Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-06-01
made our Nation great and free.

prows were gilded by tbs Western
! sun. We feel the thrill of discov
cry when the New World wa.
found. We see the oppressed, The
serf, the peasant, and the slave
men whose flesh had known the
chill of chains-the adventurous
the proud, the brave, sailing an un-
known sea, seeking homes in un-
known lands,
We see the settlements, the lit
tie clearings, the block-house and
the fort, the rude and lonely .huts,
brave men, true women, builders Of
homes, fellers Of forests, founders
of States!
| Separated from the Old World,
away from the hcartless distinctions
of caste, away from sceptres and
titles and crowns, they governed
themselves. They defended their
homes. they earned their bread.
Each citizen had voice. and the
little villages became almost re-
publics.
Slowly the savage was driven.
foot by foot. back into the dim
| forest The days and nights were
| filed with fear, and the slow years
with massacre and war. and the
cabins carthern floors were wet
with blood Of mothers and their
babes.
But the savages of the New
World were kinder than the kings
and mobiles of the Old; and 50 the
human tide kept coming. and the
places Of the dead were filed.
Amid common dangers and com
mon hopes the predjudices and
feuds Of Europe faded slowly from
their hearts. From every land, of
every speech, driven by want and
lured by hope. eyiies and enligrants
sought the mysterious continent Of
the West.
To-day We remember the defeats.
the victories. the disasters. the
weary marches. the poverty, the
hunger, the sufferings. the agonies,
and, above all. the glcries Of the
Revolution. We remember all
from Lexington to Valley Forge
and from that midnight of despair
to Yorktown's cloudless day.
We remember the soldiers and
thinkers the heroes of the sword
and pen. They had the brain and
heart. the wisdom and the courage.
to utter and defend these words: |
Governments derive their just |
powers from the consent of the gov
erned.'
In defense of this sublime and |
self-evident truth the war was
waged and won.
: To-day we remember all the
heroes, all the generous and chiv-
alric men who came from other
lands to make Us free.
X x
We had been successful liz three
wars. We had wrested thirteen
colonies from Great Britain We
had conquered our place upon the
high seas. We had added more !
than two millions of square miles
10 the national domain. We had
increased in population from three
to thirty-one millions We were in
he midst Of plenty. We were rich
md free. Ours appeared to be the
most prosperous Of nations.
But it was only appearance. The
statesmen and the politicians were
deceived. Real victories can be
yon only for the right The tri
,mph of justice is the only peace.
Such is the nature Of things. He
Who enslaves another cannot be
rec. He who attacks the right, as
aults himself.
The mistake our fathers made
lad not been corrected. The
Of the Republic were
insecure. The great dome Of the s
emple was clad in the light of
prosperity, bat the corner-stones
rere crumbIing. -Four millions of {
uman beings were e1slayed.
'arty cries had been mistaken for l
partisanship for patriot I
SIN, success for justice. ,
But pity pointed to the scared
nd bleeding backs of slaves; mercy G
card the sobs of mothers reft of v
abes. and justice held aloft the !