New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-06-10
s,,;., Ct..,;or-ur. Abbott. sermon.

Ncstcnlav was siCnaiiIca as the two hundred
and fourth Anniversary of the celebrated An
ceo, and Honorable Artillery Company --the old
est military company, ! believe, in The United
States Before the late alteration. in the Const''
tuition Of the State, the Legislature used to be u
session at this season Of the year, and The ANN
versary was celebrated with great pomp and oer''
mony. the newly-elected Governor henorng IL by
taking his seat on the Common before assembled
thousands Now it is simply the Anniversary OF
the Compay, but Boston people find It difficult to
rid themselves o: the notion that II Is now, as II
used to be, Election Day also; and hence IT.
annual recurrence produces quite a sensation.
Old men regard it with veneration as link In
the chain which binds them TO the Past, and as
means OF awakening the associations OF by-.one
DAYS; while the children hail it with delight a.
the season of sport and festivity, when they are
released from the confinement OF the -choo.-foom
and permitted to play their joyous pfanks uPo"
the bosom Of our glorious Common Yesterday
the weather wa, unusually fine, and the Common
was covered win people Formerly The day was
signalizcd By may as time tor glutlohou' ieas'-
ing and the DIR king OF intoxicating liquors Out
sa,, n,thing of thi, Kind yesterday. The Ie~-
IcTfiuCc hSioiUi Vho i"'''N "'N''-''N "''N''
which NAV perhaps be Justly considered as iui-
6lmcnt Of the prediction Of Christ, that those
who believed on him should do greater works
than these b, which he caused many despondin2
hearts Ia leap iog JOY
A, l. O'Clock the Company formed a process
sion and escorted the Governor aud sae to the
Church i'm Chauncey Place, where the An.Hal Dis
csnrsc was preached by the Rev john ). {. Az
goTT Of Nantucket, and other religious exercises
performed. The Discourse was an exceedingly
able and eloquent production, from Luke xii, AZ
Unto whosocvcr much is gwen Of HIM shall much
be required After attending to the general prin-
ciplc that the duties and responsibilities OF men
depend upon the circumstances IN which they are
placed and the amount of light they enjoy, be
proceeded to unfold Thc Pecuiiar RcsPoasibih-
res and Duties Of american citizens.
l. IL was their duty to sustain and extend the
Christian Religion. Our population was increas-
ing at an unexamplod rate, and if the principles
of Paine and Rosseau and Voltare were 10 be
embraced by the thrOnsing mass, our sun would
So, To rise no more. The hope Of our land was in
the Christian Religion-and Religion which led
Howard and Wilbcrfsrce to consecratc their
live. to the amelioration of their which in
duced Witt TO devote the nObest talents to the
grea, work OF unfolding the Science of Law III
it, bearings upon human relations; which In
spired Washington with the noble resolve to
sacrifice his own selfish ambition on the altar Of
his countrys good; and which impaired to a flar
rison the moral courage to hallow the Sabbath in
the light of all the people. By Christianity he
did not mean cold abstrac,ion but that consecra-
tien of the soul, that penitence for sin. which
would lead men 10 struggle for perfect holiness.
,. IL was the duty OF American Citizens Ia sus-
tain law. Anarchy was a monster in which Death
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was the essence of Deity, and II should be main
,ained at all hazards. Mobs were but the natural
fruit of that state Of the public mind which lends
the slightes, sanction, under whatever cream
stances, to lawess violence. To-day mob may
DESTROY brothel, tomorrow the house OF Chris
tan refinement and prayer; now grog- shop, asd
now Temperance hall. may be demolished Law
should he as firmly established as the eternal
granite of mountains. 1t was mistaken
sympathy which would avert from the murderer
the doom which Ged had enoined. The Judge
Who with faltering tongue and moistened eve.
pronounced the sentence of death upon the trans
gressor, might utter wi'h the deepest sincerity
the PRAYER NAV God have mercy upon your
soul = ] could not but regret that the preacher
thus cast the weight Of his influence in favor OF
the barbaross practice of capital punishnent-a
practice which, instead of diminishing tend.
rather to increase the crime of murder, and thus
to undermine the very foundations on which alone
Law can rest.
). 1t was the duty of every American Citizen
Ia give his whole influence for the preservation of
Peace with other nations. Let England build
iriga,es, and we will build Railroads; let her
plough the ocean for glory, we will plough it Tor
whales, and got the best of the bargain; let her
scsd her thousands TO perish on the .uIrry plains
ali India pr iu vnJ mn iptrlp VII Ia { 'tipa
and We will cultivate our farms, and send tens
OF thousands To the great valley of the West, that
fertile region To bud aud blossom like the rose
The effects OF war upon osi agricultural mahuiac-
turing and commercial interests, ~ well as upon
our moral and social character, were depicted
with great cloquencc. The first tap OF tsc drum
which should summon NJ to conflict with Eng
land would bc the signal Tor instruction at The
S.u,h. few regiments of blacks from the West
indies. raying undo, the banner Of Freedom Ia the
Slave might carry desoatsn 10 thousands Of
families. o when exclaimed the preacher, will
men roslore to the slave his long-robbed rights
What could We gain by such n conflict. even il
we were to come oil victorious lady con-
graduated the Dake of Wellington on the result of
the battle of Waterloo: Madam said he, "A
great victory is the most horrible thing in the
world save only great defeat = La, those who
administer the government bc required To stand
in the front of battle, and should have icw
waIs We could not send IA single bullet into
the palace OF Victoria nor shell into the House
of Lords; We could only wrcak the vengeance due
to them, and them only upon the unfortunate and
starving poor. And would there be consolation
in that.
4. 1t was the duty Of American Citizens TO pro-
mote the cause of Popular Education. The boys
who ,hrongca our streets this anniN crsary were
IN be- and c,i1, ,h.. Aa.,,,t, A. ,l,
great nation. Let them all lie educated in y man
ncr which will qualify them for this inestimabe
trust.
Such is a vcrv iprcriect outline OF n Discourse