Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-07-06

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and is operative in all governments
where the people have had or have
any voice. The system, indeed, is
the most natural one possible and is
produced, as we shall presently see,
by the operation of certain general,
| but very simple laws of human ma
ture.
| What more fitting occasion than
this for an American to contemplate
with pride the historical grandeur
of the great political parties through
and by which the Government of the
Republic has been renewed from
time to time during the hundred
years Ct its existence. On this day
without regard to political predilect-
ions or partisan affiliations we cele-
brate, as have said, an immortal
event in the history of Freedom.
We commemorate declaration made
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to the world, by body of patriots
representing thirteen colonies,
] thenceforth to be free common
wealths and already the nucleus of
nation, of fundamental and eternal
principles of liberty and justice. In
spired by these principles and by the
memory of the patriots who pro
claimed them, We rise, on this ami
versary, to the plane above partisan
rancor, above the noise of political
contention-to height frog. which
we can survey the whole field of our
history.
At first blush it may seem anoma
lous that the political party in the
United States which first took the
name Of Republican but which soon
became known rs and has since
claimed the name of Democratic,
should be the great conservative par
ty; and that taking the whole course
OF its history, it should show the
characteristics and tendencies which
| have ascribed to the parties of that
class. | say this may seem anoma-
lous because we are accustomed to
associate the word conservative in
the politics Of monarchial countries
with those who are contending for
the maintenance IF tie institutions
Of privileged classes. And yet that
the Democratic Party in this Repub-
lie should be CONSERVATIVE and that
the conservative party should be
Democratic is PERFECTLY logical.
When,the political parties in the
United States began to form, the
constitution had been adopted en-
bodying the principles of the Declar-
alton of independence and securing
the greatest degree Of liberty and the
fullest rights and privileges which up
to that time had ever been attained
by any people. Tn, refore naturally
and, as | say, logically, that party
pledged the maintenance of the fun
damental principles of the Constitu-
ton became the conservative party
and, looking back upon the history
of the Republic as whole, it may
be said, to the honor and glory of
that party, that through its consist
ent efforts and watchful care, no
right of the people proclaimed in the
Declaration of Independence and Sc
cured in the constitution has been
lost or abated; nor has the govern
ment which was established, upon
those principles, been changed or
modified in any material manner SO
as to lessen the security to the peo-
pie. On this day, | repeat, every
true American can honor and admire |
the great Democratic-conserv !
party.
Nor is there less to admire, com
mend and applaud in the history of
the great liberal and progressive par
ty which has stood ever against the
democratic-conseryative party dur
iEg the hundred years Of our history
FRS known as the Federal party, it |
soon took the name of WING; later
when the political lines were refor-
med at a great crisis in the presence
of an impending struggle, ali Of that
tendency became known as Republi-
cans When our Constitutional gov>
ernment was established the patriot
founders of the Republic had accom-
plised much but. there was much
still to be done. The framework of
an ideal government had been set up
and the right of self~government had
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