Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-07-09


mentioning those of Europe with those famous ho
man paved roads the Appian and fiaminian way, 70
which the orator audedwhich oar railways exceed ten
fold in extent say nothing of their superiority IN every
other respect as Of communications the print
ing press driven by steam, with the scribes tosome pen
the electric telegraph with hemai COACH the post horse
pedestrian courier; and above ALL representative
republican confederacy extending continent with
feuda despotism building palace on the necks OF
people, stormy Grecan democracy, subsisting its
citizens by public largess deemng all labor servie,
osracsng its good men, insulting and expressing its al
lies and rendng its vitals within the circuit of the
city walls which il confnedwho, say, make
this comparison and doubt that the principle of Progress
deeply seated In nature as the principle OF con-
servatis and that practical wisdom aud national
policy reside in the due mixture and joint action of the
twog Enthusiastic applause.
Now, sir, this the wisdom OF the of '76. This
the lesson of the Fourth of Juyths the oracle which
speaks to from the shrincs of this consecraed hall
[Great cheering If study the writings of the men
of that day. find that they treated the of civil
liberty not only Of justice and right of sentiment
and feeling but also OF history and tradition, OF
charters and laws. Cheers They not only looked to
the future but they explored the past They built wisely
and skfuy in such sort that after might extend
the stately front OF the temple of freedom and enlarge its
spacious courts and pile its stories arch above arch gal
lery above gallery, to the heavens great cheers but
they dug the foundations deep down to the eternal rock
the town. the school, the militia, the cburchthese were
the four stones which they reared the edhce
Enthusiastic cheers.
If we look only at one part of their workf them
porting musty parchments by the midnight lamp CIT
ing the against wrts of assistance dlsputng
themselves hoarse about this phrase in the charter OF
Charles the First and that section in statute OF Edward
the Third should be disposed to class them with the
bgoted conservatives that threw drag cham
around the limbs Of young and ardent people Cheers
But gracious heavens look at them again. when the
trumpet sounds the hour of resistance survey the other
aspect of their work. Great cheering See these I'M
dauned patriots in their obscure caucus gatherings IN
their meetings, their provincial assemblies IN
their Continental Congress- breathing defiance to the Br
andth he Throne.
militia to the conflict with the trained veterans OF
the years war, cheers witness them, group OF
colonies extemporized into conederacy entering with
calm self-possesson into alliance with the Oldest mon
archy in Europe; and occupying as they did narrow
belt of territory along the coast hiny peoped partially
cleared-hemmed in by the native savage by the Ale,
ghanies by the Ohio and the Lakesbehold them dat-
ing with the grandeur of the position radiant in the pro-
spectve glories of their much cheering casting
abroad the germs of future independent States destined
and distant day. not merely to the face OF the
thirteen British colonies but spread the terrific
of France and Spain this continents over Florida
and louisiana over New Mexico and California; beyond
the Mississippi beyond the Rocky Mountains, to unite
the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans, the Arctic and the
Torrid zones in great network of confederate repub
lican government Contemplate this, and you will &C
knowledge the of seventy six to have been the bold
est men of progress that tho world has ever seen En-
thusiastc cheers
These the whom the Fourth Of July invites US
to respect and to initiate the James Discs and the War
the Franklns and the Adamscs the Patrick enrys
and the Jeifersons. and him whom may not in the
plural number brightest of the bright and purest of the
pure-Washington himself. Rapturous cheers. But
let be initiate them for TO strive to do SOY in
all their great principles in both parts Of their noble and
comprehensive policy. Applause Let reverence
them they reyerenced their predecessorsno seeking
build up the future ruins of all that had gone
FORE yet to bind down the livng breathing burning
present to the Wondering relics the dead past cheers
but deducng the rule Of bold and safe progress from
herecords Of wise and glorious experience Appause
am trespassng unconsciousy sir, upon the time OF
the company, " 90 on 60 on but will, whyour leave,
add one further We live eventfu in
my judgment, that Of seventysix though in differ
ent way We have foreign yoke to throw or but in
the discharge Of the duty devoyed upon by Providence
have to carry the republican independence which our
fathers achieved with all the organized institutions of an
enlightened Observation-Disclosures Of religion law edu
cation charity art and all the thousand graces of the
highest culturebeyond the Missouri beyond the Sierra
Nevada perhaps in time around the circuit of the An
titles; perhaps the Archpeagoes Of the Central Pa
ci6c. TGreat cheeriug.l The pioneers the way
who tell how far and how fast they will travel who
that compares the North America Of 1853 but century
ago, and numbering but little over million OF souls Of
European origin still more the North America Of 1853
when there certainly not fifth part Of that number
who that compares this with the North America Of 1853
its twenty-five millions Of European origin and its thirty
States, will assign limits growth
will dare to compute the timetable of railway pro-
gress, or lift much corner of curtain that hides
the crowded Of the coming century Grea cheer
ing This only plainly the old world IL
rocking to its foundations. From the Gulf of Finland to
the Yellow Sea, every thing is shaken
review and the kings of the earth moved TO him
his coming. [Cheers The band which holds the
great Powers Of Europe together in political league
is strained 20 its utmost tension The catastrophe may
for awhile be STAYED off, but all appearance, they
burryng the verge of of those conflicts which like
those Of Pharsalia and Acum affect the condition Of
States for twice ten centuries Sensation The Turk
ish Empire encamped for foar centuries the frontiers
Of Europe, and the Chinese Monarchy, contemporary
with David auf Solomon alike crumhing. While
these passing in the Old World tide Of emf
grafton which has parallel in history pouring West
ward across the Atlantic and Eastward the Pacific
TO our shores The real political vitality Of the world
seems moving to the new hemisphere whose condition
ahd fortunes u deyolyes upon and our children
+ mould and regulate. Great cheering
II or, IT IS grand let me say solemn thought well cal
cuated to still the passions Of the day. and elevate
above the patry strife Of parties Applause Ii teaches
us we are called to the highest and do verify believe
the most momentous trust that devoved upon one
generation Of Let il with corresponding
temper and purpose with the wisdom of wel-instrtict
ed experience; with the foresight and preparation Of
glorious future, not the platforms OF party
policy and temporary expediency but in the broad and
comprehensive spirit Of seventy-sx. [Great and long
continued cheering
After Mr. EVERETT had resumed his scat at the sug-
geston Of the Mayor nine cheers were given BY the au
dience in honor of the eloquent speaker
TIyRITSrEE-, BY virtue or I, Jac,..