Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-07-06

his sacred record wrote that whil
some of them did wrong things, thei
motives were so high that God woult
! forgive and bless them
But this is not day that shoule
be given tip to personal "reminiscences:
or sorrowful reflections. Rather it j:
a day that should be hailed with
gladness, with music, with dancing
flags and the "All Halls" of a CRATE.
| fu people; for it is the anniversary
OF that sacred day on which our re-
public was born; the most far-reacil.
ing event that had transpired since
the anxious mariner standing on the
deck of his little ship, in the dawn
through his tears, caught the first
vision of the new world which, un-
der God, had been given him to dis
cover.
Indeed, in a higher sense, it was
the most momentous event that had
{'oeen inscribed on the record of the
|
JOY bells of Heaven rang out in glad
acclaim over the birth on earth Of
| the Saviour of the children of men.
For it meant the dawn of full eman-
| cipation to the souls of men, and, at
last, full appreciation and recogni-
ton OF women.
1t meant that the fiction that Di-
vine rights hedge kings about, was
to be changed to the truth that the
only divinity in poor humanity must
come from great hearts and inspired
brains.
1t meant that thenceforth all rben
were TO have equal opportunities un-
del the law; that all men, rich and
poor alike, in clear field, would be
free to forge out for themselves for
tunes, honored names and exalted
stations.
1t meant that the chains were to
be melted from the wrists of every
slave; that the expressions that
wealth and power had been prone to
WELD upon the necks of the poor,
were all to be broken.
1t meant that free men were to
frame their own laws and choose
their own servants to execute their
laws.
1t meant free thought, free speech
and a free press
1t meant right about face and for
ward march for mankind.
The fathers knew that when pagan
ism was banished from Europe a gov
ernment of mingled church and state
was instituted which for centuries,
because OF the friction which that
union engendered, had saturated the
soil of Europe with blood, and so
| they decreed that, while perfect lib
erty should De guaranteed to all re-
ligions, there should be absolute sep
aration OF church and state.
They knew that what they were
| doing would involve them in war
with the mightiest military and finan-
J cial power of the earth, but they ac-
cepted the ordeal with calmness and
unafraid; they had consecrated their
! lives, their fortunes and their sacred
honor to the cause; they knew their
motives were as pure as the celestial
milk that, drawn from His sacred
bosom bleached the paint on which
! it fell to everlasting whiteness." /
That war ragged for seven years,
bringing with it unspeakable suffer-
ings; but the republic emerged in tri-
,tmph from it and consecrated 10
Freedom a new light to the world,
and the deeds of brave men and the
smile of God made glorious its
standard.
Then began in earnest the con-
Iqrest of the wilderness.
From Maine to Georgia the brave
men went out to the conquest,
laga,nst the savages and the savage
wild. Side by side with them walked
those sanctified women who, bury
ing in their hearts a thousand inno-
cent longings, took up the toll, the
hardships, the sufferings, the dangers
and, with smiling faces, accepted
their fate and upheld their husbands
arms
For, as it has always been, "The
grandest battles that ever were
fought, have been fought by the
meters of men.
Half century later an idea OF
their devotion was given in single
sentence. When General Jackson
was president, he went with Daniel
Webster to Webster's native New
Han, pshire home. Looking out upon
the granite hills, the general said:
4 "My God, Webster! What do men