The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-06-18

and abiding interest the events which designed
to commemorate The responsibility, may say the sub
nationality It is all-all American. Its sentiment is
comprehensive enough to embrace the whole American
family from North to South, from East 10 West and it
will stand, hope for ever. embematic of that Union
which connects together. And woe betdo the
who comes up here to-day with sentiments any less than
wholly American. (Cheers) Wee betide the man who
shall venture to stand here with the strife of local ea
ouses local feelings local enmtcs burning in his bo
son. Alour happiness and all our glory depend on our
union (Cheers) That monument itself, in all that is
commendable in its sentiment and character depends up
on union (Cheers3 DO not mean to say that 1t would
not keep its position if the States rent asunder by
faction or violence do not hat the heavng earth
would move from its brse, and that would actually
toer to its fall if ACKNOWLEDGMENT should be the affection
Of our land and cannot say that would minge its
fragments with those ola broken Constitution. But in
dare to look upto it (Great sensations) Who is there
that from beneath such load OF dcatien aud shame
as would overwhelm him could approach TO behold
1t! Who is there that would not expect his eye
balls to be scared by the intensity of its silent
reprooi2 Great applause) For my part say, that if
to see such time. Twill look at il moreI will avert
my eyes from for ever! Great aPplause is not as
mere military encounter of hostile armies that the battle
OF Bunker Hill finds its principal claims for commemora
ton and impprtance yet, battle, there cir
cumstsnces attending Of extraordinary characte'
and giving TO peculiar distinction. II fought upon
this emnence in the neighborhood Of yonder city the
OF more spectators then there combatants
IN the hght-men, AMI women, and children, drawn from
their homes filling the towers of the churches covering
the roofs of public dwellings, and all their residences
looking for the result OF contest of the
of which hcy had the dc spest conviction The 10th Of
June under bright sun, these fields exhibited nothing
but verdure and cultures there indeed note Of awful
preparation in Boston-but here, all was peace ;
and the fields then rich with the loads Of the
early harvest, told of nothing but tranquility. The
morning of the 18th saw every thing changed; in
the night red0ubts had been thrown up by, a few
hardy men, under The direction OF Prescott In the dawn
oil the morning, being perceived by the enemy cannon
AIDE was immediately opened uI them from the floating
batteries the water and the land the other side
Charles River suppose it would be difficult in mill
tary point Of view to ascrbe PNy just metive to either
party for that conflict 1t probably was not very
porant for the prov ical army TO hem in the British in
Boston, by force little nearer when that could pro-
badly have been expected by force little further in the
rear On the other hand, quite evident that If tho
British officers had had nothing else in view but TO dis
lodge the occupants of Bunker Hill, the British com.
manded the waters the Mystic the side, and the
Charles river their other; and those rivers
approached each other it perfectly competent to
on an communication and reduce Prescott to famine in
eight and forty hours But that not the day for such
sort Rehabilitation on either side. The truth is, both
parties were idy and anxious. and determined to try
the strength of their arms The pride of the British
would not submit that redoub of the rebels they
called should be here and stand in their very
face and defy them to their teeth. Without cal
culating the cost, or caring for it, their object
was to destroy the redoub at by the power of the
Royal Army, and take vengeance we'll as attain
ers fully persuaded that the time when the
listing controversy must break into open hostes
and to try il now; and that is the secret which placed
Prescott there with his troops. Cheers) Twill not
tempt to crbc what hos been often described better
than can do it, The capnonading from the water-the
assaults from the lond-the GOODNESS with which the
provns ia army if might be called, met the charge
Of the enemy the valor with which they repused it. the
second attack the second repuls burning
town. and finally the closing the of the
Militia of New England over the Neck shall not at
tempt 10 describe; but its consequences The battle of
Bunker Hill stsns amongst the important that ever
took place between rival States. 1t the first great
controversy in the Revolutionary end in my judg
nent il only the first blow struck in that war;
but the blow that determined the ofhat
test (CheSrs) 1t tainly did not put end TO the
war; but put the country stale open hostity put
the controversy between them to the arbitration the
sword, and made one thing certsnIthat after Warren
able tomeet and repulse the attack the British regulars
it was certain that peace would never be established be-
tween the two countries except the basis Of
acknowledgement OF American Independence. When that
sun went down the ependence of these States
tam. SCheersJ NO event Of great military magnitude
was formally declared. II rests, know the most in.
dumitablo authority that when General Washington.
havpgJ then received his appointment as Commander
in Chief Of the American army heard of the battle Bun
ker HILL and was told that for of ammunition and
troops, he asked ifthe militia Of New England stood the
fire of British regular troops and being told that they
did and reserved their till the enemy within
eight rods and then discharged with fearful effect he
thea exclemed-"The Liberties of the country ~
Enthusiastic cheeripg) The consequence then of the
battle of Bunker Hill just OF the importance of the
American revolution itself. 1t there nothing of value
there nothing Thy the regard of mankind in the
revolution itse-hen there is nothing worthy of regard
in the battle OF Bunker Hill and the consequences flow
ing from it. But if the American revolution be
the history of man faoorable to human happnessft be
event which has the progress ohe human
from despotism to liberty it be event which has
shed vast influence on not only this continent but the
worid-nen that monument not reused without cause
hen is Bunker Hill not unworthy Of perpetual memo.
rial What then is the principle Of the American revou
ton, and Of this system of political government which it
has established and coormedl Now the truth is that
the American Revolution not caused by any instan-
sneous adoption of thu Dry Of government which he'd
before entered into the minds of men, nor the EN-.
q bpfo
gether unknown On the contrary was but the better
development and application of sentiments and opinions,
which had had their origin far back in American and
English history. The discovery of America its colop.
zon by the several States of Europe the history Of the
colonies from the time OF their establishment 10 the time
when the principal Of them threw off their allegiance
the States by which he'd been planted, constitute train
OF events among the most important recorded in human
annals. These events occupied 300 yeers during which
whole period made steady progress the old
world so that Europe herself at the time OF the
establishment of the New England States and vir.
ginia, had been greatly changed from that Europe
which had commenced the colonization of the
continent three hundred years before. And what
centurieshat is to say, from the discovery OF America
TO the settlement of Virginia and Massachusets--he
the continent Of Europe which materially changed the
whole condition of society. Now know that, after
onies in America, effective effort made for that
purpose, either by the the subjects under its
protection, for almost century. Without nqurng into
the cause OF this long delay its consequences are u
GENTLY clear and striking. Epglsnd, in this lapse Of
century unknown to herself wss becoming fit and
peent to COLOMBO North Americas aud men training
that purpose competent TO ntrod the Epg
and the Ango-s axon into great ,rtion of this
western world. The commercial spirit much
coureged by 81 laws passed in the reign Of Henry
VII, and counenancc was given also TO ond manu-
features in the erstern counties of end and
unimportant notifications Of the Feudal Sys
effected by the power of breaking The enrichment of es
taes These and other that period end other
causes, produced new cless Of society and caused
it to emerge from the bosom OF the Teudsl
System. And this itself, on the community
OF Europe, Thus commercial or middle class-a
c neither barons great landowners the side
the other of the great barons the
crown but class of industry, OF commerce. of educs
tion thus produced-a chPnge on The face Of Europe.
Operative causes arising end land produced
effect, which from the acce sion of Henry VII to the
breaking out of the civil enabled them to enjoy
much more Of peace THAI during the controversy Of the
Houses Of York end Leicester. Cause OF another de-
scrip'ion also into paythe reformation Of Luther
broke out kindng up the minds OF men sfresh leading
habits Of thought and dsens and the waking