Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-07-06

land, retaining only that general super
vision involved in her political law
we, on tins coast, have sort of gian
Talus, whose legs beStride the Golden Gate
menaclng with his brazen club all who at
tempt to enter against the policy of spe
cIal law. On the Eastern coast they are
about to erect new Pharos Its foun,la
ton Is truly American, but its summit i
an expression of the friendship and love o
the gallant people of France and the glori
Gus genius which characterizes her art.
High in sir Liberty holds aloft her torch
It's flames by day rival the sun, and by nigh
illuminate the world with their friendly
beams. They, the just men, who flee from
oppression guided by that heavenly light
may safely enter here and know that hero
they are safe from wrong.
THE DOWNFALL OF SLAVERY
Thirty years ago to-day, in a forest in
Wisconsin, was speaking TO an audience
upon the topic Of the day. Among other
things, l was cndeavoring To discuss the
history and relation OF slavery TO the cX-
| isting Government | attempted to state
and enforce the idea that, superinduccd
upon the great law of justice, the fate of
| empires and people was controlled by the
rules of compensation and retrihutiOn and
! 10 point out the method of their operation.
Tn one part to cover, to defend, or to eS-
! cape punishment of one crime, another
! becomes q neceSsity-a necessity constantly
| recurring, the weight and epormitv con-
stantly increasing, until the great mass falls
| from its own weight and becomes prey to
time. On the other hand is right CON
| Stantly invaded, self respect constantly out
ragged, conscience charging its influences,
fears arousing opposition. until neither
| party can retreat from contest
Thirty years ago, this nations claim
that it was the land of the free was but an
idle vaunt. Ii slavery was to continue, the
republican idea was lost. Said Lincoln
This land is to become all slave or ali
| free, and when the issue came to be tried,
the people, educated 70 free principles. de
termined It. Well may their deed be
remembered on this day. The war Of 1916
emancipated three millions of men from a
| petty tyranny, one which, in brief time,
| would hav. ceased 10 exist; the war OF the
great rebellion destroyed this anomaly of
our institutions, tyranny the most abso-
| Lutte and cruel of all modern times, in its
| influence overshadowing and controlling
exposing them to the contempt and derision
| of the world
Let US honor on this day, those men,
| who from pure republican principle made
war upon this great crime. This institu-
| ton had become more odious than the
| Georges, more vindictiye than the royal
Ministers, more oppressive than Parlia-
ments 1t claimed immunity from criti-
cism. and freedom from attack. 1t drove
its adversaries into political obscurity it
silenced the weak and suborned the power
full, and generally all but controlled the
most ordinary functions of government.
De Tocqueville nearly fifty years ago
wrote that in America, the highest
| abilities are excluded from all public en-
Payments az fully as though there was Il
| positive regulation to that effect, and this
| great institution undertook TO make il a
truth against all opponents
| The few who opposed it, and at last
| brought its criminal head TO the block were
those who wore their repubhcanism in
their hearts, and not on their sleeves, and
chung to " that pure, exalted and Christian
| independence which towers over the little
/ motives Of life, which no hope or favor can
influence, which no effort of power can
| control These true patriots, these true
statesmen, were despised and rejected OF
men; but. strange as it may seem, they
| had at all time of their tribulation on their
| side God. the laws of the world and,
| though yoiceless, the consciences of men
! To these men should be accorded the high
est honor. The patriarchs of the revolu-
ton proposed to themselves at least some
| thing of personal advantage: these denied
| by neighbors and brethren, denounced by
| their country in the great contest for right,
cast themselves into its Thermopyln. To
| the work of these great men alone is to be
attributed the initiation of that process
| through which this country became all
free. To their free thought and its free ex-
preston is to be attributed as their creation
the union, peace and prosperity we inherit.
| The fire of free examination burned up the
| hay, wood and stubble OF false doctrine.
| and left in all their awful beauty justice,
| truth and mercy" Republicanism has
well waited until great nation of Europe
could properly, in fraternal love, present
THE GLORIOUS STATUE OF LIBERTY
| To America. From its head upreared in
| clouds, its great calm eyes beheld a land
beyond the power of 1.-THE genii to create.
| The hand of the Almighty alone. guiding
and controlling the hearts of men, could
build or fashion it. Peace that blessed
| peace, with plenty crowned, is everywhere
| security and safety are from center to
those wild barriers of her borders, where
she laughs at enemies The traveller, the
sailor, far in the waste of ocean, look alOft,
| and when they see our flag, they bless it, as
the symbol of the power that protects them
Exposed to that statues vision is q land
which for extent, civilization and prosperi-
| ty challenges comparison.
The inventive genius of Americans has
produced an uneXampled progress in all
mechanical and industrial developments.
The wealth of the country is beyond the
| scope of the lamp of Alladin, beyond the
treasures of Solomon or those of FL Dorado
of ancient fame. Indeed, such is the pie
| thOra of individual accumulation, that the
very abundance has rendered it unprotit-
able. No idle absolute court, no pensioned
voluptuary is suffered to consume the sub
stance of the people, but there is absolute
immunity for life and property to all
| Well may those iron lips unclose, and
| this day from the goddess heart utter a
| blessing upon republics everywhere, and of
reverence for those great lovers OF their
race who have been, in all ages and lands,
the heroes and martyrs OF liberty.
GLANCE BACKWARD.
I have thus far enGeavored to state some
thing as to the origin of republican ideas
and how they have effected the political
condition of America and of the world. To
some il is dry and uninteresting topic.
The young, especially, are more impressed
| With the personal conduct OF men IN great
emergencies than in the principles which
produce their action. AS TO detailed dis
cussion, as to the true Interpretation of our
| fundamental law, our legislative and
judicial literature will furnish all desirable
| information.
As to all that relates to the associations
of this day, the lives and actions of our
revolutionary fathers and of the actors in
the great war of the rebellion, they teach
us that the first created the nation, and the
other for the first time, soliditied and es-
tablished it. The time has long gone by
for inquiring into or discussing the per-
sonal character of Franklin and Washing
ington, or of Greene, Lafayette, and other
great men constituting the military family.
Only one of the whole number proved en-
tirely false to duty, and he, brave to rash
ness fell less from loss of love for his
country than from extravaganza, restless
ness and professional disappointment
l wish to cali your attention to a single
quality of Washington and to the effect il
produced. In all things he seems to have