New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-02

reality, ~ rauch papal country Italy or Spain.
MADE stand, early two hcndl,d years sefsrs re
name OF Martin Luther had be zone known, for the
night Of private utsmens, and as having asserted the
doctrine That the 3ois Is the Only and suicisnf rule
OF faith and pYactice-the keynote OF the Rssosna-
san-t the foundation Of civil and religious freedom.
Il was the doctrines OF Wicknf working for nearly
two centuries as leaven IN ire neut or the knshsh
nation, which answered back with so rea1y re.
Spouse 10 those of Luther and h coaoJctsrs ana
hIed the Reformation NJ length To- Tvs fall blaze.
AZ the same time II Is be bone Ia mind mat the
new Continent Of America had been discovered ~
ABOUT INN period, and had awakened spirt CT con-
mereiI adventure. The at of Painting had also
been mace Known, aud the Press stood ready 20 null
pply ana pioisn every woid aao thought Of Liberty
mat any one might have II Ia his heart 10 utssf The
revival Vt letters dates, 1oo from the same general
period. All these causes comoued to marx the lss-
ter part OF the fifteenth and ns osgnnns of ms sS
teenth century AZ most important era IN the worlds
history. Mea began to have opbious OF thar own.
and CARED 10 maintain teen paoiciy. The Romish
Church now began TO EEL a iorce OF opposn,oa watch
increased year By year Men received isht from
their free Bibles which WIckf add Luther had
given saein. ana receiving shs thus they began TO
question and next TO oepy the authority aad inisni.
bity OF the Pope. The humin m,Gd was ifce, ana
couls not again be bound asst had been.
The lecturer then passed IA rapd review tae pro-
gress OF thought and the religious ana ciy rersecu-
nons attending II. under the Is!sas OF HenIy VII;
EdvaId, Mary, Elizase.h aud James and followed
the Pursang from theiy visible origin Till pofticn
OF them, despaiing Of accompshia any deslraoie
reformation IN the Enslsh Cnarcn. or any tolera',on
for themselves, fed to Holland thus becoming Tic
Pilgrims Briefly sketchips the inct'enis OF iaen
abode on the Comment and their subsequent voy.
age across the ocean and landing a. Plymouth no
then turred 70 present summary at the tnfisan
character. No one would be true to history who
should fail - and aekno edge that they we're
above AL else Religious people Their very name
Is indicative OF this They were people VINO sOughb
at home pure church, church puIiaed ffon the
coTr1ptions of Popish doctrines and ceremonies,
ard constituted the model furnished BY the Bible
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ecclesiastical inhueLce would not allow mem 10
have or TO form such church taat they expa!aa'ed
themselves and became ths Pilgrims. IL ever
body OF men we're. from the heart. truly religious,
they were such II ever body OF men made
religion first, last, everything the Pilgrims did So
There are spots on the sun. The Pilgrims we're
not perfect. But II would DC hard task 10 ana al
equal number of men living together who came SO
near perfection as they dit. We may talk OF stern
ness and hard faces, but let as rememo that sney
had 10 face hard storms OF civil and pTeianc "fAsn
storms that were enough TO wear into cartilage even
the soft cheek of woman. Their restrictive, and as
they seem 10 us, nto,erans laws wee really neces-
saTy in the infant state Of the PilgrIm colonies
They came here for the grand purpose OF achieving
and maintaining religious and civil liberty, and to
have opened the doors Of Office IN Church or state
TO any who might choose 90 come among them would
have been to put their conscences and their lioer-
ties again at the disposal OF saca men as James
Stuart and William Laud BESIDES, me general
doctrine OF federation had hardly yet been brosched
1t was waiting for John Milton, hli0self Puritan,
TO proclaim and advocate IL.
The religion OF the Purltans AMI Pilgrims was also
religion Of principle. 10 Was no, mere sentiment
tally or pieiism 1t was 10 prayer book or bead
counting religion. The picture az Puritan polsn-
ing his amor while reading his Bible shows IN one
view the stua that Puritan piety was made OF. 10
had heaIt, but 1t had head sud nerve and muscle
also.
The Puritans and Pilgrims we're also the friends
and champions Of Civil L.oorsy. And slcn, Toe,
they wMe, by virtue of their religion. Learning
from their Bibles the capacity AMI destiny OF me
human mind, they came TO the CONCLUSION thatn
ought TO be frec-free, as well from civil % eccie-
siastcal Gespotism They felt that tue King vas for
the State nos the State for the King, as the Church
was 10 be the helper of the souls growth and srae-
giles, and net an instrument for It's coercion Ac-
cesdingly, when they landed at Plymouth tasy a.
naturally constructed their civil order alter tbs Re-
publican model, they did their ccclesiastica s'eE
the simple congregational pattern OF the Apoties-
II was tao Purltans too WAC after Ard ehectsd IN
England that great re ouion which gave her civil
and religious needom which she had never Ahowu
before, and which make her to-day. unless we Ok
cept ourselves, the foremost paion OF we wona'
The Puritans were also the friends OF ~arnsng.
They were, many OF tacD, scholars Inc fafIan
party embraced the larger portion OF the re afnins
Of England In their time. Cotton uooscf' hosmsVni
Selden, Howe Baxter, BnDyan, Mtltou-sAese, ana
host besides, we're Puritans or Pilgrims Ing III.
arims TO these shores we're the hf0 people
in history to make legal provision for the educauom
of all The school-houss IS y Pilgrim creallon-she
embodiment Of a Pilgrim idea and those unpreteno'
ing edifces planted on tho hillsides Of New .ne-
land, the praIies OF the Wess, or AMID the gedsn
whole country is pervaded by the Puritan element,
and how mach every part OF our Atlantic ana fsche'
washed cOnfederacy owes TO the Pilgrims.
Such were the men, who, two hundred ana snifty-
one wears ago, set their feet upon Plymouth Rock.
And AZ an inscription IN St Pauls Cathedral ssys TO
the visitor, az he stands over the spot where sleep
the ashes OF its architect, Sir Christopher Wren,
you would see his monument, looklaround you !"
so we may say of Pilgrim fathers, II any IN this
land would see their monument, let him look around
him. Whatever here, almost Is good, whatever Is
Free liberal and enlightened, is the fruit Of Puritan
toll and faith, and its proper monument:
Evermore, then, should the day Of their landing
is greater day than the 4.h OF July. i implied and
prophesed 1t. Il made il necessary Tne DeclarA-
lion Of our Independence vas virtually made whep
the May1ower furled her sails and dropped hcf an
Choir under the lee OF Cape Sod
The lecturer then noticed some duties incident %
our connection with our Pilgim fathers. The hTss
was that Of proper venerasion The second Was
faithfuness to their principles and the imitation OF
their character. The fact was here dwen on snaStno
Pilgrims were not commercial adventurers, but men
who came here for religious purposes, and lived ios
moral ends. They were not men OF expedicncy ano
policy but men Of principle. The speaker cioseo
this sketch Of the Pilgrims b. insisting that was
only the preservation among tho people OF the sHih
con seriousness and s.eadfast adherence OF pYlhcpes
which characterized the fathers Of the country.
which could preserve and perpetuate It's OF
its existence.
Hungarian Exile as follows: And as though We
were in danger OF forgetting tho true purpose for
which God brought fathers 10 THIS laAo, 10 an.
other Pilgrim has been sent across tho seas 70 land
first among Us, and perchancc to make our Staten
Island a. memorable in the future annals OF history
as the rock of Plymouth now 10. Methints see in
him Cromwell OF Hampton risen rom the sleep u
generations, and come forth on second MISSION
from God 10 the Baiions. And when contemplate
the prese Mt condition and wants Of the world-when
read the history Of this new Pilgrim, and see IN
what paths he has been led IN what furnaces tnsa.
by wkas res and AocSs purified and prepared, ] can
conceive no destiny too great for him, no mission
Voc importapt 70 be committed 10 his trust. He
comes as the man OF the nations and not OF one peo
ple alone The eyes of all follow him. Kings and
dssOos are eager catch bis words ami 10 map his
proeTsss across the seas and over our broad land
lie comes toe for our good, ~ well az 10 cenehe
other nations. lie comes when are In danger OF
forgsttlps phe principles OF fathers and tae prn-
cipes on which our freedom rests, 70 call our
back to duty TO make US feel that ehefe 10