The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1851-04-10

influence of riches is not considered a sure
passport TO posts of honor and preferment.
Tbe American shores are the asylum for the
depressed and down.trodden of every cline
This is very plainly illustrated by the ale
CORY which represents numbers as seeking q
refuge here from the fury of the storm. OuI
countrymen 80 forth diffusing the. principles
of Liberty and saying unto other nations do
likewise" The principles of our govern
ment are gradually spreading and taking
root like the branches of the bannyan tree,
thus exerting the holy influence of liberty
over oppressed millions. Here again we see
the application OF the allegory which repre-.
senls the influence of our government, or
the effects of her principles on monarchy.
Our country has been beset with few evils.
From the day of her birth up 10 the present,
she has enjoyed one continual course of the
mos: unexampled prosperity. Our Eagle,
the emblem of liberty, Mas faithfully watch
ed over the great and growing interests Of
our country, giving the alarm whenever
there was any encroachmen, made upon the
rights of the people. But with all our mul.
tiplicity of words we have failed to describe
The greatness and glory of our republic with
half the force that Lord Russell did when he
remarked in one of his celebrated speeches
during our war with Mexico, and the famine
in Ireland. The Am, can nation Is The most
powerful nation in existence. She is fight.
ing one nation with unprecedented success
and at the same time feeding ano,her.'-
Who has not felt the truth of this? And
what may not the most sanguine expec, foy
her in the future
But perhaps you begin to ask why all
this noise about the Storm" in our conf
mencement; we have he ard no applications
sufficient 10 warrent so extravaganza an illus.
tratiou Of our subject
We have answered that the description of
the storm and its destructive effects was
given in order to illustrate the influence of
our country upon other nations. And fur.
ther we now answer that they were given as
a basis for our conjectures of her future in
huence and greatness.
Before America was acknowledged 10 be
a nation, all was calm and serene in the
system of n%atiors, the same as in the ele.
ments before the storm. But so soon as she
had acquired for herself a name, she began
TO exert a powerful influence upon the desti-
MES of nations, like the cloud upon the ele-
ments. Thus we can trace up the similarity
of the two, until the storm bursts forth,
which is a good illustration oil the efforts
that are being made in all countries 10 oh
tain the common rights of mankind. These
efforts are made in consequence Of the not
BILE example Of self government which
America presents TO the world. This is her
direct influence. 1t incites men of all chimes
TO &C ,ion in the great cause of emancipation.
We are now at the period or epoch at which
tyrants tremble with fear at the sound of our
name, ard at which monarchs anxiously feel
for their crown for the name " dmerica'
is synonymous with "Liberty and Death TO
tyrants." Our country is last causing the
oppressed of Europe TO do great and heroic
actions by working out ior themselves a
glorious future. Nothwilh standing the rapid
progress Of liberty, there are a few monarch
les extending their domain aud hourishing
p~rosperously, but this is only uniting many
small Kingdoms with their evils into one
huge monster like "Russia the Great Bear
Of the north, " 10 be the more easily slain by
some Hercules of Freedom. Though the
cause of liberty has not been so successful
in all its efforts as we could wish, yet it has
SO intimidated Kings that the condition of
the oppressed has become ameliorated. The
monarchies of the world hold their preroga.
tives by a frail tenure. Popular opinions and
measures are adopted in defiance Of King,
and aristocratic mobiles. The sweets of lib.
erty and the pleasures of knowledge have
been tasted and tyrants may no longer trihe
with the sweat and blood of toiling millions,
Truly the storm is very illustrative Of the
effects of our country on monarchy. For
.iow could we better describe or Illustrate
the lettering of thrones-the falling Of EN-.
pires--the violent political commotions that
agitated every Countrywide progressive
spirit Of liberty that pervades all classes and
all societies, in short, the entire sublugation
Of tyranny than by it. To be free is the I'll.
innate destiny of man, but 10 our country
may be attributed the many efforts made to.
wards attaining that end. 1t is our country
that is forcing it on with such gigantic strides.
With all these evidences of our greatness
and commanding influence, what can we
not expect for America herself and her holy
inhuencet For the storm has not abated,
but is raging with a continually increasing
and indescribable violence. Scarcely can
our imagination, however well cultivated,
picture our country's future.
The only reasonable conjecture we can
make concerning the destiny of her influence
is that it will terminate only when all mou-
archial governments shall have disappeared
from the face of tho earth, and when great
and prosperous republics shall have taken
their stead. The future of Our Country is
bright before US. Her territory will continue
to increase, so that our Eagle may have a
vast extent of country over which he can
flap his fast growing wings free and uncon-
trolled.