New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-07-05
Rxv GARDINER SPRING.

Ese..,.n Corps and 10 hi' 0ous' "a % ~.
'~'.,..,v Of our National indepen'eh'e' auu " 80
80. bereavement, In the loss o. toe
p...uosn whose remains re'ted IN our my uui'As
MARRY two hundred memoerso' Tue 'e'siA AZ
.sre present The opening prayer was " ne''
PEN of Staten Island, who aPprop'is'ey 'e''i'
nsst wars of this nation and to rs very re-
's.S severe affection In the DEAN Of al uiu'''vu'
- The congregation was excesolngy 9u0'
.sryices feelings OF sadness were ceP'''71 W
rig and at the mention In prayer or In
800 Of the death Of tue IameH's1
- eves she'd tears. oar space VIII ala" "
ga! 'se,cb Of the discourse ou thi' OCCASION
pess'e e., which Dr. spnng disooursed was the
Ine ''A' WV a2lth) Psalm Our help Is IN
70 ,'' 4. ,,od, Haar,n and Earh' The OBJECT OF
-. discourse was to ChrisnAn@e ths gay "u''u
pA .s,. country noble among the nations OF the
Ss'.o 'D,' alliance of Christianity and Liberty
..,od N work on, blessings for ali classes oil men
"a universal humanity has an interest In sucn Gay
80. The blessings Of Liberty are mainly dePen'
MON, OF intimately connected WIN tno'e % Tue
mel While the pulpit Is not an arena ioI PoNl'S
,,bs;e there is no ABILITY between Religion ana Noe'
ubjeh inerdicts the observance OF h1ing day Ike
l,.,, In contemplation Of the interposton Oh DIVINE
je-.,3eoce in behalf Of our country against the
- q u
ilonept divine was-Tnst our nation expressly needs
L. from the God OF Haven. Oar people rule,
-, ,overean will constitutes the LIBERALIZATION OF THE
T., nent and fthe Govsrnmen, IA not good o1e,
H. /. ,be fault of the people. The laws OF most other
.aor, form the national character, bet in ours tn
r,sorsl character forms the laws. As our system
s1erptnepti Is framed dangers principally arse rom
n IT, borders, and consist In the cJrrdpuon OF pun
T eminent as manifested Ia olnd sn?sefVlenSJ -
In
fsrs and 10 the adoption of other tnsn The sentiments
,fpure patriotism aBc yiue. These dangers are prsc
49,, and present while others that may threaten US are
sbsoreficsl and distant In the future When men are
-, ,beTe IL but little danger Of their going beyond
,Se hur de- Of reasoR Bat, when they yield TO the eX'
element Of parizaDsbp. they often a'su ne an atuae
which Justly creates alarm. Reck'essness oil pary
aoirt J. to be dreaded Dlnng the early years Vi our
Iepublic the spirit Of violent psrtz anship was not
L ,r1ued and psrtizan politics had Dat little lnau'
| ,pce with the people. But now the miss OF tne
rspe are divided into parties upon the national top'
Ia the day Whatever political principle one party
epouses Usually regarded by he other With jealousy,
,pd treated with OpposidJn. Principles are dvidednto
parcels and seized toe property OF the co1endng par
us Almost every In the country Is marked y MS
sdbereuce TO the other OF those parties mus
divided, political war is carried on, NOT consisting OF
single ssirnish or solitary campaign; but which Is
a coossnt aud continuous hostility. The dangerous
tender of such iDhuenc, in losing sight OF the
ood Of the country for party success or for indiVldna
| sgrsndizemeIt, effectively deliaeated; and the
ne
,yayed IN the language Of faithful warning.
| The uncbangng character Of moral plnc'ps was
remarked upon. II tue same In tne o0ie suu ID o
statute boOk-in the closet and In the odu1'0oA ~
universally and unebsnsaby the same everywhere ana
Al III times firm and free from the dangers OIL coupuOh
OF bankruptcy 10 civil matters is the essence oil Jus
ice and right In politics It Is serving the Stte oy
ores self and not ones self by tie State Il looks Tor
an appr owing conscience and approving God. We
are proud OF our Institutions but they will not remain
without the basis of virtue Ia the hearts OF tue psop1
Christian liberty s the life of he principles that make
"a free true and glorious liberty b tnat which 10 re-
uured by our country There is no serviude IKE tnaI
which is consequent upon counirys own corIuP1on,
II needs nothing more 10 make It the tool ana yelm Oh
despot. True btrty rests on the love oil God III
temperance and Sabbsthbreakng are the great wees
which threaten the land and ts liberty, and unless
checked the day s not far distant when our Colossal
geatneis will crumble.
mo ,v,tem of government Is safe without check
upon the conduct of individuals who are prone 70 recK
lesness in times Of peril there must os nose VINO
will bare their bosoms 10 the shock Such eAIseHc'ss
will rarely exist by making laws we Dlna our "
law BY creating approving legislative and eNecu-
tive power bound by is action The great CON
best always has been bet~et the perosatves OF tne
Government AndNhe rights Of the people Our epuo-
leah people have always been favor OF popular nights
for which our fathers bled Observation-Disclosures one oil the
traits 10 which, a people, we are subject Dlsur-
nces occur from tTvn causes, ana clamors TOT tue
rights of man arise from slight preteXts Hence the
hmutuous conventions sitting 10 judgment on C0nsu,
utoi O. ON one side and ihe plea oil State'tgns anu
i our country when its loyalty trembles Our inter
pl peace depends upon our prosperity andlt Is 20 oe
| Rsrtifed that property may be JeOpardIed py
u0se tools of faction ambition VINO nave nolng 10
se when they have any thing 10 gain by sssauhg tne
pillars of the Government H. with such spirit among
he people the destruction OF this nation Goes not SVEN
he catalogue Of ruined Republics It viii DC because Hou
herposes In our behalf a partisan eeing taxes pos
session of the minds Of the people-a iaetous spirit
eident-f unhallowed cOnspiraces threaten, 1t Is Tor
God to deliver aud protect US and Perpetqate our ma
bual prosperity Never since the days of the Ameri-
can Revolution did the people 50 mu'h need Hoo IN
Exposition at the present Old Interests are break
he up end new and binding Influences are forming
which may keep us in peace and unity. Elucauoh,
Sieuce and Att are essential 20 our happiness
and strength, but will not answer instead on the
8ble or in the place of moral integrity and virtue,
h preserving order Atheism, specuanon and oAd
morals are all king their evils To counteract them,
nach depends upon the purity and excellence OF our
Ehoos and upon the religious sentiment OF our people,
which viii have far more influence than the pulpta ana
he press The love OF liberty In the hearts OF our tore
hbers who landed upon these shores, was not nurse
Ing scion, as II has been Represented, out strong
iding which had prompted them 10 sever the mes OF
tme and kindred aud endure TIE perils OF the ocean
ard the trials of the wilderness that they might enjoy
freedom SO much hTmness, purity and intelligence
ssn scarce be found In the number Of their de
Eesndents.
The dubious prospects with which our revolutionary
fAers entered into their desperate contest ware re
counted by the speaker They had not suge fortified
town or organized regiment or armed ship when
they commenced tntll eIuBSlc y PtWoiiNi ufluu was
n,ir antagonist with which for seven years the
iptt was carried on until successful Only about two
tudred wears have elapsed since this country was first
s.aed; and already England has published the sent
ept 10 the world that the Republic of these United
States con sttutes the most prosperous happy and pow
trl people on the face of the globe have had our
tmes of ciisis-when civil or nhdeity threatened
li but Gods interposiion has rescuefus Many time
hIye we thus stood upon the brink OF the precpee oil
danger ~. -
Tue fathers of the Republic are gone The com
psnions of Washington all in their final sleep-one
after another have our nations great men ialen-and
now Unsuitable Death has taken one whose ME we W.,
would have reserved-at least few years more. he
lived however to behold the Union of our country sale,
and the latest great act of his life was 10 serve In ner
rescue Adams Calhoun, Taylor, Clay, are among tue
departed But Liberties are not buried IN tae too
served 10y the God Of Nations will be free "Whom the
Son msketh free IL free indeed ~
tha eanrlnslop oF 10 aarxicpa liberal cOleCuOn