The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-07-06

been no material QlHerence between the great
| leading parties of the country. The diferen-
| ces of parties as they have been organized,
have arisen in the main from association and
party prejudice. -.
Fellow citizens, the mission of Republican
ism is too exalted in its character and results,
to be hindered or delayed in its progress by
such influences and prejudices as these. Not
withstandng the wonderful accomplishments
of our ancestors in the acquisition to the
right of selfgovernment achieved by the Dec
laration of Independence, and the arduous
struggle which succeeded and notwithstand-
ing, also, the still more difficult achievement OF
forming cOnfederated government, there is
vet a task more arduous and difficult tnan all,
to be accomplished. 1t has been predicted
that times noblest Empire is the last" The
great mission of our Republic is to fulfil this
sublime prediction. 1t is to raise our govern
ment and our people to the " true grandeur of
nation" TO establish an empire over the
human mind, and over the physical world. TO
level down the mountains and fill up the val
lies 1t is to adapt all the powers and resOur-
ces of this great land, not only the physical
but the moral and intellectual fer the improve
ment and elevation off man. 1t is to do away
with all oppression and tyranny. 1t is to sci
an example to the world, such as was never
known before, OF nation great, and powerful,
and free, without the faint of tyranny or op
preston upon her. A nation whose greatness
consists rather in the triumphs of truth and
the security of peace, than in the glory and the
victory of war, A nation whose government
is stronger than that of any government on
earth, because it is nation wherein the people
have gained the mastery over their own pas
sions and prejudices, through the improvement
| of ha iofa Of no
mind. The great mission of Republicanism is
to improve and cultivate, through system OF
education, the minds and hearts of all men.
Because it is alone through the diffusion OF
knowledge and of truth, that the principles OF
Republican liberty can be maintained.
1t is the further mission of Republicanssm
in the United States, to cover the country
all over with Railroads and Canals, to the end
that the physical comforts OF man may be
supplied, as his intellect becomes strengthened
and refined. And to the end, also, that the
bonds which bind these States together, may
be bonds which can never be broken. But
above all, it should be our aim to cultivate
peace, for it is through peace and good will
that a Republic must be maintain, if it is MAIN
tanned at all. Outward physical power can
never, for great OF length time, sustain pure
Republic. Its strength, and its power of sell
preservation, lies deep buried in the affections
OF the people.
10 accomplish these great purposes should
be our highest aim, and our noblest ambition.
10 these ends should the great purposes of our
| government be directed And when to these
transcendant purposes the public mind shall be
turned, as it surely will be turned, then will
the spirit of party, forsaken and lost in the
onward, upward march of this great people,
| l.. !
in obscurity and torgetfulness. Then, too, will
be return to the early practices of our gov
eminent, in the selection of such men only to
administer it, as shall possess the entire conf
dence of the people. Then again will the
American Senate be elevated to it's former
dignity and honor. Again will the Senate
chamber resOund with the patriotic eloquence
of such as fell from the lips of the immortal
Clay. Again will our hearts be made glad
with the bold, manly, unanswerabe logic,
such as of old we welcomed from the lips of
Webster
The spirit of dscord and party strife, will
i give way to the spirit of peace, and the Eagle,
with the olive branch in his beak, will triumph
over the Lion and the Leopard for all time to
come.
In the afternoon, dinner was given at
the American House, in splendid style, and
we regretted to see so small an assemblage
The Hon. ALEX RAMSEY presided, assisted
by numerous Vice Presidents, and L. C.
DAYTON officiated as Toast Master Speeches
were made by the President Judge SHEER
BURNE, Judge COOPER, W. NJ HAYWARD,
CHARLES j. HENNIss, Mr.. PACKARD, Mr..
FRENCH, and Others. The best speech of
the day was made by Mr.. FRENCH 1t
embodied much of quiet beauty, and proper
ly expressed thought. ..
The dinner was all that could be hoped
for. Every thing was in abundance, and
the host gave good evidence that he spared
neither cost nor preparation to honor the
day.
In the evening there was ball at the
Winslow House, and it was largely attend
ed. A fine band of music played, and the
, dance, the waltz, and the gallopade, and all
the modern inventions for tripping it on the
light fantastic toe, were indulged in with
pleasure and happiness to all concerned, we
trust.
Any quantity of fireworks were exploded
during the evening. In front of the Central
House there was quite display, some of
the people on the steamboat made night
luminous with roman caudles, fiery stars,
rockets, ETC. In the upper town patriotism
found vent by burning powder in all sorts
of shapes and everywhere there were de-
monstrations of rejoicing.