New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-12-23
CITY ITEMS.


rhaps neart:e- aad more general manifestation o,
enthusiasm than IN any previous year. The !ncEeHs
--s-ss. -azestcG in ;his Anniversary from year 70
..,rs indeed amps w4-raa; for the assertion OF
- -, sneakers !ast evening. tia; would eventually
-,s >. =, considered tie great day Of tac year. AZ
oox ves,er;sv large audience assembled al The TAD
-,.-ts w.t. some interesting and appropriate eN'
e.es took p,Ace After some very excellent music TIE
orator of The pay Rev CHASIxs IF,iAH OF salem
Mass was introduced and delivered ore OF tie most s5s
.hed and ra-ly addresses 70 wH.ch ass ever been
,r- GOOD fortune 10 I.ten. lie commenced oy saT'as
sor-e few settlements ard attempts Al seize
rent i-h, have baca previously r1ade N america !e'
on the a2i OF December 1870 when ne Pilgrims Oh 'ne
Nay6ove. ardcti a: Plymouth Rock oash; 10 0s da'ea
the actual opeuin. Of TIC Continent II was asEe 'aa
began 70 form that everincreasins e~erexpanens wave
~ .,,Jo.ssxrp civilization and dominion which wss
destined 20 flow over the whole OF the New Word lie
then touched lightly upon The history OF he sprsFn
and nriva;oas OF tie Pc-iras ard OF the wild and N
credible exploits G! the Indian wars-eNplois 80 unus"
a and romantic as 70 &c regarded as fabulous ana IN
zeal! The mysterious destiny Q; the Indian Race oe
ginning az urce to develop itself srd which has sone on
ever since 10 is inevitable dna esul:-kNterunaion
seems TO have taken possession also OF It's history hey
are az i were removed from History and given 10 40
nance In Philosophical and broad We" OF hi''ofE
they occupy no space and tue American Continent
when tie Pilgrims first arrived upon ~ was 10 al ptae
,rs purposes the great problem OF Progressive CI'i
zsuon as if the foot OF man had never trodden 1t
The speaker then gaze rapid and comprehensive
glance a, the history of the Old Word pcturesqusly
chsrscterznsi il as the OF series OF lessons
which God wa. npartins 20 the world in the process OF
educating ,ke Race Tia: history recorded many crimes
and many ,ories hut Of the latter the world had as yet
.een nothing not even the commencement OF the glory
and rlosnihccnce aud power and grandeur which were
part OF the destiny Of humanity Dwelling upon this
theme the speaker rose 10 eloquence, and displayed
mind deeply imbued with the eager and progressive
.pri: OF the age yet held perhaps too closely IN oneeA
by conventional position. education. or other oitcum
stances.
after concentrating "a IT were focus distinct
yc, minute microco.m Of tho history of Europe down
10 me discovery and settlement Of America he proceed
ed 10 characterize this the greatest event in the lie OIL
the world At that moment the New World came INTO
electric contactw with sdrchsrcsd Euope-rccei'ins from
her portion her civilization refinement and culture
and in short oesinnins in turn TO react upon her
and irppsr soriets:rS ef ihe trrsh he and pro
cre.siye energy which lonc and fatal political abuses had
either parslyzsd or totally destroyed This action aud
reaction was still coin. on and. whatever some might
think of the danger 70 the New World OF too plentiful
mbibcmeu, from the Old yet the influence OF each upon
the other was reciprocal and beneficial. There were
doubtless exceptions Even Electricity, that great hie
giving Devastating principle. whose action and IN
huence whose passage from cloud to earth and rom
sea 10 air u=uslly ellen, and un'e; sometimes be
came disturbed for a momon; in its equilibrium and
flashed forth its power startling and terrific iorms
vet the total rcsul, was always good The lightning
~, rClicd-but while
still shrenk ashast tho clouds dispersed the Garth grew
-rcener and frcshc the air became purcr aud the SKY
crew brighter (it this moment, brsh. sunbeam
the FIST that had visited the gloomy City for many
hours-as il attracted by the words of the speaker,
glanced in at the windows poured down in a golden
shower OF light through the dome and played like a
halo around the noble head oil the orator The effect
upon the audience proved that sunshine and electricity
were idcnrical)
The speaker then went to speak Of Plymouth Rock
drawing vivid picture OF the discouragnc prospect
encountered by the Pilgrims By the first sight OF that
desoa,c and winiry shore lie spoke OF the glorious
lustc reflected back upon these men, and which every
year OF civilization and progress serves but TO increase
The anniversary OF that day still drew the sons OF New
England around that Rockville her children, scat
tered everywhere over the whole Union sui remem'
bered with pride and JOY that day and would soon
make it to he observed universal national festival
The Pilgrim Fathers themselves seemed TO have pro
phe,ic knowledge Of the destiny Of the empire they
were foundin. and from the hrst recognized the At
lan,c and the Pacific the only boundaries 10 their
new world OF freedom.
He would omit rccspiIula.ion of the details OF the
early history OF New In snd-whch had been already
80 ably wriuen,-and attempt 10 draw some Lessons
from the consideration o. the experience OF our fathers
10 aid US in understanding and carrying out Inc glorious
destiny Of country was the Purtans VINO nreathca
the spirit OF liberty into the British Constitution ana
became the origin and founders OF freedom in America
And although they had accused Of faults yet their
virtues far predominated over them The great monu
mens which stand out mos: prominently IN the history
OF the Past are the Commonwealth OF England and the
establishment, OF the United States An eloquent tribute
was here paid 10 the Commonwealth OF England, whose
history mad never vet been written lad il been pose
Die tor political freedom and equality 10 have been eslab
lished amid the corrupoDs and tyrannics and oppres
SONS OF the Old World and the consequent deteroFa
ton Of public opinion and individual character the
Commonwealth OF England would have permanently
secured it.
The hr.t great point established by the lives and his
tory OF he Puritans the idea of individual indie
peudcnce energy and freedom They clearly announced
the sacrcdncss and dignity OF every separate soul and
taught man develop and lean upon his own individual
self Heretofore the State pad been everything the
People nbthing What with S,ates and Churches and
Priests, mankind merged into masses and Hinge
Popes and Generals only individuals who dared
to exercise the right free and individual opinion The
Reformation hsd done something to away this evil
phantom Of Uniformity but the world s;i srosned be
meath the tyranny OF transatlantic isudal bondage
But when the feet of the Pilgrims nfst touched Amer
lea the freedom Of the individual secured forever
The Pilgrim free By the very necessity Of the
the labor aud cooperation Of every needed FOX
the protection and Of all and the whole cor
tnent Tree before :hem, with TO cheek their
movements call them TO account. livery select
cd it kingdom, fer himself aud the idea OF in
dividus right freedom and unEestrained development
became the companion Of every day and hour Of life
This ndividu4lism ia the magic OF New Engond
and although in the expanding states and
cIeasn: census Of country the states Of New Eng
land may appear insignificant yet their prosperity and