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fcwfft.t l Ml Afc - '.i 4i I H ? ci w lutnstfi'in it. 1 triifcAJi no uf't 1M If I f I lP vv v.aasffsh-- If 1 1 f 1 iiKediS Mf 'K n ,iKvfe35rc; . jVi ri nitiOst .. ' J I wH 'V- . lflr I iwSSEgrgp$ SBaaB&rfSSESte Ir "' - " j I WW -f ItTfmmMJiSPi tM-Tilf 1 ini rn rr II HSSmIKb 11 l wStKmmmkWVi Jmt f 1 L. f flW ronipr "v , r9 KCr ' "- iwi . - cP-P tJ5 "rf . "" r J VOL. XII. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY o, 1880. NO. 2i. THE STATE FAIR. Tlio proceeding of the first, second ami third day of the State Fair will bo found on the second page. F.miik IHir Hamcm, July 9, IPSO. Languago will scarcely do jaitioe to Uio gathering at tbe Fair Grounds yesterday morning, which had been increased by tlio ar rival of hundred, for dayi before, and the dawn of Monday morning taw every roid leading thitlier from tho adjoining counties darkened with clouds of dust, marking the coming of thousand; more. The early trains from tne north uti south were probably tliu largest .very carried on the Oregon & Califor nia itailroad, that from Portland started' with over six hundred passengers, and received re inforcements at every station on the way. Thousands of people thronged the platform on its arrival, and tho moving crowds insidu tho grounds, if gathered together, would doubtlws hnvo nvule t lie largoi t aasv mblngo tliat ever met in Oregon, at one time, fully flitecu thousand people being on the ground, Tho hii(bestnli(ipstionsfor tho atteudanco were fully realized; the Pavilion, thougli an immenso structure, and at tho gruvo wher the eguiroises were held; thougli Mr. Caplcs said be had as large an audience as ha Could poniutyrcach with his voice, it certainly did not' consist of-one in tin of tho peoplo then present upon tho ground. The oration is published ill this issue and of course speaks tor itself, 'though it lacks the force and expression oidy to ba derived from the voicoiuid animation of tho speaker. It was listened'to by a vast amlienco with unflagging interest, to tho close, and when tho speaker Jim eoueluiluil he received many aiuovrc cou gratuiattous from men ot mature mums ana judgment, including tho l'rtsidtut, Jlr. Wil Li,. Han, I,.,1. U..iWtr linn (X 1. Utirkhart. -and in truth evcrvlxklv savo bis unini liiletl praiss, tlio commendalioh 'bcinn tliat.it was tlio finest effort of thoiud all had ever J toned to. 1 he exercises were varied by jnusic from tlio brass band in attendance Uho Declaration of Indououdenc. wm well road by ilr. Frank Bawley, eto., etc. TheOrall.ta, Afltr thorcailmil of tlio declaration and tlio playing of Hail Columbia by the In nil, Him. J, F.iCaplcs, the orator of tho day was ifitro duutUJiy President Wllkius, and delivered tlie't6mving oration! . 6iuca tlio earliest dawn of this glad day the sun iupon his brightning course from the pray-washed coast of Aurrica. eastern shore until its advauciua rajs gliuted upon the lxjaoJful waters of tlio grand old 4'icilio's has been accompanied throughout the entire cycle of hislorious circuit by the joyous sponta ioou.ovation of a iatriotlo and exultaut peo ple. The booming of the cannon ibst reverb erated isrom old Mount Waihing n and rolUd.iiiiSolcmn irrandeur acrois Ike Missis. fcippl vslley.until Us detonations wore cchoel' tiack .Irom Uie uoast Jtange upon isirown wcsUiru ibordt-r, piodaiuied again Uio anni versary io( the new birth of liberty whose inominr Ur rose in craudeur upoo this west em world, cou hundred and four years ago. As with -wotdcr and delight nearly uiusteen teuresgone,iii; stood tramfUtd of tie attr.of Jlthl fouran sir. the I tioB-iity hailed with patriotiu ruthus imjhe upuiuag n ift miniature nsuner einbisstned with thirtoeii stars at syiubolio of tho great ness T jovereipi nation w hoso arms should streteb rum tQcwn ,to ocean, and wlio-e jn fluenoe aroteud in shaping the dtstinies of mankiiMl nhoiUiI be realized and respected from t irivera to the .ndsof the earth. As from every mouirUSli and plain, as from every hill ton and valley..- from every orairie and canyon io this broad .laud the people of the great naueu witn oJiie Heart celebrate the liioiiientuus Mr-ttt, Jot sis, my fellow citizens, -with pitriofcic itryif, lixe.over again the fresh courage fans the ochieynients of those who have lived beisra us, swear anew upon the altar of our ouantrr eternal fidelity to fie blood consecrated (rust bequeathed to us. .In modem ides sotnrtiniesaU too imperatively wa are nrceasiutsvl jto distinguish between jpulitics aud patriotism. By politics, we un derstand not so uuteh the sc-sute of Govern .eminent as the uunageinent of a political ,Prtr. not so mucn uiu part 01 otners as haj 1 ijp do with the wisest regulation aud (i.ivern- tho beast of tho field, the fowl of tlio air and tho fishes of the sea, ho installed into his bet ter, nobler nature, a disposition to self reli ance, an ambition tor independence and per sonal superiority, ayesrning to enjoy not 01 ly the power to live, niovo ami have a itclnif, but au irrepressible desire to act upon tho im nulscsof his own Mason and to put into prac tical operation the measures dictated by his own judgement as essential to tho happiness unit well being ol mmsell ana lilt fellow ere' turc. As the population of tho earth m cretsod in numbers, and as knowleduo in its varied forms began to bs ditsemiuated as fam ilies grew into tribes, tribes into coirimuriities ami communities began to osauino more im portant form of government, this individual desire for independence Infused itself into the better organized classes of society, and as a social or aggregate factor began to manifest it pnsence tu tno earnest tiage ot numan or ganization, concerning which, we havo any iilttoriu information. Tyranny and civiliza tion always havo been and slwajs must be in compatible. Freedom of conscience, tlio rec ognized reglst to cultivate and follow out the highest aspirations of a human heart, whoth ' in politics, patriotism or religion, lift", in all periods of tho world's history, traveled hand in hand with tho aggressive advancing rivili zation of the ago. Tlio individual characteris tic of every stage of the world's history, nro exemplified by tho peculiar form of govern ment existing in each respectivo epoch, and tho extent of it civilization Is indicated by its advance, or othcrwiioi toward govcminent.il supremacy and n.ttionsl independence. Wo trust we-aro not justly obnoxious to tlio ciiAimr or i'Miue rntiiviasm, Wliau wu miiutain,that over siuco tho IJoa of civil government was conceived, howecr crude may have been the elements, and how- over imperfect the form, even though it wcru, the rudest mould of a oarage compact, just in proportion as intelligence hoaprosidoil unuiigai tlio masses ol tliu people, just in that proportion has mankind attempted to climb tu that highest, grandest and most beneficent of all human systems of nationalization, a Democratic or Republican form of govern nuut. In this counvction of course wo uio the term Democratic and itepuhlican as syn onymous. Wo repeat that, each succoisivo epoch of conquest siuco tho dawn of civiliza tion, thouch oftentimes its historr seems to h wo been written only in blood, lias tended w ith a greater or less Uircctnens toward this hitjhest aud brightest conception of human go- rnmciit. Since away back in tho dinmois of Oiivhtal sges, tho advancing treatl of I)c-inotr-cy slowly but surely has kept tread with the rythmical march of civilization. When tho hosts of Sinnccharib, flaunting c fore them the iuaiguiaof their battles and triumphs, ciicampod in unbroken phalanx around tho w align t city of liibylon) when mioses oi om raiinu nit Met nuus troops iiikiii tho plains of Kthioraa, or guided by tho pillar of cloud by dy and ot tiro by night, led his israciiusii noai out oi me latiu ol r.gypt) when crand old Joshua, restins in triumuh after his long Una of military cuiujuests, cm centNtiug tlie powers of his gtrat mind to the fostering of a spirit of national independence, gathered together his wandering tribes and planud au agricultural community by the splarhing waters of Oenuessarctt) when Per sia, under the leadership of the great Cyrus, raised the standard of revolt aminst the themselves, could no more bo controlled by monarichiol edicts than could the BESTL-sa wavis or Ott OCItA! Be lsshed into submission by the hurry hand of man) these men voluntarily exiled to tho new world could not dare to long remain the subject of kingly power, and when they threw off that subjection they proposed to form State without a King aud in this foe tho world saw tho dwn of a new day in tho lifo of mankind. They realized that the fcr vid in the progress of civilization bad lw readied, when a Government should bo formed which would posses the forco of all it component part for national purpooca and yet leave all those component part in tho most possiblo frovdom to enjoy too hidings of, and discharge tho duties of self-government. Accordingly tho historian record that tho day before the Mayflower dropped her an chor iu on American roadstead, our colonial fathers called a convention and entered into n written agreement by tho terms of which "they mutually in tlio presence of ono an other solemnly covenanted and combined themselves together into a civil body politic for their better ordering and preservation, therein ngiccing to eusct, constitute and frame such jiut and eiUl laws, constitutions snd compacts ns might be thought right and convenient for the general good, unto which thvy promlaod alt due submission and obedi unc. Tint coinpict, brief though it was, contained many ot tin lnn:uts which were afterwards incorporated into that noblu in stiuincnt known as the Cniistisution of tho United State of Auiriica. Tint Constitu tion which ever siuco its earliest existence un scathed and uutcarrcd, has br-ed tliestoimt of monarchist hato, misrepresentation and du rlsiont tho wisdom ami justice of whoso pro Visions in the light, ef experivuee nro eer standing foith brighter, plainer and timid tri umphant While monsrcfius, hoiry with ymis and strung in cei.turii of undisputed power," have crumMeil and follcu and wae siter wave of liberal sentiment has wiecked the despotisms of the old woild from centre to circiimfcrtuce, our glorious old Const tu liuii, unshaken by the revolutions of more than a century, stands forth an en during and glmous monument, not only to the wisdom and integrity of it founders but as an unlmpeachaijlo iicmonttiaiion ot tne in W if lh. edl;K S?J??1 !? .S?'". w ith )in - ,,. kn.i,:j . i "- i-""" iuhw itm uo Jiniuierraiifan, :'". S V'B ifiin.'1 J '" "i fll o' conquest waved his victor! WH. ,. . .... IIHIITI.II1 .1 Ji uuMit of a ntate or ustion at to s-ura th n.-' Iroe&s tft sellith political measure ami party v acbtusr. But by patriotism we understand I the grand old platform of love of country, E .Tnar MMnn irnipn mmd rn rv 111 iir ,. ferest.ofAlie whole nation, belt in t'te north or in, the south, in the east or in the west, wboterer Jh. star spangled banner waves. A,aroundithe great national hearth-ttone we to-day gatbar beneath the shallow of our goYsneatl banner, halloweil by remiuia cecset of a patriot ancestry, let ua bury out of sigU; all nvrely political difference of apinion, And witii patriotic unity, rejoice to (ether i comrismoratioo pf our great con; moo heritm the glory of our common coun try. The troth of the oft repeated phraie that man is asocial being, finds positive dem onstration in tho experience of the world in ever' stage of ts tori Dy WITH AU. ITS BtACTV, With all its variety, with- all its primeval rinjeur, wa to Adam but a solitary resting until enlivened by tb presence of the :icb traduced and sully though charitably tnembered Mother Kve. History fails to 3rd any period when there wo no such 5g a social organization, either natural or 1. The wants and fear of individuals ve always neMSsitatoil some kind of social mpaot. W hen it pleasml Umnipotei t pow- to create inao, to breathe into bit nostrils ious pennant over the coast of Spain and -U aul I when Homer, the liation&l poet ot urecce, chanted the inytholoa icol glone of his native laud ; wnen Jiome, in tlie mullets ot prhlc, sat upon her yon hillt aud from her throne of beauty ruled tlie world, when the nnrtli.-m liordus. iii their resistlos advance, iwept like aa Avolanch. ntOM TSUE -VKHLASTING UltOW Of tin) mouutaiu and acattefetl over the hill and valley of modern Europe, when tlie con federate barons, upoo the plain of Itunymede wrenched from the reluctant hand of King John the concession of rights and privilege wuicb the historians of that day with panlou able pride, have handed down to us a the great charter of human right ; when our hon ored pilgrim ancestry, conscious of a certain thougli of a kind of uuderined right to a hrger freedom of relisioua aud political onininn. stood for tb lost time hand in hand, around their lamer' graves, waved their last tearful aitieu to the white clin of Uld Knghuid, and with hearts beating responsive to the tempts tout swells of Uie storm wept Atlantic, turned their longing eye toward tlie wild of America a the land of promise t during all these age the trongerpiriU of tb revolving year were gazing at a mirage, through whleh they caught iu their mind eye, the glimpse or a real aud substantial ytemof a govern ment for. of and bv the dcodIs. h n'mn.i colonization of America was tlie outgrowth of ' "j5-- was uie Deginningr to the cul mination of the progress mankind hl -- conled to this sentiment from the first organ ized forms of government down through all the revolutions of history. Beginning with what wa known only a unmitigated despot iims on the eastern and ancient world, modi Bed a it passed through CJreece, alleviated in the despotism of the centralized power of ih Roman Kinpire, and slowly but surely MiiEu iiviu iro hi unui ma niriA inftr. iner' compass guided the immortal Columbus to America. But the Colonist of America inaugurated a new departure in the history of the world. In each preceding instance where colonies bail grown into State they become substantially what their parents were. To employ a horticultural simile, in other wonls, new governmental shoot had rooted but itwo practically the old tree again. Xot so, however, with our old colonial fathers. They, whewe ancestors for ceneratioiui before mem, uaii cuaieu uuuer tlie iron ruloa),inon justice and tltucsa of republican iintitiiti.ua to attniu the brightest ends of AM, HVXT-Ml or aOVCUSMKT, Tho happiness, prosperity and well-being of tho people. That Constitution which to-day stands forth bright ami clear, a boacon light to tho oppressed nations of the earth who are struggling to attain a higher and broader plane of civil and political freedom. That Constitution beneath tho broad eagls of which to-uay nity innii'iii oi ireo men ana ireo woinon scsttend over a territory stretching iiuiu iiiv i-ujii roiiu ui iura4ior to mo cm ferine wa era of the Southern sea. ami frnm the (iiilf of California to Alaska rally under uur cnmiiion suimani, ami a one great broth erhood rejoice with exceeding great joy in con templation of nitional triumph already achieved, and of governmental trophies yet to bo gathered. Coincident with tho discovery of America, with the increased intulligence conseuent upon the augmented commerce and civilization of the world, the wants of the rjee bad fairly outgrown the capacities of the Kast. Human lilwrtv could nut Le rliul amid the crushing despotisms of the old world. The higher and more philanthropic aspira tions of the hearts of mankind languished for want of a broader theatre uuon which i wnrk out their sublime development. Thouuh the earliest and foudeat of human tin u re in bo dissevered, hsrdilupi and privations w cro to be endured, dangers which would appal the stoutest heart must be braved, to our cvlloiiisl ancestry it wo enough to know that ocroa the pathless Atlantic lay a grand con tinent, whose vast area was nntrodden by tho f.ot of civilized manj where msjcatfo forests that had slumbered on through tho umuue oi ages waved on tne snores; where broad proirlei, rich in nature's undeveloped uoaiibilitluH, unfolded their panoramic .lories separable, and that a reasonable regard for their own self-respect compellod thcin to Iu sitt npon a recognition of that principle. But tho mother country, a though determined to teat the power and extent of craven humilia. tion to which her traus-Atlantio offspring couki oe twnciy suoiecieu, ccascu not to heap upon tho American Colonics insult upon insult and INDIOSlTV CrOX 1NP10.N1TV, Until, in the language of tho immortal dec laration, to tlie masterly reading of which you have jnst o" enthusiastically liatenod, "tho burdens thereof became too grievous to bo1ornc.n The history of the World is rife with treat event and deeds of noble deter. mined daring, but in all its pages tio great occurrence swims ionn wun a nrightnis more dazzling than the calm, delilieratu deter mination of our revolutionary fathers tu resist if possible, even to annihilation, tlie further encroachments of despotism; Hers, upon th. one hand, with a courage aud ferocity stimu lated by long years of patient mn-resiitance. ci .'niched tho British Linn, vaunting his pioiid boast of dom'.liini upon which t'lo tun never ets whose brf lmi Annad s roclsiuied him monarch of tho uui whore horde of hlrel mercenaries with !rn tlunbeaux and glitter ing sworils, Uh1 iv.uly to carry rapine, ilo struction and ilev station Into the peaceful homes of the i" o.iitt. Outlio other hand; the thirteen colonies, feeble iu numbers, but iuviuciblo iu that courago and determination born of a consciousness of right, scattered along tho coast line from Canada to Florida, without' harbor defences or furtilicatidns, with but little irtoro than two millions of men and women, k llKTKHMIN-llTOni! FIlKR, L Staked their all upon a contest with tho most fonuidablo war power upon the earth ami, ap pealing to the Ood of battle, 'snatched up tho gsuntlnt lliat had been hurled at their feet by ne Illllltn jvwrr, -nil will, a, ileu.nc Hint cauted tlie y.cry throiio of King (Itorgo to tremble, darecrnho coming war with all its consequences. . Appealing to the syui nthy of n (aiiiliil world for tho justice of their cmio, they decl.rcd themselves frco and Indejwiidcnt Ktttut, and stood rca-ly to do luttlo for their liomc, their 'mauhooil,tjiririudependciice ami thrii' prosperity. But whilo with bated breath they l'.iiLHoJ, liko tliu thunder drum of Ood c.iiiKftio rtttoundioL! detnnition of tho firat funsat'Luklngtou. Tho signal of American iidiipiidouce wo fired, and thoeudnf Biitiah tmpiro upon tiiiscqniiiieutwassouuuiu. uui not th4kuone. By that aignal gun the firat holocaust to freedom wo slain in tho war of the revolution, but its echoes are yet riugiu. around tho world. In tho lost century iU answering peals come back to us from bravo old viatoiious Germany, from tho - and luvo Stat rj.iblI. (J Suift rillff Irehhlitl. fmm lint ,nAii. tain giiartid cantou ofSwiUorland ami fiom Miiinront rranco, by tho ynitliy tho enlarged privilege aud libcrtiei of tho people of every nation upon the face of the globe. A the lurid Hash of lightning is the precursor of tlio approaching tempest, so the reierbrations ef that gun at Lexington wa the pineu for the hunting of that mighty cloud of war that hung like funeral drapery over the hi ads of the brave colonist. But little rocked the preuuituou Hriton of tho mighty llamehe wosabouttokiiidle. Pauss with u a moment my countrymen, a wo go back to that hi.t.rio -. - v. s' . ua uiiv hfiil t i ri iriruiin for Mtriot blood hail mdilincl (!, ii 'ri. clock of destiny hsd struck, and it solemn tick, tick, tick, wa tolling the quiet requiem ot the slain terror. ! breath pf life, to give bjm dominion oyer archial power; whose right t" think or to the POSsioir aires, and in nuietmle waitl In smile their glad welcoino to the advancing - viiiuMuuuj tcunv uiiy sircamicu, born in the frozen north with their laughing water hurrying down every mountain aide, widened iuto mighty riven whoeejiroad sur face invited the future inUnd commerce of al most half a hemisphere to glide uimn their bosom: whoe miuhtv lakes reAre.1 t)nlr crestei wave and tliundered their burn bmak. era as if shouting bock in divcrso triumph at the inland BXM or THE OLD WOKU), And in frolicsome gaiety mimicking the echoes of old ocean, where God's fust tem ples, decked in tlie same beautiful drapery as when Adam of old at noontide rested beneath th branching tree ami trailino vln nr !.,.. diae, invited to worship in the freedom ili. tated by bi owu inlfglitene4 conscience. The year 1775 dawned upon the American Colonic, a brave, enterprising and compara tively prwperou people, growing in popula tion, power and lovs of liberty. They bad tasted of the blessings of freedom, and the vuuiumcu lurees oi aespotisiu were powerless to arrest their tiroirreu. Th l.o.l ..,,.!, the first tciutillationsof the light of liberty, and their valiant heart would be satisfied only with the full biize nt th ,ni,llu ... r IniUlUttlilunn.. 1-1 .1 . . ..p.w.vuvo, aiicq were ine men ami wumcu wno, unuer uod, were destined to inaugurate a new life in the history of tho government of mankind, and in the wilds of America were to erect an altar dedicated for ever to human freedom, though in it bap. fsmal consecration its mighty chancel mu.t needs be deluged with the best Mood of a joung and struggling nation. With that wisdom, juatice and deliberation which ever characterized their councils, our v1r.ni.l father represented to the mother country tlie almot axiomatic democratia doetrinei tint taxation and representation are of right in- HAdlS ANB HUMILIATION BUBXril In every bosom, while the mangled victims of tranuy 'a hato were Leliur cemni ttcd to the grave, the beat of th rallying drum wss brard resounding over mountain ami plain, calling the poople to arm. Brave old Put man dropped hi work, aud mounting his swiftest charger, sped like a meteor to the scene of action. Oraud old Stark leaped to hi saddle, aud like the wind, aweot the blh. w ly to Boston. From colony to culony, from hamlet to hamlet, the linrmn -it), i.i. u.. IbeaUugdnunbybi aide, bor. the aUrtling newa oi una Mat great act of outrage and hu miliation, and atill tb messenger urrietl not nntil tlia blaiiug watch lira upon the green hill of Vermont wa answered in thunder tone from tb diitant evergladra of Florida. Th gedpatriajeh catching the sound .tors in tho hslf reail Jetton at the morning altar, and turning at once to the family record, call mg the roll of hi. boy from the tint to the latt born, and with the iratherimr flr f fn.,r .core yrar., Muds theral rth to do battle f-r the I lull t. The vounir .tlicr .n ;n i.. might of his pride awl manhood, hurndly sets down the child he wa handling upon his ucB, ii , wun n wis guuee ana luuty (sre well to lilt i pallird wif, seize bi gun and peed forth to deed of heroic valor. The iniiiiater of (lod midway ia church, droi. hi bible aud psalm book, and waiting only to grasp bis old flint-lock musket, got forth In th name of the Ood of Israel, to aid in driv. ing the invader from the soil. Then a now, when great sacrifice were demsmUl f,.rtl,. ccuinpiMuuKus oi great objects, the women ui mo naiiuo, no mailer now great the priva tion or how imminent th. peril, with a cour age that never quailed, and a n-trWln in... pidity that never faltered, performed grand deed of heroiam which to-day enshrine her in a mantle of glory, the bright nest of whose aheenwill augment through all the coming agea, until human government ahall have to exist, ami patriotic aspiration ahall liave been m.'1-T ASIU lOKOOTT-y Iu the deep solitude of long ago w ho w ill iy tlie daughtera and grand daughter of these herw'o mothers ought not to-day to lie clothed with tho sovtreicn power nf tli l.nl. lot, and take their respective place by the side women. Fit people to found a Government whose banner would ever bo proudly lifted up a civic ensign to the nation ot'the eaitli. Fit people to erect upon the western shores a national tabernacle whoae broad foundation should be the eternal principle ot equal and exact justice to all, and whose ma-tlvo' wall mora enduring than adamant should shlno forth with Increasing ipltndor while genera tion for uncounted age In tlie future gather at it altar and oast their during at it ibrino yet for long and many year the ro morielc cloud of war swept the itrickon but undismayed Colonic a tliu last echo of tho cannons roar' at Lexiilgton revirbtrnted in tho distance it was taken and sounded back fmm Ticonderoga and Crown Point while the men of Kiiuland hahtized in blood the foundation of tlio grand old hlstoriu monument that re is its prviid head at Bunker Hill and away down l hu southern lino tlio patriot banner waving from' tho battlements of old Fort Moultrie Hashed defiance in the faco of tlio enemy and from many a victorious but bloody battle field tlio patriotic Southerner sent itisdsome orcet- Ing to their war beleaguered comrade in .tlie North. But a liattle succeeded to battle. sword clashed with sword, blood minglix! w ith blood, and death grappled with death the indcscrible spirit of bUrty grew stronger. In that mighty alruguli for exiattnee it po scssessod the charmed lifo which could nut bo crushed out. But a the year freighted with o tut so terrible glided slowly by tho lay of victory sounded forth tho soul inspiring hiaiiila"Pruc!aimUbiit" throughout ihclaiid Mid to all tho inhabitants thereof." Iutcril it upon your bmnei-J yu sons and daughters of the Great llupublia ai- rvj ice at to-ibiy wa profoundly stand. Write 'ti'ruulo'ii soil beneath our leet ami l'ltid m li.iuiiirs wav ing o'er us." Well might th i glorious day to greeted with looming of cam. on and salvo of of artillery aud shout bf joy and tenr of thinks giving for tho band wriilng Ukui the walla uimxl a living form ami shines forth in uolui o( eternal living light put Ing to blush and sliiimu t iu minions of despotism who would tarnish the blight lies of ouu single stur that atlom .r National standard. Paiu ingouly for n lurried rutrosp.ctiMi gl.mcc, how proudly, I. vf grandly, looms up before us tho progrra. of our Nation rilicu tlio revo lutionary fat urs liist planted tho stautlaid of liberty within tho borders, riamiuino a our ancestor were tho loudest hope cuiihl scaively h.io stretched forward to an luur like this. Iu tliu far oH centuries of tho Iu turo tho antiquarian will tuarch in vaiu fur parallul in our history, Uneiiul rouunco learns wun its legvnus in magninceni cui"" L'it-.inlio tcmi'tes. ami magic tower . --. injfiiito exlstenco at the midiiii'1 .P'lilR- tic most incredible ol t" , " "wur, uut living rcali' . vyT, u"' lino.t ... ! i.ii'iiv.i y, inn uxpcriciico ofmirowli land. Fruhl thirteen compara tiielyfcbloCol'iidv In llnio urnro than a oentury ourllovernnient hai extended its lar der until to-day wo number thiity-nine Soy cieign .SUtcs wluta ten Ttrritorii itind ready to cast oir tluir mfaiitilo habilimcuU and unite with tho proud IIALAxr Or1 IILITT-III.VO HTAUH Tliat compoao our grand escutcheon. .Since then by honorable conquest and purchase we have so addul that wu can now meet old Kng. land with Uio proud burnt that wo too are tho governmental proprietor of a dominion upon wnosuiiroail acic thusuii nir Sits. That wriiuo me iiicuuun nslierimui in our north woaUrn posseisiou at eventide turn home, word tho prow of hi caiioo, oveu thru upm our northeastim brlr tio woodsmsu in the fousti of Maine is greeting the morning light with the merry miida of his day when when I repeat, I.ct the old flag ol our Union be reared aloft to float forever; but when it fslls. if fall it must, let there l iiothiug around it but crumbling wll, and let there bo nothing above it savo the angel of God to bcspeik the end of time and tho beginning of eternity. Our is the only civilized country upon tho earth which con Invito the down-trodden ami oppressed of ever' nation and of every clime, wlio love na tional Independence andean appneiste the) htctilug of our civilization, to take refuge be. ucatli the fold of our protecting banner. Oc cupying the proud and ii.dipcndent position which wo do, we can still ttretch onr national arm across the Atlantic, slid taking by tho hand tlie tolling million of Kurjpe, invito them to come over here and with in poeact this goodly land. For full well W kuow that in the hour of our nation' peril our adopted citizen havo itood tido by ltd and shoulder, to (boulder with us hi its do fense. and have hesitated not upon every bat tle field to inlnglo their blood with our, to the end that our national honor should over remain untarnished; and should that national peril over again oxist, our Government can confidently rely upon the strong anus, tho In 01 shoulders and warm heart of tho hon est tolling ycomaniynt tho land. Tho men wh6 fpllowod tho patriot battlo Hag nt limn dywiuo and at Bunker Hill, at Council and at King Mountain, and 'upon all the bloody field of the llovoluilon whom imago stand traniflguied Ufora us to-day made tho Ids' lory of 1770, and left tho taxkof tho preterm ti hi of their achievements to tho goncratioii that should live after them. 1-ct it io ouir, my couiitrymrn, to inul I ply that 1'enco that bath it triumph not Us than war. An omuii encouraging to tho perpetuity of our re piililic.ui Initiiutiun is tliu more general dh xw tlnu ivlnceil by tho ua.ueof the H-op'o vilui till tlits soil mid who constitute tliu AllKAT I'KOIirCI.MI KIXlIK.NT ,0f th country fur a moru active paiticlpation i i 'tho OemmwH,rrrwtrj-ii(ilJ wlieu from -the reiiioUat ngca nogicntroo!u!io.i(whcthir naviil or politic.il, ha awojt tho woild lm that iU leading spirit snd best ability ' sprang iiucciiy irom tno plow and en, yiiii farmir and 3011 farmer ' ; iM lUil, oxe. J hen that mighty luln of country now known to us as tho Ohio and Mississippi vid leys lay an unexplored aid uukuown wiider nest, and that vast nirinn nii.i..i.!,... ...... 1 and north from the MLuIin! ili i great Pacific, embracing grand empire with .-atatiiij .tilliji. ..!!. f fa t I - v......B ,vho niuim 11 border waa prac- lically uukuown to civilization. Then the locomotive, the steamship and the elvotiio tel egraph wire uukuown, aud the moat an guine enthusiast of whst wns then known as 1 m ureav eai wou'd scarcely hsve ventured the suggestion that by auy engineering skill that could ever be kuowu to science a ptaoti cal wagon roail even in J coining age wruld be coiutructed from the Miss-un river to the Pacific ocean But the shrill neigh of the Io cninotlve wakes the echpe of the Sierras, the Block Hills ulitu-r with tl,..i, ,. .. ,...n while a trans-contiueutal railroad comtltut-, the Uiuh Priest of the nlalna II..1 I... ..i.i..i glittering sea to sea with bar of iron and riv eU of ateel, while three p ral el liueH of rail- n.a.i are now pusiium their Jiatbways of i 011 cross tho couiinent from east to wist, aud iu less than a r decade of years the people of this North Pacillo Coast will practically bo neigh. lor to the iiew dweller in l-higland. While wio Muierican people cherished a first pride iu tho gallantry and bravery of our army aud navy, yet they realize that they bale evir hand a tower of stromtli in ii,.:n... ..,.1. uicr 01 1110 laini. trie lose In of war the aignal drum. would send hack to whose veteran mand would bear fanners ' boy and ou faun' ,.' V"''.".'1 glorious Natal AimivtiM- -t' ktrl, on this you all halu represent- ' - ocva-ion wo greet profession rn-oi"'' -n of that grand old highest wall' by tied hiuimlf a tho iilug, I' - in life long ere- man, Iu his etui- .rnod to hew tho shaft or lay tho -ichltrave. Our heart swell with t rhlo and gratitude as o think of tho dowition of our evolutionary ancestor tothucausu of frccdoi 1 as Yi fi'llow them in their Uriildo privation and iii,or;:r,",,,wu- "":"" lmj 'oil- tory of ,e ht, and 7 ,'"' Va"CT.! V!y again nmrk their jiathway ovir tuu .. ground by tho blood of thoir unihoit feet, while wu mioicu to kmi ! n...... 1 ' ahall novrr Iki for.ottcii or uniippritlatcd who did in that great struggle. Their heads may havo saddened In llm m.l.;,... .!... 11... ' liny luivu been mieiid from Tory giblieti i-r arouinl gory piiwm wall., but yet their spiilt walk abroad, and allium,.!. ... i.it eUpso and geneiatiou moulder into decay, it will but augment tho deep and swecpiiii; emotions of gratitude that glow and burn -,. , ,ir . ov(ry liAUIOtlu hlflrt a th'i nation trend the pi 1 feet path . f freedom. A'iiI wbilo tho rdiiiombrancu of their gloriou achieremciit. will ever brighten, we are proud to know that even iiiu.ii- l,...n i.....i..i grounds, nud all oer tho North Pncillo coast, there y.t ling. rK.rtlon of a generation, the, record ef whose pilv.llons, brave deodi a..d boioio achlevemeiiU it will be tho proud duty of the future historian to write. Uiuii our youthful heart. wr I ..1 1 priwiousof the proud spectacle of Bmnpartc'i groiul inarch over the Alp, and of Washing ton ci owing tho Do'awaro. Hut, from the year 1HI3 to 1840, there marcliid from our vii,-. uora,,r " ,ww lieauUful North Facilio coast, trams of brave men and women who nobly met, encountered and over came. Peril and danger by night and by day, beset Ly nitbles and blood-thirsty savages aud upon the trackle.s plain and mountain fastness, mrering from grtat ptiJenc and liungcr, performed deed of heroism and valor ""'P'r ith which Boiiparto' grand march aud Washington ciossing tho Dt-Uwsre wore but at pleasant loliday excunioi.s. Long Jivev 011, pioneer of the Norlh Pacific, and cloudless be th horizon in which ) our hon ored tun shall set, Ai.d now, ftllow-citicns, or tiiic -tat- or ouujos What a grand prospect open before us with a climate of uiiwiualed salubrity, with our plentiful raiu falling that the Ixiw of prom, ise on earnest that seed time and harvest shall nuur fail, may bo often withhi our view, with a soil that ueterfail to return ten fold the tiller caiu. With our broad and fertile plains girthed bv a zone of mnuntiiln. iron clad from base to summit, with our north. eni boundary washed by Uie historic ami I n.inrtrrnt-' If ti.l In if I . -.-.-. .. ..-., , w, . iniiiii.iwi iiMHiil.l situ. a. I,A 1 I 1 .-iritt TSfrJZZ K3SS.KI OCK TlllL'-rilANT EAcILM Bound the world. The whito sail of our commerce float in every breeze that ripple the surface of the mighty deep, thilo our iron-clad monitor plow tho water of every ocean and pour defiance upon the fortresses oj despotism. History records not a siogle in stance in which our soldiery, however bloodt- and protracted tho conllict, haiu failed to es tablish the piinciple for which they fought; ml though the bone of our brave boys naio bleached upou every battle field and their blood luu saturatid tho soil frnm tln i Mexico, jet the memory of their glorious of their big brothers ami sliara tho rei.ons. deeds is engraven as with a 111 of iron within ...j u. mimiiuKiiutj tu. uuverument tuey me ncart 01 neait ol every American natriott leave ever 1-een so ready to ustaJu. Thou, and 1 l,!U,v I l,t ,.,X i, ......' " Iwple of the revolution, were God' men ami eerywie within tho bearing of my voice to- 'a'ifls ul,!li j. ol... ,...t. . . mivi niiiiv . liu MJUill Mllil iiim ., bedded amongst the rock and beneath tho oil. lie the yet partially undeveloped gold, which, by tho strong arm of tho sturdy iniucr .liiigtr-isferred.to perform it mission iu the ratt ing, rolling commerce and butiness of the world, while beneath a thousand hills ho uncounted ta of coal awaiting only tho hand of labor to furnish fuel for tho steam ship and maiiufacUirie of the world; with our million upon million of acre whoso tall tree stand ready to furnish nil tho watt and ship building material necessary for tho co lm r;o of the world for a century to con i with our beautiful U'itl,n,.ti.. tr..,.i:.... nt?' .. - . wl(lvv viiiiiJM itru a silver artery tho grand central 1 alley of the bUto 1 with our two yet unfinished Hue of i-u-uy, won 10 1.0 supplemented with a Mt woik of other line connecting with all p-r- tioiuof theHUto, and upon which the iVjii ICVmTnuid wiTVuitli l J "
