Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-08-02
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pulpit and calldDdinm upon the whole body of
theclsrg5, there is occasionally a strong defence
Of our common interests BY some Of those who, who
a Christians, are taught 10 submit to the laws
with cheeTfslness and faith.t b q, gln,4ovg q.,n
~ The following is an epitome of an oration de-
liyered at Burlington College, New Jersey, on
the y4th Of July last, by the Episcopal Bishop
(Doane)i of that state,b We extract from the
Church JoHrnGla ii bn5 ;-1e'DaiiT6g .Hi17og,uL
The exercises were commenced BY the reading
o. the Declaration offndependence, by Mr., Will
lam, Vanderpoob astudent of the College. This
was followed by the ihj ,y'i.~+paH 10 ,o7o,-r3di
s'l''s y oKATIoN BY THE PREslDESr 81. s... ' *
Bishop Doune adverted first to- the fact, that
the Gentleman's Mdgaaine commenced in London
one hundred and twenty!three years since, had
adopted The motto, which was to be seen upon our
patoual escutcheon--fE Pturibas Unum, 1T was
a curious coincidence In the magazine the al
usion was to its being made up ofarticles collec-
ted from the public papers; In its national adap-
alton it expressed perfectly the character ofihe
Republic--onc State made up Of many others,
and in its most literal senseA''of several, one"
Those words expressed perfectly the nature Of
our great American Commonwealth, set forth in
a, naton system SUCH as the world had never
seen before. IbSj % sii" .ntij1't't 7ss.os feqt
It had rot been left to the Year which gave gave
the constitution to- the, thirteen United States of
America tob originate the idea of a. confederate
government. They had been Formed in every
age. But they all bad been. accidental, mper-
feet and u1nsuccessfu ,and, therefore transient
and in no case had they been E Pluribus Imam.
Either the severaly had divided or dissolved the
unit absorbed the seyeraIty had divided or dssol-
we'd the unit, or the unit absorbed the seyeralty.
In our case the trainers Of the constitution had
met the great problem of plural unit, This
was in l776, In two years more the articles OF
confederation and perpetual union were adopted
without the faintest promise of union, without the
slightest prospect Of perPetutyh the party com
promise Of, men engaged in contest for existence
with the most )werful nation Of, the worid-ai
lltle fitted for the purpose ofTa sgreat nation al
one Of the frail barks Of Columbus would be fol
the bombardment Of Constradt-yet such wat
the spirit of the men, and such their determine.
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