotism, the members of the de-
| partment had, at their organization, select
ed for those two occasions peculiarly ap-
| propriate days-One, that on which pat
riotic hearts, irrespective of nationality or
| creed, the high and the low, all meet upon
| common ground to renew their loyalty to
| the goyernpent, the flag, and the institu-
tions they love, and to cherish the memory
| of those who fell in the accomplishment of
their establishment and perpetuity-the4 Attn
| day OF July and the Both day of May
| What memories those days recalll What
deeds of heroiSm render them sacred He
congratulated his auditors on the unity.
strength and prosperity which to-day
| characterize our nation, and make her the
| tutor of the world, so nobly yoicing that
| immortal truth, all men are created equal
and endowed by their creator with certain
| lnalienable rights "a country in which
the rose of England, the shamrock of Ire
/ land, the leek of Wales, the thistle of Scot
| land, all grow and thrive beneath the pro-
| tectinS 9gls OF the wing of the American
| eagle. After reverting to the revolutionary
| war, and the circumstances surrounding
the birth of our nation Colonel Dennison,
| at the request and on behalf OF the firemen
of Canon City, bade each and all present
| hearty welcome to that beautiful spot
made more attractive than by nature by the
| labors of one of our most energetic citizens.
! where, on the bosom of the silver lake lover
| may WOO his goddess; beneath the umbrage
| of spreading arbors, old and young may
| enjoy season of relreshment and rest ::
| votarles of the MIN BILE goddess may indulge
! their TerpsichoreGn flncies: all may wit
ness the display of beautiful fireworks :
and enjoy an afternoon and evening of
genuine pleasure and freedom. To all of
| these, in the name OF the Gallon City Fire
| Department, he welcomed each and every
one, urging them 10 participation in the
| festivities OF the day, concluding with the
hope that the efforts of that brave band
might not end in loves labor lostn
The bond then rendered stirring air,
when General Z. IL. Sawyer was intro
duced by Captain Fcrrier, as
ORATOR OF THE DAY,
And delivered a masterly wholly extern
! poraneOus oratiOn. The general opened
| with an incident in the life of Commodore
Vanderbilt, contrasting the democracy of
that man with the shoddy aristocracy that
| chaTaeterizes his son, whose example so
many mOneyed fools are seeking to initiate
| He thanked God that none before him had
| the temerity to play the part of such
shilling proud persons, who coveted the
| appellation OF "aristocrat.7 The speaker
thcn.reviewed the history of the nations of
| the Old World, showing that wherever
| arIstocracy gained a fOothold. democracy
was crushed out, the rights of the people
were dlsrcgarded, the voice of humanity
was stitfied, and monarchy, anarchy, and
ultimate ruin blotted that nation from the
earth. He held that this question involved
an irreprcSSible conflict, sooner OF later to
he met, even by the people of America, un-
| less the aristocracy already seeking to plant
itself on the free soil of our loved land were
choked in its inception. Every nation of
the world which has, in the past, raised the
standard of liberty, has seen that standard
trailed in the dust, and the rights of the
poor wrcSted from them 10y the golden
hand of an ariStoCratic monarchy. To our
America, alone, has been reserved the be-
stowment and enjoyment of that liberty
which came TO her on that day in honor of
which we are now assembled. The free
dom voiced By the old bell in the tower of
Independence hall was not only positive.
but progressive; and it would never have
witnessed any cloud, but for q phrase in
serted in our constitution susceptible of a
double meaning, which brought us a cry of
discord, now silenced forever. He would
not forestall the question of aristocracy and
Gemocracy; but the history of political
parties showed that an infatuatiou and
mistaken Interpretation OF single phrase
had plunged our great country into civil
war, into the vortex of which some of our
best blood and noblcst lives had been
poured. We thought when that war ended
all discussion would cease but the grow
| ing aristocracy of to-day is the breaker on
which, If ever, the great ship of state will
founder. Wade Hampton voices that per-
nicious sentiment and large class of our
people have irudSl blood in their veins
Corrupt foreign immigration and various
other tendencies are leading us toward
that maelstrom. The question is what to
do2 Let MS not be deceived. Ii the estah-
lishmeut OF an aristocracy ON our shores be
accomplished, ruin, as in other countries,
will follow. The hireling viii be robbed
of his wages; the poor ground under the
heel of capital; pride be encouraged do
mestic happiness despoiled; virtue lost
the spirit of love and affection repreSsed,
and, ut last, another birth of the irrepressi-
bic conflict be accomplished. He appealed
to his fellow citizens of this common herit-
age TO use every infucnce-social and polit-
ical-to suppress this sentiment, and
throttle at its birth, every semblance of
aristocracy; to lift the standard of true
nobility, that aristocacy, on seeking our
shores, may be made to ground arms before
the irrepressiblc conflict of the ages,
The choir then gave another excellent
rendition, when Captain Ferrier stated that
the next speaker having been unable to
appear, Rev, n, A. Chamberlain had been
substituted, The latter gentleman then
haranged the throng for half an hour, Civ
ing recital-of some army reminiscence.
Another national air by the choir, and
the benedietion was pronounced by Rev.
b. f. Moore, when the band played tine,
AIR, and the people betook themselves to
the borders of the lake, TO witness the dis
play nf