The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-07-07

tate ,bs example q he fsthsh sDd mothers this ell
gave interest TO the exercises hucA cheer
70 tsp to orr Young friend my right the orator Of
The 6sy, Who give such . treat In his ingenious,
manly y" occasion nc and qs
great theme With much original ard seascnaoie iusra
iop It vas especially gratifying to me- SIR 70 witness
the brilliant IrOmse he afforded Of adding new ustre
70 name which two generations in this eou,mupt
ty have accumulated their honors (Grsst cheer'ng)
Ibshevs one .ir whs has attended this days sxsr
ci e. or is nov present. will be disposed to concur In he
opinion which sometimes have expressed, that the
interest Of the Fourth OF July is on the wans that Is
worn out odd fashioned afsir, Which has ceased to
have Significance for For ny o~n part value ~
in 10 email degree because 1t L. will mot ray an old
stituton (eheer) its annual celebration for
seventy yesrs has arehdy Douished the patriotic feel
rgs Of than two geperatoDs and amidst tss perl
of events OF home has et US one great theme on whe
political opiBi. Is uniteo-ope happy day on which
that the Fourth of July win ever continue to be
celebrated it has been to-day, upderstaDding'y as
well as en- husiastiealy because it furnishes once
the most Instructive ard glorious illustration Of The
union Of the two great Icipes Of stability and pro.
qIes which Independence was originally found
don which our prosperity, at the present day,
,ssis .s upen it's corner stone, and BY Whose cor
dal alliance ard joint working alone the great de-
be fuAiIed. (Anch shserllg) ana the more del
sir OF mailing this remark the present occasion
with emphasis because there is the part Of many
--Ierbaps of most--persops among disposition 70
separate these two great prnspleto take one to the
neglect Of The ether ard in effect TO do vie
lepce both As in ell party divisions, In this;
throw ourselves passion atey into the have
push its peculiar views beyond io,ts over
looking reasonable qna6cstions and forget that pIas
rea wisdom and plain generally found
about hall. way between the two extremes (Cheefs)
G there nave ossn u
who give thsuelv up heart AND SOUL 10 the reverence
the past they do ustice to no wisdom but the wis
dom 81 sRes ard if institution Is not time hoDored 1t
is very opt by them not to be honored all They orget
that tie rail- oak acorn, and that the oldest
bad q
servayes from their d position to ma ntain things AZ
they Recently in this country they have been licd
by the rather unpromisips pane Of od fosss the origin
and precise import Of which unknown TO Cheers
and laughter Now, sir, thee beniehted individuals,
(s,raght laced sits ,ked they ars only in
pu.bing sound principle t. extreaes; in obeying
law Of social Lsture tn the neglect Of another equally
csrtsin and IMPORTANT The reverence Of the past ad
berence what is established may be carried great
deal too far but is not merely innate feeling OF the
human heart but direct logical consequence OF the
pSysi spiritual constitution which Creator has
given U.S. Cheers) Tho sacred tie Of family, which,
reaching backward and forward binds the generations OF
men together and draws out the psnsys music q our
the black ard white cradle Of lies harpschord( sensa-
tioD),he ussica, power Of language, which puts spirit
in cemmulon with spirit in dstaLt periods and dimes;
the grad ympatees Of country which lead the Creek
of the present day to talk OF tbe victory which we
gained over the barbarans At Ma athon"- (chsers)
the mystic tissue of race far back in tbs dark
chambers Of the past, and which, after the vcis.
STUDIES and ierations OF centuries, wraps up great
cant expressions which carry volumes OF meaning
in . wordforefather parent, chld posterty, native
but duly to honor the past study the lessons Of
perepee to the high counses of man in his great
asocixope ~ those connaels have been developed in
constitutions in lava in maxims In traditions, in great
coubted pin cpies Of right and wrong, which havs
been the consent Of those who have
gone before thus tracing IN human institutions come
FAINT rejection Of Mat divine wisdom winch fashioned
the leaf that rDfoded itself x weeks sgo in the Forest
The pattern Of the leaf which Was bA,hed In the dews
para In fho 0f atiOn tnusfA
cheers There feelings say, cir are just and natural
Ihe principle which prompts them lies deep in onr ns.
foytfes Of the sternest virtues. (Cbeers) But
there principles aud feelings the whole Of our
beo1g TO as men as patriots and christians We do
not cir VIXEN cherish them, but when We cherish
snd act on them exclusively forgetting that there
though not apiagonstic-which form another side
to our wonderfully complicated existence. This is
ty deyotes itsef exclusively. They are :" the
Of progress" or they sometimes call themselves, in
initiation Of similar designations in most countries Of
Europe "Youpg America Either from natural ardor
OF mle,snent or the fe,vid spirit of youth or i'm pa
teIce caused by constant meditation on the abuses
which in most human in the lapse
Of TINE. they get to think that everything which has
e3ired for considerable time is sbase; that
questly change IT, as matter OF course, to reform
10 oyate o. I.csssty an Improvement They do not
slider hat if this notion Is carried too far II become
The ext generation in sweeping away their work re-
uois.stly they cispoted 10 sweep away the woI
Of 'ber predecessors. (GIest cheering No9: here
Fir the is one Of evaporation only. Young
America is very honest feow-Le means WELT but like
o,ler young fins, he is sometimes little too much in
hurry. daughter and cheers) He needs the curb,
cascl ely, IS we old ore. perhaps, still fire..
qu.ptly heeo the spur. Qaughter) There is . prin-
eipie Of progress in the human mnd-in sll the
mites, from The village club to the empire that sm.
braces quarter Of the humsn raoe-in all political
iDstu' onsin art literature aid sc,ense-and most es
reaIly IN all rev countrss .he's it must, from tue
Of the be the leading and governing princ'-
pie. Great cheers Who can compare the modern
oId ita condition. its trts, its institution with the
ancient world and doubt this: the daily newspapers
smoking every morning from hundred presses, strip
world wiz, it's Dubious import and even tina, found out
within the last thirty years. the steamer with the
ro~ galley creeping tmidly round the Shore the rail
ways in The Unitei States alone, without mentioning
th0,e Of Europe with those Roman paved roads,
the Appian FlamiDan way to ~bich the stor alu-
nothing Of their superiority in every other respect as
Of communication; the printing press, driven by
b, with mail coach the post horse, the pede
COURIER and above ALL Iepresen iatve republican cen
fecerasy, extending over continent with fenda des.
potism blcipe palace en- the necss Of pc pie or
stormy GIecan sub sting its citizens by pub
lie Ia CESS defining all labor seIyie, ostracing its good
own vi'as within tho circuit q the .isy walls to which
1t vas canfbed-wbo say can maize this compa -ison
teaed in the principle of conservatirm
that true practical wndom and high national policy
reside in the due mixture and joint action Of the two
the Of '76 This Is the Lesson OF the Fourth Of
July; this is the oracle which speaks to from the
shrres tf this Grated hall. (Great caeering) II
study he Writings Of The men of that day We iud
that hey treated The of civil liberty Only
Ct justice and right, Of sentiment and feeling but
also of history and tradition Of charters and
laws (Chsers) 1ley not onl; looked 10 the fnturs.
but they explored the past They built wisely aod
,kuJ IN such sort, that after times might extend the
stately front of TIE temple Of freedom and enlarge its
spacious courts, anc pile its stories arch above s-ch
CALLER, above gallery TO The heavens great cheers but
They Dug he -four datons deep down 10 the eter-
nal yocE-the town the school, the militia, the
cbulch, tbete the four corner stones which
they reared the edhes. (Enth iastic cheers) If
we sDly look at enc part Of their work: il we see
them pr iog over musty Iarchments by the midoight
p citing the books seant write Of asst, anse
outing ;bemfeves hoarse about h phrase In the char
Of Charles the First and that ion in statute Of
Edward rhe Third should be disposed to class them
sib The most bgoed conservatives That ever thseg
dag sbon round the limbs Of young and ardent pso
lie Cheers But, precious heavens look at them
~ air. vbeD he pet sounds the hosr Of resistance
fpr,sy be other OF Their work Great cheering
See q pndsunted r.trios 10 THAR obscure caucus
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