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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 "