The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-25

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Interesting Lecture before the Bloomflsld
Lyceum.
our NEW JERSEY CORRESPONDENCE.
BLOOMFIELD, New Jersey, Dec. a. 1852.
nay mot BE- unsterestiBg for you TO know that our
quiet village OF schools Il occasionally envsnsd by the
visits Of literary men The Bloomfield Lyceun In.
szuctsd and delighted last evening by truly eloquent
address from A. Oakley Hail. Eco of your city (who
oeved the rudments Of his education in this place. to
which 1t would bs folly for to attempt to do justice
The following Ia u brief and imperfect outline.
JUvENIs.
MR.. HALLS ADDRESS.
should outrage tho feelings Of my heart, and It
would be to the disoredit Of my manhood said Mr. Hail.
standing amoBg many familiar faces - do, II
should speak - coldly % stood among strangers
Sixteen years ago left your midst for the stirring
Of life. There not bush shrub in my path,
here to- nj ht which did not look upon with
familiar look There not fake Of mortar In yoadsr
sacred edcs which did not familiar to me; there
not blade Of grass yonder green which had not
yielded to the joyous spring Of my youthful feet Mr.
Hall then alluded the short notse he had had Of the
lecture saying that but three days since he re,cv
ed tho invitation; and had II from strangers he
should have declined but coming rs old from his for
friends Of bloomfield no accepted It, He then said
he was about to lead in old road of history It
fine old institution OF the Roman Catholic church,
before It came corrupted many days were con-
peoted With certain saints The Of
DAY suggests my subject It is tho 22d Of Dec ,mber
Two hundred and thirty two years ago this very day,
the foundations Of this republic laid The fourth OF
July the day on which, In the parlsnce or civilians
made ree but the 22d Of December the
birthday Of our liberties will make c tbs centre piece
around which my thoughts shall cluster More eloquent
than mime have been engaged In this ami
master minds have trembled IT It. But belongs not to
disenomb the poetry Of that period On nistori,
walls hang master pictures which for me to touch would
be but to defsoe But the mind will 60 back frau
bark which rode at asohor shore whih
ct this advanced period navigation mskss the OF
experienced navgstors rembs. seem to hear some o.
lent thinker saying thi. theme sre ana hackneyod"
Are the gorieso the Ornament ABOVE te aod
ed Are the Of DAP life rte and hack oeysd!
We live in the midst of things tite and hAckneyed
butte OF the ohvsrc Ferdinand do Soto the noble
minded Captain Smith OF these will speak with lau-
on the rock Of PymoutH y" NAV revert 70 the o
tho PAST with something of the feeling the noble
Calvert had when standing on that rock, and looking
back upon the stormy waters he hal just passed.
have Just passed the stormy waters of d. union. Tho
Deaths Of Lincolnshire had the commttal OF the
driven them forth upon the ocean Oh that thsy might
have been able to look Onward bat years. and
those who then would leave the shores Of that aod
they had just left They were then sm,graus a. units
among tens Of Thousands of native inhabtsuts WITS
peIs had como 10 them from that there W.s
there land where they might free from oppresi
and where their suferings would The
they landed had been swept BY dsease that th Pilgrims
there might land Of their religious euferiass
not now to speak; but let linger for . moment on
their bark We will be Of that hundred c'us.
tered around that table where was spread that huge
parchment, with It's queer chrosrsphy rue gay laugh
and pratte OF childhood hnshed they looked
That wbi'h surprised their chi di gaze firm dserui
nation upon every untensnce after name
wss subscribed in chi oeraphy which might hsvs
that OF John Hancock which stood such I'D rssf
upon the subsequent declaration Of itdepsnisacs Mr..
Ball then read their coveD ant conmea log he
ceedtd snd speaking Of their abiding loyalty Is
Introduction to the Declaration of
upoB It. every word OF that docum-u lai upon tbs
hearts Of esah ore Of its forty sspers it is certainly
document Consider the cir uolsr
which il was written, ihe which tho
hearts OF its writer's IL contained all the pen,plss o
political liberty. prefer the civil 1t orehsn
political with much beside The Leydeu Pilgrims laid
the foundations OF civil liberty But there ia
Dame Of connected vi the whole subj sct
fondtr Of diIang upon then. than that for whom
the nation have yet laid of the panopy mourn,ug
societies. in mourning adjourned tho year In sgnt
OF that ocean whose the PROV Of the Mayfowsr
kissed did he literally spell out that constitution
OF which be became go distinguish defender dis life
wss one continued defence OF the religion and principles
Of the Msynower Not so with THAI Enslisnmaa whose
SHELL OF life tho Iron hoof OF the gaopng of
"H on on %: 3 q r H .Ssa Lo;
the forthcoming number OF Pufn3n's Monthly Yea con
tnued the speaker thou true poet, nothing 10
cas- greatest statesman Au'uun raned tributary
leaves on his grave while art brought to boar
not alone and unattended he died in the midst Of his
family and friends invoking blessings upon them aud
his remains lay under that elm tree whose shade had
often cooled his brow Farmer hands bora his remains
TO the grave ana wild nature the combines ola csthe
dral contained the remains OF the greatest satesmsu
not only Of America of gland but Of all time I've
hundred snd thirty two years ago the foundations
OF this republic laid Who tell where viii be two
hundred and thirty two from this time? Let us
cherish thu principles Of those Pilgrims and reverence
their religion Let also adopt their motto III ,erty
rabe.