Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1851-07-17

er characters than prnces irod II, and in.
stead of munarchs, countries, aud nations
and the 1le. beheld the swelling scene. -
/ How well the characters were cast, aud how
ID each performer acted his part, aud
what emotions the whole performance excit-
ed, let history now and hereafter tell. At
subsequent period, but before the declara-
/ ton of Independence, the Bishop Of St
/ Asaph published discourse, IN which the
! following remarkable passages are found
''lt IS difficult for man to look into the
! destiny Of future ages; the designs of Prov
dence are too vast aud complicated, aud
our own powers are too narrow, to admit
of much satisfaction to our curiosity But
when We see many great and powerful
causes constantly at work, we cannot doubt
] of their producing proporiionabe effects
The colonies IN North America have not
only taken root aud acquired strength, but
seem Fastening, with an accelerated pro-
gress. to such powerful State as may in
troduce new aud important change in hui
man affairs Descended from ancestors Of
the most improved end enlightened part Of
The old word, they receive, as ii we're, bv
inheritance. all the improvements aud dis
cuveres OF their mother country; and Il
happens fortunately for them, to commence
their iluurlshlng State at a tune when the
human understanding has attained to the
Tree use OF ITS powers. aud has learned TO
act with ,lgor aud certainty. They NAV
avail themselves not only of the experience
aud industry, but even of the errors and
mistakes, of former days. Let it be cousld-
cred, Tor how macy ages great part OF the
world appears not to have thought at all;
how many more, they have been busted IN
forming systems aud conlectures, while
reason has been lost in labyrinth Of words.
and they never seem To have suspected on
what frivolous matters their minds were em-
ployed. And LEI lt be We'll understood,
what rapid improvement, what important
discoveries have been made 90 a few years,
by few countries, with our own az their
head, which have at last discovered the
right method Of using their lacuites. May
we not reasonably expect that number
of provinces, possessed ofthese advantages.
and quickened 10y mutual emulation with
only the common progress of the human
mind, should very considerably enlarge Tie
boundaries of science. The vast continent
itself, sr which they are gradually spread
ing, may lie considered as a treasure, vet
untouched, of natural productions, that shall
hereafter afford ample matter for commerce
and contemplation And If we reflect what
stock Of knowledge may be accumulated
los the constant progress of industry and OBJ
seryailon fed with fresh supplies from the
stores OF nature, assisted sometimes hy those
happy strokes of chance, which mock all
the powers of invention, aud sometimes by
those superior characlers winch arse occa-
siouaiit To instruct aud enhlhten the world
i is difficult 10 imagine to what height of
Improvement their discoveries may extend
Aud, perhaps, they may make as consider
able advances 80 the arts of civil govern
ment aud tie conduct of lie We have
reason To be proud, aud even Jealous of an
excellent constitution. but those equitable
principles on which It was formed, an equal
representation the best discovery of political
wisdom) ana a lust aud commodlous distri-
button of bower, which, with US, were the
price " cnil wars and the reward of the
virtues aud suTerngs of our ancestors, de-
scend to them as a natural inheritance,
without toll or PAIN. But must they rest
here, as m the utmost effort of human
genius Can chance and lime. the wisdom
and experience of public men. suggest no
new ltiucul against tue evils tUdt wees dilu
ambition are perpetually apt to cause MAY
they not hope without presumplion to pre-
serve a greater zeal for pieiy aud public de-
votion than we have donel For, sure, 1t
eau hardly happen to them as 1t has to US,
that when religion Is best understood aud
rendered most pure aud reasonable, that then
should be the precise time when many cease
20 believe aud practise II, and all IN general
become most Indifferent to it. May they
not, possibly. be more successful than their
mother country has been. in preserving that
reverence aud authority which is due to the
laws-to those who make, aud to those who
execute theml May not method be in
vented of procuring some tolerable share of
the comforts of life TO those inferior. useful
ranks of men, to whose industry we are m
deb,ed for the whole Time and discipline
NAV discover some means To correct the ex-
IRENE neaualities of condition between the
rich and tie poor. so dangerous 10 the in
nocence aud happiness of boh. They NAV
fortunately be led. by habit and choice. Ia
desp,se that luxury which is considered with
US the true enjoyment of wealth. They