The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-01-03

run his course 10 the seaal the thousand tributes
that swell his ample hood--alI the beauties and
riches of the mighty valley la which he was To
revelsl the great States, in their long range OF
pire, which lac bind, 10 separate aud unite
these presented themselves TO their stimulated ma
lures, and they fel in involuntary worship. There
is something such as this ia the influence Of
that auxiliar and reflex light aud glory through
which We look back upon the Pilgrim fathers
"It is thus we contemplate the momentous re-
suits which have flowed out upon the world from,
the liltie spring which first bubbled forth on this
spot And now, medita ing upon these momentous
inauenees---on that spring OF consequences, and
with the estimate which we thus form Of our
Pilgrim fathers and mothers, who does not feel a
wish that they themselves could have looked
though Il were but for an hour, upon those eonse-
quenoeslthai il had been youcls aied 10 them also
for SINGLE hour, 10 obtain one clear and adequate
view Of the happiness and greatness OF the New
England and America Of to-day cheersl If some
one OF them could, but for AN hour aud that
the last hour Of his life have looked forward 10 the
consequences Of their abors and their sufferings.
II know that they assuredly believed that some
vast result had been foreordained 10 their labors
that some harvest 10 spring from their dusl-and
that thai which was sown ~ Tears would be resped
In Joy. But oh IL there could have been, but for
Que hour, and that the latest hour OF their lives
bodily hand which could have raised the curtain and
unfolded TO them the sight Of these generations Of
hour for the sight Of Carver, Bradford Brewster
Winsow, TO see the America which reverences them
to-day, TO pierce through the struggles Of savage
warfare, the trials and dangers OF the colonial age
the times Of oppression which made US nation, the
emergence Of States, the dark period Of the canfed-
Grafton, the formation Of the Union; 30 that they
might hear the chorus Of harmonious labors yelling
from thousand shops, and fields, and decks--so
that they might see the spires Of religious worship
pointing TO heaven, and the best institutions Of liber
~ spread widely and faithfully abroad-the Missis-
sppi trayersed by thousand krels--the portals Of
those distant mountains opened forever and our mil
lions standing the great shores OF that ranquil
sea, without guilt, and without hlood-slain on their
hearts, while looking back 10 us as 10 the fathers
from whom they received their heritage. Oh,
that there had been such an hour, had il been
the latest hour Of his mortal career prolonged APP
plauSe.
"Yet perhaps they see it now-perhaps to-day
they look down on our commemorations Of to-day,
upon the America Of to-day, sedem cham nune HON
mum donum eontsmpianiy, nee lila oeiesta spee-
ianiss, hase humana eoniemn,tnt" Loud applause I
Mr. Choate then gave the following sentiment, and
sat down; ..
"Ths fame ofhs Pilgrims: won by sharp trial and
grand virtues, consummsted by transcendent results;
the chrystal fountain Of sweetest wave, swollen into
the benehcent father Of rivers" . I.. .....-..
Mr. Quincy aer giving the history fthe marriage Of
his to Miss sturgs Of Barnsabe had APP
pealed to Mr. Choaie Tor legal opinion whether he
not entitled TO the bonors Of pilgrim ancestry.
fThe baron OF beef presented by Mr. Webster served
upon the table in platter which brought out In the
Mayhower :
.his beautiful passage seems to be adapted from the
words Of sciPio, in Ciceros republic Lib w. see 10