The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-07-04
The Fourth OF July-Anniversary or the
Declaration OF Independents.

The seventy fifth anniversary Of the Declaration
of independence will be celebrated with the usual
rejoicngs, in every part of widely extended and
prosperous country. No political remorse will
ARROW gloom over the great national holiday. No
.nhallowed fragment of the original Union, or Of
the bright States which have clustered around the
krst COME ierated nucleus of this great people,
stands apart us a dark monument Of the ambition
of man, and as a warning to those who have faith
In the genius Of population bound together by
common ties of industry, enterprise, mutual Deepen
aence and equal POLITICAL moral, and relig ious free
dom. The sun looks down on alarge portion OF the
American continent, where, three quarters of
tury ago, only thirteen struggling States frnged the
Atlantic, and man sees a sublime spectacle Of hu-
man progress, and increase Of empire. Thirty
States now span the space between the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans, which form the boundaries of the
most 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
result has grown out of the principles and policy Of
political fathers, who hree-quarters Of centu-
~ ago, pledged their lives and sacred honor in this
purest and hottest cause offreedom-the delegation
Of political power to the PEG ple-to the real govern
and sovereigns. from whom, through all the his
tory Of the human race, il had been wrested by
fraud and force, till society lost hope and nations
were in despair.
This political Sabbath will always excite the
same emotions. rs at the present hour, whom
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 anarchcal grasp Of faction that goriou,
Union out Of which has spnaKg 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
he will eventually fall back, struck down by tae
very engine Of his bad ambition. The conserya-
tive power Of the people will always maintain the
Union on those very principles which reared it un-
der the auspices Of the fathers of the revolution
This faith is universal, and must go continue while
the people hold the political power in their own
hands. Designing mea cannot turn 20 their osn
sehsh ends for any great length Of time, any doubt
raised by special sectional agita sion. The whole
heart Of the country from the Atlantic to the Pa
si6c, must be excited to prompt and united action
ior the preservation Of the Union whenever the
hour Of real danger is apprehended-and, if sacri-
fees must be made, it will not be of individual
States, but Of those very individual persons whose
political pronigaey may endanger the confederaey
BY innaning the passions.
Let, then, all the clouds in the political horizon
be disdpated on this anniversary of the people
have laughter confidence in the value and the
permanency Of our nstitutions-take courage in
she hope Of future, more brilian. even than the
past-and be prepared, both as states, and as
united eonfederacy, to abide BY that same policy
which has Produced such vast results among our
selves and upon other nations, fortified in the faith
Mat it 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 demagogaes