Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-01-30
MIR. MARSH'S ORATlON--NA
TIONAL PRIDE.

The Courier and Enquirer publishes the
whole OF Mr. Marsh'sl Grafton a, the New
England Celebration in New York on the
23d ult We give Lelow its closing pass
ages 80
I, is 10 the want Of an intelligent national
prije-,he universal solvent which melts
and combines into harmonious whole the
otherwise discoTdant traits of indv idual and
local feelings-,ha, we must ascbe the non
existence OF well defined and consistent
American character. We have abundance
OF inflated competency in the present, abun.
dance OF boosted expectation in respect to
the future, but too llule of sympathetic and
reverend regard for glorious past, without
which, neither this present nor tha, future
had been possible
Thsis partly the effect OF diversity
Of origin, under fcderSivc system, but ITS
real source lies deeper, aud It's roofs may
be found IN one Of our proudest character
lslIcs. |. proper to oil free people, and
emincntly so to the family Of nations to
which we belong, to love abs,rac, truth be,
yond material symbols, to follow the spirit
instead OF adhcrlng to the form, and 10 bow
to the principle, rather than to worship its
visible manifestation. Blu, honorable and
noble as this propensity IS, ii is not without
its DANGER. Ia seeking for abstrac, TRUTH
we are prone to overlook tho condition
which limits its practical application and
10 forget, that in the moral and political, as
well as in the physical world, the deduct.
| ions Of science can never be reaIzedin prac.
lice Nor is this the only, or even the
creates, danger To which the ,rai, in
question exposes US Doctrines tied to no
forms, connected with no localities RELY
ing upon no authority but individual req
son, attaches no sacredncss to nught cogni
Fable by the senses, are most easily over
thrown than when they assume the shap,
Of lief, entrenched behind the bulwark o
form, prejudice and opinion. In Europe
where every rock h as its name, every lane
scape its history, the love of country anc
\ institutions is at once strengthened, by thou
, sands Of venerable assoc iailons, and narrow
ed to the humble shape rather ofattachmen
10 localities, than OF enlightened and eI
banded patriotism. But with us, who hav
no dim traditions, no,hoary fables to give
not individuality onlyn but almost life, IL
plain and mountain, and rock and river
! patriotism, though larger and nober an
= more intellectual sentiment, is We, a les
e tenacious impulse. II is therefore dot
r most solemn incumbent on everyman VIII
), prizes institutions dependent like ours upo
an able security than n sound public opr
ion, and who feels himself competent to az
. built 10 exert that 'one talent which Il
+ death to hide, in maintaining, defending an
4 popularizing their principles
n Our American Liberties are menanced ne
!, ONLY by apathy and ignorance, bu, we hav
;, TOO many proofs Of the existence, even 1
/, monc ourselves Of a determined htstIlt
to the cardinal principles on which the
- rest Nor let any deny the approach {
y danger, because as yet be hears not the dir
and sees not the smoke Of the encounter. -
II The earthquake which uphcaves moui
!, taIns and the tempest, that scailers ana
n mada, are invisible forces, but there are II
= kcns whereby wise men ioresee the shoe!
Such indications OF danger 10 our deare
4 Interests we may find among class Of OF
\ own citizens, who glory IN a tTucklIn
: submission 10 European teachings, IN OF
a unnatural alienation from all that is gre
.. and good, and reverend in our own hlstor
Al IN dignihed affection OF supercIlous col
70 Temp, for every manifestation OF consciol
p. American pride, IN wrong headed pervest
Il that loveso dwell UPON the dark side OF OF
Il, national character, clothed IN the livery
~ anxious fears of an alien heart, and felg
.. 10 tremble for the stability Of those rnuIl
n. lions which it is doing IT'S utmost to undo
lr mine. We have too much Of this bin
ed zeal OF the pupil which outruns the pl
rs cep,s Of foreign teachers, too much OF III
Of questionable Prolesanllsm, that tfembl
n with sympathetic fear when you attack I
n corruption Of Popefy, 10 much Of that e.
We ven and trai,orous spirit that y ashamed
o. u birth place, murmurs against the Pre-
90 idence which appointed ne iaihcriand, O
ye grleyes because il Is only through the p
Cd prims tina, Il can trace ITS lineage TO IN
at. titled and merted oppressor Nay, mo
in than this. Sons OF New England ha
nj dared to insult the memory and biaspher
,~ the God other fathers, by denyIngio Il
congregation which He gathered IN t
wilderness the name and attributes Of
- Christian Church.
arr Il may ,pised DO doubted whether II wo'