Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-07-12

"I is Difficult, for man to look into the destiny Of future
,ges the designs Of Providence vast and complicated
and powers 100 narrow to admit OF mucn SASS
acioa 10 curiosity But when we see many gres ana
powerful constantly at work, we cannot dsuD' %
producing proporlonable effects. q,:
The colonies in North America have not only taken root
and acquired strength, but fastening oRh an dece
rated progress to such potoetul STATE as may 1ou"ee
ns,o and important change in human gtars.
Descended from Of the most improved and en-
lghened part Of the old world they receive, as were by
inheritance all the Improvements and discoveries Of their mo-
ther country, And it happens fortunately for them to COM
their furnishing State at time when the human un-
has attained the free Of its powers, and
learned to act with vigor and certainty They may avail
hemeves not only the experience and industry but even
Of the and mistakes of former days Let be consl
dered for how many ages great part OF the world
not to have thought all how many more they have been
busted forming systems and coeciue while reason has
been lost in labyrinth of words and they never seem %
have suspected what frivolous matters their minds were
employed. si 1
what important discoveries have been made in lew Years.
by Few Countries with at their bead, which have
at last discovered the right method OF using their faculties
ssMay we not reasonably expect thst number OF pro-
vces of these advantages and quckened BY mu
tual emuaton with only the common progress Of the human
mind should very considerably enlarge the boundaries OF
science sttt .
Tbe vast continent ITSELF over which they gradually
Spreading may be considered treasure yet untouched Of
natural productions that shall hereafter all Hd ample matter
for commerce and contemplation And If we reflect what
stock knowledge may be accumulated By the constant pro-
gress Of industry and observation led with fresh
the Of naue assisted sometimes by those happy strokes
Of chance which mock all the powers OF invention and some
times by those superior characters which arise occasionally to
instruct and enghten the world s difficult even 70 INA
gne to what height Of improvement their discoveries may
extend
And perhaps they may make considerable advances
in the arts of cipl government and the conduct OF me-
We have be proud and even jealous OF our excel
lent constitution but those equitable principles on which
formed equsl representation, CHE best discovery Of
political WISDOM and Just and commodious distribution Of
power which with the price Of civil wars and the re-
wards Of the virtues and sung OF our ancestors descend
to them as natural inheritance, without toll or PAIN
"But must they rest here as in the utmost effort 81 hu-
man genius Can chance and tne the tcsdon and the
experience Of public men, suggest no neo remedy dgdst
ep which vices and ambition perpetuay apt to cause
May they hope, without presumption, TO preserve
greater zeal for pey and public devotion thanwe have done
For il hardly happen 10 them, as It has 70 us that
when religion best understood and rendered most pure and
reasonable ha. then should be the precise time when many
believe and practice and all in general become most
| Indifferent to- es.
"May they possibly be successful than their mo-
her country has been in preserving that and au
,horiy which is due to the laws TO those who make and
to those who execute them May not method oe aoen!
ed of procuring some tor0ble share Of the conrts Of NE
to those Inferior useful ranks of TO rhose industry zoe
are indebted for the Dhol Time and discipline may
discover to correct the extreme uequdiies 81
condition betueen the rich and the poor, 50 dangerous 10
the Innocence and happiness Of boh They may fortunate
be led by habit and choice to despse that luxury which
is considered with the true enjoyment OF wealth They
may have little relish for that ceaseess hurry Of
which pursued in this country without pleasure, exercise,
or employment. And perhaps, after trying some OF our
foles and caprces and rejecting the they may be led
by and experiment that old simplicity which wat
6rst pointed ou, BY Mature, and has produced thos
models which we still admire in arts eloausnce. and
ne The diversity of and situations, Uh'c
so many g-ooing States must necessarily pass through
may introduce changes in the Hucuahng opinions dnt
manners Of men whch Jvm no conception 81 ant
no, only the gracious disposition Of Providence but the vis
BILE preparation Of causes indicate strong tenden
cies towards general improvement ssHt
Fellow this grscious disposition Of Providence
and this visible PREPARATION of causes length brought on
the hour for decisive action On the 4h Of July, l776 the
Of the United States Of America in Congress
assembled declared that these United Colonies and
/ right ought TO b., FREE ISDEPESDEST STATES
This declaration, made by patriotic and resolute men,
rusng 10 the justice Of their and the protection OF
Heaven and yet made without deep soic.ude and
ey has now stood for seveny6ve years. and still stands
It sealed blood It has met dangers, and overcome
them .it has had enemies, and has conquered them ha
had deracors and il has abashed them all has bad doubt
Ing friends but it has cleared all doubs away and now to
day. raising its august form higher than the Clouds twenty
millions of people contemplate with haowed love, and ths
world behods it, and the consequences which have followed
| from it, with profound admiration.
This anniversary anma'es aud gladdens, and unes al
American hearts. On other days Of the year we may b
party ndugng controversies, more or less mportan
to the public good may have likes and dslkef, and
may maintain political differences, often with warm, aD
sometimes with angry feelings. But to-day, Ameri
cans all and all nothing but Americans As the grea
umnsry over heads, disspating mss and fogs nov
cheers the whole hemisphere do the associations connect
ed with this day dspese all cloudy and sulen weather. AM
all noxious exhalaons the minds and feelings Of true Ama
ricans. Every mans heart swells within him every man.
port and bearing become somewhat proud and lof
he remembers that seventy years have rolled away ant
that the great inheritance of liberty is still bis his, und
minshed and unmpared; his in all its original glory hi
enjoy his project and his to transmit to future gene
/ ra'ions.
Felow-ci,izens This inheritance which eroy to-day
is not only inheritance OF liberty, but Of Own pecuisr
American liberty. Liberty has existed 10 other times In
other countries and n other forms There has been Gre
clan liberty bold and powerful full Of spirit eoquence and
fe liberty which produced muitudes Of great men, and
has transmitted Immortal name the name OF Demo.-
themes to posery Blu. still was liberty OF disconnected
States sometimes united, indeed by temporary leagues aud
conedersce but often Involved in wars between themselves
The swrd Of Sparta turned its shapes edge against Athens
ensaved her. and devastated Greece and her turn, Sparta
was compeed 10 bend before the power Of hebes And let
it be ever remembered especially let the truth sink deep into
all American minds that it the WANT OF UsIos among
her several States which aaly the mastery Of oil Greece
to Philip Of Macedon.
And there has also been Roman liberty, proud anbi-
ous domineerug spirit protesting free ard popular princi-
plies in Rome ITSELF but even in the days Of he Republic
ready carry slavery and chains into her PROVINCES and
over which her eagles could be borne