New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-22

mechanical power Of steam 10 the service OF the use
converted tie stssm.Bsls into marine power, and
zen, It abroad or al lakes, rivers, aud oceans, On
agent Of commerce. knowledge, cvllix ston and free
dem. Yet we SELDOM recall the previous and indis-
peI cable suties Of the Marquis OF Worcester, who
oopsced his invention Of the steam engine itself In
those words full Of piety and benevolsnce Of
1bl. q God ps1. 70 the, cssh are ore FOR creation
Scst ef s.sre beneficial 10 al mankind, I" this wssresu
We chet,fally accord renoxn to Morse, who pro-
6ucsd the electric eles rsph but prone to for
get that FI kiln discovered the germ Of that great In
veniion by boldly questioning the aweins pi,ing light
nings in their native skies.
there 10 abundant excuse for the popular neglect Of
peaceful social iefcrmers Either they eng aged In
apparently ioie snd visonsry speculstors or else oc-
cupied in what teems even more absurd 90 obstinate
contention with the prevailing political philosophy OF
cir aSe. Those specu sioDe assume the consistency
Of scien ,ethst contention the dainty of knowedxe-
only when, In some later age the principles thel 40.
pourctd have been established. Meantime tney psss
for nsconteDts aud fanatics. The rude TASTE OF So
ciety generally delights In hemes and characters which
are sounding marvellous, and magnificent; aod preers
TIE Tach the camp the .ieg ne sO' sy
tupes tre victory, The agoIies Of the night which fol-
lows II, snd the powp and reve)ry OF the day which
bsDisbes the complaining memories OF thai fearful
light TO the human srans placid studiee or the be-
wiI6eripg debates Of polemc politics.
Excussble, no ever, as the injustice which have
described IT, it is nevertheless unwite aud injurious.
dfcOur6geB necessary, NOBLE, Beno'Ouse
and is chief among the bolwarks OF superstition aud
6esooiism. The energies OF men can never remsin
eta iopay nation &c at will not toll rate tue activity
of intellectual energy In the pursuit OF political truth,
must expect the study Of that tuth to ceaee. ma
ton that "a ceased to produce original and inventive
uinds restless In advancing the Landmarks OF knoyl-
edge and freedom, from that moment has begun TO
recede toward isnorad ce and slavery. Every stage
bss kwsrd renders its return more hopeless
am sure that this great error will not last always,
and yet do think it is near its end. How long it
shall endure, s known only to Him who, although ne
commands US TO eow and to plant with undou ousg
faith that we shall reap and gather the fruits OF our
culture reserves to himse never heless, not only the
control but even the knowledge Of the forthcoming
seasons.
1t is because am unwilling to forego proper %.
casion for o. posing that that am here to cee.
brae over the graves OF the FOreathers on THIS dSy
devoted TO their memories the virtues the labors and
the suffenpgs Of the Puritans OF New Eng land and
Old England My interest In the celebration lie not,
like your own derivec but only reflected one. !
am not native here, nor was born to the manner Of
ih's high and holy Observance. The dogmstical ex.
positions Of the Christian beme by the Puritans have
not al OF ether COMMANDED my acceptance. shall,
therefore refrain from even an approach to those inner
pa Is Of my great theme, Justly familiar TO your &C.
customed orators which reach the profoundest depths
of reverence and love in the bosoms of the lnea de-
ecep dants OF the founders of New-England. few
years after the des,h Of Napoleon stood before the
majestic column in the Place Vendome that bears bis
statue. When ash cd who scatter there's thousand
wIes BIS of flowers, freshly gathered, that covered Its
base, the came quickly back, All the world.
So only Of the same vast constituency, cheer
fullJ lend my voice to aid your noble purpose OF erect
ing here wor bier and more deserved monument to
the memory Of the Pilgrims. II ia, indeed quite uI.
necessary to their fame yet is, aas only too necss
sary correct the bias OF the WORLDS Judgment of he
Ioic worth Make ts foundations broad as the domain
which the advsniurtrs of the May Flower, peacefully
al without injustice, rescued fon the tramp of cav
age tribes Let its material be of the mperso ab'e
tubs Of these everlasting hills Let Its devices
and scIptions be colossal as becomes the emblems
and tributes which commemorate O. worlds eyer-up-
beavDg de- iverance from civil and religious desoot
s1 Let its shaft rise so high that shall cast ito al
shadows changing VII the progress OF the sun
in his jour ey, the Atlantic and the inter.
veni mountains to the Pac &c coast 1t must even
then borrow majesty from the rock Which was the first
9ohOlS 9 Of the N on nsss deS0As shores" in
Blu, may not touch the domestic story OF your an
oe.to,s. Only Jewi.h hand could strike the mbas
the host of Israel under tbs guidance of s changeful
pi lsr of cloud and of fire, while pursued by the
chsrots and lorsemen Of Egypt, through the dviney
divided hoocs of the Arabian Seal or, without temer
ity almost sacrlegous, lift from the wsviog boughs the
hsrps which the daughters of Jerusalem hung upon
the willows, while by the rivers Of Assya they sat
down, and wept the pteous captivity Of their natien,
beloved, but temporarily forsaken of God.
1t is sure way of promoting knowledge and virtue,
well Of rising to greatness and goodness to study
with due care an0 reverence the operation Of sublime
principles Of conduct in advancing the progress Of
mankind. desire so to contemplate the working Of
the eaoipg principle of the Puritans.
confess that the PurtaDs neither disclosed nor dis
covered any new truths Of morals or of government
Noie such have been discovered, at least since the
Divine Teacher set forth the whole system Of private
end public ethics among the olive groves on that one
which was his fsvoie among the mountains that look
down upon jerusalem.
Nor was it their mission to institute new progress
of mani Ind. Athoush the Eastern nstonsthe first
to enjoy the light of civizaiioohsd long before the
age OF the PuIitars sunk into that deep sleep from
oh thara Of ring or AVIAN
then full Of energy, enterprise and hope. The better
elements Of the Oriental and Mediteri snean civzs-
tons had survived and cooperating with the pure In
auences of Christianity were eDghteniDg and refining
tie Southern and Western nations. The Church, which
until recently was unpart0ned, had long defended
the faith against the Sarsoens and protected feeble
States against sggrestions of ambitious 1t
attn cid the nations in the bonds Of common faterni
y. Nor had ii forgotten to proselyte after the print
tive manner by iLcucating morality and charity. II
had, by lite potent command, addressed to the con.
science Of Cbrisendom, abolished throughout Europe
that system of personal seryudein which large per.
bsps the largest portion of every community had been
held under every form of government 1t bore its tes-
tmony steadily against that system everywhere, de-
and EstuIe equally out against human slavery that
s and slaves are part Of the h.%,n :a ssiSs Sa
othshood which be enOns tss BY which bis disciples
The founostons of that comp International
code, which Is everywhere accepted, broadly
laid. ltw@ then clearly taught that " there are In
"nsture certain fountains Of justice, from which all
"pure civil laws aow, varying only in this: that
"va.ers tahe tnctuIes and tastes from the soils
"ibroukh which they run, do civil laws differ
"coroipg to the regions and governments where they
"sre planted. Luther had already summoned Eu-
rope 10 Dew ard more vigorous morality, aud Cal.
wins sharp voice was ringing through the Continent
eans the faithful away from Gil oseutstious oaremo
God prefeIs before all temples" The feudL policy,
atboush founded in very impere ct conceptions OF
civil society, had ssved through the recert decline