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

provocation. They. may be discouraged
at their unequal condition, but are
capable OF using the power at their
and bring the nation back ''to the ancient WAYS
/ Ia which their fathers walked, when cosmopoI.
ltan ideas We're universal In the land.'
we might continue this discussion in many
ways. and consider the effect of granting nu-
meIous franchises; fraudulent acts in obtaining
and exercising corporate privileges: or refer in
desail 10 the time when miners rights were
predominant and unquestlOned, in comparison
10 ;ne present time. when the last inhabitant of
the old camp views with sadness and regret
ave- almost with feelings of anger, the approach
OF the orchards and vineyards towards the beds
OF the rich placers of early days. But time for
bids, ana We are brought to the eyer.homely
conclusion that the peace, happiness and pros
perity OF our beloved country eau only rest upon
tne virtues OF her people, and the cultivation of
the spirit OF liberty, equality and fraternity
and That the best security for private properly
is To zee that 1t is honestly acquired That law
which operates only as restraint upon an hon.
est man Is worse than useless
whether free States shall become permanent
ana great depends upon the question whether
WITHIN their borders justice and law shall be the
standing rule Whether justice and law shall
De the standing rule of free States depends upon
the reverence with which they are held by the
great body of the people: whether they are held
~ reverence by the great body of the people de-
ponds upon their administration The Character
OF their administration depends on those who
are directed by the majority OF the people to
ASSP. SNS1y 0CR8Ibldcub Oh the Government
within its proper limits. without whose Jealous
action the law itself would become tyrannical."
And so it has been wisely said:
What Is a State2 The wise behold in her
creature born OF time that keeps her eye
Fixed on the statutes of eternity,
10 which her judgments reverently defer
Speaking through laws dispassioned voice, the
Endues her conscience with eternal life
And being, to preclude oc quell the strife of in.
dividual WILL
Our State, in our minds, Is endued with
the attributes OF q human being. Its friends
are men In this audience to-day whose blood
would rush into their faces at the insinuation
that California had committed an act of dis.
honor twenty years ago, a. if the imputation
were on their own Kindred to-day.
Forward then, We men OF California, and do
honorable battle for the advancement OF your
homes. and rest not till yoar vanguard Of pro-
gress shall have placed the banner of liberty.
fraternity and equality on every eminence
which marks the civilization of the republic
whose gateway rests on the Pacific. Be not the
drones OF wealth and social position, but, like
him whose memory we now honor. march in
the foremost ranks. and observe the Opportuni-
ties which circumstances place at your disposal.
Il % others we seem 70 claim too much either
OF dignity or capacity for pub ic service let them
remember that we do 1t for no selfish or ignoble
purpose. II any other class of men think we
occupy their ground let them show title, and
we will not staud in their way We will leave
ample room for all the good they can accom-
plish or their hearts desire. No man who has
filled high positions in this nation has inherited
it from his ancestors, or been promoted 70 it,
without having his quality tested in strenuous
contest before the people in the face of day ia
an arena where the wrestlers need all their
strength. and where mental and moral worth
was thoroughly tested
10 sum up our whole discour e in few
words. aud make prast cal appl cation of the
moral it is designed TO convey to that land
from which all eyes look to day toward fair col-
oma: Would it not receive the approbationo OF our
fathers. and elevate she standard of our social
position. and entitle the Native Son to have his
name written with a pen of gold on Abou Ben
AdhemS list Of those who love their fellow
men, If the results Of our labors should be the
nation long foretold. whose foundations
were laid in fair cofoTs. whose borders were
of pleasant stenes;;s wherein the hardy pros
Queer struggled not for supremacy with giant
corporation. and the farmer waged unrelenting
war Agains: the miner, whose courts and legis-
latiye halls res0untied not with the complaints
Of hmid capital or oppressed labor. and one por-
ton of the state cried for separation from the
other, but wherein capital and LABOR would
recognize the mutual benefits If co-operation and
work hand in hand for their good, and our
legislators realize the varied Industries and i'm
mensity Of our territory. and that legislation
must, in measure. be special in lis nature and
adapted TO the wants of many sections and
many people?