296 ELDORADO 



\'ictoria's choice fell U])()n Prince Albert of Saxe Co- 

 burg- Gotha, a man of high character and noble quali- 

 ties. 



After one week spent in Xew York 1 departed with 

 my wife and child for my home in Illinois, and 

 eventually located in Aliimesota until after the death 

 of my parents, when I returned to remain permanently 

 in California. 



Before bidding a final adieu to my readers, I wish to 

 express the hope that they may find as much pleasure 

 in perusing the foregoing pages as I have had in re- 

 cording the incidents they contain and the historical 

 facts I have endeavored to correctly set forth. Let us 

 cherish the memories of the past, and the grand 

 achievements of those who have labored and sacrificed 

 to make our State and nation the home of the liberty- 

 loving and oppressed of all nations. The only factor 

 of imperialism contemplated by our government is to 

 carry a higher civilization to the less favored than our- 

 selves. I believe in the Brotherhood and Sisterhood 

 of all our race and the Fatherhood and ^Motherhood oi 

 God — the two elements from which flows the life of 

 all, whether animate or inanimate. Let those of the 

 younger generation on whom will devolve the grave 

 and weighty responsil)ilities of perpetuating the civil 

 and religious liberty bequeathed to us bv our fore- 

 fathers, and made sacred by their 1)1o(h1, discharge 

 with fidelity all their obligations, guiding to a new and 

 nobler life and arousing high motives and holv aims, 

 thus leading in the formation of moral, intellectual 

 and christian character. 



The second centur\- of our national life can in no 

 respect be a repetition of the first. Every age has its 



