New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-11-25

go. s,ens 10 wiC direotiy and Indirectly II gaze rise
1eB WIS seen the I'll yaIss 81 pous ancessy o. sound
ysg9u education not es IN INC ,asn asi IN,
conducted he elnOet hopeless struggle Oh young ttesi
against old nisrale The world had seen many nero
bot truly fnsgnaninous than W asniaS.on.
many dplon atlst bat none more truly honest than
Franklin many patriot Senate, but none more truly
worthy of admiration than that which Proclamed ms IN
dependence q the Uaifed States Then. likewise. was
the interpolation Of Providence most plainly mani
tested Not only did unframed mitiamen defeat expert
enced veterans and generals taken from behind the low
outnDcuycr commanders grown gray In the service -
% force entire armies surrender that had
been trained 10 the conHc, the fierce battle fields Of
Europe.
But s,i wonderful the despos Of Europe strained
every to fight the battles Of freodom in America
Blind to their interest the most proagate Of men
supporied the pure OF In their eager zeal to
humble the oyorgrOgn power OF England they not
that they were undermining their own. Little all the
fortunate Louis OF France, the mbecis Charles Of
Spain think that the great principles they helped SO t
umhantiy to establish in America would give an impulse
to human thought which in notion would not rest
after had hurled tho and his family from tho
throne, and consigned 10 years Of dresry captivity the
worthless descendants Of the other That impulse Is sill
at work far between aud frequently unsuccessful as its
efforts have BEEN they have s,in proved productive OF
good and who forete what Is hidden In the womb Of
time And when at length the Independence 81 these
States was recognized and ts habsn.s aereght wears
of destructive warfare more began to enjoy the bless
ings Of peace, in what condition were they rheir
country impoverished and overwhelmed with debt their
cities and especially this great City OF New York in ruins
and their customary relations of commerce broken.
But for oil those Disadvantages they were more than
compensated by one single word-they were free And
with the energy OF eemen, with the unity aud brsihery
love- which during the eventual struggle had animated
every breast and bound jew and Christian Protestant and
Catholic in the indssoluhe bonds of true patriotism gen
une love of country they went to work 10 improve their
condition. Their first % form constitution and
10 establish that federal union, which while respects ths
rights Of each secures the welfare Of all The mind looks
with reverence the acuteness capabilities ana foresight
Of those statesmen in the highest sense Of the word
who formed the legislative Union Of these free Staesa
Union, the system Of which with lis distinct State rights
and s eentrs seat 81 power not unkethe work OF God
in the solar system where many planets each within its
own orbit move round magnificent centre that warns
enUghtcns and regulates the whole Wen might the pous
Washington in reply address presented to HIN by
the Hebrew Congregations of Philadelphia. New York.
tharloston and Richmond, make OF the rcmNklble
expression In war the Almighty directed the sword and
Tin peace he has ruled in councils lie has ruled!
The ordinary lifetime of has not yet elapsed since THAI
great system began to exercise It's wise aud sautay ndu
AID how immense is the progress that has been the
fruit of that influence how greatly surprising the most
rOus advance Of this mighty Republic This leads me to
the second point of our examination but in taking leave
Rod cannot look back It's manifold yicssudes With
ont the heartfelt conviction OF the applicability Of
The Lord did distinguish thee with what is good
From the past history proceed to the present cond
ten Of this happy land Its condition. MATERIAL mental
moral alike calf for thanks and bear ont the words Of
our text. Its material greatness who can rival Hr
Pacific possessing territories equal extent to all Europe
inhabited by twenty three millions of active intelligent
ton every twenty years this young Republic already holds
high rank among the most powerful States OF the world.
The vaor of her citizen soldiers and seamen has baon al
ready tested by two wars the results OF which place her
above dread of aggression and permit her to devote all
her energies TO the remuneratiye pursuits of peace. In
commerce. in agriculture in manufactures she ranks with
the first Her flag is and respected every her
merchants princes her traders the honorable Of the
earth And be 1t remembered that here wealth Is not
cumulaed in the hands OF the few while aect poverty Is
the hopeless lot of the many Mo- Within her bounds
there for ALL freedom for ALL abundance for all tho
comforts of home domestic bliss and independence within
Each day sees some conquest achieved in the prm.
eya forest; tract of waste land subjugaed and
brought into cultivation. Who're the wretched wig
and ito inmates sole occupants, stately Cities
fourishng villages blooming farms smile on tho eye;
where the whOop of the solitary hunter the only
human sound that struck the may now be hoard the
hum Of busy thousands On the rivers aud lakes where
the fragile alone adyenturcd on ts unsteady course
hundreds Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS alike of wind aud
tideproudly glide along Those vast forest within which
few hunger pnched savages roamod in quest of doubt
fu subsistence become the granares OF tho world
And ell this has been the work of less than 20 years
The Union, which in 1880 numbered ID States,
the figures and numbers 81 while several territo
res organized and preparing to take their ranks az
states nery not mpera Rome IN tne alaSss Oh Ssr
Great Britain in the pentude of her power excel tho
already boundess though yet in their infancy
of the United States. IT, next, contemplate the
tai condition of the people, shall find there, likewise.
much to admire, much to be thankful for grant that the
learning Of the schools i perhaps more successfully cat
l grant that yet America has produced Bentley
Person. no Milton or Schiller. I grant that as yet no
American has equacd the painters composers of the
Oden World. But ii in ancient lore pleasing arts
America cannot claim to excel in whatever Is OF real
utility, in whatever has direct bearing the welfare Of
stcey, the mental condition of the United States Is second
TO other country. Nowhere is education widely
spread truly appreciated. While authentic records
prove that In France in every nine and in England
four every nine and cannot WRITE scarcely
native American in ten abors under this dsadyan
tsge So that upon the Who'll: wnen we examine the men
tecondton OF the country while we admit that tho merely
ornamental culture Of the mind is still limited we may
with confidence and thank God for H. that the useful
more generally cultivated, more widely dfased, than
in any other land.
Lastly, and "a regards the moral condition of these
States who differ In faith from the great majority
are bound 10 own that among native Americans deep
Of religion TO be found That with the true feel
ngs Of freemenwho all their lifetime have recognized no
earthly superior and who acknowledge dependence
on God alone,-they venerate Him, and put their
trust in Him This combined feeling of religion and free
dom produces that self control which fits for self gov
eminent and by the example II sets, exercises the
sautay influence others The most turbulent spirits Of
Europe reekng from tho violent schemes they had tried TO
carry out to these States, and after short soourn
settle down into quiet industrious citizens Though In
large cities where the natives Of many countries congre
gate much vice is doubtless to be found-though in 70
mote districts club law 10 extent prevails and acts Of
though throughout the length and breadth of the land
Marnmon worship with Jew and Gentle prevails to la
mentebIe extenfthough the nordnae lust Of gain and
ts attendant reckless speculation aud unpdncPsd trad
ing have more than been visited with ind ydusl suf
feIing widely spread almost 10 affect the ntionm
the general condition Of the people good
the foul coruptions widely spread watch poison the
social system in the Old World comparatively
nown here The sobreiy conugal fidelity. the purity Of
intercourse between the sexes which have long bean
the distinguishing virtues OF the lsraeife Tar
generally pracsed by the people Of this country than 10
any otter SO that upon the whole its moral coalition
offers much to admire: much 70 thank God for