The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-03

he dsesvesy itssM e t.s I1nssisan ooat,sat ny,
think fairly b eonaAse most Extraordinary eveat
IN the history Of ts wsrM II this, o. il other easss
cog: q e.. sns n sSs
hsu>, il nsgnituis grows upon me with each suc-
o.saivs contemplation. That os.tiaent asarly a.
both sdss Of the squatorlying between The western
shores Of Europe and Africa and the eastern shore Of
were spo. place. ON thu !. sss. disco.
| very; . continent not inhabited indeed by civil
lied races, but ssil occupied BY one Of the faui
He's Of rational mae-that this great hemisphere say
should bsve LAID for FIVE
the boss% Of ,ss deep mystery 20 vastCwi.hio 70
marvel. Mute nature. II may express myself. had
made the discovery TO- the philosophers, for the pre-
: couu,srpo,s IN the west. DARK wooded tree. had
drsd the sea, and told Of the tropical forests
where they grew. Stupesdous ocean currents driven
wheeled Their mighty textures along the American
coast, and rsturned to Eurooe With tidings Of the
WY. (rismsndous spplau.s) But the fulnsss Of
time bad Dot yes como. Egypt and Assyria and Tyre
ard Carthage and Greece aud Rome must fourisb aad
fall before the sea- are broken. The aoeent civzs
ton mus b~ weighed In balance and found wanting
Yes, sDd more Nature must unlock her rarest nysts
res the quverps s'eel must learn to trembe TO the
pole; the Astrol.bs must climb the arch Of heaven,
science must demon ssrate the sbhericty Of tina EARTH
press must .cstsr The yipg rear OF medieval dsrIness
the crestvs instincts Of new political Intellectual aud
social life bsin to kinds into action and then the
He does go forth The discovery is mads-tae balsncs
of the globe Is redressed continent nearly equ. in
to light What Domeutous questions present them
selves AIoIber world Is 1t twin sister OF the
Client wofidS 1t bss mountains and rivers, and lakes.
and forests but does II contain the homes Of
cuva races who have pursued indie endeny Of their
Eastern brethren, separate perhaps higher paths OF
made immediate gain by the wonderful eveat which
has added 30 much to the geography Of the world as BE-
The first contact these questions ia the mega
avs The D.svs races apparently capable Of s,s%
nsss % c,%s uoon them borne on
winged monsters, a. they thought from beyond the sea-
careerrg strange qusdru peds-horse and rider. %
under that fearful ordnance which they
founded with the boed artillery Of tho skies; he
In al these terrors and he brought them death
Those that escaped have borrowed little from us
but the poisoned cup. the loathssme maady, the
murder ous we.ps. The slies are mild the soil is
less theatre for human enjoyment and actou-but
tho appointed agsnt not there Over the greater
down by eternal wars between neghboring tribes
at once In its Aecrepitude and infancy, had yet
risen to the pastoral stage Nature 10 fact had
not bestowed upon man the mute but faithful partners
Of his toiths horse the OK the sheep, and other still
humber as'ocietss .fose aid (dd but know it lie.
ct the basis OF bis civiz ion who furnish much Of
his food and clothing meat, milk eggs and wool aud
skins, and relieve hs weary muscles Of their heaviest
burdens Tfsre II no civilized population to stand no
and enter into equal comparison generous RIVALRY
with Europe The discoverer has come but the settler,
oOIOniBI, COnQuerOr-alASl
often the oppressor and destroyer-Ars to follow In
his train. By these various agepc ssjoyous
full through these paths Of triumph and woe, the cu
ture Of the old world in the lapse OF successive genera
tons reformed Of it's abuses enriched with arts
animated BY broader spirit Of humanity, Transferred
Is to be reproduced and perfected In the West ZAP
plsuFe.)
say to this company assembled on the shorss
Of the haven Tor which so many noble hearts that
terrible voyage throbbed with sickening exoectsnoy-
that quiet haven where the dover furled her latter
formed BY man. (Appause.) Truly the opus msaynuns
the great work OF humapty You bid me speak OF that
portion Of II which devolysd on the Pilgrims Would to
poor conceptions, and still more toat could fad con
ceptions not far below the august reality mighty
work Of Improvement, In which quot to speak o. what
has been dose In other portions Of the Door
solitary MsyfoweH SO to has multiplied herself Into
tie thousand vessels that bear the flag the Union 60
every has scattered her progeny through the land
TO the nun Der OF nearly quarter Of million for every To-
dvidua In that dropping company of hundred and
place OF the simple compact which signed in her cabin
has exhibited to the admiration of mankind constitu
cn Of republican for all this gre wing family
is IN infancy It must extend throughout the lsogth
and breadth Of the land and what not done directly ~
races, by the light Of example. Tao work-ths work
must go o. renewed applause 1t must roach at the
North to the enchanted Of the magnet within
melting barriers OF Arctic loci 1t must bow to the lord Of
day on the sltpeak Of ChimborAzo must look AID
on the xt:ns se Fen se az cliff
the last pronoatory ON the Pacific which catches the
pan i rs o. the :s,sDg sun must make tn. out
gladstone Light Of morals and letters. and arts ZAP
plsuse) Emperors, and kings. and parhamsnts-ths
Oldest and the strongest governments in Europs-must
engage in this work in part other Of the CONT
nsnt but NO part Of it shall be faithfully aud sue
ccssuy performed that which undertaken on the
spot where We gatheI ed by the Pilgrim Fathers
OF New tuaiapd (Applause.)
salutary hAdships. Formidable difficulties beset them
from tho first Three years of weary negotiation had
fssd to these noble the sAno
tanned its reluctant and ,act peruisio to Danish them
selves to the ends OF the earth and their shattered pr
ate crtunesiaioweo but themeanes outfit; but on the
barted handful Of Pilgrims to lay this spot the
fousdatoa not only Of this beloved New England
but of all that portion Of Uaited America which traces ss
descent 10 this vensia'ed stock
When we contrast the heart stricken company which
on that day kne ana ~spt the quay at Delft Haven
TIN the spectators-igno ut Of the Iaos In
which their prayers were offered and the deep
OF grief from which their wed yet fain
to melt in sympathetic tears-~hen We compare them
with the busy prosperous millions Of present New
England, We seem to miss that due proportion
results and their which history delights to
secret.
There are two master ideas, greatest OF the spiri.
tuAl images enthroned in the nisd Of man. the only
ones, comparatively speaking, which deserve . name
among men springs Of all the g'.nd bensdosnt
movements OF modsrn times by whose uhusnce tho set
tement Of New England may BIZ nationally OK olaf oed
You have anticipated me- descendants Of tins Pilgrims;
these great IDEAS are Gcd sad Liberty these that
inspired our fathers by these that their weakness was
cothed with power that their simplicity was tran smut.
ed 70 wdon by these that the great miracle OF their
enterprise WAS wrought. (Appause.)
an aware that to ascribe such result even In mart
to the influence OF religion will sound like we atuess
ana superstition in this material AEGEAN age at once
supremsy tkepteal and supremacy credulous which ID
ready 70 believe In hing spiritual rather than God
and admits all marvel but the nter position Of his provi
denoe-an ago which supposes thing Of every days
occurrence to evoke from tns awful rest the spirits Of
the great and good and believes that master ineecs
which, while they vedobstructcd with these organs Of
ppause rAvished with ths tongues OF
men,, and have nov cast of ''this muddy vsstare of
decay" and gone whore they speak with 'ths tongues
OF angels can yet find medium Of oommunicsuou
from the eternal world but w1stched inartcuate rap
pings and gatherings which pothouse clowns would be
ashamed to in thsir wsha each other
(Applsuse) A II mAtchlsss Choate Tor Instance
who has just electrified the land with burst Of soq
not easily paralelsd In the line Of time. sent with
message from higher stats Of being would come skuk-
Ing and rapping behind the wansoo instead of coming
in robes OF light, with voice like tho music of the
this and rat danhts md .nas.s Ia 1870. -s~Lis