The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-07-04
Tne Significance OF
Independence Day

Today is the Fourth of July, the ne hundred and thirty sixth an
n. ersary Of the independence of this nation. All yer the IN hag VIII
aise. cannons will boom, mel will cheer, and for me day out OF the three
hundred and sxty-fve in the year every ma will be a ral patnot.
1t has become a peculiar characteristic of the people of this country nal
they seem to forget most of the time that they very much IN allegiance
tt the flag and to the government and were it lot for thu annua recurrence
OF the Fourth of July it is more than probable that it would have been for
gotten entirely ERE this. Men W stopped at nothing N their mad pursuit
Of wealth in this ountry and their honor and integrity as American citi-
ems have lot been immune ven from the deleterous effects OF Mammon
1t is this fact which has made our political system so poluted dsnon-
orable. Men have regarded politics as a game, lot as a mean through
Men have 10 looked upon the attainment of political honors as a glory
and as an opportunity Of serving the best interests of the people and the
government. They have sought Office with a view of personal ends, or al
ready having attained those ends with a view to the betterment of their
their flag. The people, in permitting such lei to become elected, nave peen
equally al cuIable of neglect and likewise they are the real un@ers 1rom
the unstable conditions that have resulted.
Therein, then, lies the great significance of the Fourth OF July. IL re-
wives or love of country and it shcLG instin the generation of men who
compose our present citizenship with paramount Importance and tn behold
e. duty Of maintaining for future generations a overnme ihao, u s'a'
strength and permanencv. The vey selfish love which 10 possesses men
to accumulate wealth that the future welfare and happiness of their chill
dren may be assured. should also possess them to maintain a government in
a land where all may live for ages in quiet and peace and happiness. They
should not seek to SOY seeds of dscord and stir up strife among heir OFF
spring by bestowing upon certain of them great wealth and thus producing
cast in society. Rather bestow upon them a wealth of broadmindedness and
nan their hearts with those principles, which u glorious Declaration of
independence has SO wen defined and upon which or revolutionary fore
fathers fought and died
We should not regard independence day, then, as being merely an oc
caaon and an opportunity to rid ourselves of any surplus enthusiasm. 1t
should invite also sober thought ard a proper reverence for the memory of
those who created the dy. We should try to recall the ideals and spirit
which vas heirs. Their love of country and of liberty led lei to fight and
die, even during times of peace for those principles. Our love O. country has
led men t. lose their honor in the mad struggle for place, and in that same
struggle to permit the glorious Stars and Stripes to become the very inag
mia Of Mammon as it unfurls itself on the exterior OF some tomato "a
Independence day this year shoud have a n especial significance. In a
few months the land win again be in the throes of a political campaign oce
more the people of the land will have an opportunity to assert heir indepen
dence and to bring our desnies away from within the menacing influence
of the unprinciped politician. Today should serve as a reminder # the rea
sons pon which our political system was founded. We should again realize
flag is essential to- making of all of us intelligent and worthy citizens OF thu
country which is for all the world the ideal of republics