The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1853-08-06

following ey!raets from the remarks Of the
Hon. Ed4srd Everett at the Fourth Of u.
ly dinner At Boston:
trust. sir. tbs, tho fosvsh Of Jsly will
ever continue TO 10 celebrated 40 Il has
been to-day. understandingiy ~ we'll ~
enthusiastically +; because il fsrDishes q
once the most instructive and glorioss u
luslraiion Of the union Of the two great
principles Of stability and progess. on which
our Independence WAS originally foundsd,
on which our prosperity. At THE present
day, rests Us upon its corner stone and be
whose cordial alliance and joint working
alone. the great designs Of Providence in
reference to our beloved country can 10 fuI.
filed
am the moro desirous. Or, Of making
this remark on the present occasion with
some emphasis, because there 10 on the part
Il many-p.rhHps Of most-persons among
Us. disposition to separate these two great
principles-to take no enc 10 the neglect
Of the o'her--snd consequently IN ef-rt to
do violence TO both. A. IN all party divis.
iona 81 in this we throw ourselves pass
sionni.ly into the cause we have embraced,
push it. peculiar views beyond proper lin.
its. overlooking MI reasonable qualifications
and forget that practical wisdom and plain
common sense are generally found about
half way between the two extremes. As>
roidiugly there srs and rlasys have been
smops us, ~ Ia all counties where thought
and speech are free, men who rive them.
selves up. heart and soul. 10 the reverence
of the past; they can do justice to no VIE.
dom but The wl.dom Of ages; and il an in>
s'itutlon Is no. tim.>honored. it 10 very apt
by them not 81 he honored at all. They
forge, tina, the tall oak wa. onr- an acorn,
ard lhs, the oldest lhings had beginning.
! his class of men received few years sgo
in England the designation Of conserva.
lives" from their disposition TO msiu,ain
things just ss they aye. Recently. in this
courtry. they have been called by the rs,h.
er unpromi.ug nnme Of "old foeiss." the
origin and precise import of which are
uusnowu to me.
Be, these prineiples and feelings are not
the Whole OF our nature. They are por>
tion only OF these sentiments which belong
10 " ns men ~ pat lots. 10 Chishm,.
We DO nc. err when We cherish them, bot
when we cherish and set on them exelu.
siyely forgetting that there is another elisa
OF feelings aud primo plcs-- oiifercn, though
not ntagoui,iic--w which form another SIDE
TO our wonderfully complicated existence.
J This Is the side to which an opposite
class IN .he communit, devotes itself excla.
siyely They are the men OF progress.
OF u. they sometimes call themselves. in
INIT nl stn.tl.r dast,,..in.s 10
countries OF Europe, " Young America. "
Either from natural s'dor OF temperament.
or the ier,id spirit Of youth OF impotence
caused by constant meditation on the Abu>
sea which accumulate IN most hulIs.a con-
Germs Ia the lapse 0, time they get to think
thu, every thing which has existed for .
considerable time is AT abuse that corse~
Quenily to chang. is, as = matter Of course.
to reipfu--io lnuovais. OF necessity an i'm.
proven-nt They do not consider tina, II
this notion Is carried too far i, becom~s sui.
cidal II condemns their own measures, aud
Justihes the mex, generation in sweeping
away their work As femorseiesslv ~ they
are disposed to sweep away the work OF
their predecessors
See these undaun'cd patriot, in their Oh.
scure caucus gatherings. In their town meet.
ings, IN their provincial assemblies. IN their
continental Congress breathing defiance to
lh. Brush Parliament and the british
throne mneh with their raw militia 10 the
conflict WIN TIE trained veterans OF the sev.
-" years war "l'ne" them, group OF
colonies eA'.nipo"1ed INTO conIedersey.
entering WIN cain eel possession INTO
nll'anc" ann the oldest monsrehy OF Eu.
rope "d occupying as they d'd a na'fo~
n"i' OF territory sio'g INC coast. 'hinly Peo'
PIED pafuSiy cleared; heminsd In BY me
native savage oN Inc Aii~xha"'-s, Nv me
Quo ana 'he l"ke' behold them. dlat'ny
WIN he e'Hnde'r OF The pos',len. r"d'an' !"
The prospective gi'''e' o. 'hef career. cas'>
'hg "b' o'a 'he eefNs o. 'a'nre Independents
states destined, Al no distant DAY. not mere
" to cover tue lace OF TIE th't'se" bntish
colonies, but to spread over the tsrritot'es
ol france ana Spa" on 'h'' continent. over
I ilof'ds and Louisiana. over New Mexico
aud 'aliiornn beyond The M's''ssPp'. bs.
yond Inc Rocky Mountains. 10 unite the
Atlantic and the Racine oe~sns, The A'cho
and the o'fid tones ~ one great network
OF confederate republican government Con
template TINS. aud You WI acknowledge
The men OF seventy SIX 10 have been the
ho'dr'' me" OF progress That me world has