Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-05

ltS depths the power OF the orator and concen-
trated and made reSiSteSS the energy of the
people in those early contests thai gave to lib
erty an Incompatible and enduring victory.
Their devotion and freedom melted them to
| oppose what they considered the invasion of
| their rights by the mother country, and after
| the establishment OF the Union under the Con
| stitution to regard 1t as the temple in which
alone their right could be preserved
! With what solicitude did they regard the per
petuity of he union! 1t was the paramount
idea that permeated all their gravest utter
ances and engroSSed the attention of their great
| est min0s. Washington in his farewell address
could not help admoniShiug his countrymen ::
. 1t is OF infinite moment that you properly eS-
| innate the immense value of the national union
| TO your collective and individual happiness that
you cherish cordial, habitual and immovable
| attachment for it, accuStoming yourselves TO
! think and speak of it as the palladium of your
political safety and prosperity, watching for its
| preservation with jealous anxiety, discounte-
| nancing whatever may suggest the suspicion
that 1t can IN any event be abandoned, aud in
| dlgnantly frowning upon the first dawning of
every attempt to ALLEVIATE any section of the
country from the rest, or to enteeble the stanch
ties that now bind together the various parts"
Whatever differences arose as to the proper
| policy for the administration OF affairs of the
Government the patriotic men whose labors
| have beQueathed us our political eSSingS were
bound together as by indissoluble links OF STEEL
by the sentiment of constant and chaugeleSS
love for the result of their genius and sacrifice
! They looked upon it as the embodiment of that
! Tor which men had been struggling for hum
| 1redS of years.
They felt as though Providence had 8 special
interest in the success of the experiment to de-
| termine whether men could govern themselves
and that they would be unworthy of the effort
| did they consider ease comfort, wealth or life
itseIi OF any consequence in comparison with
/ the duty of the hour.
While they had confidence IN the ultimate
| triumph OF the right and believed in the ade-
| Quacy of their own efforts under the providence
| Of God, yet no one csn read the early history OF
| this country and study the lives of the men who
| gave II character. without feeling that the
| annals OF time do not present anything to excel
| the supreme disregard of personal conse-
quences the utter indifference to temporal pros
| perity, and the unwavering devotion to right
| and duty exhibited by the fathers of the Re-
/ public.
| The history of the world does not present as
| great constellation of broad and comprehen-
| siye intelligence and tar-reaching statesman
| ship that of Washington, jefferson and
| Hamilton and their lllustriouS associates. in the
| work of proving TO the world the value of lib
erty and of establishing government upon the
| will of the people. Aud yet, it is not so much
| to the intelligence and genius of these men
| transcendent as it wsS-as to their patriot
| ism, enthusiasm and confidence in the
right which they brought to what they
splendid political system with the history
! iilumined by the light of victory and progress
This genius and patriotism would
! eventually have fled from the difficulties they
! encounteJed had it not been for their enthu-
| siasm in this great undertaking. Without it
! they never could have withstood the hardships
ana loss OF life OF the struggle with the mother
! country; they never could have emerged with
/ credit and honor from the condition IN which
| they found themselves in consequence OF de-
pleted treasury and the distrust and jealousy of
| the different colonies. But difficulties seemed
| only to intensity the ardor aud enlarge the ca
pacity of those heroic men.
| But another element OF power that we are dis
| posed to underestimate in those modern times
was their lofty morality. As long as truth shall
| have champion in the world and virtue
| dominion over the human mind will their IN
tegrity, probly and purity of life shine forth to
| be perpetual Inspiration to mankind, to add
! moral greatness 10 the attainmenlS to which
| they aspire. Washington was pre-. .eminentlv
confidence in the days when the storms OF op-
position and the tumultuous waves of ad-
| versity lashed their fury against the chain that
| bound the colonies together
| When the band of patriots were almost
| ready to conclude that they were confronted hv
, the whole world; that possibly they were mis-
| taken in their judgment; that they might be
: committing a crime i'll the name of liberty, they
looked toward Washington and they beheld
| him,
+" Like some tall cliff that lifts its awful form.
Swells from the vale and midway leaves the
Though round its breast the rolling clouds are
| spread,
Eternal sunshine settles on its head"
And discomfort. doubt and despondency fed
and in their place came hope, courage and
| victory While we contemplate the
lesson taught by the lives of these iilustrious
| men, while we survey with pride and ,leas,Ire
the marvellous career of the Union under the
Constitution, may we remember that there are
still grave difficulties to be overcome, serious
dangers to be avoided and important duties of
citizenship to be discharged.
1he future Of the notion depends upon the in
| teliigence and patriotism OF our citizens The
whole system of our laws the administration of
justice and the policy and condition of cur in
stitutions must ultimately be controlled by the
individual will Every citizen ought to view
! the question OF his relation to the common
wealth as though the welfare of every other
| citizen depends upon his conduct. If this view
were properly entertained it would have ten
dency TO produce u condition of affairs similar
to that which existed in the palmy days of
Athens when it is said every one of her c.tizens
was qualified to discharge the duties of govern
Whatever may be true of other governments,
1t was designed y those who established this
refuge for the weary and oppressed that every
man worthy OF the protection of our laws and
capable of approaching the genius of our insti-
tutionS, becoming a citizen of this Couu ~
should have voice in directing public affairs
The gravest perils that beset our institutions
are the attitude of Indifference towards the ex-
erciSe of the franchise and other civil obliga-
tions exhibited by many of our honest and in
telligent citizens, and the frantic eagerness
to participate in these duties manifested by the
ignorant and corrupt.
The intense partiSanship that has at different
times prevailed had better be reYived9 III an
that the Government should be turned over to
those whose patriotism is measured by the ex-
tent of the spOlS.
Public sentiment is crystallizng against the
policy of inviting to our shores and admitting
TO citizenship, the deniZens of the Old World
regardless of character and intelligence
But so far. with the exception of one nation,
we have contented ourselves with protests and
resolutions. The time is rapidly approaching
however, if it has not already arrived, when
something more efficient than declamationS
and suggestions will be required. In this as in
other respects 1t becomes our imperious duty to
do all we can to preserve and transmit uncor-
rupted and unimpaired all the institutions
CIVIL literary, mOral and religious which high
heaven has allotted to us.
Never before lived people possessing such
q blrthrght, such all unbounded horizon of
greatness and glory as that which spreads itself
before the enraplured vision of every enlight-
ened American citizen"
This government will never fall out by the
way. II it should it would be the greatest
catastrophe that time could record, involving
in its details all the interests not of our country
only, but of the whole human family. 1t cannot
be. But may we stand far aloot from even
the appearance OF it, and may We regard our
selves and teach our children to regard them
selves as Gods own depository of the blessings
OF liberty and civilization for all time to come,
and destined to exert an overwhelming and in
creasing influence as the years roll on.
At the conclusion of the Grafton little
Mamie Mccarthy led the singing of
America" the band accompanying and
the school children supplying the chorus.
THE PIUTE VARIANCE.
The exercises concluded with a war
dance by twelve Piute Indians and a num-
! ber of squaws enacted in the center of the
main hail. Before the dance commenced
Captain Sam introduced to the audience
an aged Indian-so aged, indeed, that his
head was white as snow and he had lost
his eyesight. But the old brave stood
erect and proud while Sam recouL ted, in
good English, the deeds of the patriarchal
warrior, who, he said, had fought under
Fremont in the campaign against the
Mexicans IN the thirties. He wore upon
his breast the badge of Mexican War
Veteran. In the meantime the war-dance
contingent, all young and 1.-the fellows,
marched to the center of the space allotted
to them, and squstted in circle upon the
floor. They were stripped to The waist,
and their glistening bodies were striped
and daubed with paint, while their heads
were bedecked with fantastic bonnets
of feathers. Some OF them carried gaudily-
ornamented hatchets to represent toma.
hawks, and others had bows and quivers
swung upon their backs. One Of the num-
ber carried a tin pan covered with a
four-sack, on which two others beat a
tattoo with small stuffed clubs Captain
Sam Ton this occasion only" had no flies