Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-07-06

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And foster blessed liberty.
Unfurl "Old Glory!' salute her folds,
\ place in every heart she holds.
Hail blessed flag, three cheers to thee!
The emblem of sweet Ill ertv;
Long wave aloft, retain your hue
Those blessed colors-Red, White and
Blue.
Ring ont the bells! let all men sing,
Make hill and vale with music ring;
Pray too for blessings we are given,
For all we have is come from heaven.
And God above, with mercy free
Is author of sweet liberty.
God speed our Nation to do the right!
Protect us by thy will and might,
Fill all our hearts with courage true
And e'er protect the boys in blue"
Father of mercy-pure and free
The author of sweet liberty.
Great God, do make and guide our plans,
Uphold. protect. support our hands,
Crown each good effort that we make
With victory for thy children's sake;
Long may we live, and neighbors be,
And ever breathe sweet liberty.
Mr.. Samuel Platt, Orator Of the Day,
spoke as follows:
MI. President. Ladies and Gentlemen:
The task of cuiogy il severe when the
work is conventional and the mine wills
what the heart can not sanction. The
duty of the orator is unburdenSOme
when the inspiration of the occasion ell
courages eNtravagances of speech an |
permits unrestrained a sincere though
possibly humble consideration of the
causes at issue.
/ esteem the honor conferred upOn me
for this commemorative day. | rejoice
in the privilege of being permitted to
stand this Fourth Day of July upon Il
platform surrounded by these evidences
Of patriotic devotion. | glory in the op-
portunity to yell with the eagle of '7t
and to proclaim at this time the super
scriptiOn '9S as an additional identifi.
cation of his purely American bird
Once the symbol of a local independence
now the feathered emblem of freedom
broad as the world itself. Once the con.
ceptiOn of our own national instincts
l now the w~orshipped ideal of a foreign
people. Once the decrier of our misfor
tunes. our calamities and M distresses
now the winged messenger of Heavenly
S interposition, pledged with the sauctity
of righteousness and cast upOn thu
merciful winds that blow to the shores o
Cuba. Such is the significance of thi:
day. such is the dual retrospect which
t must in years to come inspire the hon
Ored eulogist with a fervOr that gloritie
: and a devotion that bespeaks the prid
and the national love of the American
$ heart.
8 The inglorious defeat of tyrannica
q Spain is a certainty. Sampson has al
ready whipped Cevera, and the devil
ish PandO is cooling his ten thousan'
V pitchfOrks in Americas Fou:t tn of Jul,
e refrigerator. (applause). The flag of fire
V Cuba and the emblazoned diadem of tn
Stars and Stripes air lady shine togethe
e i'll the armament of victory.
But the problems of reconstruction, tn
questions of foreign aggrandisemen1
If the suggestions of a broadening polio
are presented as potent factions in thi
V National struggle. What shall he tn
influences which, like II thief in the nigh
y would rob us of II glorious heritag
and proclaim us leader Of hosts of might
pIunderers? What shall be the preteX
by which the framework, yes, the yer,
vitals of this government, are wont TO h
twisted. stretched and i~vrevOcahIy djs
" torted. What the arguments that sha
override constitutional precepts, pOiso
" the instincts Of oar National life an
crash the hnalthful, enviHi,Ie body into
pnlp upon which conquerors may fltten
1t is unInaniy to be foSSilized. 1t is MAJ
4 row mindedness that tempts a man to tn
4 gutter. because his father slept there.
is folly to refuse to swing with the pei
dulu'n of progress on account of on
possible spell of sea sickness. No ma
should be a stickler for form or mer
cOnventiOnal!ty. No government shout,
refuse to broaden its policy, extend it
influence or magnify its prestige, if tn
separate act is consistent AMI evolves
from the natural order Of things. BIT
what Of the grating process which
unnatural? What of the attempt to we
the bird and the beast? What of III
threatened acquisition of territory ft
military purposes only? These are IL
queries which in times like these an
upon an occasion like this, set the A ner
can mine in motion. They are the inter
rogatories which test the stability of o,
institutions and encourage a review
the primal causes and inherent attribut,
of our country's greatness.
D. The limited States of America stand
day in the zenith of their glory. Hero