The record-union., 1891-07-06

man, have been wrought into the sub
stantial forms of constitutions, woven
into the fabric ofgovernmenta and stamped
upon the manners and customs of a peo-
pie. They have SO far enabled man to
keep pace with the new elements fur
| nished by nature for development.
In most all of the great things evolved
from the mutations of time, the moment
has been fraught with some great
destiny that called it forth. Napoleon
was the child of a revolution which de-
yeloped his intellectual greatness and his
genius in arms became the inspiration of
the French. lie vanished old forms and
promulgated new science in war.
'But, fellow citizens there is not now,
nor is there apt to be any great unnatural
condition in our history out of which new
things may be born. In such times So
| ciety is more apt to disintegration and
/ decay. The Roman republic faded away
alter 1t had impressed surrounding and
| distant civilizations with its own genius
and mastered all the world. Hence
thought, study, speculation and expert
| ment must bring about conditions to feed
the mind, ratify the sense and to energize
/ the ambitions Of man. Otherwise, with
out war and tumult, society is apt to be-
come weak and corrupt. 1t requires
some great force to shake it from center
/
such conditions il must study a plan to
work out its own salvation.
! "a people ruled by themselves and
not by the scepter should always have
their sympathies enlistedin their govern
ment. In country where popular inn
/ pulse does so much to shape and fashion
/ destiny, a general diffusion of knowledge
among the people should be primary
consideration.
''Hence, let every man and woman
! exert an influence in the cause of educa-
| ton. The common schools should teach
the theories and minutae OF government.
/ More there is of enlightenment thrown
around public concerns the more will
they invite universal participation.
| More the citizen interests himself in the
| affairs of his country the more will the
! State be prepared to engage the active
support OF the people.
The school boy should be educated in
| the policies of revenue, finance labor,
/ capital and everything that engages the
thought and discussion OF problems that
| enter into governments life. Theories
are ever changing and men should be
educated to grapple with the new. Ig-
norance would retard the progress of any
civilization, and while we know that
| fewer of its dark shadows rest upon this
people than upon those of other lands,
| yet insist that a government based upon
| the ideas of universal participation of its
citizens, ruled by the people and for the
| people, must needs claim the assistance
of State in diffusing the universal light of
knowledge among those who hold its
! sovereign power.
/ 1.-The people are supreme in authority;
! in their hands are held the scales of justice;
! they make and execute the laws, and Il
/ pride, respect and yeneration for these
sacred trusts is inspired through an en-
lightened comprehension. As this coun-
1
! its courts and its battle fields for the
aspiration and ambition of the poor as
well as the rich, let the place where he
| draws his first inspiration be a public
| fountain where he can drink deep of the
waters clearest of knowled and patriot
! ism.
"It should be the ambition of eyery
good woman that her life should reflect
pride and honor upon the State. And
you make them better by broadening the
| fields of their ambitions. Whether at the
! bedside with life-reviving skill. in the
realms of science and the domains
! speculation, the avenues of fame and
fortune should be opened unto them.
| But let me say to those who do not court
worldly honors, that the hearthstone
Is committed to your care. Loyalty and
| patriotism spring from its altar. The
Maid of Orleans with mail and helmet
| leading the hosts of France to battle. was
not greater than the Roman Cornelia
who impaired to the Grachi. by her
maternal love, the first principles of tie
| patriot. For the last hours of atonement
more glory awaits those who hold high
veneration for the honor and sanctity of
home, and who have by love and holy
| tenderness preserved its halls from desc
Grafton, than for the warriors and states
men who have achieved fame by con-
| quest in battle or council
| The name of the soldier who has de-
| Tended its honor is enshrined in memory,
and the fame of the poet who has en-
| throned the love of home in the heart of
his votaries shall live as long as honor
IS the guide for man and virtue the faith
| of woman. She is greater by far who
exemplifies in her life that principle
which renders sacred from the rude hand
of the world the holy precincts of the
American home, than those who have
striven for fame in the busy turmoil of
life.
Men and women, boys and girls. there
is fame for you all in this land. Whether
in the beaten paths which lead to glory,
IN calm domestic peace burning the in
cense of patriotism upon the hearthstone,
or in the undiscovered realms of nature,
there is honor for you all. Then let each
natiye-born citiZen together with those
who have by the laws of adoption dedi-
Gated their energies and lives to service
of this country, standing to-day upon
this broad plane of humanity, and as the
busy soul of enterprise stops for mo-
ment to reflect upon our laurels already
won, to draw fruitful lessons from out
the mighty depths of time, to pay due
homage to the monuments and temples
that attest the goodness Of fieeting age.
then take up the banners OF progress, and
amid the untrodden paths of future.
pave the way, span the rivers, erect the
arches, through, across and under which
humanity moves toward the final goal of
| happiness.
Il believe that each Californian should
have especial pride in carrying out the
common destiny of man. Fellow citizens,
under the dome of your very Capitol.
with the genius of past reflected from
its walls, now commend you to the first
duties of a patriot.
'There is no glory on earth like that
which nature has given us. There is no
place like California. And as westward
the star of empire takes her way she
halts her flight where our own Golden
Gate stands wide ajar for the commerce
of the western world. There is no scene
that stimulates so much ambition; there
is no home that excites so much love
to extol the greatness of this common
wealth you should prepare to parade
| the unfolded the wonders of Cali
fornia before the eyes of the civ
ilized nations as they meet under
the broad canopies of the western sky,
where, in arts and natures resources,
Kingdoms, empires and republics shall
vie to bear away the palm of enlightened
prosperity.
''The results of your labors in the
future in behalf of your country, depend
upon the energies you summon, in sub
DUNG the forces of nature, in solving her
mysteries, in conquering the illimitable
world.