New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-24

bre,arsB in defending the liyss, eess s,d
properties efihe inhabitants Of the United Cooass We
the subseiber. do hereby solemBy engage and pfon,
that ve will TO the utmost Of our power a. the rsk oar
hives add fortunes arms oppose The hostile proceed
Iss Of the British fleets and armies against the United
American Colonies"
In tue mountainous State Of New Hampshire, and
mong the highest OF It's mountains, then containing
only a. few scattered settlements was the toWashio
OF Salisbury. The Nenimsc Tiver, now 80 pleasant
in scenery and with 50 much richness ard industry
on It's banks, Was then roaring and farming stream
seeking its way, AMID immense forests on either
side, from the White Mountains 20 the ssa Tue
settlers were collsciedsnd the promise or pledge.
proposed by the Continental Congress, OF life any
fortune prescribed 10 them. AL" as the record
GAYS" freely signed excepitwo'
In lookir 10 THIS record. thus connected with ,h>
men OF my s~n birthplace, confess was erask.6
10 ind who were the signers and who were the dis-
seLnents Among the former was he IRON whom
am In med ately descenced With al hs brothers ana
his whole kith and KIN This is sufficient emolaxon.
~ fer my arms. enough OF heial-Ty for me-
In one OF the townships OF New-York. we end
long list Of those who are called True Wings, and
then comes what is called the list OF Torres, and on
that list there was, one name
Are there young men before me tho wish TO Learn
and 10 initiate the spirit OF their estors who wish
70 live ard breathe IN that spirit, who desire that
every pulsation OF their hearts and every aspiration
OF theu ambition shall be American and nothing but
Americana Let them master the contents OF the
immortal papers Of the srsi Congress, and fally
The great Lord Chatham spoke Of this assemyr
in terms which have caused my heart 20 thsill ana
my eyes to be mois.Oned whenever resollect than.
from my hIsi reading Of them 10 this present hour.
when your lordshI.s loos as the papers hsasneJ NJ
fom America when yau cons der their decehey frupess
and wisdom you cannot bot rssoec, thei cause and va
ayow that IN all NV reading and oossFV alton and a ~.
been nv fayote study Ihaye read rhacyddss aad hsrs
sudiet and admired tie master states Of the wsd Ia
for so1ity OF reasoning force Of sagacity and vdcn ~
eopclusioD under such CON pleation Of difficult ergn
20 ID Csnsrxl Congress 1t Phi adeipha I uas RseN
10 your loidshps, hat ali sttsmps 20 imp-s arv.
mighty continental HatiOn be vaie. must " hii
We shall be forced Ultimately 70 rsiraei Let ~ rHrci
while can. not ~heu Ne must"
This first Congress, for the ability which Il NAM
fested, the principles which 1t proclaimed, and Ia
characters ofthose who composed IT, makes an illps
trious chapter In our American History. Its mem
bers should be regarded not only Individually Isl =
In group they should be viewed as livirg Picurss
exhibiting young America. as It then was and HAss
the seeds OF its puslc destiny were beginning to stan
into life, well described by our carly motto AZ bens
fun Of energy and prospered by heaven
Non sine DIS. shiInosus infans
Some OF the members OF this Congress have lied
to my time, and have had the honor OF seeing AMI
knowing them, and there are those n this asssmAy
doubtless, who have beheld the stately Torn a
Washington, and looked upon the mild and integ.
gent face and heard the voice OF John Jay
For myself, love 10 travel back In imagiuafios
to place myself in the midst OF this Assembly, thls
union OF greatness and Patriotism, and 10 ecntem.
plate, as If had witnessed. ITS profound delibera-
lions and its mastery exhibitions both Of the rshu
nd Of the wrongs OF the country.
may not dwell longer on this animatns and en-
chsnting picture. Another grand picture sseceedn
IT, and that is, the Convention which framed tas
Constitution the spirited debates In the Stases BIZ
the abest men OF those States. upon its adopdsc
and. finally, the organization OF the FIRST Congpm,
lledby the gray haired men OF the Revolution, md
Younger and vigorous PATRIOTS and lovers OF liosy,
and Washington himself In the principal CEair 4
State, surrounded by his Heads OF Department %.
lected from those VINO enjoyed the greatest portion
OF his own regard, and stood highest in the esteem
of their country.
Neither Xenophon nor Thucydides, neither Sal
lust nor Liyy presents any picture Of assembly Of
public men, or any scene OF History, which In IN
proper grandeur, or It's large and lasting influence
upop the happiness of mankind, equals this
It's importance, indesd, did nor, at the moment
strike the minds Of ordinary men. But Burke usw
1t with an intuition clear as the light OF heaven
Charles Fox saw it. and sagacous and deep-think.
ing minds over all Europe 6eheld it.
England England, no would thy destiniss have
BE- en- altered, II the advice OF Chatham, Burks and
Fox had been followed
Shall l cay altered for the betteri Certainly not
not for the better for England herself probably sAs
is stronger and richer, at this momens, than II lie
had listened TO the UNDECIDED words Of her eYest
statesmen. Neither nations nor individuals always
foresee that which their interest and happiness
'Qure
Our greatest blessings ten arise from the disap-
continent OF our most anxious hopes, and our most
fervent W she's
---" Let us know
Our indiscretion sometimes serves US well
When deep plos do fail and that stsad teach a.
There's divinity that shapes our ends,
Rough hew them how We Will
Instead Of subject colonies, England now beAolds
mighty rival rich powerful, intelligent like herself
And may these countries De forever friendly rivals.
May their power and greatness, sustaining them
selves, be always directed to the promotion Of the
peace. the prosperity the enlightenment and the LID
erty Of mankind and II itbe their united destiny. In
N az fhatt hay hall h.. aIl.l
upon, In the cause Of humanity, and in the cause Of
freedom to stand against world in arms, they are
Of race, and OF blood to meet that crisis without
shrinking from danger and without quailinG in the
presence OF earthly power.
Gentlemen, must bring these desullory remarks
to close. terminate them, where perhaps ought
to have begun-namey, with few words on The
present stale and condition OF our country and the
prospects which are before her.
Unborn ages and visions OF glory crowd upon my
soul the realization of all these, however, In the
hands and good pleasure of Almighty God. But
under His divine blessing 1t will DO dependent on the
character and the virtues OF ourselves, and OF our
posterity.
II classical history has been found to be, now.
and shall continue 10 be, the c0ncomitznt OF free
institutions, and OF popular eioqusnce, what
field is opening to us for another Hsrsdosus,
another Tnucydides. tonly may his theme noe
be Peloponesian war; and another Lazy:
and let ne say, gentlemen, that II We ana
our posterity, shall be true to the Christian fc-
heioB, II We and they shall live always In the fear
OF God, and shall respect his commandments !;
If We ard they shall maintain just moral senti-
ments, aid such conscientious convictions Of duty
as shall control the heart and life, we may have the
highest hopes OF the future fortunes OF country
aLd If We main ain those institutions OF government,
ard thai political union, exceeding all praise AZ much
as 1t exceeds all former examples of political associa-
tons, we may be sure OF one thing, that while our
country furnishes materials for thousand masters OF
the historic art. it will afford topic for Gibbon.
1t will have no decline and fall 1t will 90 on pros
ptriDg and TO prosper. But II we and our posterlty
reject religious instruction and authority, violate the
rules OF eternal justice trhe with the inJunctons OF
morality and reckessly destroy the political constl-
tuition which holds us together, man can tell how
suddenly catastrophe may ovcrwhelm us, that
shall bury all our glory ia profound obscnfty. IL
that catastrophe shall happen let have NO history.
Let the horrible narrative never be written, let its
fate be like that Of the lost books OF Ivy which no
human eye shall read, or the missing Pleiad Of
which no man can ever know more than that 10 Is
lost, and Loot forever
THE sgnsrs in Sail bury. New Hampshire were thsfOL
loving:
Rtenezsr Iohrsou Nathaniel Aarsto6