New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-12-24

good Sane Of uaea and wonea IL direcls shs
currents OF popular passion sac popular prejudice
sSshss TIE J1cicisTy, ana would taln paraiyse tas
ann o. justice 50 that IL might neither punish the
kul1y nor protect the innocent. Restraints imposed
oy iehs"h- restraints imposed by las internauosal
OF Ihsc,esltIesIsln's ~ reason OF youth or sex.
are I'll feH u DC evils. The greatest amount OF Nh
cry uncer si conditions 10 deemed 90 Do che great
est smouat VI good forgetting that Ia ever tsnts
10 ensrcipaie US trom s,usary restraint without
sdt ms u our Do ref Of elfgoyernmeTt mischiev.
Gus. and that II liberty With a~ be the are on tAs
hearth liberty without la Is the hrs on the hoos
Great arp ause Far re n from me to cay that TIM
general tendency. or that the good scase Of t1s
coUuty is Lot greatly prepoadsrasins eleneas.
oug CO appeal 10 such OF my hearef~ as have
reached passed the MIDDLE OF life, II the esii 10
cot one which has Increased, Is lscrosaas. and
ought 10 be diminished. Cheer Tae heat Of
psrty Sp'rit warps the mirror OF the mint 50 taH u
returns no true image. and the disturbing force OF
berry irritation unsettss the hsoltusl mOyemsats 81
reason But II Is hard to believe that any mAn N
his sober senses can entertain the n0tioa that ssy
oarger l. 20 &c apprthentoc IN cur county IRON
tue excessive oppression OF Law. No our
dangers he no. tia. way 1t . la,rs nls,
ly that the explosive forces Of h5sfsy VIII
shelter the vessels that iRclose them than that he
vessels themselves, by consolidated compression.
will prevent the due expansion Of the principlsu-
self II there be descendant OF the Pilgrims shas
gives his hand in ard of popular voeace, directed
against law, whether Il be 10 destroy AbslttoA
press, to rescue fugitive slave from tho hands 81
justice, or commit an assault upon the person aa<
property OF citizen under q foreign 20 yer, ne cts
honors the blood that lows In his velas fCheefsI
He has read their lives and their writings IN spifss
as pervtrse as that in which they read the Word ~
Cod when they found IN Is warrant for selling -
wife and son OF King Philip into slavery Tue study
of history rsbukes the pride OF human reason BY re
vesrg marked . Neutrality-suspicious. BET sesn pssacTlss
6rst horty years OF the Seventeenth Ceatury wcro
fruitful IN striking occurrences and memorable ma
Charles the Second was born IN 1880. When he hsd
reached an age 70 comprehend the rudnenss OF his
torlcal knowledge, We may imagine his grave
and loyal father msuucIing The future fse-
arch Il England IN the great events wece
had taken place since the opening o. the Gen.
fury. Upon What themes would the tutor Of
the young Prince have been likely to discourse'
He would have dwell ON the struggle between
Spain and the Netherlands, and upon the thrtl
years wal IN Germany, IN which daughter OIL tee
house OF Stuart WAS So much involved. lie wodd b
have quoted that spirited saying Of tae EDglsh'
princess that she would rather eat dry bead to
wife OF king than live IN luxury the wife Of an i.
eltct0r tie would have recalled the sadness thai 'eu
the heart Of England when the ne US OF the d,sss
tIous battle OF Prague came lie would have pontedo
the horror and dismay that ran through France ~
the assassination of Henry Nv. lie would have 70
traced step by step the glorious career o. Glslayas
AdOlphus, and fingered long upon the efents oil M
last fsht-how the king went into battle singing
hymn OF Luiher-how the deep-yUtced chorus rotsd
along the files OF his army, and with whn rage ana
griei the Swedes fell upon the foe who, they saw
the brdleless horse OF their monarch rushing
maoy through their ranks HE would haze auemper
ed to convey TO his youthful pupils sons notion 81
maurice OF NASSAU anu OF Noiuiuat Hioho"~~y
and OF tho romance that wrapped tho hts Of.
WslleBstein. But so insignificant an occur
renee as the sailing of the Parslsns nom
Delh Haven, IN 1920 would probably have bosn
entirely overlooked, or IL mentioned at all, the
pm ce might have been told that IN that year. toe
cOngres atlon OF fanatesl persons who had ,eit sss
land for Holland sailed for the north OF virginia
ana that since that time many others ot the sAos
factions and troublesome sect had followed In tneH
track and their project had SO far succeeded IS %
Ell able them 10 send home many csrgots OF nsa ~
petty But with our eyes No can sec that THIS num-
ole event was fraught with mors memorable conse.
queuces than the seges and battles ard noanes 81
that momentous period. The consequences OF these
periods of slaughter hardly lasted longer tnan We
smoke and dust Of the contendlng armies ous @e
semiI al principles which were carried u Amcncs@
the MAY flower. and which grew IN the whoieso ne
ar OF obscunty and neglect are a. tnis "sH
vital sources IN the world. the extent ana n
huence Of which no foresight can csicuiase
Ideas which Tor the 6rst time IN the history OIL MAJ
kind took root upon our soil are now ms springs 81
that great contest going ON upon the ao OF hutope
bet~ cen the past sGd the future the end oil which nS
nan can see May God inspire US and our fu'cfs VIZ
the wisdom 20 preserve and transmit uhlmptueu We
advantages secured to us by our remote posuon 49,
the fact that We started without the weary burdeas
ard perple KING entan lements of the past MAY noun
sane spirit Of pr0pag andisn lead us 70 take psNH
alien contests. May We thfo" INTO vac o. io -
boa ss- ,-esehs noble example the moral srA0-
ment of great people, inyigorated but not intoIt
Gated 18th their llberiy-A power which yet ike the
uIlfted arm Of Moses upon lIoreb, will avail more
ihan hosts OF aimed men tChcers we nave mes
here TO-DAY, drawn together by the sentiment OF an
uQuity but what span Is the life OF New Eng
had ooInpNed wilh the life OF the world. There
are persons now living who have conversei win Q
yet cradle man VINO remembered TO have seen we
face OF PcregUne White, who Was born on board toe
Mas flower. by fact like this We seem 10 DO
hTou g. 20 the event we are COmme mOfatlnS DW
# umC DO measured, not by The lapse OF dead years.
bUt by the beating heart Of lhe national HE we have
alishtfo feel add 10 pTtrs tte e0tmrbt-the feta-
ton OF titre exists OulJ IN tue mind Of man ThfH
goreTa.icLS OF The hybtinating Seep Of China are
10. a. one as t%o DIVIDED centuries OF VIVA. eater
eetic NeW.EIglaid. We take PRIDE Ia the prosper
~ OF our county We have rghtt to do 50, bu. en-
this occasion at NAT '.erg he tempered with soter
and gPLtlcT 4 ntimaIt Lotthe thoughts a"ssenedbv
the sacUbces Of fathers take tie shape OF grail
tuce for blessings and submission IA cur usais
A YOU return ~ your comfortable homes ahe
greet the smiling faces OF your children srouna
youT widespread boards let your hearts be stirfed
with .ios6 ksnse OF thsnAfulness. when you TANK
OF the sGe rings which the Pilgrims were exposed,
as recorded in that touching record OF thoir hTst
wnier; ho~ under the prisauoDs OF snslr sew
hone, one after another siCkentd and dtsd 80
ttat when the spring Came, one hail OIL theu
number lad teen gathered 20 ih.lr last sleep.
II sepaIItOn from those NO love be nara 10 US isiag
~ ease ai comfort walled about With security whas
must IL have been 10 them, that handful OF mes
aId women, Upon the edge OF wilderness, dAfh
with apDiet6usiCns, when the removal OF eNh lsoe
was sensible oImunlIion OF their common Necs OF
oheeriu!ress aud hope Would that the lat moments
those thus early called could have been soosnoo
with the rekpOwedse OF the great wor ss that we're
20 follow them Would that the dimmed eyes OF .ns
d}Irg Carver might have been permitted 10 see the
Tim So We see. Would NOT 80 BssnibceAt ~
APOCALYPSE NV AIKEN glow Of rapture and etutssoa,
rot fa5ng away even before the gOries OF the Deae-
tftl VIZ On And II ube permitted 10 those wnohav
Tossed into the SKIES 20 recall the LIE on cara, ano
n there he sensitive links OF memory ylofs'ins Do
tween inc ard Eternity, may we not feel she A.
surauce that our fathers with rs now In spsIh.
aIc that IlIcbs Of mortal JOY are mlnglins VIII shs
deem t.acc OF these serene abOdes. Hen Of New.
N slG Sons Ct the Pilgrims let not the oeettsg
angel Of the hour leave Us without blessing
A. the memories of this day have soisneo ADe
me ted your hearts stamp upon them, before they
grow cold. some image Of ancestral worth ricn ireo
hs benec lotions that have dropped on our hesas nen
these cOytFing heavens. Great 10 'he dsos we ows
the past great the trust committed 10 m 'or vac va.
trre We can paw that cebt, we csa dis'hsrge 49,
ms, by working faithfully IN the present tns
stately march OF our laws and speech ~bcp ~
gan at the Rock Of Plymouth. WI, ~ ioss