The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-05-24

sumssnces OF elevation depression he may nd hui-
sehc stu participates the general prosporty OF the
country. lie has, in short, divdend-f may be al
lowed to commercial expression has dividend
payable not quarterly, but daily not in gold silver,
but in the general haPppness and prosperity that he en-.
ten OF the gobein how many regions that called
civliseddoes the same thing occur' There in
stances-there are some nations amongthe people Of
whom great respect and ardent attachment for the
honor of their government and tho diffusion its prn-
cipes exist but take the whole Of them-look over the
continent OF Europe-and among the millions and mil
lions who constitute the subjects Of tho despotc govern
ments of Europe how many there that
for their county its prosperity its honor its rcnown
but Whose only hope 1t is that the government OF
tSsr viii i''ss to be oppressive
| by their taxation--snd instead Of considering
the means by which government may be the rival Of
another government and by which their government
maintain ts position and power among other govern
mentf-whch is done by means Of constant taxation
who governed and their exerions main
tain themselves while they obliged to sustain the
port their moRarcbical insttutons' Compare posi-
tion with that Why there more men in the Untod
StatesI had almost saidatached to their government
loving their government feeling kcenly everything that
tends 10 the dsparagsncnt of ther government alive
ment and rejoicing that they live under this
than you find in the thous millions of among
nations called civilized in the Old World but living under
their despotic governments. Now, gentlcmen all
Gostonianswc live here this lit tie peninsula in
territory not little in aares
not circumscrhtd by known boundary in the respect
Of the civilized word-bu we. Bostonans live here
ON this pen nsua Of and partakc of the general
| prosperity Of country We are not exclusive We
desire that every enjoyment that possess should
participated in by others; and enjoy the reputation
| our whole countryts renown and its honor. We may
consider ourselves, commercially, a nation constantly
increasing; US n sovereign power. growing daily more
powerful We may consider that the national spirit and
enterprise are gathering strength with its growth and
fnither than that we consider that in those men tai
and intellectual efforts which mark the age have made
Who reads an American book?' II may now be asked
" hat intelligent in all Europe does not read
American book (Applausc.) Who is there Sam
Rogers reads them Henry Hallam rcads them NIoCul-
och rcuds them Lord Mahon reads them and sometimes
Qaughter) And there il not intelligent man
in all Eurofc who does not read American
authors and especially our legal and historical works
And in France Theirs and Guzot read them; and
throuehout the vast population of France there is
the study of our popular nstuons-to the principles
which have raised us to the point at which stand
thur there is paid to the monarchcal institutions and
principles OF government OF every other part Of Europe
America is longer undistinguishcd for letersfor
literature will not mention those authors own
day now living who have much attracted the attcn-
ion of the world by their literary productions. Gonte-
men; circumstance occurred in the city of Madrid,
event took place which raised to emnence in the
literary world Of my position in which was not pre-
appeared in the Madrid Gazette which intended be
rather complimentary to the Secretary Of State of the
United States, and which said that he the most dis
tnGuished Of letters in his country was the
immortal author Of the celebrated dictionary OF Eng
lsh language (Great mcrrment the author of an Eng
sh dictionary Shade Of Webtcg whatdo you think
ofsuch an intrusion upon rights and property
i i said that the Secretary OF state the author
Why he could not write the first spelling book ~
that Noah Webster produced and that is true. l am
no man OF letters in the literary acceptation that term
But it bas sometimes happened in the my off,
ciai duties that have been called upon to write letter
this il friendly reeting-we are called upon to meet
each other socially in friendly spirit interchange per-
ssoa .sEssas sns t. one another Se9A
duige in these agreeable II elings:-
Dut come thou goddess. fair and free.
And thy ySs'h lesdy WITH thee
We W se s nympn ea and sTfss ss HsS sSrs thee
In unreproved pleasure free. u
Gentlemen the growth of this place is somewhat remark
able 1t is very remarkable l camehcre take my resi-
dence among you in the year 1915. The population
Boston then forty thousand II is 00e and it's
accumulation Of weathin commerce. the arts. and
nuactureshas kept pace with the increase of the popu-
lation And what is Roston What is the character
Boston, What the essential elements ofs prosperity,
Why s unrvaled the face OF the earth for its inn
porant efforts in behalf Of and extensive benefits for its
citizens, and for the improvement of mankind. What
will you saywhich perhaps you all knowwhen you
informed that the amount Of public taxes in this city
for the purpose Of education alone amounts to fourth
you find that elsewhere, where do you find another
Boston? Where do you find onc-quarter of the whole
tax paid by individuals flowing from the public devoted
to education. Nowhere else besides in Boston. And
this does not include the amount paid for private schools
Of Boston pays more than 600 year for the
support Of religious instruction. Where do you fnd
that elsewherc Tell me the place the city the spot the
country the world over where 50 great an amount in
proportion to he population paid for religious nsruc
ton That is Boston This principle, which we inherited
frt ancestors cultivate We seek educate the
people We seek TO improve mems moral and religious
condition In short, seek to work upon mind well
natter and in working mind it cnlarges
the human intellect and the human heart We know
when work upon materials immortal and i'm
perisbablc, that they will bear the impress which
If work upon marble it will perish If work upon
brass time will eface it. If temples they will
crumbe TO the dust But If we work ON men immortal
min xp imh fho
just fear of God and of their fellow engrave
those tablets something which no time can ctace and
which will brighten, and brighten to all eternity. And
my friends that charity which secketh not for applause
that charity which endurcth all thngs-bearcth all
thngs-hopeth all thDgs-is not more distiuguishedly
noticed in any part Of the globe than among own
people. The personal attendance the poor-the
bounes Of all those who have the to promote the
happiness Of the poor and administer to their welfare
have been great And above all that let me sayand let
bcen-what Boston is-what Boston will be-what Bos-
ton has done and will doet say to that Boston
has given within the last twenty five years between five
and six millions Of dollars for educational religious and
charitable purposes throughout the United states and
throughout the world. (Chcers). Gentlemen, my heart
warmsmy blood glows in my veins, when consider the
munfct gifts grants and provisions made for the pur
poses of education for the morals ana re-
gous instruction the citizens and for the relief OF the
p6or by the auence of Boston and consider the
subject without having attention attracted to ysp.
rabc citizen in my eye the Hon Thomas IL Per-
kins file at the left of the chair. Three cheers
then given for Colonel Perkins win he, at my re-
pcoTlct Coonel Perkus and received three
hearty rounds applausel God bless him! lie an ho-
his city honor to his state and an honor to
his country. His memory will be pertuIned with the
glory a his good deeds and down sweet odor to
thldreu's children. Gendcmen, the happiness OF man
lind Is not always in their control, but something
accidental iather to speak more properly proyiden
tal in the condition Of things which govern it, We live
IN age infinitely beyond the ages that preceded u.s.
that consider ourselves now in this our day and
leneation emerging from the dark agesas just get
Ting into the light We begin TO where are be-
sin word-a new rush Of ideas comes
Is. We cannot remember the past, because we can
! ct have tine to investigate fully the present, or
10 evolve the future Gentlemen, when the great
humboldt stood the mountains Of equatorial
gions amidst their gorgeous foliage, their unsurpassed
flowers their genial warmth and under the brilliant
steotions of the south bis heart burst out in con
sympathy towards the inhabitants Of the other parts
ct the earth How unhappy said he, " are those mem
lcrs 81 the human who doomed to live IN hose
melancholy regions cell the temperate zone - Ana
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