New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-21

MON which blood had been poured out hxe
water the first blood Of independence-'rom
the purest veins Of our country. And We nave nshes
too Mr. President both in esrlier and IN our 'er
history which we should hardly be willing 70 afnu
are second TO any upon the historical catalogue NO
inoronafe appreciation of our oFn treasures VI ever
rendered US insensiole to the priceless ceremonies
which belorg 10 sister States. We rejoice To re-
member that each one Of them hiss something to be
proud of-some event, some name, some sssoci .ion,
some great American character, - whom their sou
has given birth, that all have something. Virginia,
with her Jamestown and Der forsioSn-the aPns
and ouega-the small beginning aud the glorious
close Of our colonial career Cheers With her trans
cep6ent and uncopquerable Washington. | wish
could End a title worthy of that name. Cheers
RI ode Island and airy and, with their Roger Williams
ana Calvert uoby contendng for the earlier assertion
of the great principle of toleration Pennsylvania,
with her peaceful, broad orimmed proprietary of
her Hall of Independence, and her grave OF
of Franklin; North Carolina with her Meckenourgh,
and South Carolina with her high-souled Hdguenots
and her heroic Marion; Georgi. with her chiValrous
ana benevolent Oglethorpe. cheers. why, or,
one might run through the whole catalogue OF Sttes
TO the very last without finding one that IS not asso
ciaied with some deed some great event, not merely
10 quicken the pulse and grsty the pride OF her owa
people but TO attract the admiration and TO arouse
The enthusiasm of every true hearted American c'ti,
zen Applause Yes, Sir the stars OF our political
SYSTEM Ike those of the armament above Us, diner,
but it il only in glory. Cheering
Second to none of them in all that constitutes the
true pride and glory OF history stands your own State
of New York with her early porer, Hendrix dud'on,
whose fate sadder than thai of hin VINO en-
listed the generous efforts OF oar own Grinneu VITO
her sturdy old Dutch settlers and governors the ue-
soenc ant of at least ene Of whom | was 81 I'd 20 see
here tonight and whose pecularities and ODDITIES
have been immortszed by your own Irving; WITH
her statesmen her men of civil and military sn,
Livingston, Clinton, jag, Kent, Hamilton, Rutus
Kiug-if il be that Massachusetts can allow You 10
Dr.. nsfF UrlI nAf
quarrel about that for it is wide enough for both
may it ever be a bond Of friendship aod love beseen
u.s. Let il not be forgotten that II was upon the soil
of New York the first formal proposition OF unon
made; that upon your own soil, az Sirhogh
the first decisive victory over the British forces,
which gave the earliest emphatic assurance that
American liberty could be indicated, wis gained.
" no could ever forget that II was upon your own
soil in this very City, that the Constitution OF tue
United States was originally organized-that ths
very air we iDbale has vibrafed 10 the breath Of
Washington when repeating the oath 10 uphold the
Constitution of the United States, administered by
your own Chancellor Livingston Great applause.
No wonder your Society is engaged-so earnestly aud
intently engaged-in illustrating the history of your
State when you have such history, so noble aud so
varied 10 illustrate. Let not draw these rem trks
20 q close without adding word more serious; with
out saying that we Ought none of us to be torgetul
that, after ALL Sir, there another work. work GO
ing on in this day and Observation-Disclosures that Ut
writing the history of ia hers and that is, the
acting Of our own parts in life Great ap-
plause We cannot live upon the glories OF
the post. Historic memories are precious aud
inspiring. Let US sustain our Institutions, let US
preserve our liberty, for there is another history
10 be written 10 which every State, and every
citizen at tn hour and every hour, is contributing
materials. In the generous rivalry of sister States,
each may furnish the most brilliant records ct the
POST but this should render regar iess of that
nObler rivalry, in which il becomes ALI more ardenty
and ambtiousy 10 engage | know no nobler
spectacle in the history OF the world than that Of the
multiplied States Of this Union joining With rtt-raal
competition which should add the brightest page 10
the history of II future the nobes example Of WE'LL
directed liberty, the most complete Illustration of tho
success of that republican experiment OF which our
soil has been provdentialy selected the scene. Ii
these thirty.oDe Commonwealth, ranged under cOsl-
mon banner from ocean to ocean, could be seen en-
gagged in such contention rs this instead of stcug
gle for miserable political mastery selfish as
tendency instead OF chershing a splrit OF mu-
tual jealousy and hate by striving to aggran-
die themselves either territorially or CONNER
cially at each others expense, should they be
seen labOring side by Eide to improve each
one its 0uR characterize reform each one its 0DH
abuses-tO abolish each one Its ocR wrODgs-to show
the best efforts of which civilization Christianity and
freedom are capable, what history would there be
10 the world hereafterl Who would not envy the
writer the privilege OF pennlDg such records Me-
thinks he would catch some inspiration from the
Psalmst Of ol0-his pen would be tina; of "a ready
writer No Geld and hesrtess skspticcoud portray
such progress; no Gibbon could deneate the glow
ing picture. He might be trusted with the task which
told the decline and fall Of empire, but theme like
hat would inspire new faith in him who WrOte-faith
in the capacity Of man for self-goverDment aud in
the ultimate prevalence Of the gospel Of Christ which
after all is the only and efectua instrument by
which either social or political lost in enthusiastic
applause that history is 10 be written ana when
written lie TO exercise influence the world for good
or for evil, such as no other uniDspIed history has
ever yet exerted. Ii is not too much tn say that
American hstory-the history Of these UDited States
and Of the several States-s to be the fountain to
mankind Of such hope or of such despair, "a they
have never yet conceived OF. Great applause You
have all heard bow the accomplished Lieut. Miury
has been engaged 10 gathering the old log books Of
your sailors out OF them to make wind and current
charts to render voyages across the safe
and speedy SO it would be with the log books of our
great republic and those lesser republics which sail
under a common flag. From those is TO be maize up
The great Ealing chart Of freeco n. Applause. God
grant that on no corner Of it shall be found the sad
record that here, upon some hidden rock or there
among the breakers, or there in q fatal fog by the
deserton Of some cowardly crew, sensation aud ap-
plause or by the recklessness Of some rSh helms
man, a 4" New Era" struck, fOundered, and went 20
pieces to the exultaton OF despos and the deep grief
IF ell friends Of freedom. lGreat applause Nay
i rather give encouragement to al who range
upon the same that there is a prosperous
voyage before them and q safe haven within their
reach Applause No one will doubt that our
voysge has BEEN 50 far, speedy one, unparalleled
by eny other nation. lately an official a;couat
hat one of our astronomers, in system which WAS
oDce supposed to contain only four i've asteroids
had found strange visitor, which proved to be the
thirty first asteroid in this mysterious system Aud
thought that that fact was not unembenstcal of
our history. Already the thirtyiIst 10 our po-
itcal horizon has been added by the war in Mexico,
whose hero We expected to see here to night. ZAP
Dlause While Congress were bestowng upon him
hat con memorative medal, we'll deserved AMI yet
10 meager record, the poet hne might be well
spple.c:
And yAnsushed realm, supplied recording gold"
Look at our country fifty years ago and look at Il