Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-12
her friends, to follow that flag on the bloody

her friends, to follow that flag on the bloody
field that
SHE NIGHT sooTHE THE PAIN
OF the dying man that fought for his country.
That person should live in song and in story;
she was one of the "Reminiscences, might
say--that gave an impetus and an impulse TO
the patriotism of these men who Sayed your
country. Then, my countrymen, those men
from us the world gives it to them. said the
man who is not heard of in history is
THE MAN THAT NEEDS THE PRAISE
OF his friends to speak the truth before man
kind, that he in passing away may at least have
something said that is of grateful character
for the generous patriotic devotion that he gave
to his country when his country needed the
strong patriotic arm to steady the rocking bill
lows that stood beneath this mighty liberty
within which we are all yelled, desire to live
that we may revere the flag love the Constitu-
tion and respect one another Now then, with
out heroes let me say to you one and all, we
have country that was worth saving; we have
a country that is worth living in we have in
stitutiens that each and every man ought to re-
spect, and we are growing wiser every day; we
are moving forward with rapid strides; we are
lighting up the pathway of civilization for the
benefit of mankind. Let each and every one,
then swear at home and abroad that these tenn
pies shall be ours, and they
SHALL BE PRESERVED FOR OUR CHILDREN
And for future generations. Applause. One
word only before sit down, but | guess you
TCries of" Go on" and Go ahead" 1t is this.
1 don't know what can say about California,
but can say this-I have not had a drink OF
water since have been in the State and now
am almost starving for water. Before these good
ladies and gentlemen here tonight, and in the
presence of beauty and wisdom, l wish to bear
testimony right here tonight to the patriotism,
to the generosity to the hospitality, to the kind
ness, TO the
INTELLIGENCE OF THE PEOPLE
y, ,;s
varied richness, rejecting in its glory the fruit
flluess of the grand valleys of this great State;
why, my countrymen, he-yery flowers that we
see where e'er we pass seem to extend invita-
ton to the visitors that come to this grand
shore and each one seems to say, "Let me be-
come a bouquet for the stranger that comes to
our land There is no place to-day, from the
Atlantic to this coast, from the frozen north to to
flowers that is as inviting. ! say this not by
way of fisttery to the people here, but mean
what say-there is no country belonging 70
the Government of the United States where all
the fruits from the orange down, down TO the
date, will grow
AS 1T GROWS IN THIS LAND
There is no land that showers the earth and the
borders and fringes of the land, every farm and
every garden, with beautiful flowers, as does the
land of California Applause.l There is no
land that holds within its bowels the richness
that belongs to this country. that only requires
the pick and the spade as in years gone by to
develop the grand resources OF mineral cnar-
acter in this land. There is no country with
such border of ocean as has California; there
is but one State in the Union with the same
number of square miles that you have in this
land, and there is none that yields so bonnti-
fully
TO THE TICKLE OF THE HOE
As does the rich land of California: so that in
future ages, in time to come, if California does
not produce as great men and great women,
cannot understand the reason why; it produces
| everything else in great profusion and in great
abundance. Now, my countrymen, you have
| invited us to come here. Whether you are 10
| be injured by it or not. cannot now say: but
there is one thing sure-you are going TO have a
| crop of visitors as long as you live unless you
/ drive US out of the country. A man from T.
| linois-a State with 100000 of peop e-came TO
me few moments ago and whispered in my
( ear..Said he,
| JOHN, I AN GOING To STAY
Said l. whats the matter with yon9@ Said he,
| There's nothing Ike this; there's nothing ike
| this Now, whether you have overdone your
selves or whether this IS an ordinary affair, is