The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-07-13

Athenian orator, D~enostnenes, who
pc ceived the cause of national decay.
Almost the entire public life o: his
illustfious Greek was spent in trying
to arouse his countrymen to a sense
of thei condition. and to exertions
that would prese We the saIety of the
commonwealth. He had vigilantly
watched the progress OF vents and
their effect, rad long and carefully
studied the causes of weakness. and
was perfectly informed as to the re-
sources of his country. In his prodlg-
ious efforts to regenerate Greece ana
,esto e her ancient supremacy.
there's made a series of speeches teat
have been preserved to the pre~en' dav.
From there orations, which in nop'e-
ness OF sentiment and soul-~tirring
~eloeuence surpass anything ever ut
tered by human tongue. we learn as
from the lips of a living witness, the
causes of the mi~fortunes thai over
whelned the Greeks.
The ratio. tells them plainly that
Trey have degene ated. He avows that
the causes are several. but the Drinci-
pal one is that they are no longer ami
mated by the spirit of their forefath-
ers, who raised Greece into pre-emi-
hence and maintained her prestige by
land and sea. In the most fe vid Ian
guage he conjures them in the name of
Their heroic 81 &c, by that renown su-
pc Tor to envy which they won. to
rouse themselves from their supineness
and save the country. But the truest
patriotism of the Greeks had died out,
and the appeals Of the oraat orator
were fruitless. In vain did he implore
them to remember Platea and Salamis.
IN vein did he call up all thei ancient
glorie~-the long line of illustrious he
roes-the grandeur and worth of Free
dom-he spoFe to hearts unthrilled by
thoughts es these.
When at last the Macedonian king
invsded Greece. the Greeks rose, alas.
too late. and in one disastrous battle
their affairs and their libe. ties were
st1 icken down.
There are other examples in history,
which to a reflective mind indicate
that filial disregard is a cause of ma
tional decay. l have dwelt on this
phase of our subject because 1t has
been suggested by some, whom / am
happy to say are but few. that the
Observance of the Fourth of July is an
old fashioned custom that ought to be
abandoned. | would gladly ask OF
those who say that, a e they &C
quainted with the histo Y of Their
country? Have they no love for Wa-h-
inston and Henry, and the many pat
riots who are sleeping in her bosom?
Does not the precious blood that flowed
at Bunker Hill quicken and accuse
them? Does 1t not appeal to them by
all the sacred images of thepast, to
ALLURE their heresy ard join in on
oeing their nations bi tn? Never my
{ lends may that suggestion receive
tolerance from Us. Rather may we
ever cling to the ideals of our ancestry
and kindle our zeal for their emo
on this occasion. Let us, as John
Adams predicted we would. make this
a glorious. an immortal day. Let us
by GU example teach our Chi d Ell |
evere it, that they ma teach theirs
in the eane lessons of love. It is tn
fountain rom which springs our IA
;ioaal being, and If we win refresi
our patriotism with its wate.s Il,
country will never die.
The history of the world has beer
Z perpetually recur ing Struggle foi
{ eaaOm from despotic power.
L ON the earliest times the con-e~i
has been the same; varying only In TIE
nharacte of the oppression sought TO
be thrown off. and In the ends attained.
Tie results OF these struggles has gen.
2 ally been either the substitution 81
one tyrant for anothe'. or the 70 ma
ton OF soma quasi popular form of
gove rsrent that soon fell to pieces.
: Was not until the early part of the
hi tenth century, by that blood'ess
victory OF the Ba ons of England over
n John at Runnymede, that the
PEOPLE gained any nerrla1eni securi y
rom political oppres~ion.
At that removable neeting they
forced from the English king the rec-
ognition of valuable rights that had
~ever been acknowledged by rOs atty be-
fore.
Ai7ong these regal concessions. the
nest important was that the life lib
erty or property of the people, should
not he taken away except ny the
judgment of a jury Of their pee s. A
short tire after King Josn had
granted the Magma Charta. the princi-
pie of taxing he people only through
their representatives. in Parliament
YVES fl rlv established.
TIE English people ever afterwards
~teedsartly maintained these rights
and privileges against all royal oppo-
ei.'on.
When the Pig inns and succeeding
Immigrants left England and settled II
Awerica. ttese principles had ror1pef
a strong part of their character. O
TIE continent of Europe tire spirit o.
politicai Independence was Of slowe'
e owth.
In the letter part of the sixfeen'.
century. Nethe~iora-. the country no.
occupied by Holland and Belgium, re-
volted against the opp esTiva rule of
King Phillip of Spain. For forty
years the Spanish monarch pc severed
In a desperate effort to reduce his re-
fellious subjects to submission. The
power n wealth and all the terrible
arts of tyranny which he employed
were alike u~navailing. The DO
Nethe larde~s urde the lecde~s'i II :
william Prince Of Orange successfully
oontended with the many armies OF
Spain. Their rero'c prince and gene q
was prescribed and assasslnated. hu
they kept up the struggle with ~valorour
eTolut'on. and finally Phillip was con-
nelled to retire from the contest ir
! dirgr9ce. Ha DIV bod naa~a haan De
clared when the Thirty Years W.
h"ofe out In Bohemia and gradually
involved nearly every nation of Eu~ore
us theater of action was conAnef
@he"y IN the States Of Germany
WIFE, the CONTEXT ~aoed with all tn
u~rsl fe ecitv IF civil strife.