The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-26

which, If II had beea carried out New York would have
had upon the eAals Of TIE hudsen river the most mag
splendA In point Of position than any thing that is
Be found In Paris London Persevere fyou think well
condition In the morals the health and the enjoyment Of
The pxbc when there shall BE- set apart where you
can ook out the face Of nature and b BE-
such place TO carry their children TO who feeble
health And when you consider the question in reference
to this fact and to morality health and character Of
the city, hope you viii make your wants known, and
known In suck manner that they to whom the whole
subject win be referred will be compelled to listen to
must obey your dictates. (Applause) Great have
arisen smoig Franklin the greatest dipomatis Of
Sherman who was in the convention that framed the Con
stituton, showed as clear head possessed
py man was snoenaker and did honor to his trade
that would hold out to you for that is not the point Of
view that on this occasion is to be presented but it is
that in republic every constitutes essential
part Of the republc-its that your culture imperfect
unless such culture has made in sense remain
ing in private life, nevertheless public man-that it is
man who takes interest in all that his fell
low men, and who feels that he is a citizen Of this
great republic and citizen Of this great empire State
speaking Of this city the home Of the mechanic It
is there the mechanics collected together in numbers
Wen then take into your consideration and custody in
rous city. At all events, in all its pride, far in
dustry and opulence concerned what was Athens COM
pared with New York; Athens and all Attica which ill the
world with their renown had not many people
much wealth as this city of New York What then, is
wantings We have better institutions than Athens
Atica the laws Of freedom better understood and
more thoroughly carried out and why then should not
New York play great game in the history of the words
If Athens could be the light of the ancient world for
thousand years. why should not New York in its part
contribute also to the greatness of the human racer
There is at present among Professor of Denmark
who passed years at Athens and he studied the
ruins Of that city he everywhere struck with evil
dences Of the peculiar ingenuity Of that people in the me
chanca arts and exclaimed that they the most in
genious people that existed we to have great
structures, if public cdifces to beautiful
FORMS to have splendid sculpture and beautiful
paintings if the city to stand out in the world
ed for arts and science it must be by activity
ergy and perseverance 1t said once by New Eng
land man. with reference to Boston, that he wished it
might exceed SIa,ta but to my taste Athens is
likely example Athens preferable for it had great
er love for the human and possessed everything
that calculated to adorn genius and glorious free
dom. Let me, in conclusion call upon you all, on your
part. faithful administration of the affairs
Of this city to exercise vigilance, to nourish the
flame of excellence in your own bosoms that New York
may be renowned throughout the world not for its ber
~ only not for its wealth only but for its happiness its
purity and its culture of the arts cloud appause)
Mr. elavan then forward, and proposed vote of
thanks To the honorable lecturer for his able and eloquent
address. which having been carried unanimously, the
meeting separated