New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-06-21
THE TRIBUNE.
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Courier the concluding portion-a noble tribute
% the memory of the greatest American;
America has furnished to Europe proof OF IN, the
act that popular institutions, founded on equan'y
and the principle of representation, are capaoie OF
n,;;ntaining governnents-able to secure the
wits of person, property and reputation.
America has proved that it is practicable TO ell
..te tho mass of lnankind-that portion which
= Europe is called the laboring Or lower class
= raise them 10 self respect, to make them COM
n,,ent to act part in the great right, and great
antv Of selieorenment and this she has proved
nav nav Be done by the diffusion Of knowledge. She
I lI3 out an example, thousand times more en-
.banting than ever was presented BEFORE to those
r;;netcnths of the human race who are born with
ant hereditary fortune or hereditary rank.
America has furnished to the world the charac-
., Of Washington! And If our American insti-
mtions had done nothing else, that alone would
nave entitled them to the respect OF mankind.
Washington I" FIRST in war, and first In peace,
md first in the hearts Of his countrymen!" Wash
;.gtDn is all our own The enthusiastic vcnera-
ton and regard in which the people of the United
States hold him, prove them to be worthy of such
aoountryman; while his reputation abroad reflects
hs highest honor on his country and It's instltu-
fans. | would cheeriully put the question to-
jay 10 the intelligence of Europe and the world
Sfat character Of the century, upon the whole,
sands out in the relief Of history, most pure, most
pvectable, most sublime; and | doubt not, that
aa suffrage approaching to unanlmlty, the an
sger would be Washington
This structure, by It's uprlghtness, ITS sohdlty,
durability, is no unfit emblem OF his charac-
sr Ills public virtues and public principles
,ere as finn as the earth on which 1t stands; his
srsonal motives as pure as the serene heaven IN
shich its summit is lost But, indeed, though Il
d. it is an inadequate emblem. Towering high
,5oye the column which our hands have builded,
khcd, not By the inhabitants of a single city or
sange State, asccnds the colossal grandeur Of
bis character and his life. In all the constituents
sf the one-in all the acts of the other-in all
nttes TO immortal love- admiration and renown
1T is an American production.
Ii is the embodiment and vindication Of our
tans- Atlantic liberty. Born upon our soil Of
parents also born upon it-never for moment
having had a.sght of the old word-lnstructed,
according to the modes of his time, only IN the
9are, but wholesome elementary knowledge
which our institutions provide for the children OF
the people-growing up beneath and penetrated
BY the genuine influence of American society
growing up amidst our expanding, but not luxu-
nous civiza,ion-partaking in our great destiny
Of abor, our long contest with unreclalmcd nature
and uncivilized man-our agony of glory, the
war of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. great victory oil peace,
the formation Of the Union and the establishment
Of the Consttution-hei is all-all our own! That
crowded and glorious life,
Where multi,udes Of virtues passed along
Each pressing foremost in the mighty throng
Contendng to be seen, then making room
For greater multitudes that We're 10 come >"
that life was the life Of an American citizen.
claim him for America. In all the pcrlls, IN
every darkcned moment of the state, IN the MIDST
Gthe reproaches of enemies and the mlsglvlng
Of rends-I turn to that tranSccndant name ior
courage, and for consolation. 10 hun who de-
Mes or doubts whether our icrvid liberty can be
combined with law with order, with the security
Of property, with the pursuits and advancement
Of happincss--to him who denies that our nstl-
tutons are capable of producing exatatlon OF soul
and the passions of true glory-to him who de-
MES that VIC have contributed any to the stock Of
great lessons and great examplcs-to all these
lreply by pointing to Washington!
And now, friends and fellow citizens, 1t Is time
tobnng this discourse to a close.
We have INDUCED in gratifying recol!ectlons
Of the past, in the prosperity and pleasures OF the
present, and in high hopes of the future. But
lei us remember that we have duties and obllga-
tons TO perform, corresponding to the blessings
which we enjoy. Let US remember the trust, the
acred trust, attaching to the rich inheritance
vhish we have received from our fathers Let
feel our personal responsibility to the full eX-
lent four power and influence, for the preserva-
eonof our institutions OF civil and religious llD-
city. And let us remember that it is only rell-
sion, and morals, and knowledge, that can make
men respectable and happy under any form OF
government Let US hold fast the great truth
mat communities arc responsible as well as lndl-
ydnals; that no government IS respectable winch
not just; that without unspotted purity OF pub
lie faith without sacred public principle, fidelity
andhonor, no mere forms of government no ma,
clnefy OF laws, can give dignity to political SO
eeiy. In cur day and generation, let us seek &c
eand improve the moral sentiment, so thai
Semay look, not fcT degraded, but tor an Gle
'sted and improved future.
And when we, and our children, shall have
zee een consigned to the house appointed tor I'll
aSng, may love of country-and PRIDE oil com
ty-glow with equal iervor among those to whom
Inames and our blood shall have descended
And then, when honorcd and decrcpid age shal
saa against the base Of this monument, and troop:
INGENIOUS youth shall be gathered around 1t
snd when the one shall speak to the other OF 1t:
eeects, the purposes of its construction, and thu
seat and glorious events with winch 1t IS con
.aected-therc shall rise, from every youthful
aeast, the eiacuation-" TnANK Con, II ALSO
IAN An AMERICAN"
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