The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-07-05
JAHEs ssORDON BENNETT.
PRCPRIHrOR AND EDITOR.

The seyepty-ffth anniversary OF the Dcclaratlon
Of Independence was celebrated with the usual
reioicngs in every part Of our widely extended and
prosperous country No political retnorse thres
a gloom over the great national hohdsy. No
uhallowed fragment Of the original Union, or Of
she bright States which have clustered around the
6rst conie der ated nucleus Of this great people,
stood q part as a dark monument Of the ambition
Of man, and az G warning 10 those who have faith
In the genius of population bound together by
common ties of in lustry, enterprise, mutual depen
Aence and equal political, moral, and religious free
dom The sun looked down on alsrge portion VI the
American continent, where, three quarters Of cen
fury ago. only thirteen struggling States fringcd the
Atlantic, and man saw sublime spectacle Of hui
man progress, and increase Of empire. Thirty one
States now span the space between che Atlantic
and Pacific oceans which form the boundaries of the
NEST peaceful and prosperous country of the
wsrld, gathering strength from vast internal re-
sources, from population largely increased by
foreign immigration, and from the unfettered
hands Of labor, which at once add to, and tend to
preserve, individual and national wealth. Such a
result has grown out ofthe principles and policy u
political fathers, who, threequartsrs OF centu-
~ ago. pledged their lives aud sacred honor in this
purest and hottest cause offreedom-the delegation
of political power to the peo pe-to the real govern
ors and soveregns from whom, through al the his
tory of the human race, it had been wre stcd by
fraud and force till society lost hope and nations
we're in despair.
This political Sabbath will always excite the
same emotions at the present hour, when
ever it's annual recurrence takes place; and
the people OF the United States, true to
the instincts Of freedom, will ever preserve
from the aBarsheal grasp OF faction that glorious
Union out Of which has spruag all the elements Of
our prosperity ard greatness The willy politician
may raise the lever Of fanaticism to overturn the
very foundation OF the whole superstructure; but
be will eventually fall back, struck down by the
very engine of his bad ambition. The conserva-
tive power of the people will always maintain the
Union On ttose very principles which reared it I'M
der the auspices Of the fathers of the revolution.
This faith is universal, and must so continue while
The people hold the political power in their own
hands. Designing meE cannot turn to their oxn
selfish ends for any great length Of time, any doubt
raised by special sectional agitation. The whole
heart of the country, from the Atlantic to the Pa
cifc, must be excited to prompt and uaited action
for the preservation Of the Union whenever the
hour Of real danger is apprehended-and, if sacri-
fees must be made, il will not be Of individual
States, but Of those very individual persons whose
political prohigacy may endanger the coufederscy
BY infaming the passions.
Let, them all the clouds in the political horizon be
disspated a. they were on this anniversary Of the
people-haye laughter confidence in the value and
the pernanency Of ins:itutiOns-take courage in
DE hope Of future more brilliant even than the
past--and be prepared, both as States, and as
united coniederOcy, to abide by that same policy
which has produced such vast results among our.
selves aud upon other nations, fortified in the faith
that X cannot be improved by change, and that
what has given certain benefit beyond the hopes Of
mankind, must be superior to the crude theories Of
ambitious politicians and unpr ncipled demag ogues.