Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-07-06
and men OF Carson CITY

Lest we forget the glorious priv
iege conferred upon us by the Constit
ution and laws, it is we'll that we con
slider the present happy conditions am
compare them with those that existei
prior to the settlement and establish
met Of our republic.
Then the great masses of peop]e
by birth were considered, deprave.1
and inferior beings only fit to drudge
and slave for the priviledged few
who arrogated to themselves the title
Of nobility.
Denied the opportunity of education
denied the right to hold property, de-
MED the privilege of franchise. de-
barred from representatives; exiled
imprisoned and executed by courts
that We're reproach to justice, they
lived miserable existence without
ambition or hope
Maddened, crazed and desparing in
frail barks they braved the storms
of the tempestous Atlantic and settled
on our, then, wild and desolate shores.
Slowl- the sturdy forest gave way
to waving fields and the war whooo
OF the savage was replaced By the iog-
! full voices OF children.
The reward of bravery, energy and
independence seemed at hand. Not
so. Across the broad Atlantic reached
the scepter Of selfish monarchy and
prosperity, happiness and independ-
ence was crushed.
Then it was that the spirit of free
don shook off its shackles and became
dominant power in the world Then
| 1t was that the death blow was given
TO absolute monarchy, which will event
TALLY free every, people on earth For
| the first time in history a government
was founded on the principles. that
all men are created equal; that they
are endowed by their Creator with CO..
tain unalienable rights: that among
these are life, liberty and the PEE
suit OF happiness; that to preser"e
! the rights governments are instituted
among men, deriving their just powe~s
from the consent OF those governed
Principles under whose beneficient
influences. in little more than . cen
| fury changes have been wrought n
most beyond the comprehension Of man
| Then the wild waves OF the Atlantic
received no response save from the
grim rocks against which they beat,
and the echoes of the surfbeats of the
Pacific fingered among the silent red
woods. Today great cities line those
coasts, and the sound of commerce and
industry, meets and subdues the clam
oTings Of those great oceans.
Then our beautiful valleys were
covered with dense forrest and thick
underbrush, and the vast plains Of
the Middle West were trackless wastes
Now those beautiful valleys are pro
ducing wealth for their thousands ct
happy names. and golden grain waves
over those vast plains, furnishing
breadstuff for the world.
Then our barren and rocky NOUN
tains gave no token that man would
ever inhabit or utilize them.
But the laws Of our country Were
generous to the Industrious and brav =
and the pioneers of 80 were possess
ed Of the same spirit that enabled
our forefathers to face death, defy
the enormous power of the British
Empire and declare for eternity thai
the United States is a free and indep
endent nation.
Westward, ever westward. they ad
anced, over the arid and burning sans
of summer; through the cutting biz
yards of winter; across the jagged
Sierras, to the great Pacific Ocean.
They discovered the golden sands 81
California that populated, enriched an
developed the entire western country
They discovered the Comstock Lodt
whose fabulous wealth made the nil
lionaires of San Francisco, started tn,
prosperity Of the great State of Ney
ada and caused to grow and bloom
our own beautiful little city of Carson
Where the sun shines hottest, anf
but four years ago the solitude wa:
only disturbed by the rattle of thu
snake or the howl of the coyote, the
discovered mines, whose output i:
equalling the Comstock, and the won
derful richness Of whose ores ma
caused the building Of railroads, shak
en- the conservative spectators O
the East. and excited beyond descrip7
ion even the slow and doubling peopl
of San Francisco.
1t is with natural pride that l men
ton the name of TonOpah.
The credit for the characteristic