Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-05-04

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tons of nations and transferred the COM
mercial emporium to this hemisphere.
Little did you think, as you were scat
tered among the hills. in ravines, bar and
shaft, with rocker. tom or sluice, picking
up particles of gold. that you were work
ing marvels In the affairs of men.
Little did you dream as in your camps
you whiled away the leisure hours in social
intercourse with brother miners from
every nation, you were thus, as time rolled
round and old associations were sundered
by ties of youth calling their own in ODE
dience to an inherent law of our being
back to the old home in far-of lands, lay
ing the basis Of newer and broader civili-
cation, cementing the fraternal ties of man
closer and closer, and uniting in one grand
league in hearts touched with sympathy to
secure the privileges here enjoyed to all
our kind.
ut is not an exaggeration to express the
hope that the light of political equality,
stimulated by the events of the last forty
years. will, by its splendor and benefcence
the happiness and prosperity of the deserv.
ing wherever they may abide.
Your Excellency, under and by virtue
of a law of this State, and in obedience to
the order of the Marshall Monument Com
missioners. l hereby transfer to you as the
Executive of the State, this monument
and the lands upon which it stands. May
our great commonwealth ever guard and
protect it, and our citizens never forget
the obligations due to the pioneers of Cali
fornia and the memory of Marshall
PULLING DOWN THE BANNER.
Just as Mr.. Caminetti concluded his re-
marks the great star-spangled banner,
which had hitherto hidden the monument
from view, was suddenly pulled away by
little Farley Drew Caminetti, the Senator
six-year-old son. A great cheer went up
from thousands of voices as the beautiful
object was exposed to view, and the Placer
vile band joined in with national airs.
The Governor accepted the monument in
a brief speech. He said California owed
much to the great discovery made by Mar
shall, and it was great honor to him to be
in position to accept for the people SO
grand testimonial to the great mans
memory.
Music by the band followed, and then
Mrs. ]. I. Reed, of Placerville, read an
original poem in eulogy of the discoverer
of Cslifornia's wealth.
THE GRAFTON.
Senator A. F. Jones, of Butte, was then
introduced. He was the orator of the
day. His effort was an able one and
ELECTED round after round of applause.
He said:
Mr.. President and Fsllo,o- Cttizens. This event
in the history OF California brings with it
grave serse of responsibility, as counterpart of
ITS joyous sense OF happiness and nowhere is it
likely to he more fruitful than at the gathering
of that remnant of our noble band of Pioneers
and their sons, on an occasion like this when a
proud commonwealth has bowed in honorable
remembrance of one who carried the teachings
of progress into the wilderness, and with them
assisted to lay the foundation of sovereign
State.
The Pioneers and Sons Of California are in
deed proverbial throughout the land for their
abiding and ever increasing affection for their
home, and when in the opening spring-time,
they are permitted to walk in the old ways;
gaze from this eminence towards that SPOT of
the earth's surface which unfolded its secret of
wealth, and at the enterprise of discovery cause
cities to grow like the palace of Aladdin to greet
old friends, to summon old memories; to renew
old associations. They recognize the high priv
ileges they enjoy. and are sure to go away bear
ing IN their hearts sense of AN abiding bene-
diction. Though the honor of the first discov-
cry of gold has been claimed for fair Los An
geles. fact and true history, based on practical
beneficial results, award the palm to Coioma;
and to him, whose mortal remains rest beside
this monument. the State acknowledges the
glory.
The enterprise, energy. daring and despica-
ton OF the comforts OF civilization and luxury,
added to the capacity of observing and grasping
the opportunity, gained for him more than the
struggles Of lifetime did for the millions
whom mankind have forgotten.
1t gained for him q name and a memory
worthy to be remembered as among the found.
ers OF an American State, and this structure in
humble recognition will henceforth stand as a
solitary sentinel guarding the grave and point
IN l.a mt rharn -
gave forth its g.ittering treasure, in grand CON
trast TO the many costly works of sculpture Al
skill on which are inscribed the saddest of all
epitaphs, THE rich man also died, and was
The discovery of gold and the events that fol-
lowed it and the influences that nodded the
men OF that day have established ideas pecu-
liarly Californian that will never be eradicated
Climate and soil have much to do with charac-
ter, but they do not create it. Race has much
TO do with 1t, but it does not create it.
When this character becomes once forme it
is hard TO change. Successive generations
while they are influenced by external causes
by new accessions of population, by the growth
OF wealth and luxury, are influenced also and
still more strongly by what they inherit from
their ancestors, and by the lessons of their own
history. Reared under the influence of the
past and inheriting the energy of their ances.
tors. the youths of California for forty years have
shown that the spirit Of research and inyestiga-
ton lives in them, as it did in their fathers and
notwithstanding the shafts of criticism and lack
of confidence exhibited in their ability. they
are fast taking their places among the men who
determine the fundamental principles on which
this State shall govern itself.
II is natural that the character of the generous
but improyident Suffer should attract Young
men more than that of the provident Stanford:
that the martial spirit of the dead and eloquent
Baker should live in our youths rather than the
quiet studiousness of Stephen ]. Field: and
why? Because the past still lives, as if some
echo that had slumbeIed long among these
western hills were murmuring into life again,
and stealing fire from the passions of the past
to glotify the present. One of the most thought
iul of modern writer's has said that Arnold
Winkelreid's carcass, mangled and trodden
down, became the corner stone of the Helvetic
Republic" 1t was not mere example OF cOur-
age and heroic self-sacrifce such as can be
found by scores in Grecian and Roman story
The time and the occasion and the historic
events that followed it have made Arnold
Winkelreid to the young SWISS for five hundred
years, the type and the example of his race
to his ideal, and to the measure of his opportu.
nifty, was to be Winkelreid. 1t was to obtain
the virtue and faith of Helvetia that gathered
into lis breast at Sempach the sheais Of the
In the civil conduct of this State the senti-
ments and opinions that were established by
the pioneers have pervaded our Constitution
and statutes, governed our legislation, and ell
ables us 70 recognize our own identity. In
many q stateman's brain, and many a miners
cabin, and many farmers sturdy sense have
Deeu wrought Tue ldeaS tQ6t nave become to
California the helm which has guided the ship
OF State in its wonderful rapidity on the sea OF
progress.
Though christened by foreign tongue and
won not by the arts of love, enterprise of dis
covery, but by the rude hand Of conflict, with
the blood of her children shed on her fair
bosom, torn from the grasp of her Ca,tilian
rulers, she has by virtue of her unbounded re-
sources her wide influence, and the energy and
forethought OF her people, become loved, re-
vered and accepted into the family of this great
nation Of ours. and can proudly say that for
forty years OF her existence her sons, both by
adoption and birth, have not in an hour or q
moment had cause TO regret the fortune that
has attracted the friendship of all the true
culture Of the times, and made 1t her own. and
that OF her children; and stands SO eminently
respected that none dare to do her diShonof.
Far distant may be the day when the sons of
California shall lose faith in the pride of ma
tivity, now their peculiar glory, or when they
shall hesitate to proclaim it. With the unveii-
ing of the policy OF the future 1t may be neccs-
sary for the exercise OF proper government to
divide this great territory, but with its wonder
full advancement In the past, its still more glori-
Gus possibilities OF the future, let that time
come after our generation has passed away. and
Eihcent empire, represented by the seal of its
infancy, at once grand and indivisibie, and
realize in her grandeur the words of her poetic
son:
From San Josquin's broad fields of waving
wheat,
To where they toss their gold a. fair Los Ange-
les feet,
Where the sea winds blow soft breezes from the