Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-07-06

Henry and the martial valor OF Marion.
We are forgetting to feel, as we
ought, the dangers and anxieties of
that long struggle; the days Of disaster
and defeat, the long years OF weary
waiting while hungry, ill-clad men
from Carolina, and honesick farmers
boys from New England were bleed
ing and dying, while heavy hearted
wives and mothers were waiting and
praying for the end.
Thanks be to God, who implanted
in those canomzed souls the persist
ence and patriotism which gained the
victory, the end came at last, and the
onward march of progress was begun.
The world bcheld newborn ma
ton baptized in blood and tears.
Washington said it would last thou
sand years; and if succeeding genera
tons of the youth Of America shall be
taught to reverence the memory and
emulate the patriotic deeds of those
who made 1t nation, 1t will have no
end.
In cycle of hundred years, great
interests and stupendous questions
have been disposed of and laid aside
forever. New responsibilities and new
questions are meeting US, and from
the past we must gather the wisdom
apd the spirit to resolve them.
The orator then referred briefly to
wonderful growth of cities and spread
of population, the tariff, bi.metallism,
the national banks, the railway sys-
tenn, the mining industry and the
thousands who depend upon it, the
pioneer spirit, the bright skies, beauti-
full lakes and streams, and grand
mountains Of this Territory, and its
intelligent, healthful children, faith
full as beautiful women, and brave
men, and concluded by a glowing
eulogy to Labor, which is reported, as
nearly as possible, in the orators
choice diction, as follows:
The greatness of the nation is the re-
suit Of the development of its natural
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS something. No
form of government, however bencfi-
cent or wise, can make something
from nothing Here was new world,
> stretching from sea to sea. Millions
of miles of farms and mines and for
, ests, waiting for LABOR to convert
them into wealth; and to labor be the
. praise for what we are to-day. 1t has
been called the genius Of labor. There
is no genius BUT labor. tits the ruo.
bling of an Aladdin ring which has
brought to US more magnihcence than
ever dwelt in the imagination of a
listener to the Arabian tales-more
= than was ever pictured in descriptions
of the far Carthage.
There is not spot upon the globe,
no region however delightful, nc
cline however genial but requires la.
Dor to fit it for the abode of civilized
man. 1t pioneers the way for civiliza.
r ton, levels the forests, converts the
wilderness into garden, clothes the
hill tops with fruit and verdure
= wreathes their rugged sides with vines
and flowers; enriches the valleys witt
fields Of waving grain and ridges Of
golden corn.
1t tears the stubborn metals from
d the mines and fashions them into
l. forms of use and beauty. 1t hew.
the marble from the quarry-erect.
:. palaces Of pomp and chisels forms O.
grace. 1t weaves the most delicate
u fabrics and the coarse sail of com
o merce which swells in the breezes o
e the distant sea. 1t spins the irol
n thread which stretches upon mil!ior
/. piers-the worlds highway. 1t makes
and lays tho rail over the wild prairie
q and the dismal swamp. 1t stop. not
e bridges the waters, tunnels the noun
tains-onward still, it tramples tn,
j. hoarse surges of ocean, and mingle
them with flakes Of fire.
" What were inspiration, the gift o
y poesy, invention, thought itself, with
q out the genius of labor?
Naught but idle dreaming.
Labor has stamped upon the print
$ ed page the wisdom of the ages, tn
a poets dream, all of the past that i
. worth preserving, and lays 1t all a
u our feet.
e The warrior may boast his con
II quests; may glory in his trophies
II but what are they but Dissertation an,
heaps OF slain? His name is remem
I, bered, but his memory is unblessed
q But, blessing upon labor! 1t erect
;. monuments of better things.
"a breathes upon the places he has de
II vastated, and they smile. 1t rebuild
y the monuments he has shattered, set
D. up the affairs he has thrown dowr
: Its triumphs are the triumphs Q
70 peace; its trophies are abundance an
u wealth.
10 All honor 10 labor! She is quce
crowned with dignity, and in he
j. brown and honest hand she holds tn
= = scepter which sways the world.
-. The orator was rewarded by enth,