The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1886-07-06
THE NATIONS BIRTHDAY.
The Town in Holiday Attire-Exercises
az aiie Court House.


sented galaday appearance yesterday.
The stars and stripes fioated from every
flagstaff in town business houses were
decorated with festoons of the national
colors, flags waved 10 front of many pri-
vate residences in fact the national colors
were profusey displayed everywhere.
At sunrise national salute was fired by
julie Hadley's artillery, and scarcely had
the fireing ceased when bugle blast,
clear and sharp, at the soldiers camp
vibrated on the still morning air and
aroused those who we're disposed to take
q morning nap after hearing the salute.
AT TIE COURT HOUSE,
AT 10 A. AZ. the brass band marched to
the court house, where the literary exer-
cises were held, and taking position on
the balcony, made the air resound with
martial music. People congregated on
the grass in the shade of the waving
popars until the band retired within
the building, when ii ere was rush for
seats. The spacious court room was
jam-full and many had to stand in the
hall or seek the shade outside.
VI. s. Bonnitield, President of the Day,
upon calling the assemblage to order,
said:
LADIES AND GEETLEaEE 1t is but a
brief period since our Declaration of In.
dependence was announced to the world.
Men and women are living. to-day who
breathed the air OF heaven when our
Constitution was adopted and our Gov
eminent went into operation under it.
From population of three millions then
we have increased to sixty millions now.
Our territorial area then was about eight
hundred thousand square miles, now it is
near four millions. The additions have
not been acquired by conquest and sub
jugation at the point Of the bayonet or at
the lannon's mouth, bat by purchase and
treaty stipulations. The length of our
CO st line is %, 900 miles; would spt n
the earth ! Ia al that goes t. make up a
nations true greatness we have no peer.
The statistics of the production of our
SOIL our factories, our mines and Of every
American business enterprise are of so
great magnitude at to defy the grasp Of
the mind of man.
The inventive genius of this country is
revoutionizing the world. Even China
and Japan are turning from their beaten
track Of forty centuries, and are grasping
some Of the impulses which we are i'm
parting TO the nations of the earth.
We have tanned the lightnings OF the
clouds and subjected them TO our will
BY means thereof and the use of small
threads of wire and the submarine cable,
We can sit In our offices, counting rooms,
and tireside parlors, and count the throb-
bing pulsations of the feverish nations of
the old world. Oar iron and steel rail.
ways would lay two doabe. track rail-
| ways around the globe, and have twenty
thousand miles left for railway switches.
Our railroads cost FIVE billions, seven
hundred and fifty millions oil dollars, and
this incomprehensiblo sum is but 1.-THE
OF their value to the progressive spirit Of
the age. Our printing press, while not
always speaking the words OF truth and
wisdom, is the guardian of civil and
religious liberty 10 this land, No station
in life or in government is so high as to
escape its criticism and censure when q
wrong is done affecting the public veal. In
agreat measure it makes and unmakes Con-
crosses, Presidents and Cabinets. The
press Of our country issues more news
papers, magazines aud periodicals in mum.
Der and aggregate circulation than all the
rest of the world combined. Our
achievements are the marvel of the
world, and the envy OF the crowned heads
OF foreign lands. In our destiny is
conferred the fondest hopes OF mankind.
Our national life and unparalleled prog.
ress have struck mankind with reveren-
tial awe, and with the wonder of a con-
slant succession of miracles. The influ-
ences OF our free institutions have encir.
cled the globe, and countless millions,