Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-08-12

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The unalloyed continuance of every
public and domestic blessing vouch.
satcd TO him and his, by tie Declare.
tion of Independence, by the profound
! thought of the Fathers of the Republic.
by the blood of revolutionary sircs,
under the blessed sanction of the God
of Nations. Nor was this all He
felt, undoubtedly, that the general
| government must come ont OF this
crucial test through which it was
about to pass, either permanently I'M
paired, if not destroyed, or yindicated.
more strong and irnpregnable. He
knew the latter result ought to follow.
He hoped that when we emerged from
this req sea and wilderness it would
be with all the foundation stones of
our Liberty Temple laid deeper and
| broader, and that they, and each inter.
mediate book, and the grand cap
stone, brought in with shouts of grace,
grace, grace unto it, woud bear the
inscription "Fsto psrpetae, unless de.
s,royed by the all efacing blast of the
arch angels trump" 1mbued with
such sentiments, impressed with such
feelings, be, who had barred his bosom
to The lead and steel of foreign
enemy, on his own unpropiilous soil,
entered the army of he Union and
| fought and prayed and won. His final
report might well have been "Veni,
Tidi, Vici."
Time does not permit, but hldit, 1t
were supererrogaion to go into detail
respecting our hero's thought, words
| and acts from his entrance into the ser
vice until the fina, surrender of the
lnsurgcnt forces. These are familiar
AS household words. They have been
indellbly impressed npon the memory
of even the unwilling reader and
listener. They form the most promi
nent features of our connlry's history
| SIIitt Tue 8Ital ItNbluilOD. VIC wv uoi
wish to be understood az assuming
that General Grant did it all. We
remember, with gratitude and honor,
his lllustrous companions in arms and
command, irrespective of party ailii
tons. All honor to the loyal, come
whence they may. With preIoupdcst
pleasure we contemplate the results of
the late war. The latent powers OF the
government have been developed, as
well as the inexhnusiible resources of
onr country. The land, once the
abiding place of slavery, is wholly
dedicated to Freedom. Foreign and
domestic commerce have made an
unprecedented bound forward The
arts and sciences flourish without a
parallel in the history of mankind
inventions and manufactures astonsll
the Nations OF the Old World peace
and prosperity exist in all our borders.
and stability is written in characters
OF living light all over The fabric of
our general government, which com.
munds and is able to enforce respect
on land nd sea, throughout the world.
And last, but not least, the cause of
general education is being built up IN
an unprecedented manner, standing in
the fore front of the consideration o (
the people. commanding their pro.
ioundest tboughi, their most earnest
action, their warmest affection and
public revenues. 1t has been said by
Jewish Rabbi. since hi, demise. thai
in the causes which brought abou
was our Moses. just words, fiily
spoken. We are thankful that, unlik e
his illu,trious prototype, he was MOI
only permitted TO see the Promised
Land, but entered and enjoyed it for
80 many years alter The Angel of Peace
had extended the shadows Of her
balmy wings from the lakes to the gulf
from ocean Ia ocean, and that during
these years grateful. people laid up
ON him the highest honers at their
command, In 1868 and in 1872 he
WIS elected Chief Magistrate of the
Nation, the arduous and most RESPONSE.
bic duties Of which office he discharged
with ability and The utmost fidelity, in
most trying times and under most i'm.
posing circumstances.
One tribute to his name, position
and memory we must not omit. Never
In the history of civil war. was con-
querng hero more just and magnani
nous to the vanqushed, or thereafter
more scrupnlously careful that The
exact terms of capilulaton be ob.eived
in letter and ia spirit This was be
cause he properly considered the
people of the South as sill our own,
soon to be reunited with us in trmer
bonds of fraternity, union, peace and
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