The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-07-10

that its integrity had been preserved
he thought not of punishment or re- :
venge upon his misguided fellow &.
countrymen. And 80 when first homi4-
mated for the Presidency. he of few
words, but mighty deeds. and ofithe
true instinctofhis manly nature, nobly
said: bet Us have Peace" The
tongue that spoke those words issilen4
now and death has given him eternal
peace.
The trio is complete. Washington,
Lincoln, Grant. Gentle and brave and
generous all.
And now let us see what are some
OF the results of a century of free
government In material growth our
country has surpassed every nation
upon the globe. Our population has
increased from three to more than fifty
millions; the area of the States COM
prising the Union, from one To some
where about four millions of square
miles; and our dominion stretches from
the Atlantic to the Pacific and from
the Gulf,of Mexico to the Attic Ocean.
The country is covered with net
work of railways and splendid steamers
navigate our bays, lakes and rivers,
while in 1776 but q few wrctched
roads connected the distant parts If,
the country.
In manufactures aud commerce We
have progressed with marvellous.
rapidity and in inventive genius We
outstrip the world. TIE America the
world owes the application of steam
to navigation, the invention of the
electric telegraph, the telephone and
all the modern uses of electricity, the
sewing machine, cottonsgin,. reaping
machine, the discovery of the uss Of
ether as an anaesthetic and the great
improvements in the steam engine and
the printing press, and host of other
inventions which would take all day
to enumerate. Charles Reade has said :;
American patent sprint our En-
glish newspapers, and sew English
mems shirts. A Briton goes to his
work by American clocks and 10
warmed by American stoves and
cleaned by American dust collectors.
In word America is the leading ma
ton in all matters of material inven--
ton and construction and no other
nation rivals or approaches her."
In 1900 We only had 300 newspapers
in the United States, now we have
nearly 5000. We have in the neigh,
borhood of 100000 public and private
libraries and $500 colleges and profess
sional aud scientific schools, 10000
public and $4,000 private schools Pm
1890 there were only about dozen
colleges and all the common scheols'
weIe confined to New England. We
have about $4,000 churches of different
kinds, which is more than any nation
in Europe, and can't tell how many
ministers. In fact | think. We could
spare few to England. But time
will aot permit OF my going at any
greater length into this subject.
Enough has been said to prove that
republican institutions can make T.
country rs great, as strong at heme,
as respected abroad, as prosperous and
as stable, as enlightened md rs virtu-
Gus as the most powerful monarchy.
None but nation of free men could
have accomplished all that this has
thus demonstrating the truth that
higher than any title of rank or
nobility is the precious name of free
citizens of free land. Another great
cause of our prosperity is the public
schools. Education aud Freedom
these two have joined hands in the
moulding of the destiny of America
and the day in which her sons and
daughters fail to appreciate their infiu-
ence will mark the commandments ut
her downfall. The past teaches us no
greater lesson and conveys no graver
warning than that we should guard
with jealous care the integrity of our
public school system, for education is
the corner stone of Republican,
liberty. ir
As our progress in the past has been,
so be it in the future, and let the
example of what one free people can.
accomplish awake the love of liberty
in every heart, and every clime5 Jill
tyranny is word unknown and science
and education-those white-wingcd
messengers of peace and love-havs
borne the torch of Liberty to every
shore to burn undimmed forever.
Still let the wavslets Of sound bear
onward the peals of the Independence