White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-09

country at the time of the revolution
which produced the Fourth of July
and going into more recent history.
His apology for lack of time in pre-
pairing his address was not necessary.
for there MAS nothing lacking in his
grafton. 1t was one which appealed
to all who heard II. and he was most
impressive In It's delivery. Follow
ing Is his address in full:
Goddess of Liberty. and her Maids
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
men.
As | did not know | was 10 take
part on the program today till last
Thursday, with other work. the time
has been too short to prepare an ex-
tended forma' address as the word
"oratione usually implies. However
as, "he also serves who only stands
and waits" one may deserve some
credit for doing the best his humble
ability will permit. | never had much
of a laundering to make public speech
es, but such little desire as | may
have once had was materially damp
ened by my wife's telling me I am
too homely a man TO TAX such a con
spicuous position. There are many
in this district whose use of diction.
rhetorical utteranees, impressive de-
livery and all around oratorical pow
ers far exceed mine. There certainly
Is no doubt about my being a fail.
ure as a political speaker.
My friends, II is both fitting and
proper that we should appropriately
celebrate this natal day of our Re
public. Over this broad land of ours.
extending from ocean to ocean. in
cities. towns, villages and hamlets,
people have this day assembled to
honor the birthday of Liberty. What
is mea by the term Liberty as
it is so frequently referred TO this
day? IL is one of those intangible
conditions well understood but hard
TO define. II has been truly said that
Liberty is a condition that will not
descend TO a people. A people must
raise themselves TO Liberty. Il Is a
blessings that must be earned before
IL can be enjoyed. And now, to de-
termine whether or not we have earn
ed this blessing. let us divide the
h1AltS vi iHlt iltO lnftt pei lOdn
which we shall, for convenience, des-
ignate as ancient. medieval and mod
ern. | make this division for this
particular occasion. IL has no ref
erence to the periods of time under
like designation as found in all
school histories. We shall say the
first, or ancient. extends from the
earliest barbaric times TO the year
the Norman, William the Gonqueror,
crossed the English channel and con-
quered England, in the year 1066. The
second, or medieval. extends from
the conquest of England by William
10 the memorable day and year OF
our Lord. July 4, 1916. The third,
or modern extends from that day to
the present time. would that We
might look into the future and e
II there be a fourth period.l Now
who, and by what authority. ruled
the masses of the people during these
three periods?
Let us turn back the pages OF time,
and take n hasty bird's-eye view OF
a few of the most important condi-
tons and events that lead up to u
being here today. In the earliest
ancient times, the father of a rowing
nomadic family was the sole unit OF
government as long as he could main
tain his independence against some
other savage father. Since might wa
right in those days. after a lon per-
iod of time It occurred to these bar
barrie fathers hat by several fathers
uniting, their strength could be ma.
terially increased for defense against
other savages and the beasts OF the
fields. For the same reasons, n
after varying lengths of time, several
groups of families united and formed
what we may style tribes. BY the
uniting of tribes. larger organizations
were formed, and by the uniting
of these larger organizations, the an
cient states and nations were FORMED.
AS the masses of these ancient peo-
pie had not the ability to govern
themselves, II was necessary tnat
some one should be In authority Win
sufficient force to hold the crude or
CARNATIONS together. These leaders,
were known by different names IN
different countries, but for V
fence, We shall call them chiefs. The
chiefs acquired and held their author-
ity because of some physical superior
ity which they possessed-such as
being excessively large OF stature.
daring and fearless In the face OF
danger, adept In the use OF thelr
crude instruments of warfare,
as the bow and arrow and spear. ana
for their cruelty against any and all
persons who questioned their author-
ity to rule.
AS to the second period. The set.
Element of England began in earnest
after Williams conquest. The rulers
of that country have ever been styleo
as they are now, kings, and william
planted himself so firmly on that is
land that the chain of his successive
sons. with but few exceptions have
ruled England to the present time IL
was then no longer necessary ioI
these sons to possess any physical or
even mental qualifications before De,
ing crowned. All that he had to De
was the son of his father; and there
upon the stock refrigerated and de,
generated. And as 1t was necessary