The Record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1902-1904, 1903-07-24

of Americans were not satisfied 10y
doing simply what people could see
and hear So that each one, almost
held sort of communion with him
self, felt pride in his country, while q
voice within him whispered this is
my own, my native land'
As TO the direct methods of .celebrat-
ing nearly all the customs of the early
patriots cling to us still. OF course the
way Of doing is rather different and we
have added some new features. II has
become more ennohling and uplifting
in some respects, while in others II has
degenerated into mere pleasure day,
like picnic. A change that | might
make direct mention of is that in the
Grafton. Formerly the oration had To
be of the fiery and eloquent type, an
impassioned appeal that stirred the
emotions aud had lively and invigor-
ating effect upon the spirits of the peo-
pie. Nowadays, certain liquors dis
pensed at saloons produce he required
effect upon the spirits of too mary OF
US, and anyway, men are now moulded
differently than formerly. Not that
they have not the same sort of organs,
the same kind of arms, the same kind
of hands, legs, feet and all the multi
tudinous rhistological structures which
90 to make up the body but that IN
the course of evolution our develop
ment has been such that our emotional
natures are not 50 strong as those ofour
ancestors. As times and conditions
have changed so have the natures of
people changed. The audience of to-
day does not want the spread-eagle
oratory nor the toe. eloquent outhursts,
they make people uncomfortable. The
audience OF to day il better educated
and more highly developed, hence the
speaker Is to convince rather than to
persuade, to appeal to the reason rather
than 10 the emotions. Ii is said that
the man who can be most eloquent and
say the most in praise of his country
on the Fourth of July, is the strongest
disbeliever in il and the most violent in
his denuneiations of its institutions
when the time Of election approaches
So it is wise for the modern speakers To
rather curb their enthusiasm and not to
impose upon their hearers 70 too great
an extent, more especially so because
they cannot all be Patrick HenrYs or
Daniel Websters. The modern speaker
will generally best satisfy expectations
on occasions like the Fourth of July if
he shows how in some respects the cell
ehratiens have deteriorated, shows, Il
he can, some defects in "A remarkable
and excellent system of govefnment.and
proposes and suggests how the people
assume their responsibilities. I'm short
he will do well to Try To say something
that Will not be Immediately forgotten
but will bear analysis and may be
food for thought.
From a comparative nnimportant
position among the nations of the
world, the United States has advanced
to a foremost place. We We're origin
ally but thirteen small states situated
along the Atlantic seaboard But the
spirit of freedom seems 10 have pre-
vailed the New World, and soon the
country began the policy Of extension
which was not to cease even when the
continent had been spanned and grid
ed. In very short time the Missis-
sippi river b came the western bound
airy of the United States. BY purchase,
exploration and conquest the country
grew and developed, State after State
was admitted and territory after terri
tory was given recognition. The pur-
chase from France of the Louisiana
Territory, the exploration aud annexa-
ton of the Oregon country, the results
of the Mexican war whereby We ac-
uulred Texas and the bulk of our
western lands-these are familiar facts
in American history. The American
flag waves from ocean 10 ocean, the
peaceful Atlantic sends its greeting to
the roar of the mighty Pacific. Clasp
ing the continent, from sea to sea there
stretches chain of states as free As the
originals. From sunrise to sunset there
reaches a land whose theory is that the
will of the people is the supreme law
"a land which never felt the pressure
of throne and never saw scepter. y
Yet, this is not all In 1898 the
United States entered into war with
Spain, war waged not for military
glory nor for conquest, but for an op
pressed people. Then the United State,
demonstrated herself 10 be greater than
theory, showed that she cared not only
for economic and political greatness
but had the welfare of the whele hu
man race at heart, and would moi
tolerate medieval barbarity in any
part of the world. She uplfted Cubs
from the rut into which she had fallen
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