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ADDRESS OF GEN. CUSHING
AT THE LAYING OF TIE CORNER
STONE OF TIE New TowY HALL,
AT NEwnuRYronT, MASS, July
d, 1850.
Fcilow-Citi2cns: We have dis
posed of one of the objects, for which
wye have assembled here. There re-
mains another, not local in lis nature,
bnt as widc as the limits of common
country. For wheresoever, on The
continent of the New World, the
starred banner of oar nationality is
,nfnrled- where socver from the At
ianiic to the Pacific, i'll all that broad
'expanse of lake and river, of noun
tain and of -whercsocyer
Springs up one blade of corn from
the earth, or quivers a waterfall I'M
der the mill, or ascends on high the
smoke of the engine, orhappy hearts
shelter themselves under the roof.
tree of home-wheresoevcr, !. say,
there lives and brcathes an American,
shall this dav be consecr;,ted to the
memories ofthe Declaration of Amer
alcan Independence. 1t shall. be cele-
bfatcd with tumultuous JOY by old
and young. 1t shall be celebrated
with proud recollections of our great
ami wise forclathers. 1t shall be eel
ehrated with mutual congratulations
sh view of our country's grandeur,
weallh and power. 1t shall be cele-
hfatcd with thanks to Almighty God
thai he vouchsafed TO make the Thir-
tnen Colonies one people. And il
kShail lie celebrated, by us, at least,
WITH iervcnt prayers 10 Almighty
+ kSod, that he would continue TO make
ok the Thirty States one people
one great, glorious, indissoluble I'm
Ion
1cs, fclow-citi1cns, the Union is
my theme. Now, when The currents
tcf false doctrine are sapping the
Ifoundations of the Union, and the
waves of perverted passion are dash
ing against the pillars of the Consti-
teton, now is not alime for induIG-
ingin the sounding generalties of a
vague AMI wordy patriotism. Now,
ON the contrary, it behooves us 10
consider what the American Union
sns lone for us; what it is, whether
worth the having aud, if so,
hptMis Il &c !:e preserved, iii despite of
1Hction and fanaticism whether at the
NORTH or South. And that, repeat,
isrllg theme this day
NY nat has the Union done for
us TO answer this question, il
neeSisfo go back 10 the time when,
seventy fveyears ago, this day broke
s,sa aourfathors luredly amid the storms
otWar; to follow onward the course
oIotr country to the present hour;
and then to pause and look around
on ITS present con lition.
Whom tic neciarationof Inde.er-
ilence went forth TO the world,
proper constitutional government,
IhSt is, social fabric deliberatelv
solnnencel from the cornerstone of
Universal natural right, and built up
al the symmetry, beauty and
treng'h Of a perfect whole was
hnssy yet unknown on earth, and to
q exempted by us for the fir.t time
nilbe history of man. 4
8 population of only two millions
@sils, scantily scattered along the
hN belt Of land between the AL
ahies and the Atlantic ocean,
ssssituted the people of the United
al0Nies. Beyond the mountains
vast wilderness, the lair of the
1east and of the human savage.
aliblc resources were nothing,
Falhe strong arms and stronger
aEia which we inherited from our
ss,sh sires, and the spirit of mde-
encc, personal and national,
1eRhad been diffused among us in
8|sedow of the secludeAforests of
lew World,
40 generations only, that is, two
ae average periods OF human ac-
have SINCE elapsed They