The Yazoo City weekly Whig., 1853-08-12
EIne nnissiom or America.

Whoever refers fhe mighty events of his
tory, the great epochs q The worlds life,
to chance. d u sny cause les digniied and
ample than divine law seeking Il establish
the dominion ol truth and justice il the
hearts and institutions of men. and which
therefore turns and oyerturns'' whatever
opposes its supremacy. seems 70 us feeble
in faith and limited il perception. .
History is the common rosary Of the race,
where the occurrences Of time are strung ON
the golden thread Of an Infinite purpose,
beginning and ending in The eternities. each
event marking the prayer and the promise
Of man. and it, reward according to its de-
serts.
The great commissions which history chron-
icles indicate the continual effort Of this d.
vine life to return to normal conditions in
al It's manifestations; all changes and tu.
mults spring from the throes Of its infinite
vigor, striking at the foundations Of every
thing not based on itself, struggling per-
|petnally for its own highest expression, seek
ling to be glorifed in the life Of men and
nations.
Even the physical conditions Of the earth
are but the sympathy Of the planet with
man; the confusion Of the house, exhibiting
its relation to the occupant: the anarchy Of
the state at the dethronement of its rightful
ruler; the material proclaiming its subordi-
nation to the spiritual.
There is no infdelity so bold as that
which denies God in the antagonisms of the
race. and the consequent desolation Of the
earth, and refuses to recognise Him in the
neyer-ceasing mutations Of the world.
On the Fourth of July, 1875, Nation
was born into the world. In thesfullness of
time came whole people with a special
mission. and gifted with ample means to ac-
complish it
Il was truly time of the resurrection Of
principles so long cruciied and buried by
the violence and unbelief Of the ages.
For the first time in history Nation arose.
resolving to depend for It's expansion and
permanence upon the mate excellence of
humanity.
Rejecting the old instruments of National
Kingcraft and Priestcraft. it re-
solved to rely upon the afinities Of man for
its unity and power. Il ayowed its belief
not only in.the inalienable right Of humani-
IL to selfgovernment, but in its immediate
fitness. and it proceeded at once to inaugu-
rate it into power, dethroning the old tyran-
nies, and leaving the new Rule to swing out
into its sphere and go forth on its majestic
mission Whatever may be said of the
failure of our Fathers t. recognize the full
est application of their principles to all the
people and to every evil. there is a sublime
beauty in their faith in man and their reli-
ance upon the Right, which must forever
commend them to our admiration of the fu-
ture
In whatever they we're deficient, it is our
mission to supply. It is our privilege and
duty to go beyond their limitations. to the
extent Of our broader opportunities: to hand
their work to the future enriched by the
contributions of our own time and labor.
Their degree Of faith in man, and their
efforts to promote his welfare, have their re-
ward--in which we participate--in a mate
terial prosperity, a political and commercial
growth unparalleled inshuman annals.
The mission of America. so far as to de-.
monstrate the superior power Of freedom to
subjugate nature and develope material re-
sources. is largely fulfilled; but there remain
the higher portions Of that mission: to solve
the great political and social problems; to
organize and perfect industry: to promote
and exalt art; to unfold and popularize sci
ence; TO make education as accessible as sir
and sunshine; to infuse religious truth into
the popular heart; enlarging and confirming
the dominion Of enlightened conscience, and
thus establish and perpetuate liberty, and
extend her blessings to all our people. and
the force Of our example and moral energy
to all the world.
To accomplish this glorious mission we haYe.
ali possible means. II our country an illimi-
table domain, encircled By oceans, the high..
ways Of the world, intersected by majestic riv-
ers, adorned BY fertile valleys and lofty moun-
tains, and boundIess plains, filed with objects
Of wonder and beauty and utility, presenting
every variety Of climate, and Astounding IL the
of each u perfeetiOn, where the
conner from ever part Of the globe may find