The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-04

exists To- eAy Thsse would have BEEN q barrier aaans
Of the open Of welcome which the Land extends to
ths Europe could net have sent over freely
my.isds Of thrifty and aspiring souls the ds,
Of history would have flown back towards the es Hoer
~ would have had far different annals than those which
spot tho east three centuries with light and the coons
have swept through China and Hndostsn stadsn.s OF
history have often pointed TO the evident providence
that opened this nsw theatre for human s,tivty and
these infinite sveDeus for society In the fresh western
hemisphere just At the time when Professionalism was
strong In the Old World and the human intellect quick
longing for now career The mountaia chains too. No
tod the great copdencrs placed BY nature here
and there aopg continents to rob the win ds OF their
to distribute them afterwards the surrounding
plains Their vet and cloudy submits to be untir.
ingy occupied with this important work. But the side
OF the chain opposite to the winds receives guam
tity Of rain much beyond that which falls on
of mountains not only divide the spaces bat sepsrse
different snd often opposite climates On the eastern
side OF the Andes and Rocky Mountains for In
souri, and the Mississippi born there and the
try fertile beyond example Bat on the other side,
next to the Pacific tn. sky Is bright and dry Moisture
What therefore, again, II the Andes and Rocky Moua
tns had been on the EASTERN instead Of the western
coast Of America? Besides the barrier To emigration
have spoken OF there would hsve been only strip Of
vcry fruitful soil the eastern sides Of the mountains
facing the Atlantic while the oher sides would have had
es rain and feeble rivers and the great prsrer OF the
est and South which the power and tho fut Of
country WOULD have been deserts hestas 80 the
mountains by their location. ara prescbers OF provi-
denoe eloquent prophets and beaoons OF natural rsi
gon America the physical geo. raphers tell IL the
county Of plains So IL is. The pra,ries and broad
valley Of the Mississippi zeal country But let
hope that morally 1t is not 10 be plain country Free
dom, virtue thrift religion denizeDs of the mountains
The bieges Of the bills nurture the strength AND pty
Of human nature Perhaps that is the why tina
prov OF the Ma flower pointed by providence
towards New Esgsod The rough and rugged coil,
the butt emf q the land = a. DR. Beechsr onoe
calad H. and the bleak winds from snowy biits, was
to strengthen the virtues that hereafter should
ionige the inviting and fertile West Nee Engisnl
and has been the mober OF the character of the
she brain to turn Behemofh and she must keep that
character she must til,rinute mors health and
gy and vgof from Der h 20 the southern and Western
owands II the psipf TO ne aety AID not ,oseap
by the wealth and kuy they bring TIE moral lrid
has It's sccnery well the Daturai and the
It's srnrhine and its clouds Some have eye for the
moral weird, have appreciation for tbs phyN-
cal world II s alike, and there diversity
OF talents IL would be ons bog .rsh The epssksf
then wsSt on TO compare poets. painters aod ml-,a
artista, TO delightful mountsins TyTan's and warriors
mountains of terror Napoleon shuuso Mount
Heca not belching forth it's fiery lava but ssudBg
in the midst OF desolation Palestine the couuu,
Of moral Mountains. The cultivation Of the sent-
nents which the world calls visionary is the only "a!
TO visions (Lsuehter)
The lecturer concluded an eloquent description OF
mountsins, which he called Coos great pillars Of
etone' amidst loud applause.