The daily union., 1854-07-28

resoiui active intrepid inexhausble in resources elastic
IN vgor and IN freshness huoyapt and hoping and
executing amid every ing every danger and diff
Guilty, and disasiertrufnphng everywhere and in all
thing Philosophy could have argued this complexion for
the men nose aters nrAse. much beyond the ocean
and would philosophy hare won less than the fame of pro-
phecy by her Judgment
Lei us trace few Of the Influences which have been NJ
work in this country and which than all Others have
been felt in the development a Us character and power
l. With the beneht of the experience Of other great
the United States have inherted e the abuses
which in them have been oonsecraied BY time and which
be touched by the hand Of the reom without
aangering the whole framework Of s9cery ts 'nus thai
the Iauotisn of Europe Is conservative whilst that OF
America may boldly approximate TO radicalism. We may
touch the springs Of society rearrAnge delicate
ehinery without the apprehension which IL felt in other
governments Of throwing The whole into insxrcsble dis
order.
rotsans and all has been guaranteed in every period o
history The divorce of church and State the indie
with he church. the State has been able TO derive
such sanctions for It's the most imposing upon
The minds Of and the fatal their hberties De-
grsded and corrupted by such contact The church, ts
iespoism the conscences Of has crashed
all religion Better all the isms which Cur fire.
system has brought; all the scandal oi fanatic
far better than the iye system the trading IN church
benefits and presentations the courts ecclesiastical the
thunders of accommodation the prIacey estates Of
the clcrgyrobbng honest industry Of It's hard-earned
gains and converting mic sn engine et s'h.snaoas
plumber the meek and lowiv religion of Christ The
igon OF America is the spontaneous Offering OF the heart
and in eievating and eiargng IT. has impaired TO
little of power Free TO choose lorm of worship
and contribute il please its support,
people already inered TO by II 900 cierRyen have
constructed 3s 600 churches Of $5T
and have ehurchroem TO Accommodate at one sitting lar
900 900 OF people
3 There are no privileged clnsses in Americano rank
except that Of nobility except that of the intel
ec and the heartno title of distinction higher an that
of the gentleman which its ulness OF meaning in
country, involves all and often than all that is
claimed abroad for proudes earl marquis duke prince
us 10 the son Of the mechanic and The millionaire What
premium is here offered to the yrtueswhat field for pro-
motion energy and talent splendid ancestry may,
indeed sometimes lluine the to greatness, and fur
models for the descendant 1t often the ust
foafon of Incidence and the paation OF vice The merit
Of dead men, when claimed for the living, like
told the which would not be there bnt
for their bright originals in heaven Wealthy Glasses we
have and shall hayenen essnnged from the cares
and necessities daily busness-men 10 Toe the patrons
and of letters and cultivate them in elegant re-
poseretired scholars and gentlemen Such necessary
70 correct the strong material tendeaeies OF our
teach them that there is progress OF the moral ana ING
intellectual well OF the phy sica-hat authors and
artists and poets and books necessary as railroads
and teegraphsthat letters important as land We
these and they presenting themselves In
the forest with nature and the savage America
busy acting out her great national epic to
had time write it, Let Europe sneer al oar want
of literature We have begun at the base and not at the
apex We teaching the people to read books which ~
more than she has ever The mines Of thought which
are being sprung throug reading masses WILL as
the pressure Of the physical is entirely removed
give Augustan aud Ezabethan ages which snau not
be memorable by their exception.
In the United States Local legislation has been left
where ii ought be- the hands OF Local leg slate whitn
the greatest safeguard that could be devised AGAINST eA
legislation the bane OF all other coun-
The The government be brought home 10
the peope the more Intimate viii be the part they viii take
tie greater the responsibility exacted the wiser and
intelligent the rules Of action adopted Local egsa-
cain tter understand the Interests and wants OF their
constituency than could central Congress legs,ating IN
detail FOR great communities Under system like ours
there for the tyranny Of sections but each IS
entirely adequate its security and protection Thus
power distributed and not concentrated Tins may 1t
subjected wise restraints and preserved most eject
ualy for good and least effective for evil We md here
what may called 'he compromises Of the American s
tenn Let IS adhere TO them. The encroacinent made
to-day upon the reserved rights OF the weakest and most
of co-sovereigns Will tomorrow weave YOKE
or nechs IL this great system is to be preserved
.here respect paid the rights of all OF its parts
The North well as the South the East as wei as the
Vest share equally OF the benefits or the burdens
Only ruin follow the inracnon Of the rights and
privileges of any section Melancholy experience has
Taught US this and may profit by that experience
8 The peope of the United States have been
of their affairs without ineiTneddiing with
those of others The exceptions hare been lew and ought
be called IN precedent The Father OF the refuohc
eounseled this course suited and en-
ahiine the better be employed IN the deveiop-
. ment OF our own nationality. Moral influence we may
give TO the struggles OF brother republicans ahroadwse
sounse sound examples without setting ourselves UP as
the propagansts Of political principles or entering upon
Don Quixote crusade against oppression and wrong
throughout the world Let Europe, or the present. hght
out her own battles Her old and decayed system mast
crulne down-her people must be born again before the
can he fitted for the m blaze Of the light Of liberty which
dazzes eyes Time alone can bring about fhis
Who would be free themselves must strike the poN
The liberties the millions and herenier nhahitipg
our country w be task enough for one naon adeGaaieg
to maintain guard The Greeks are AT our doors
rule Of ancestors Is ever 10 be departed
fron,and II is not claimed applicable rigdly 10 every
period national bengbe case must be one OF ar
greater merit than Europe has presented IN thc nst
half centurr Now that the Old World IS likely 20 be
courused agan-that the fires which have been III by
| Cossack and Turk By the shores OF the Bosphorns
threaten general confasra Poand and Italy,
and Hungary be found again asserting IN arms
tneir liberties and naiionahuesthat Engish bayonet
aud french artillery shall awaken all the dire elements
Of war which have Numbered SO long from the Baltic TO
the indeed win il be for US 70 resist
The pressure from ympahie and retain our riss n
irag Much VIII there be to gall our pride much 70 tax
and outrage the modest sentiments OF the
heart vet once yield and become involved IN these
great Struggle and when and where shall We re disen-
tangled from them The drama OF our futare VIII be one
Of volencs aud blood Neither manhood nor regon re-
qnir rom greater love for Others than for ourselves
we arg doing rnore lepubicansm throughout the
world by furnishing it home proving in il The prac
ncahity Of republican institutions, when wisely framed
and administered than could be afforded by all the ma
,rnl aid and which fleets and armies could
carry rallny of 1ngahaIn sustained by The Pres
bv Congress has sufficiently aroused Europa %
The fact that republican America wel knows how and
when 10 extend The protection OF its flag and the power Of
| its nationality.
Freedom OF speech and OF the press are the inalien-
ae hirthright of the American citizen With such levers
wrat abuse cannot be probedwat outrage redressed
We dare 10 speak thoughts and 10 print them fhis
magic power the press OF work throughout the and
Two thousand FIVE hundred newspapers are discussing
and celebrating measures Of policy and criticsng the
actions OF public Il power that is huadred-eJ ed
and ryuel and sleeps not-watchiu senues OF