Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-06-01

every land and every race.
With courage, with enthusiasm
with devotion never cxcelled. Will
an cxalatiOn and purity Of purposes
never equaled, this grand arm,
fought the battles of the Republic
For the preservation of this Nation
for the destruction of slavery, these
soldiers, these sailors on land and
sea, disheartened by no defeat, dis.
couraged by no obstacle, appalled,
by no danger, neither paused noi
swerved until a stainless flag. with
out a rival, foated over all our wide
domain, and until every human be-
ing beneath its folds was absolutely
free.
| The great victory for human
right, the greatest Of al the years,
had been won; won by the Union
men Of the North, by the Union
men of the South, and by those who
had been slaves. Liberty was
national: slavery was dead.
The flag for which the heroes
fought, for which they died, is the
symbol of all we are, Of all we hope
to be.
1t is the emblem Of equal rights.
It means free hands free lip, self
government. and the sovereignty Of
the iciy;dual.
1t means that this continent has
been dedicated to freedom.
1t means universal education,
ligh: for every mind, knowledge
for every child.
In means that the school house
is the fortress of liberty.
1t means that governments de-
rive their just powers from the
consent of the governed" that each
man is accountable to and for the
government: that responsibility goes
hand in hand with liberty.
1t means that it is the duty of
every citizen to bear his share of
the public burden, to take part in
the affairs of his town. his county.
his State. and his country.
1t means that the ballot-box is
the ark Of the covenant, that the
sources Of authority must not be
poisoned.
1t means the perpetual right Of
peaceful revolution.
1t means that every citizen Of
the Republic, native or naturalized.
must be protected: at home in every
State. abroad in every land, on
every sea.
1t means that all distinctions
based on birth or blood have per-
ished from our laws-that our Gov
eminent shall stand between labor
and capital. between the weak and |
strong. between the individual and |
the corporation. between want and |
wealth, and give and guarantee sim
pie justice to each and all.
1t means that there shall be a
legal remedy for every wrong.
1t means national hospitality
that we must welcome to our shores
the eyiles Of the world. and that we
may not drive them back. Some
may be deformed By labor. dwarfed
by hunger, broken iii spirit, victims,
Of tyrrany and caste, in whose sad
faces may be read the touching rec
ord of weary life, and yet their
children. born Of liberty and love,
viii be symmetrical and fair, intel
ligent and free
That flag is the emblem of SUI
preme will, Of nations power
Beneath its folds the weakest must
De protected and the strongest must
,bey. It shields and canopies alike
he Hottest mansion and the rudcst
tut.
That flag was given to the air in
he Revolution darkest days. 1t
'epresents the suffcrings of the past
he glories yet to be; and, like the
,ow of heaven, it is the child of
torn and sun.
This day is sacred to the great
heroic host who kept this flag above
'ur heads-sacred to the living and
he dead, sacred to the SCARED and
sacred to the wives who
ave their husbands, to the mothers ,
Who gave their sons.
Here in this peaceful land Of
urs, here where the sun shines,
there flowers grow. where children
lay, millions of armed men battled