Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1849-03-15
10 THE Ed TOR.

was sorry to see an article in a late num-
yer of the News, signed &C." severely CEN
,uring the lecture of &. Sumner delivered be-
ore the Mechanics Association. both because
| think a community should evnce ts graI-
| ude to m Of cultivated mind and high lit.
nary attainmenls, who devotes a portion Of
| lis time to their instruction and amusement,
" forbcar ng Leedless criticism and because,
fta en- as ajust expression Of public sent
II Newport, which | canno, believe it is, i,
isl LAYS a state of society far behind the age
n which we live. And hoping that tho col
INNS Of the News are ever open to fair hear
| ng of both sides Of any importa It subject in
| rduced TO i,s readers, | am induced to offer a
ew brief remarks upon the subject OF said
acturc am surprised that &C" should so
warmly applaud the editorial remarks Of the
News on this subject, and then so uusparlng-
condemn the Discourse, for if | rightly un-
Ierstood the editor, he intended to praise it
- differing wid ly," however, from some Of i,s
i VS..
| And when the editor remarks, We could
~, help thinking how much the people Of this
own ar. like that river (Which sometimes
ncked up with such force as to reverse The
Aa,er wheels upon iD they are constantly
ncking and desire only to remain III the foot
,ieps their ancestors made" &c, &c. is It
.o' evideu, that such people would no, well
'ecei,c c 'ecture which proclaimed the law Of
uman progress, not as glorious dream but
Is a present reality. As a native citizen OF
Newport, aud one tendcrly attached 10 its pco-
lie, feel a, liberty to speak plainly Of their
,cculisrities, and | cannot wonder while boast.
lnc of,her grea,es, ,ifno, onl ymodern, attraction
strong and cnnnlngly devised fortress, built
by the National Government, that they shou d
,rea, a. Utopon any scheme for the establish
nent in this century, Of permanent and uni
versal peace.
And perhaps as strong and as selfish mo-
uvcs might he adduccd for the re usal by the
people of the ancient metropolis to acknowl.
edge the fraternity of their sable brethren, or
aid in their emancipation from slavery. But
surely there is no greater evidence Of human
propr. SIS, and that we live in an advahce'
st,s" Of l., than the recognition Of this grand
i truth Of human Brotherhood, which though
,orldly philosophers and obdura,e s'a,esmen
! have been low to adm, it, was undoub,ingy
proclaimed by an eminent apostle before the
refined A,heuians, nearly 5000 years ago
! when he said &" God hath made of one blood
all nations of men, &c.
/ The year lately fled, will bc conssera.e'
as memorable epoch in hum progress, al
The period when one of the most powerful na
tons Of the earth, shaking of the letters o
monarchicaI government, adopted as its motto
tie expressive words Liberty, Equality an'
Fraternity" the watchwor g and the landmark
Of mans Advancement for many cen
! ,ures for what but a sen,c Of the nheren
II and unalena! le right Of all men to liberty
/ reused the English barons, in the thirteenth
century. to demand the grea, charter Of kinf
John aud a, later sage of this progress, il
l776, our fahes declared boldly that men ar
not only born free. bu, equal, but oh, how rap
/ id the step from this to the ackno sledacmen
of the third and crowning truth" All mer
are Lroihop."
| Truly the signs Of our ,imes strongly bc
token the near approach Of that glorious da,
when The kingdom aid the dominion aDc
the greatness Of the kingdom under the whole
heaven shall be given to the saints of the mos
high, whose kingdom is an ever ss,inu king
dom, and oil dominions shall fear and serv'
him. As,o the assertion that conservatism i
the ieotry cf religion and politics." doub
mo-, the lecturer referred 10 that ultra eonservs
! ism Which would held f,st every thing eve