New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-03-05

IL had given, aldeo anu fe'iee s1- ~ - :
and upward movement.
aia n Inns in sublime faith and with exalted &c
,;,,s and never-failing energy, he went to that
- and called forth from future time that
.sll.conceived form-the great American ma.
.;onality-republicanis In perfect acton. Stand
forth to the world-young Amenca: upright
bold, noble, powerful, jast-the perfection OF Pc,
litical creatiens-commanding the respect and
conciliatinc the love OF the friends oil liberty
throughout the world Stand forth TO al time. d
monument glory and praise TO liberty. De-
n,ocratic America! go forth---go onward-ln the
beauty of order and harmony as well as the
strength OF independence and ireedom-wlth
the panoply Of righteousness. the garnlture OF
Justice, the crown of good falth--so that when
that consecrated host shall have dominion from
sea TO sea and from river 10 the ends OF the eafh
when 8" they that dwell IN the wilderness snail
bow before them as oeautiul may DC theif
feet upon the mountains" OF the farthest north
west, as they were oi o'u upon VIZ ''0A' ca"
sands of the east
q what noble faith was that in which that
Young patriot, that boy statesman begun his
work, and in which unchanged, he iabored through
forty wears to its now-begun year OF It's final tn
umphant accomplishment The generation IN
which he first arose could not bear their part in
that great scheme and as he worked OF till a
new generation should arise to take their places
he had to wait for US to be born,-Us the Demo
cratic CLAW bops who were IN our cradles ten
wears after he begun his political career The
generation of our fathers could not fully apprecl
ate hinl but now ''their children rise up and csi
him b!essedn; and their chi!dren's children shall
be q crown of glory to him. The controlling
portion of that perversc generation has passed
away. Their carcasses fell in the wilderness Of
that forty years. wandering.
Aud this is the great political lesson OF patriot
&c virtue inculcated on every young American
politician by that long and hrlliantfe. 1t is the
lesson Of FAITH, political faith-falth in the peo
pie, confidence III their ultimate justice and WIS
dom. This is one great truth which that life
teaches in It's forty years of steady courage and
public virtue with It's approaching contamination,
that the people 90 viii be faithful tc those who
have been faithful to them, that they will at
las. unite to honor him who has honosed them
by an mistaken confidence that they would
finally DO right, rather than him who has dishon-
ored them by always acting on the belief that they
you'd always do wrong. Yet remember-with
sill that high respect for the peope-he never
Aattered the people FOR one moment, never insult
ed their better sense by jingling IN their ears
the words :" democracy, liberty and equality,
"loye for the people," and other such cheap pro-
LESSONS with which many have counted on anus,
ns and cheating the people, as babies are st!!led
and soohed with rattle, TO take their attention
from things that they really desire. He has always
respected them too much TO dot. He has left
them 10 derive their proudest reflections from the
silent yet eloquent testimonial to their character
which is implied in that whole public htc.
Why linger on the vast details Of that splendid
history? It is household book. Children have
made themselves familiar with It; and sages
have philosophical upon it. Take ii up at any
peint and YOU will find him every where on the
side of Justice and courage, and against tyrrany
and wrong. See him contending in the House
OF representatives against British aggression, and
maintaining the cause Of Free Trade and
Sailors Rights before the name of Free Trade
had been taken in vain and blasphemed and per-
-ertcd by peasnts and smusglers and smattering
partisans.
See him In the same arena proclalmlng liberty
TO all the World-to South America and to
Greece, and demanding for them place among
the nations of the earth. See him guarding the
national rights. securing our wide borders and ne
cotiating for privileges to our commerce in the
treaty of 1915 and in the whole OF his admins
trahon of our foreign affairs in lS25-le29. And
remember who afterward came into that depart
inent and betrayed us by disbonorabe and IN,
patriotic concessions to British claims, basely de-
claring himself more friendly to Britain than his
.mniediate predecessor, who had always resisted
and batied that grasping power
See him in the Senate, when that one great
measure which was the heart Of the whole system
and scheme OF mis- patriotism was suddenly brought
20 the verge of bloody trial. Then he, the au-
shor, designer and director Of that scheme III new
and more exalted devotion stood forth to show
that the triumph of that great cause must be the
Dioodless triumph of peacc-that ROT by violence
and legal murder should that immortal cause be
indicated. The time is passed when swords
suhducd." The time has come when the eternal
principles Of wisdom and justice cxemphhed and
realized In OUT government shall be maintained
only by the words of truth and peace, and by the
silent ballot box Give the people time to think to
feel, and TO ACT rightly. He had faith in the
people still and with faith patience must have
her pertec; work"
And there, in the very pride of his glory and
power, with the laurels of a whole age OF victory
stlll fresh and green upon his noble brow-when
that awful gulf opened in that forum, and al!
that precious IN eloquence and IN reason had
been thrown III vain into the dark abyss which
still threatened the destruction Of the Common
wcaith--there, son the field of his fame" in
the arena oil AIS latest national glory, Sacrlhcng
the results OF thirty years OF his best energies,
hike Curtus mounted and with his armor on, he
esped into the gulf, and it closed. There was
he, backed by a relentless and imperious tyrant,
prepared to sustain him and that measure with
a sword that never was turned from an enemy
and VINO was supported by an INSCRIPTIONS
host. that knew no other law or principle
than MS will. But, inspired with that unchang-
ing faith, he trusted that though that age might
pass away, and the honors of the cause might
never DC yindicated in him, vet the cause. The