The New York herald., 1851-08-24

% rssched, in our progrsssivs maseh' How won
have come here with this iSstturi n that rs may pro
clam that those who founded it, founded II with hsas
But permit to remind you, further that We stsnl
on an appropriate spot to vindicste intsrsst
fu town. what this mighty comlaonwealth this srsst
repubhc or this confederation Of repubicsl Is the
started into being By It's own fat or has sss
history The. tS tntsd ooaur, ussas aassas
an origin, child without parents There DO cv,iisa
tion Of that kndthere are b,essings of that kind
There is no matter kindred people thnt lift up
derce Of the the nations thai went befors
They may rather say with al hnmility and with ali
them We boast the energies q the people among whom
We hye We can uace them back TO our sires, and to
Which e isu iss
We sprung from distinguished ancestry, and that our
limbs are strong with the political strength that
has been breshed into from generation
not ignoring the past and the lsbors
OF those who have before US in the work Of
ton When look to Greece and Rome, and see what
taught in their schools-what the pieces
enenated from The hands Of their poets and Orators
their scuipors and architects their historians and phi
losoPbers-I think that those with
oot merit or that IL becomes 10 think speak Of
them with disrespect Be M ours rather to combine the
results btquai bed to BY predecessors with i'm
provemep,s which shsl demonstrate that entitled
to be named and remembered their not nworhy
ana heirs The time at hand shesftN records
ture WIN be made upwhen the annals T hass
may euceeed our present meeting Will be gisred Hos
What shsll be said the distance Of twenty
thirty years of the promises and pretensons Of this in
iah association Shall its history then be written
its tomb shall be written upon oolu nm high and
bright staudiDg with its head towards heaven proclaim
ber this proud destiny shall attend it lies henceforth
whh YOU with those who have for srded and here
10 install this association with those who shall lead
through its infant years; with the friends of education
Throughout the countIy with the professors aud the
who have devoted their lives through twenty and thirty
years, TO the cause of education These the
whom we wiih to meet here Aud If they come to
our help We will lay, in the day Of faurc-f that
DAY shall arrive will then lay the reprcach of
failure at their door With regard to those that
mere much will depend upon the dignity the calmness
aud the earnestness with which they deliberate can
Lever confer too much, but may resolve un wisely
may act hastily; may not recognise that propen-
sity Of The American which vioistes that homsly
proverb, Be sure yeu right, and then go ahead
nfrmAy of American char acter Is to 90 anead
hitt ard Then find out you wrong 1t has the
ibhimy OF the associations for the promotion OF iuc
ton They have betn formed without nrmbers with
out numbers they bave fingered short and ftful
hie aud have then expired Wium fi6t Troy was).
They we're begun with great promses-they ms.r-
able IN their peri rmance Is this TO be the Of
this association! trust in God not [ thoud have
been sorry TO have assisted in giving birth to
institution II we labor kindly. wisely then though
that catsstrophe should come we may cav that our
shirts tree the blood OF this
Only lew more years will have passed away before these
choren will have become with the sovereignty
~ this courty will becom. Its citizens its teachers its
parents itt lawyers, It's physicians Be true then
your trust ana live so, and labor that you may
sble to lit your eye towards the adverssry-towards
hesvenfowards the world with conscou that
whatever bas done injury 10 the you did IL
After the remarks Of the President, Mr. B.sSAap |
moved that committee be appointed to examine the
credentials CT gentlemen who had come to attend the
meeting rs delegates from colleges academies,
ciations
:, Motion was carried and the Chair appointed
Mtssrs fusf ntu OF Ohio swan, Of Mass Cook Of N.
jersey Coperthvat Penn. shermau of Mich.
On motit committee OF Messrs rhayer of Pa Hoe
MSss hnhan, OF Aeh, we're appointed to audit the
On motion the Convention took of fifteen
minutes TO give delegates opportunity present
mi,t.e reported
rhe list showed representation from every section OF
the eounry from New Orleans TO ,ston, including de-
eeat.s from many collsg' and universities But
gred TO zee that lot one Of the old Eastern colleges
wa repr, sented, Brown University excepted
IL was res.vsd that the association when II adjourn
adjourn until half past seven. p N.
. Rev MT HosMER OF Cleveland would desire to inform
noee delegates present who were not enjoying the
pifHtes OF the citizens that they would provided for
and Knight.
hr. swan would call the attention Of gentlemen who
becoming members of the TO the article
in the contribution which requires that they should sub
scribe their names TO that instrument.
ON motion Of L. BuLkLr, Of Albany Association, ad-
journed.
EVENING SESSION
The meeting was called to order by President Perrin.
MT BsRSAnp. Of Connecticut uested the chairman
of the star ding committee TO request gentlemen who
have topics which they dee to be before
association. to present them this evening
Ob notion the Secretary authorized 10 employ
or more assistants
The Turf.
CrSTRrvuIE CoURsE, l.. .L-TRorrING.-MoSpaY Aug.
N-A trottipg match for $500. mile heats in harness,
b. Gen Cas-, which was won By the grey very handly
The betting wac In favor Of Dick at 10 tot
the start and went to the quarter pole two lengths n
mont In forty seconds On the back stretch cass broke
s" @ & s P rps bs p,' n @ 90 aSe
ON reaching the home stretch broke up badly and
fortunate In not being distanced. Time, 2:sslf.
seoyAH Hsaf- -Tep IN DfrL hora
ssded finely and they went round the upper side
arc side The grey however bitching aud bouncing
Down the back stretch Dck very badly In conse-
qucnee q which Csss led to the halt mile pole four
bore 'pered wide gap, but the grey reached the
ntme src,eh he squared himself nicely, and made a
& .si d,a erush Tor .hs heat lie wa. TOO far behind
he exerttd himself hnely, he was beaten In by half
7hi,d Hcoi Even betting The horses came up
yokd and they went to the quarter pole side
20 seconds They continued together about half way
a couple Of lengths Time to the half "a ON the
lowtr turn Cass ciosef mp sud Tapped Dick at tn
the hs me strsieh tu, eeakins again ne ~s. beaten
but the accident dd not amount g. much he
ry quickly and can be relied on By thoss wo' o''s
u Nc'iisy Dsmsg e. Dick. .................1 !
shuts nnmed = Gen csss. ............
Time. 2ssaf-2s2-
s.sr Day.-furse $50 mile beats. best three in hve, /
IN barnes For this purse there entries,
Only i"o u which started VIZ somerindkes hlk m
thfsbetb, and y. Johnson'sb e. q iish Toe /
the Iurss In three straight heats very easily rns
sG td,d but little nterpst sf.er ths hsa was
evident that klfabeth had nothing do 40 round
tn track to win she could have ended the race the
tr,i beat had her driver chosen show her speed Time
tf the heats 259h-24s-24e
gNIoa CouhsK, l. I-Tursp,v, Aug 10 -Purse $50 |
nile heats to wagons wagon and driver weigh 3oolbs
1hef. N'ie sebt entries i've q which started viz
staeklettck Reindeer Night Hawk Mount Morris aud |
on han Boy Reindeer the favorite vous
start, uotwuhtsndrg he vsry lame not having
coteTsd from the injuries he received HE With
zachary Taylor shack, bsck tn. race very baud.
mely In three straight heats H. never he.dsd 10
Hty oi The heats Adecrp,cn Of the race IA
- - th,re wss sery little changing 81 position
siafti1 TIE end of each heat The following the
Whlap entered q. g shacsleback....... 1
lssae " cod un enterd ch Reinds er...... z 2 2
yss y, Nc NsaD en,ertd blk Night Hswk.... =