Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-06-02

L Siory as lmperisnable as the SlOr
: OF the stars. Never shall we forge
= TIE work of our revolutionary sires
, who planted the gems of our liber
ties, or of those who in latter year.
, upheld the honor of the Repu blic
and advanced its dignity on lane
and sea. We are not unmindful Of
the presence of few surviving
veterans Of the Mexican war
These venerable men with furrowed
iaces and silvery hair, can look
back through the dim vista Of
forty years TO the days when the
camp-fres of war cleaned brightly
for rem. When they. led by
Scott and Taylor. pressed through
swamp and chaparrai, across the
burning desert and over the noun
tain top, fighting the passage step
by step,-their bayonets flashing
ever in the sunlight of victory
and carrying the banners of free.
dom and progress from the sandy
beaches of the great gulf, to the
spark ne waters Of the Golden
Gate. Nor did they stop even
then. With undiminished corr
age they plunged ia the boundless |
solitudes and the silence Of the |
ages was broken by their daring
footsteps. They became the van
guard of that gallant army of
Pacific Coast Pioneer, which wrest-
ed this whole Western slope from
the grasp of babarism. aud laid the
foundations Of a civilization second
to none on earth. They have made
It possible for Us to assemble here
today, They have imposed upon
is a debt Of gratitude which can
never, never be repaid, and as We
rope to be honored in the future.
% We honor them now. May their
lays be long in the land they have
erved so we'll. and when the
ands Of their lives are run, NAV
hey find peaceful and happy 1
ONE in the realms Of eternal rest.
We do not claim that our dead
omrades .were possessed of any b
Extraordinary personal merit. If :,
he sole purpose of this ceremony !
ere to honor them as individuals. n
would have no national signif- a
lnce. We would then perform
II little services in quiet seclusion
I'd never think of asking the pub :
: to participate. The dead may
ways with propriety be remem-
red by the living, and we are
ippy to note the change in tue re-
ect which has come over the
ople within the last few years. &
raves long neglected are now 2
nderly cared for, friends and re-
ives viewing with each other in &
orning and identifying the rest
z places Of the loved and the lost.
This is well. A country in
lich the women are thoroughly e
bued with the spirit of 10y V
y need have no fears for the /
.ure. 1t is in youth that the -
nracter is moulded. At the
sther's knee the child should
NV its first Inspirations of pa A
)tism, and form those high -
Owes which lead men to do
/ dare for their country's veal.
the members of tho Custer u
lief Corps, we extend the
I'd of fraternal greeting. We
wv full we'll how much we al
dy owe to the women Of
lerica. We know that in the
kest days through which our
ntry has passed, their cour-
and consistency never failed.
the earliest colonial times
an the New World was a u
ling wilderness, the abode
he wild beast and the merci-
savage, they encountered "a
~ danger with uncomplain- LA
ltude. In the days of 10, r
So, and amid the horrors of
y Indian war that illumined
heavens and crimsoned the
Of the American border their
ism shone forth with un-
med luster. And none Of
boys in blue will ever forget T
they did for them in the i
civil war. Everywhere
: mild and benefcent infiu-
was felt. They contributed
means, they lent their SER IA