The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-08

which they could speedily assemble or com
numbers, speaking different tongues, and
munlcate with one another. Hence, while
there existed a community of purpose,
time was indispensable to bring about a
concert OF action. Therefore they yielded
an apparent obedience and loyalty to the
monarchs of England who, by conquest
and discovery, arroeated to themselves the
sacred right OF dominion over tie c~olories
ana their dependencies. Yielding submits
sively, but reluctantly, to continued impo-
sltions, their feelings ripened into disgust
at, and contempt for, the Government of
Great Britain, and, as the sequel clearly
SHOWS, they labored hard to suppress their
determination, for a season, to assert their
independence. They at first peaceably
sought redress against
THE WRONGS OF ENGLAND
but without avail. That they were patient
under the exactions demanded and disabil-
tiles imposed upon them, and at the same
time alian and Draw subjects is shown by
their long suffering from and submission to
tyranlcal legislation on the one hand, and,
ON the other, by the courage they displayed
IN conquering hostile Indians and driving
the French, at the point of the bayonet,
from every foot OF soil claimed by England.
These acts OF loyalty and bravery only en-
couraged the imposition OF greater hard
ships, but still tie colonists suppressed their
Indignation, for it appears they endeavored
TO escape from the odious stamp act, taxa
ton without representation, and to prevent
a repetition OF acts of rapine and murder Of
lnoffensive citizens by hireling soldiery in
praying the king and petitioning Parliament
TO redress the grievances complained of by
administering justice to the murderers and
repeating the burdensome laws. These
prayers went unanswered and the petitions
were c~ontemptuously rejected. Then it was
that forbearance ceased to be a virtue and
submission to tyranny no longer endurable
Tor the spark OF liberty, which had SO long
been smothered, broke out into a living
flame and the outrages of Concord and Lex
ington aggravated that flame into a burn
ing fire, which sped with lightning rapidity
from town to town, city to city, colony to
colony add from heart to heart until the
whole country wasilluminated with a spirit
of patriotism that increased in brilliancy
until the fourth day of July, 1776, when
in Congress assembled, absolved their al
lance from England and announced to the
world ky their solemn act as contained in
the
Of INDEPENDENCE
oughtto be free. To say that this grand pro-
clamation and declaration of rights was a
shock to King George and a thunderbolt
that caused every tyrant to tremble, is
merely the recital of a historical fact with
which every a woman and child through
out our broad land u.s. or ought to be, per-
fectly familiar. The issuance to the world
OF the principles contained in that immor-
tai declaration, to sustain which every
patfiot in the land pledged his life, fortune
and sacred honor, was merely the opening
Spono in tho nroof lro M for pr1o,I slim,
ulated by the sympathy and encourage
ment OF every crowned head in Europe, save
one, Louis of France, who was then engaged
in war with her, resolved to employ all her
vase resources of wealth and what vas ::.,-
sidered an invincible army and navy to
force her rebellious provinces into subjec-
ton, thereby hoping to extinguish the fires
of liberty which burned in the hearts of
every patriot and gilded the eastern shores
that followed each other in rapid succession
the privitations, hardships and sufferings
endured by the Continentals until the final
surrender Of .Burgoyne and CORVALLIS with
the flower of the English army, evince the
o~bstinancy OF England AND the ~unwaverfng
determination and undaunted courage of
the colonies. The treaty OF peace acknowl-
edged the independence of the American
confederation and a few years afterwards,
in 1857, the constitutional convention
crowned it's labors by Transforming the fed
eral colonies into sovereign States and in
cementing tine latter more closely together,
formed
A MORE PERFECT UNION.
Launched unheralded among the nations
of the earth, without any salvos of welcome
or greeting from the old jealous monarchies,
excepting France, our ally in the great
struggle, the United States at once asserted
her inalienable rights, and, although in a
state of infancy. dared to maintain them.
The proud, naughty sovereigns OF the old
world were compelled to compromise their
pride and humble their dignity before the
bantling of the Western Hemisphere, as
they one after another in rapid succession
recognized the American Union as a free
and Independent Government. From a
brief probationary period of infancy she
passed into childhood, and had scarcely
passed her teens when the termination OF
the war OF 1912 compelled England to &C
knowledge, for a second time, that her off
spring was her superior in valor and cour-
age on sea and land. The Louisiana n
Florida purchases extended our territory
from ocean to ocean, and the land subse-
quently acquired by conquest and purchase
from Mexico and Russia, has extended our
Government over a vast domain, embracing
within it's extensive borders every climate
from the tropical to the frigid, in which any
Industrious man can find a home and en-
ployment aud a congenial temperature,
whether he comes from the burning sands
of the equator or the lands Of perpetual
snow. The entire population at the time
of the formation OF the Government did not
exceed 5000, 600. This number has in
creased during the brief period OF u
national existence with unexampled rap
;l;%x, for nnw %horo q 20 nvar m u 600
within the limits of the broad acres over
which float the stars and stripes. This
immense multitude Of living souls is not
composed entirely OF those who are to the
manor born, but millions OF them are from
foreign lands. The oppressed and down
trodden in the old world have learned to
regard America in the light OF their political
Jerusalem in which their fondest hopes OF a
brighter and happier future could be
realized, where liberty reigns supreme and
where none can be mOlested in the fullest
enjoyment OF it's inestimable blessings. The
intermingling of Caucasian blood from
Europe and Asia has formed a new nation
separate and distinct from all Others, and
this. doubtless, has been the cause OF
America distancing other countries in the
race for supremacy. All the nobler quail
ties predominating in other white nations
are concentrated in our people; hence
American SCHOLARS, SOlulcIS, sSICIloioCo, III
ventors, artisans and mechanics enjoy a
worldwide reputation.
THE WAR OF THE
into which IKE country reluctantly drifted,
caused by the sectional animosities engen-
dered by the existence Of slavery, clearly
demonstrated the wisdom and patriotism
of the signers OF the Declaration OF indie
pendence, as well as of those who framed
the Federal Constitution. Their works
are so thorough and perfect as to success
fully defend and preserve the Union, not
w%ithstanding one portion OF the States, OF
which it was composed, was for four long
dreary years waging one OF the most des-
perate conflicts on record against the other.
During that unfortunate period when friends
and brothers, and fathers and sons were
arrayed against each other in mortal COM
bat. there were no words Of censure or
complaint uttered against the system OF
government as adopted by it's founders,
and the stars and stripes, the ensign OF lib
ertv, was held in veneration even by those
m~arshaled under the stars and bars. The
conflict had scarcely ended, and the smoke
of the last battle still hung, like a death
pall. over the wounded and dead, when
those who had been engaged in the desper-
ate struggle, on either side, We'd with each
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