The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-23

tons and hencefoth religion was reformed end ses eue
that the people had right TO Ask the authority e
what he did than TO ask the authority BY wssh dsA
a,tsd and 10 the Roundhsads begun TO think 4 the
crown and the soeptrs and soon they disappeared ana
the Common wealth was estsblished 1t has been ssl4
that the Purans rendered themseves rid BY the
auserity Of their ana that the bertnsu which
followed the reaction and TO be ascbed thee
severity. II might be so they might have committees
they gave their and their daughters such unoout
names but have not that the very question b.
tween thsm % and their snt,sonisss was with rsspess
make light Of the Bible, and select names fron
romance is it not the liheliest thing In the woril
that the Putans would select theirs from the Bible
Say that they carried their sntpathes too far but -
back to the times in which they lived, and say the
Pnrtans not to be honored for stripping the deco
raons OH religion to precrvs It's life 1t like Abra-
ham sacrificing his Isaac Purtaniss the naksdnsss
religion and It was the naedne.s Of the athlete
ing the arena stripping of every thing which might In
tcrere with his free aciien In the struggle for life. Think
IT not strange that men imussrging from such history
and their medium II was OF necessity that the
Purtans driven to the extremes Of susterity
cordipg to law but they might have recollocted Il
impossible to make persons serious according to statute No
tan sought to moderate and control that liberty; he
struck for freedom but subjected himself to sefdsniA
King and became the servant Of God liberty he :.
tabshed not the goddess of the ancents, with loose
garment and flushed cheek but that modest virgin whon
he learned to venerae in the New Testament Gravity to
him was study-austerity q law. Bay that he wa
mistaken his austerity but who question tho Pr
ciple from which 1t sprung SHOW us when and whom
in modern times there has been successful revouhsa
which s not born Of the Christian faith English ea1-
Sosss s srcb M s won 10 vo, 70 ~ 1
free institutions on Christian principles Our fathsrs
espoused the good canae nnd believing that just 0cd
would one day viDdcate 1t and them they displayed
the high heroism, patient fortude and suffering unob
served and unapplauded Nor arc We 10 suppose that
It results of their decision God makes great BY
withholding from them the splendid reward Of their
tioDsby strengthening them In the trust. Could thy
whose features recall to night with fal reverenee
have foreseen all the results which now behod-ceuA
seey hav known VIA. changes OF tns word o:s.r
Of their hope would have relieved their life OF all is
bitters. But theirs was the heroi'm Of faith Tksy
made Themselves of reputation they went out OF thsr
own coasts turned their backs their Universss
In which they had quoted letterson the pupits from
which they had preached Righteousness patrisSsd
themselves into a strange land-braved the tcersrs
OF Wentern ocesn-sailed out under unkno N ~,
and entered into the soiu of an unknown wlderne
They cut the last link which bound them TO the olvseA
world and alone with the stars and with their 0sA
they staggered om the fanness Of famine; with tAf
and they knew but that all might die NotwithstaaA-
ing all this tuch their faith in the justice Of God
heads should fall and the pillars of heaven should rsm-
bic truth and right would triumph at the last; and
foot m a. the rock on which they stood Behold Ss..
the auspices under which We are called here First e
all there IL the memory OF ancestry From the tone Il
contempt induged In by some II might be ntSrree ve
people without ancestry bushing at the stain a
i'gitimacy in coat armorA, Cau anything bs msrs
absurd? Can any nhabisnt Of the British isles boast q
prouder pedigree than we! we are full Of the memo
rice Of British history the blood which flows In our vsna
the which onse warmed the brave hearts which
are now sleeping in the moss grown graves Of tbs
English martyrs If there s any pride in linsage thsrs6
not man between Lands End and the 0rnus
who has decided claims to English honors than eur
selves Here this ideAlty of history and lineage exi
But there is one thing to be named wherein we stasA
rated from the Roman dynasty, in the time OF assFy
VIII has entsled conneotion between Church s.A
State which has embarrassed her secular policy, and VIII
embarrass II for all time to come. We have reached
what as yet no naen mas attansd-the entire sepaea-
ton OF Church and state with no dminui0n. but In
crease in the power religion and We pont ts
friends offreedon the world to higogy
prove what religion altogether unsupported By law.
and that In this country the Of progress and ents
prize its friends The fable of Deuoson picking up
after the flood the bones Of his motheror the stcns6
on the earthand throwing them behind him to repeepls
the earth expresses that the great renovaous OF sosety
sre to be accomplished by going back to simple orisaa
principles. That which Is origin must be our pre-
servation; that which cradle must be bua-
wark Our trust for the future under God, thsss
our fathers laid out the oi the republic ns.s
ly, the spelling booksand the Bible These two agents
will accomplish results passing poetic fancy aud all ~
wisdom Of the world will not make sound governmsat
without them Let religion and intelligence 70 hand N
hand and every peril will vanish from. tGs path We
Bible The poets dresm sleng being realised fairy
tent folded up like lady fss is spreading OUT .
tween good and evil tyranny and freedom is mot yse
ended But Hercules in his battle with the giant 1hs
ia turn charged into bull and kissing serpent retaasl
bh own human form and with his naked hand enooun-
tered the monster 80 let every descendant Of the Purta
let every American citizen preserve unchanged the
form Of simple honest earnest manhood with the love e
liberty and Of God in his heart the law OF truth in his
speech the light of intelligence in his eye aud the bounty
in his hand 40 battle against 81
the poi.on ferocity and wrong in the xod tod pros
right and when the victories Of truth and reedsn
are universal then and not til then will be the time to
write the full eulogy OF our Pilgrim Fathers Protracted
applause at the close Of the brilliant oration,)
DR. Adams however before retiring, askede to add
few more remarks We enter said he upon this annivsr
fsry wearing wreaths of cypress not OF laurel Meet sit
that the voice OF fstiyy shoud bo hushed for he whs
80 often was vsth us this oscasion whose
voice elegantly celebrated this day of orea hers
words which shall ever odorn national literature
New Epglands greatest sonis gone from private friend
chip and from nations honor TO sleep in that pisrm
dust which he much loved and honoted While others
have eulogzed his Earning aurt and bis greatness
man one word only appropriate to this occasion
lie the genuine groxth Of soil the peculiar
product Of own Institutions We know noe how be
could be what be was but peculiar Of
his New England home The small Low browed house Of
plain New England farmer with its we'll sweep and its
bis patriotic father who told him Of the battles Of
the Revolution-his pous mother who taught him ths
catechism, the Bible and Sabbath hymns = the
ploughed fields, the mowu meadows the trials
and struggles the wiRter school, the storm the
aspirations after knowledge the difficulty Of meet
Ing. the expenses of education, the sympsshy
Of loving brothers the affection of loving kindred
the New England coegs, the meeting house. thsnksgt
ing day the Sabbath IN word all the scenery and in
cdents Of his native land These we're tbs inausnces
which lay about the roots of bis character that made
him what he was-in every thought. memory sympathy,
thoroughly American And no % gone We have Ian
him down in the spot which he had chosen for him SELF
by the very side Of fathers almost within sight a
that rock which their feet first touched Should the
time coms VIXEN the semsry Of origin and his
tory shall fade in the dmnese should ths national sen-
timent grew feeble at the heartshoud there ~
found among dead to all patriotism to heeA
not the noble lesson OF wisdom given lead him to that
simple pretending tomb hard by tbs shore which 6est
welcomed the Pilgrims hopisg that the name and memo
ry Of Daniel Webster will his dormant spirit
the bones Of Eha impaired life unto the dead
who was dropped into the sepulchre. (Grcat ~
plnuse.)
The following quartette then supg;-
Stormy oceans far divide them
From oppression's iron HAND
Crossed thsr Red Sea, Heaven will guide them
Through their blooming promised land.
Brightly glowing 10 receive them,
Dawns the Star Of Liberty
And their hopes shall not deceive them,
Trust in God will make them free
The proceedir closed BY prayer and bsnedcon from
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