The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-07-06
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the declaration. This restless tide, votar-
les OF liberty, banded BY the declaration
OF l7I6 was not destined 10 remain in a
limited territory where il had been planted
10 blood and saGrifce. Hence westward
too came the ceaseless stream OF emiyra-
ton from the original Is colonies. Vast
areas became original territories. These
IN time assumed proud positions in the
galaxy oil states, until the glorious possi-
bilities which are yet In the future rise
up before us like painted vision; and
we as citizens Of her most westerly state,
gathered from all states aud from all
countries, in the richest aud grandest
part Of this continent, feel that the On
nipotent and Omniccient God could hardly
have given US a more glorious country.
Here, side by side, their faces aglow with
the setting sun, lie the imperial wealths
of Washington and Oregon, and linked
with them in indissoluble bonds, sisters
In interest and respondent destiny, are
Idaho, Nevada, California and Arizona,
all pouring their tributary floods into
earth's mightiest ocean. An empire with
in itself, vaster and grander and more
prolific than ever saluted the golden
eagles OF Rome in the proudest days OF
the Caesar. and these all teeming with
wealth aud industry. Myth and mystery
OF ancient Europe furnished no picture OF
land 80 great. Fifty years ago this vast
and machless region, where are nestled
thousands Of happy homes. was a savage
and UNEMPLOYED wilderness and, ladies
aud gentlemen, the grand history of this
western empire and the history of our
evergreen state, now Just budding into
proud distinction. has scarcely began TO
be written. Poepled as she is by that ir-
repressible spirit of liberty and progress
onward aud upward Is her watchword.
Her cities OF only few years growth, her
thousands Of acres of waving grain and
other products oil agriculture soon TO I've
deported TO the uttermost parts OF the
earth feeding and clothing a more de-
pendent people, to witness which causes
our eastern neighbor TO exclaim what a
land Of glories and wonders and riches it
is" ALI these things, with her incalcu-
liable store OF all classes of mineral wealth
as yet scarcely prospected lead us to con-
clude that the Almighty has broken his
and her tributaries.
common country; but those OF us who
have cast our lot for ourselves and pos
terity on this side the great Rocky noun
tains, love and revere still more the golden
west but more than all these, within our
heart of hearts the fire Of patriotism burns
for our own grand and matchess State of
Washington with her rock ribbed noun
tsins, her grandest of bays and harbors,
L.. III e A. III
typical OF infinity rolled fiat, all waiting
but the touch OF western enterprise tn
bloom into the veritable garden OF the
gods. When the silver waters Of these
mountain streams, fed by trackless reser-
vors of melting snow, shall all be spread
out upon those fertile fields and when we
shall hold up to the world our superior
class OF all the products OF the temperate
zone renown 10 quality and exhaustless
in quantity, what fabulous wealth will
her people of to-day transmit to posterity.
1t sometimes seems to me that people who
have come to this far off bold and free
west, where everything is conducted up
on broader, newer and more liberal and
progressive principles, have better con-
ception of the ideal government Of our
fathers, can stand beneath that banner
and say more frankly than others that
ours is the only flag that has written up.
on it, liberty, fraternity and equality. and
that these are the three grandest words
that were ever written in any language.
We live in country, ladies and gentle
men where the finest structure in every
valley, city and town is its school house
where the farmers OF the land pay as
much attention to the education and com
growth OF their children as they
do to their favorite horses and cattle.
But this has not always been so throuh-
out this union. Here the full meaning of
liberty, fraternity and equality is Taught
to the young upon the grand picture OF
which philosophers from beyond the
sea can gaze and say, 1T is American,
such caste and such character is not
known in other landsw
What has made this country? What
has snatched our famed west from the
savage mendcants and within few de-
cades placed it abreast the old dominion
states? answer liberty and labor. Our
country is founded upon the dignity of
labor; upon the equality and dignity OF
men, and every man whether laboring
with a pick and shovel, following the
pillow, sitting in the accountants chair or
editing great journal, must under these
conditions feel that he is an integral part
OF this grand fabric; that ours is the only
real republic OF the world, and that our
people are the only people Of the earth
capable of such government. To pre-
serve, to cherish, to foster and to perpetu-
ate these sacred institutions; thus to most
fully establish that ideal government OF
our fathers and to thus ill the world with
happiness, with love and Law is the God
given mission OF Americans of to-day.
FOURTH OF JULY FIREcRAcKERs.
Company Els drill at Elensburgh was
most creditable, while the gun evolutions
Of Harry Coombs, to music, made our
neiRhbors ewes bulge out.
Henry Teal spent the Fourth very
at Fort Simcoe.
Yakima gave way this Fourth to the
towns, but she gives timely
notice that on the l17th birthday of the
nation she will welcome all to her cele-
bration.
Prosser raised $50 for celebrating the
Fourth and OF course received full value
for the money. The usual patriotic ex-
ercises were carried out.
Fred r. Reed and A. b. Weed spent
The Fourth in Seattle.
The estimate of the Yakima delegation
1t Elensburgh is between Ave and six
hundred. Not less than So 900 was with
drawn from our circulating medium in
this way.