The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-07-13


great arm acnRs lhs waters aud struck
blow for l,br,.y that h. echoed back
to-day from the bsur.s Of millions Of
freemen 70 be loht in the mormns of The
Pacific seas, Tho human .f.a.iiy asened
to.hsss Tado our struggle a common
cause itH thpy have 10 after years made
our land common home. Aud tins,
ny the nnited etiorisof nil, sss pss.ed
from the smoke Of battle into the gen-
tle arms ofpsaee, q victorious nation.
Never befdfsio ths history of The civil
lied world, did u government adapt
itself 60 surrounding circumstances with
The same ease and facility. les people
wherever borp. Under Whatever customs
or laws they may have l.en reared,
whatever language they may have spok.
en-fsit that the soil, wherever they
lived was sacred. and that here amid
The tombs of their heroes spd ,bs gar
den If their hopes. they would build in
ths "Ne~ World" = Republic that
would rival 10 magnificent proportions
,he grandeur aud glary q the OH In
dusiry, with is broad breayej, strong
handed sons Of toll, came and spread DER
her hills and Valley, tho gorgeous man
tie Of agriculture. as ia touched with It's
magic wand the mnjrstic monnlsins,
that they might roll their Treasure ut
the feet Of man, and wealth followed in
its footstepa Ilrr epmmercs wLitsned
with its sails the fai oG seas a. IL kuock.
ed ut the ports Of the cisilizsd world,
! and poured 10 upon her the products Of
the great Universe. Civil and reii gious
liberty was implanted deep within her
very being, aud grew with a rapidity
unparalleled. under che genial influences
VI her noble institutions. Inpantheon
was not reared by hamsn hands, nor
vas IL marble walled hot IL WAS stamp
ed upon the hearts Of her people, pro-
tected and preserved by il organic Law.
Civilization began grand march 10 her
vide domain, and 30 FAR is path has
been 'plahe Of continusd svolations.
Let US pause for mons,.t aud look
at the growth Of our cmnt,, sioce il
birth. From 800. O00 -qasre miles Il
has become more than 5000. .0OO. IL,
population has s~elled fe,m 1900, ,00C
u over 5O.O00.0O0 n ~ look At il,
productive, di.tribn'ive, or ievsativ.
Edsyelopment, 'hs mind ~o"'kn at ia
/ rapid growth. W. 6od ~ool. cotton
sugar. kay aud grain produced IN th.
gfeasst Abandance, aud f,om 'hs Uni
ted States the greater part II ~ ,h.
gold and silver Of the world is furnish
cd while the foundry, loom, mill ans
Workshop make the very earth trem
ble with their continuous wheels o
busy action. IL We look at lis intel
lectual Developments, in al the branch
es Of htcratnre and science, learned mel
have ARISEN aud their works are rea'
aud appreciated Throughout the world
Among historians, We 6nd Prescott
Motley and Bancroft. In romahcs
Irving, Cooper and Hawthorn. In OF
atory, Webster, Clay, Calhoun. an
Prentice. Ia poetry, Longfsllov
Whittier, Poe and the lamented Bryan
one whom nature, that he loved 80 dea
ly, cherished 50 fondly and sung Of ,
sweetly, even frsm his youth ap~ar,
; is to-day decorating his grave with b,
: Wild A1wera. Living, his lifs touche
the lives Of the great msn OF tbs Na.io
from itS birth upto the present tim
and now, THAT he IN no ,aoce. bis und.
; ing memory Is perpetnated in the pu
thoughts, tender sentiments and grar
ideas, that he has given 10 the worl,
2roclaiming him for all time a wis
noble and gifted man. Even in d
fine arts VS. find onr country has VIC
distinction. In moral progress its wo
derfnl Development il q gratiica ton
! all-oves 10000 churches minister
the s,,irit1aI wants ofa Christian I,e
/. pile, and asylums and hospitals q
r scattered throughout the land. T.
!. inventive genius Of 7Americans in Il
4 most important appliances If art al
!. manufacture Is remarkable. There
: IN average Of over 5000 PATENTS
. year Issued. 4l =
;. 1t was her Franklin that in, eated {
lightning rod and stole with more rh,
Piomethian skill from Heaven lta f'
- IL was her Morse that invented The el,
!. tro magnetic telegraph, and il is due
American genius, THAT the Atlantic c
l. bile WIS H., I'd under countless miles
- white bosoned bilio~s, pnlsating ov
,e the rolling Ocean, the wars Of Earol
a. the sheeches r her statesmen, or &
4 heart throb Of y nation. He was |
Is American who iirst trusted frail bal
a. 70 the mercy Of the waters, without o
J. or sail and in defianes Of wind and It'd
3. Two. somewhat recent American inve
. tions have for some time excited q
Il admiration and wonder Of the worl
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