The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1853-08-02

fature Dut explored tne past. ~ ncv Quit Nirc-
iy and sljllfqlly i'm such sort, that after times |
might extend the stately front of the temple OF
freedom, and enlarge its spacious courts and
pile its stories. arch above arch. gallery above
gallery, to the heavensl (Great cheers.) But
they dug The foundations deep down to the e.
e rnal rack--the town, the school, the church |
es-these were the four corner stones on which |
they reared the edifce. Enthusiastic cheers.
IT We look only al one side OF their work--if
we see them pouring over musty parchments
by the midnight lamp-citing the year books
gainst writes of ssistance--disputing them
| selves hours about this phrase in the charter
of Charles l. and that section in stature of
Edward III. we should be disposed to class
them with tho most bigotod conservatives that
ever threw a drag-chnn round the limbs of
young and ardent people. (Cheers. But
| gracious heavens! look at them again, when
the trumpet sounds the hour of rcsistance:
survey the other aspect of their work. Great
cheering.] See these nndaunied patriots in
their obscure caucus gathering, in their town
meeting. in their provincial assemblies. in their
Continental Congress, breathing defiance to
the British Parliament and the British throne;
march with their militia to the conflict with
The trained veterans OF the Seven Years War:
r;,ad into confaderanyH ~ entering with calm
self-posession into alliance with the oldest
did, narrow belt of territory along the coast,
thinly peopled partially ceared-hemmed in
bv tho native savage. by the Alleghanians. by
the Ohio aud the Lakes-beh0ld them. dilating
with the grandeur If the position radiant IN
4 the prospective golrics Of their career--lmuch
checrinel-castinq abroad the germs of future
independent States, destined, and at no distant
day. not merely TO cover the face of the thr-
teen British colonies, but to spread over the
territories OF France and Spain on this conti-
nen,--over Florida and I,ouisianna--over New
Mexico and California--bevond the Misslssip-
nj bevond the Rocky Mountains-to unite
the Atlantic the Pacific Ocean the Arctic
and Torrid zones. in one greet network of con-
feSerate Republican Government. Contem-
plaie this and YOU will acknowledge the men
of Seventv-six 10 have been the b6ldest men
Of progress that the world has ever seen!--
Enthusiastic cheers.
These are the men whom the Fourth of Ju-
" invites us 10 respect and imtaie--the James
Otiscs and the Warrers. tho Frarklins and
J the Adamscs. the Patrick Iienrys and tho JEFF
I fcrsons. and him wlinsf may not name in tire
!, plural number brightest of the bright and pu
rest of The pure-Washincton himself Rap
turous checrsl But let'us be sure to initiate
! them. (or to strive to do 500 in all then
. great principles. i'm both parts Of their noble
: and Comprehensive policy. lApplaus Let u
u reverence them as they reverenced their pred
ecessors-not seeking to build up the future OF
y the ruins on all that had gone before, nor We
" to ohind down the living. breathing burning pres
: ent to The mouderine relics of dead past
!, Tcheersl l-bnt deducing the rule of bold ant
- - safe progress from the records Of wise ant
% glorious experience. Great applause1
y am trespassng unconscionablv. sir, upo
u the time of the company. ("Go onT 60 onl'
. But | will by your leave. add one further re
!" fiection We live at an era MS eventful. i'm IN
eS judgement as that of Seventy-six. though j
n different wayg We have no foreign yoke {
le throw off; but in the discharge OF the duty dc
u u. volyed upon MS by Providence, we have 10 ca
" ry the republican independence which OF
IA fathers achieved with all the organized institl
~ ,ions of an enlightened community institution
-, - of aeiqion, law education, charity and all Il
III thousnne graces of tho highest culture, ,beyor
~, '5 the ezra Nayada. perhaps in time around II
" circuit Of The Antilles: perhaps To the Arclpe
" ng es of The Central Pacific. (Great schee
ing) The, pioneers are on the way; who CT
lss tell how far and how fast they will travel.-
= Who that compares the North America of l75
e! but centnr, ago. and numbering but lit
u over million of souls of European origin;
,pe still more, the North American of 1853. VIII
ior there was certainly not fifth part of that nur
~ Dor, who that compares this with the Nor
." American of IS53--ts twenty-five millions
IAN European origin. and Is thir'y-onc States, "
ink ~ ,.i.. =, " go, I;o,;,s 90 o,r o,owib-v
sid .,.,s,,,a ,ho tin,a tobIo of o,,. Ir
" " prog res: or lift so much as corner of the c
70 tain that hides the crowded events of the co
roy inc century! Great cheering. This onl,
lSu can plainly see--the Old World is rocking
ieH its foundations. From the Gulf of Finla
ION to the Yellow Sea, everything is shaken.
'siy The spirit Of the age has gone forth to h
o'A his great review, and the kings of the ea
are moved to meet him at his coming. [Chee
eA CA, The band which holds the great powers Of
e.y ropo together in one political league, is stra
,"ct t ed to its u,nirst tension. The catastSo
uI" NAV for while he STAYED of, but to all appC
ous unces they arc hnrryng TO the verge Of one
'aPS those conflicts which, like those of Phars
j and Aclium affect the condition of States
man twice ten centuries. (Sensation.) The Tu
I, ! al ish Empire, encanped, PIT for four centu
iage on tho frontier of Europe, and tho Chlr
= va Monarchy, contemporary with David and
Us lomon. are alike crumbling. While these
pee vents are passing in the Old World. the
'ro", of emigration. which has no paro.lel in hi
,,n "nu nv. bnuring westward across the Atlantic,
'. " no eastward across the Pacific, to our shore:
~ III Tho real political vitality to the world So
,'. ."' moving to the new hemisphere, whose co
~. N,"s ti,n and fortunes it devolvos upon us and
w ,;- children to mould and regulate. [Great ch
,"r. ing
Pn,.' P Sir. Il is grand. let me say solemn tho'
lily wcll calculated sli the passions of the
'aoy and TO elevate US above tho pallry strife OF
,,n ,s,.- lies. [Applause.l IL teachcs us that We
S Ro ,.',s',,,,,,,,o,,s TN, ,bat aver ,levo
iuian Wv .i'oo. .o,;,rs nr mon I,ot NJ meet il
"ut corresponding temper and purpose, will
'Iotn wisdom OF n well instructed. experience,
pp;oes pp'; the foresight and preparation of glorion
"."S ture: not on the narrow platforms of :
oach, ponv{ J "up ,ohs prahosrs;rap so;r, ocsevcntv
e., 'r a fGreat and long continued chceriDg.]
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