The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-02-16

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truth into q mighty flame; az a phi
lanthropist, to affect with a happy
influence the whole world; and at
last, as one of the nobler of the re-
deemed spirits who will excite to
higher rapture the anthems of etern-
ity. What an inviting field stands
before the gaze of our young men.
In this field victories are to be
achieved that eclipse the dazzling
conquests of an Alexander, Han
nibal, Sesortes, OF a Napolean. They
will be victories of peace and mind,
for, in the eloquent language of one,
''peace has her victories no less re-
nowned than war" Young men
unpolluted having the grandeur of
mental and moral independence, are
the flowers of q century, the strength
Of communities, the pride of churches
the hope Of families, and finally, will
be the light and glory of the world.
Their conduct may mould the
character of distant nations, remote
| empires and republics. Kingdoms
far y way may receive the impress of
their being; they NAV ornament the
land by their deeds and enterprises;
they may reflect truth like stars, and
move the whole world Intellectually;
they may perform deeds of merit and
works of honor that will enroll their
names in immortal splendor upon
the scroll of fame; they may gid the
social horizon which by the law of
expansion will make 1t a sea of light
and all beneath will be vine and
palm and flower. We are living in
an age of wonders, an age of invent
i've genius, an age Of moral and in
tellectual activities: The soul is
stirred to its depths. There is q
reaching forth. There Is an effort
made to climb the steep ascending
walks Of civilization, and while a
grand scene unb0soms to u view
we cannot help but reflect seriously
and feel that -.
We are living. we are dwelling.
In q grand and awful time; 81,
In an age on q es tending,
To be living Is sublime"
It is a time of rigid investigation
and close aud thoughtful sc rItiny.
The oceans of thought are tumultu-
Gus: the fields of science are an.
sacked and explored aud many a man
is seen returning laden with the
fruits aud flowers unfading aud eter-
nal. It lisa time for examining the
base-work of institutions to see if
they will stand the presence and
gravity Of tight principles. Temples
viii, totter and tumble to the ground;
but new ones will be erected whose
domes aud spires will CLEAN in splen-
dor among the sentinels of the sky.
The foundation stones of political
parties are trembling. The political
horizon indicates q storm, but behind
the dark cloud that is climbing the
heavens there is. a.. light. It is the |
grand pharos of q pure and unadul- |
terated democracy whose mission is
to expose corruption, give grander
ideas of right, and usher in the
brighter splendOrs of a more auspi-
cious norm. To such a system of
political philosophy young men will
cling. Around such m institution
they will cluster and revo)ve. They
will stick to the golden mean that
stands between extremes. AS true as
the idealism of Plato gave way to the
realism of Aristotle. the philosophy
of DESCRIBES to the sensationalism of
Hobbies and Locke. and Pantheism, |
Deism, mysticism, characterization
and agnOsticism are about to be
swallowed up by substantialism, SO a
sophisticated Republican. the quint-
essence of aristocratio selfshness, will
be supplanted through the e~levatiEg
aud regenerating influences of a pure
democracy. Then the political heav--
a will BE- serene and tranquil, and
in the language OF Pope
A crimes will cease aud fraud shall fail,
Returning Justice lift abroad her scale;
Peace DER the world her olive wand extend,
And white robed Innocence from Heaven de
scend."
Young men will gladly pillar and
sustain such u national Institution,
and entwine their principles around
their natures, and every movement
inaugurated to accelerate its sacred
interests and sustain its vital and re-
ciprocal relations, will receive fresh
impetus from the ready hands, the
active minds, and pure hearts of
young men. AS long as injustice is
metpd out. fraud and corruption cal
cimined, the voice Of right hushed
amid the clamOrous shouts and vO-
alterations of corrupted judges, and
journalists essay to adorn and embel-
lish such q dishonorable procedure
with the flowers of rhetoric and the
gorgeous hues Of q respondent die
ton, the political monuments of such
Observation-Disclosures will fall from
their towering height and be con-
to the grave of a merited OBJ
They will be shorn Of their
strength, dismantled of their glory,
and finally be as volceless as the eter-
nal Sphinx of Thebes, and all will
unite in the iubilant song and ex-
"Well done!n.. Young men
will become prominent in the armies
of deliverance, the march of science,
and in the establishment of institu-
lions that will beautify the world.
With them will be- entrusted the af-
fairs of state when old men are whit
ened with the frosts. of age. And
such q sight will they see if they are
virtuous that surpasses the grandeur
of nature and the glory Of art. They
must he men of mental and moral
independence, men o. moral courage
and self control, and these will con-
the pillars of an institution
which will be thebeacOn Of the world.
Guided by its supernal efulgence we
can sail over the river of time serene
" as when Autumn dies and finally
emerge into the waveless ocean of
peace.
J. B. WHITFoRD.
l.iederkratz Election.
On Sunday CHING, Feb. 10th, the
Liederkranz Gesang Verein. elected
for the next year the following off.