Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1852-06-09

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founded comik1nity The batlls II 6ahss
Hill founded ! nation the spprosshiKf I strae-
gle for Europe will ~ tlsis nation mighty
power on earth. That ls what wc wish, ana
that is what hope And that hope will nQt.
cannot fail.
Gentlemen, a great crisis is approaching u
the condition Of the world But the wpsld
is prepared for that crisis There il 4 great
change in the spirit pftme. now.a- days. tana
| myself am an humble evidence of it, PriR.
ciples weigh more than success, and thereloro
principles will meet success.
remember vel. when your forcfathers were &
about to fight the battle Of Bunker Ilili thers
was periodical paper at Boston-7ory Massa.
chusaensis was its namc-which dared to say
that the annals Of the world have not yet been
dcformcd with q single instance Of SO unnatu.
raj, causcess, wanton, and wicked rebellion
So it styled the sacred cause which the Adam
ses, the l!ancocks advised. Washington led,
and for which Warren bed
And now that cause fills the brightest page
in the annals Of humanity. But it was success
and its unparalleled results which cast the
lustr" of that glory around it, Unsucressfnlits
memory might have been ba,tcd with tho
name Of anil advised rebellion.
| Now a-days il is not success which max cs tho
merit Of a cause. but it's principle The results
of the day Of Bunker Hill have changed the
basis of future history. because it gave birth to
mighty nation, whose very existence is the
embodiment Of principle, true, like truth
itself, aud lasting like eternity.
1t would be strange, indeed, should that
principle forsakc itself No. it will not, it
cannot do it. Great is the destiny Of your ma
tion. You approach 1T not in vain, with SO
successful. gigantic steps, Opportunity will
do the rest. Upon this. humanity may with
confidence rely. "nsorportuni,y Will eor,c.-
Its forecast shadow is already seen
could wish for my poor country's sake that
You should be pleased to make that opportu-
nifty, having the power to do so. But know
great bodies nave slow ard feel cansoled with
the assurance that ., will move, when opportu.
nifty will come In the meantime, your private
generosity tcnderedt to our unmcritcd mi.for.
tunes. is planning the way aud should we not
feel strong enough TO create opportunity, sup.
ported by your bcneyolence, we will not 10
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1t will be gratifying to your noble hearts to
hear the fact that the reception America has
honored me with, the sympathy which you
manifest, game like a healing balm over my
country's bleeding wounds and warming my
peoples heart like as the May sun warns tho
soil, added the cheerfulness Of confidence to
the resolution Of patriotism. | know my
people well; know what it did, what il was
ready to do. when it was but duty il felt. l
Xuow what it can do now that it hopes.
] thank you for it only in my peoples
name, but ! am expressly charged to tel The
people Of America that il has not spent its sym
pa'hy to corpse. Hungary will answer the
expectations Of America,
Ard here let Inc cut short my word. In the
place here. where the revelation Of Proyidence
is told by the eloquence Of yondcr monument,
reasoning would be PROCLAMATION on my part.
AT this momen. my very mind is concentrated
in my heart. There stands the powerful -
tor. (pointing to the monument.) Lsts NJ
words find willing cars and susceptible hespio,
:. leave you To the influence of his s1squepee.
To me his silent spccchwas the haSmony ~
an angels song. leave this halioxed Apea
with consolation. jey,S1nd eohAdspes ~
memory of any having alood hsrvS
your attention e q 4 ssssls II syaps-
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