Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-02-09
of men eoaldarrest the rotation of dessiny's

of men couldaarrest the roiation of destiny's
wheel-these particulars die away, 1t is
the issue which. makes history, and that is.
sue is always, logical. ','7' % :
The memory Of the glorious day of New
Orleans must Of course, recall TO, your
mind the memory of the wrongs against
which you SO g!oriously fought. Oh, le,
me entreat you,, bury. the hatred of past
ages in the grave where all the crimes Of
the past be buried, with the mouldering
ashes Of those who sinned, and take, the
glorious opportunity to benefit the great
cause of humanity. e-.-e..- 60. =
Where the cradle Of our Saviour stood,
and where his divine doctrine was founded,
there now another faith rules, and the
whole of Europe's armed pilgrimage could
not avert this /. fate from that sacred spot,
nor stop the rushing waves of Islamism alb.
sorbing the Christian Empire of Constan:
tine. We stopped those rushing waves
The breast Of my nation proved break
water TO them. We guarded Christendom,
that Lulhers or Calvins might reform il.
There is sort Of natural instinct of hu.
man dignity in the heart OF man.. which
steels his very nerves not to bend beneath
the heavy blows of q great adversely. The
palm tree grows best beneath pondeous
weight-even so the character of man.
There is no merit in tit is q law Of
psychology. - The petty pangs of small
daily cares have often bent the character
of men, but great misfortunes seldom
There is less danger in this than In great
good luck. 80 asa " *-F=
just as man has TO pass through sever
al periods Of age, each of them marked
with its own peculiarilies. before he comes
10 a settled position of life, even so nation
has first to be born, then to grow, then to
prove its passive vitality by undergoing a
trial Of life; afterward it has to prove its
active force in and during ascendency in
its own immediate horizon; at last it must
take its competent seat among the nations
of the world, as power or earth. 500
. History is the revelation of Providence.
The almighty rules by eternal laws, not
only the material but the moral world, and
every law is principle, and every princi
pie is a law. Men, as we'll as nations, are
endowed with free will TO choose princi.
Pile, but that once chosen, the consequences
must be abded. ,s szss *Fs
Happy art thou, free nation of Ameri-
ca, that thou hast founded thy house upon
the only solid basis of nations liberty!
Liberty! A principle steady like the void,
eternal like the truth, and universal for
every climate, for every time, like Provi,
dence. Thou hast no tyrnnts among thee
to throw the apple of Eros into thy Union.
Thou hast no tyranls among thee TO raise
the fury Of hatred in thy national family
hatred OF nations, that curse of humanity,
that yenomous instrument oedespotism.
/ came with confidence, came with
hope to the United Stotes-with the conf
dence Of man who trusts with burning
faith to the logic of principles, knowing
that where, freedom.is sown, there generos-
ity grows--with the hope Of a man who
knows that there IS life in his cause, and
that where there is life there must be q fu.
ture yet. And still the hope of man is On.
ly an instructive, throb OF the heart with
which natures motherly care counterac.s
the sad impression of adversely. We often
hope without knowing why, and like a
lonely wanderer on stormy night, direct
our weary steps towards the first glimmer-
ing wind ow light, without knowing whe1h.
or wc are about to knock at the door of o
philanthropist or a heartless egotist.
Freedom is expansive like the light; it
likes to spread; and hospitality here in. this
happy land is raised out Of the narrow cir
Gle of private virtue TO principle of polit-
ical states wisdom.
| said by design, the people of the Unit.
ed States is Europe transPianted to meri'
ca. And it is not Hungary's woes alone
lit is the cause of that Europe which I
came to plead. Where was ever son
who, even in his happiest days, could indif-
ferently look a. the suferings of his moths
er, whose hearts blood is running in his
very veinsa And Europe sthe mother of
the United States. = ,ts 5tE