Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-08-06
THn MISSION OF AMHR1cA.
BY EDWARD EVERETT.

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Mr.. Everett, at the recent elebratton in Boston,
of the National Annivetsaryi was called out for a
speech, i'll which he referred with, his usual force
and eloquence, to the event of the Reyolutio
the consequences which followed the experiment
of free representative government, His remarks
upon the present era are forcible:
awe live (said Mr.. Everett at nm era as event
full, in my Judgment, as that of rs, though in a
different way. We have no foreign yoke tUt throw
off, but in the discharge OF the duty devolved up-
on us by Providence, we have TO carry tne teppt-
l'lican independence which our fathers acnleveuI
with all the organized institutions Of ah ehllghs
ucation charity art, and all the thousand graces
of the highest culture, beyond the MlsSontl' pe,
yond the Sierra Neyadal-pelhaPs IN TIME arounu
the circuit of the the 6rchipel-
agoes of the Central Pacifcf lelent cheerlny.J
The pioneers ute on the way--who can tell how
far and how fast they will travel? Who thatcom-
pares the North America of 1853, but century
ago, and numbering but little over Intlnon OF
souls of European origin; or, still more, the Norm
America of 1858, when there was certainly not
fiih mart of thot number;-who that compares this
with the North America of 1s53-lts twenty-five
millions of European origin, and its thlrty-one
States, will venture to assign limits to our growth
will dare to compute the time table OF our rail-
way progress, or lift so mncn as corner e OF me
curtain that hides the crowded events OF the com
ing century, [Great cheeringl This only can
we plainly seeLthe old old is rocking its foun-
datons. From the Gulf of Finland to the Yellow
Sea, every thing is shaken.
The spirit of the age has gone forth TO hold ms
great review and the kings of the earth are moved
to meet him at his coming. [Cheersl The band
which holds the great powers of Europe togethel
in one political league, is strained to its utmost
tension The catastrophe may fora while be ward
ed off but to all appearance they are hurrylng TO
the verge of one of those conflicts which, like those
of PhaTsalia and Actium, affect the condition oil
States for twice ten centuries. The Turkish en-
pre- encamped but for four centuries on the iron-
tiers of Europe, and tile Chinese Monarchy, cotem-
porary with David and Solomon, are crumollng.-
While these events are passing in the Old World
tide of emigration which has no parallel IN MS
tory is pouring west across the Atlantic, and east
ward across the Pacific, 10 our shores. The real
political vitality of the world seems moving to The
new hemisphere, whose condition and fortune 1t
deyolves upon us and our children TO mould anu
regulate. fGreat cheering.l
Sir, it is a grand, let me say solemn tnoughI
well calculated to still the passions OF the day' anu
to elevate us above the paltry strife oil parties'-
TApplause.1 1t teaches US that we are called TO
The highest, and do verify believe, to the most
momentous trust that ever devolved uponcne gen
| Grafton ofmen. Letus meetit with correspond.
| ing temper and purpose-witht the wisdom OF awell
instructed experience, with the foresight and pc
partition of n glorious future;-not on the narrow
platforms of party policy and temporary eXpeulen,
cy, but in the broad and comprehensive spirit OF
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