New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-26

old world has not been permitted to draw nigh unto
dweilngs; that strife. foreign domestic. has
d turI cd pence and that prosperity as milton
hrs. during the last year. wruuy tears from eye
cot the likelihood Of any human beia,i For al these
we indeed bound to give thanks. and praise aud
glory, and ~or-hip Supreme Bsnrf4ctor. But
not for these alone His erci.s towarl this the land
Of our birih home Of our adoption have NOT been
lni;ed 70 year, or age, or a century. The New
Erslsnder hrs still abundant cause to thsnk the All
MeIcu who permitted the Pilgrim fhers tlksroot
sId 10 flourish Plymouth Rock and in the howling
wilderness that surrounded The Penngyvanian has
equal ecu 70 thank Him for that he guided the
stop oi Penn the Virlhian for ihat He vcuchsafel
10 held tic life Of Smith the Maryander for that lie
pro pered the undertaking of Calvert al eni grants
deCeLdfnts Of emigrant-and who is there in those
Cned states that s not the Oher-'or that lie n
hi mercy permitted them their fathers % reach these
baIIy shores sid exchange the tr dom and niiery
Of the Old world for the freedom aud prosperity OF tls
Bot far back each and III Of these have cause
10 cary their gratitude Of ia all can carry back
he ibarks 20 far as vc crc tod non, q mem
il IN, de clearly Mantle "thot in uis WRATH he
rtmcnbeIed mercy" For the sefsame year taft wit
ne,sd tie expu,en Of r,ee from Spain Che land
in which since their d PERSON, ia jews hal COS, l1ur-
i'll led ~ Ferdinand and LAB Ia likewise witnessed
the d oovory Of America by Columbus, he servant of
thee ruthless pcrsecutors And thus at the very time
we were driven from one home another was or9aei
unto u here It true for nearly centuries after
IL d. ccvery the new world offered no YUM the
persecutd On the contrary the fret discoverers CON
Quoted ihemfelyes Ike fends than Ike hunan
beings he wort vices that dc grade human nItd-e
nvaIce cruelty, lust boldly reared their unblushing
on's Tyranny and fanatic. II their sway in the
old world was sufficiently wide their vic inns
merous ugh-lgh eager rapacify seized on ths rich
EFT portions Of he newly discovered cootineni. Mil
lions o. human beings peri he'd in their rude grasp alt
America from Mexico to Patagonia became one vast
slsug ter house 10 which the many w3pt aud grOanei
ard to led and died. for the indulgence of the few Bl.
mankind is not destined to reulain for the victim
OF ard injustice In the physical in the ,ral
world, in esigon in politics. the triumph Of truth
al0 virtue though Glow IL surs-the downfall Of vice
and Of fraud though long ayed l. not the less
tain The that pctrated NIL those horrors of
which hfvc been spcakins-that power once the most
formidable in he world has faien rise
dethcyej btyend the hope of recovery. by its
guilt OF all s colonies and conquests on the Cont
merit Of the New World it retains not one. The few
islsndt which yet compelled 10 yield unwilling ooe
dence 10 it, eway long and hope for the day that shah
poverty, ,nd crime and msgovernment Of the cher
Country proclaim to the Old World. That God judy
eth even On earth" Yes, God judgeth 10 exllt the
WY not lees than to humble the proud From he
pride aid grandeur and crimes, and fail Of the cruel
and Enstical conquerors Of Mexico and Peru, let
tun TO the humble the poor but Godfearng and sue
cessiul fettles Of these United States When they
landed on these shoie they had passed throu n the
scloc Of fuering End persecution and had learned
rut their trust in Him who is alone mighty TO save Ia
that trust they hruyed the OF the ocean AMI the
re1ile Of the wilderness. Theirs long and fear
full struggle but eventually ever, mind trilm )hed
over matter The wilderness yielded before their in.
duitiy; H. inmaics fierce and fercer m had
20 ede before their civilization And though at fret
the Stern zesl engendered by persecution bore It's bet
ter hu natural rus and they who had been sufferers
in their tui inflicted suffering Others thou n
for short time the fury of anaticsm alike possessed
tie pcol lie and their teaches and urged them to
deeds
(which men in coming days shall hail,
As It's dreadful DIRE an tragic tale"
Yet tleir f. envy was of brief duration generation
Of zoaots was succeeded by one composed OF mon,
lieu. but en shtencd tenacious of their own rights
hut equally determined respect the rights of others
Early in the la century already the NJrth American
Colopice were recognised the asylum of the oppre
sed from every part oftbe Old Wori. Here Romanist
end Piote.tont, Churhman and Observer, Jew aud
Gentle could meet in amify, and work together in
liothciy love The aniiquaied fana.icism the ranc-
oIous zeal The pride and prejudice which hs, so long
kept them assunder all ain the deep bosom Of
tLe ocean buried" In a New Worl new feelings
slIupe up in their reats ideas emil henei their
minds; thai primeva truth which the Prophet Of the
Lord had preached 5000 years ago hut which anii.t
4an.-- II r I
Graf, had so long perverted and conce led Have W
not ell one FstheTf has not ono God createl usf'
began TO make its force felt and acknowed ,ed alike
ly iher end their conscience md the result
eed IN, civil and re yious equality ofrghts brotaery
love aud general happiness. And when, in the funcs
Of time the North American Colonies Ind out grown
tie leading strings in which the pride and rapscity OF
the motlCr country sought forever 10 keep them,
when IN the consciousness of justice they pro
claim, their independence the protection of Heavca
visiby aud most sgnaly msnfest thou hout
test in which all the best Interests of humanity
a. stake until st mi h and the pr0u lest
and mcst powerful monarchy Of Europe with irew
from war, the only for upwards Of century, in
which sic had been oiled. From that happy day until
the present one the history OF this country records
uninterrupted succession Of prosperity unequallel in
TIE snnals OF mankind 1t Is true war and It's horrors
did sgoin visit portions Of the land; it is true
that in tie eageruess OF mammon worship individual
prosperity has than been wrecked and that
which threatened to affect the general
welfare But, by the blessing of God the onward pro-
gress OF this the only real commonwealth earth
les never been checked that thou, ii the ordinary
period OF one mans life has barely elapsed since the
Uniied ststes proclaimed their Independence they
tlresdy tske rank with the proulest and rival the
nil hi.est Powers of the earth And amid all this pro-
eIesivt property, amid the seduc,ons of boualles.
wealth, and power unlimited. the United Statea as
nton 1--we never swerved from the great AMI sacred
Irile lcs which in the Of trial. o. adversely anI
ofneed iley chose for their guidance AMI proclaimed
10 the world These principles have rendered the
United States tie perade and stronghold OF free io