The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1852-03-27

I; men, The supreme recognized inte
y prefer of the laws, Sgen of the Constitl
hon, IS her son, anu a Catholic. Til
$ Judicial ermine will contract no stat
\ while ii is worn bv him. Pure and VI
! sulfied he received it from the iIlustr
! Gus Marshall. and to his unknown sur
cessor he will transmit it as unsullie
and as pure-bnt not purer than is hi
own private character. The death {
Charles Carroll. Of Carrollton, the las
!, of the gners of the Declaration of In
b dependence, is a mpafatively
; eVentag The galaxy of great men wh
had indnTsed that immortal instrumen
had disappeared, one after onother, un
til the r-of Maryland alone was LEFT
I and not by one State, but by all. its de
cllniug course was watched with deep
4 est! interest, until beeomipur hx;ohts
4 aS II heaFed me nOTIzUII, II was seen IIt
Hore-and is now but gratefully cher
ished memory. t'.'-l
The moral of the remarks | have
made, il they have any, should be, ii
my Judgment thatnu pretensions 10 re.
ltglous ascendeney should be enter.
tanned on one side, or admitted on the
other In the whole range of human
benefits, no nation on the earth has
more reason TO be thankful for the ia
vorS which the kind Providence of
Almighty God has placed ia Its posses.
sion, and within its reach, thau the
people OF the United States. Let them,
without distinction of creed, unite. and
De united, in preserving the common
inheritance Jet them vie with each
other In mutual kindness and good
otflces: vie with each other in hoRora-
Die rlvalshiP, as 10 who shall be best,
citizens; who'shalI most faithfully SUBJ
port the country and obey the laws III
hope the fine is far distant. but vet IL
MAY come. when our country shalihaue5
need etcall her children. Ophen, let |
them be prepared to rally around her,
as aronnd their common mother who |
had beer. at all times equally impartial.
and equally Kind TO them all. qftS 5rta1
II cannot conclude without calling
four attentionto three distinct moments
u tiAmerlean history which, in the,
events, themselves, in their -circum.
tances. and consequences, stand out
part IN, their own moral grandeur
lot to be confopnded With any others
he flfst. is the moment when WASH
ngton spontaneously returned his vic.
orlous sword to the civil authority of /
pc country which he had liberated
o my mind. the annals of mankind.
ON the very origin of time have
ever presented, in the eorder of merelvl
nman moral grandeur, a momentor a
'ectacle more blime than this The
her, not less sublime, is that in which,
nth nth were sr Ell, ls;I Ifemained unknown 10
rst time, and were I&&!e9rlds met for rs'e a
her around the cross, planted by 1G :
nbns. on the Island OF San Salvador, h
1892. The third, was thateln which d
Ie Queen of CASTLE and Aragon offered ii
pledge the precious stones OF her a
own, In order to detray the expenses tt
his expedition. #, as there is reason :
believe, she was prompted to this by b
We for souls that ight be saved, even :
onoh their existence was yet doubtI
!, this MAS not only sublime mo-
eHt. it was almost divine, as insurlHg !.
ccess 10 the enterprise from, the in :,
ard prom ping and impulse Of heav- !.
nv charity. or course, the chivalry 5
Spain would not allow their sovereign "a
DIV to make such a sacrifice. They
divided nsans from other sources.- :
nd although they did well in this, we
e tempted almost to regret that some
her Jewels did not, by some honest :
,citient, find their way tothis country: . 2.
he sword of Washington is treasured a.
a precious relic, no. less of his pairi- s.
ism than of his bravery, The hlll lot j
Ich a sword would be fifty gemmed =
a jewel once possessed by such
leen-the patroness Of Christopher
olunbus. The double relic would
present two important events con-
seted with American history. and be
4 interesting memorials al The same t.
me of the achievements of Washing
n and of the, ma enanimity and charity F
'af1sabella the Catholic.n ~ iss' 5"3 t,
The'Archbishop, as he concluded his
ng lecture, was hailed with loud and n
ng-continned applause. :
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