Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1886-07-07

1o1'oe Vi power, the sovereign. AS
you regard the homer Of your mother
and the virtue of your children, keep
nnsullied the ballot:
weapon hat comes down AZ still
"A sHownAkes fall upon the sod,
sm sSecutes freeman's will
AZ lightning does the win OF God.
Our progress in population, in the
arts and sciences, in literature and in
vention, in material wealth and all
that tends to make our country greater,
is surprising to know and wonderful
to tell. 1t Is high privilege to guard
the Interests Of country which has
proved itself SO strong In war and so
conservative and even indulgent in
peace. In the exercise of the sover.
eign prerogatives, of the elective fran
chise, we should pluck from our politi.
cal system every element that tends
TO mar the beauty or weaken or decay
the whole or any of the parts, and to
reduce, at least to politica! cyphers,
any exraneues or foreign influence,
association or power, ecclesiastical or
temporal, which debauches the ballot
box, or which presumes to control Of
to dictate how American citizens
should vote.
Gro with me throughout the land
You will find that patriotism is found
hand in hand with industry and in
telligence. You find that the music of
the pines of far-olr Maine
rivals III cadence the songs
of the mocking'birds among
the orange groves of the sea girt
South. Turning your steps toward
the golden shores of the ocean into
which our Western sun descends, ira.
versing the Alleghanies and crossing
the boundless prairies of the West,
You hear the music of the singing
reapers from the midst Of glttering
fields of ripening grain. Everybody
everywhere proud of their country,
honoring the flag and yielding obedi.
ence to the laws.
Continuing our journey, we find
one great shame, one deep shadow,
one dark spot, and that, too, in the
very treasure. house of tho continent,
among the pregnant ranges OF the
Rocky Mountains. There the har.
mony is broken. There the music of
the continent is changed into the
direful discord of discomfort. There
the hero is the man who defies hi,
country's laws. There the patriot is
he who lowers our blood. bought flag
on Independence Day. There the
people are not free. From thence |
con,e to you to say one word, and
make public one recognition to Idaho,
controlled by
Men-nigh minded men,
with powers as far above dull brutes endued
In forest, blake or den,
A. beasts excel cold rocks and brambies rude.
Men who their duties know
But know their rights. and knowing dare main.
tain.
Idaho, forgetting partisanship, be.
came the pioneer corps of Freedom
and the vanguard of Liberty in this
vast intermountain region and before
the country. Into this endeared ter
ritory to me, an alien power, which
for so LONG has blighted your fair and
fruitful sister, Utah, stealthily came,
and with tyrant grasp clutehed at
the throat of this Gem of the Noun.
talns as she tremblingly stood in pat
rintic pride and beauty. You men of
Idaho, brave and patriotic, dashed
the foul monster to the earth, and
placed indelibly upon his scowling
form the seal of your condemnation.
by your wise legislation you have
opened up to Congress and the coun-
try and to me a way out of the dark.
ness, and into the light, for Utah.
She is not free, but soon shall be, and
when redeemed, regenerated and dis.
CENTRALIZED, her feet will be beautiful
upon the mountains as she hastens
lither to greet the sister who struck
the shackles from her tired limbs.
Men of Idaho, remember the les.
sons Of the past, strengthen the laws
you have writ which made you free,
and by which your sister in the south
will be free. There are narrow.
minded men. There are corrupt men.
There are traitors. They may be
here as they are elsewhere. Do not
lot them turn Idaho from her proud
place as the hand maiden of Liberty
and the standard bearer of Freedom.
They are not, they cannot be patri-
OTIS who live in a country and do not
yield ready obedience to her laws.
They are not patriots, and a yet more
dangerous class who conspire with the
former to repeal good laws, or who in
the face of a common enemy force
party lines in order to obtain person.
al aseendancy. | appeal to the men
OF Idaho to continue the good work
you have begun.
To strike for the right.
Turn on the light.
Shrink from 10 task.
Look Meath the ms3k,
And Hhateyer comes or goes,
Stand In line and smite the foes
Of your country
and her laws.
We are Americans. The cause of