Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1841-01-12

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Constitution ~ government. and embodied %,
frsaf g-sacspls vGifh. upnfe ihsn one hundfsd
Ard fft ,eafs ahcr~sfas. formed ibe basis ~
ibe u,t .stsu.u Of ipdsp~udence
II ihct, ga az upon opi nsiionsl calender
mote ,hsn al othsrs wotthv 10 10 uns mtes'
81 ahd hsliov.d. n % that day when No GEN
ia. VI Freedom hrsi stood UPON she hoct o.
Plvfno,sih. lntkinr forth upun the waste 81
waters ca Ne me hand, snd iro~niug VIII
dsrncss on She other " there u 10 cor coDn-
wv. ustofy ~ rismps worthy 70 lie held w
-o teru,iIal ialIisii8a. d Is that of the hatred
of oppression ans lo'e u Jus'ice. TIC reSet-
encr ..f truth. %. hrm adherence 10 principle,
the s,ol1is maintenance Of ughiihe calm, 10
tense courage ,nd the iBdomtahie psfseter-
snre 81 the~o llouerfs Of civl snd religious
tree larn iu ths new wur ~. There 10, espe-
risNv. = moral subiinijy 10 the quiet, patient,
uno1ifusise. INTENDING adherence 70 PsIRctas
81 the men anc women who brAved Tor con
science s,ke. ne perils Of an ocean and a
wilderness. which We look i0f IN vain, ia any
other portion of oar history.
r.juiro that the day - 30 lie celebrated by
New highlands sons, IA tie commercial me
tfopols OF tic nation | would that It might
he celebra,odin every city and villsgs through
on, tic Republic The spse Of every year
ulaf. deeply impresses me with the import
ancc Of chcnshing the memory. that we may
follow the example, Of tie iathers OF This ma
uun. They beQpcatAcd % % The noble inher-
nsnce ofibdcpendeu,e, aud OF well balanced
constitutions OF government But II was TO
no purpose Of enduring valoe to US or TO The
world. # We do 90, l,heui and cherish their
viriues We NAV year after year, celebrate.
with bells. bonLfcs and illuminations, the
declaration Of our Independence, while We
orc gradually fUiSelling It's principles, and
losing The power 10 maintain them. We may
glory In our free institutions, while the exam
pies of It's founders afe fast fading from our
memory, and their principles are fast loosIng
their hold on our hearts. We may fancy We
stand strong ~ the firm structure OF well bal
anccd constitutions Of government, whiic our
WELDING virtue is loosening the foundations on
which they rest, and forgeiiulness Of our great
dependence is provoking the reiributlons Of a
righteous and avengiug Providence.
There are striking aud invaluable traits o
character which Distinguish New England $
sons, aud which, under varlously modifying
influences, mark the tract OF their giauons
90 other portions OF our country, Their patent
Industry; their irugaity, their economy; theli
ever fruitful ingenuity, and their quiet steady
unyiolding perseverencc--all combine to Sc
highest developemeni Of the natural resources
of whatever regions they penetrate and inhab
it, VIVA, high destiny awaits them, anc
the country which is to feel their plastic inhu
once. IT, TO these qualities are TO be united, II
the measure and proportion of Puritan times
the moral rirtue which formed the body, anc
gave the finish 10 the Puritan character.
Let the sons of the Pilgrims study faithful,
the character of their fathers; let the Puritans
r God be their God, lei his intense derotion Il
principle be theirs, theirs his haiied OF arblira
~ power. in all its forms Of outrage upon hu
man rights; theirs his conscicntiousncss--hi'
love of trulh--hs sense ofnght-his contemp
OF human distinctions, unfounded in moral ant
intellectual worth, theirs his consciousness %
the divine prssence-hs sense Of accounta
biliiy-his fear TO do wrong; theirs his HON
age TO Heaven, aud his justice 10 man. lie
these principles and purposes be wrought int,
the texture Of private and social life; let then
travel with New Englands emigrant tn hi
city or his Wilderness home let them cons,i
,uio the instructions Of the father when h.
lies down and rises up, and walks by the way
lei them be the presiding genius ot the 10
cabin, the school house, the pulpit, the forum
and the halls of legislation, and their health
full, saving influence he sent through this en-
: tire naton-and nothing shall limit its onwar
= and upward march, but the utmost boundar
! of human Improvement upon earth, and the i
nal annunciation by the angel standing upo
/ the earth and upon the sea, that time shall
. no longer,
' That your association may aid in accom-
plishing purposes so dear to pieiy, 10 patrio
3, ism, and 10 philanthropy is the fervent prayt
- of Your friend and fellow citizen.
WILLIAM SLALE.
y To Thomas Fessendcn, sc. &c.