Butte record., 1856-07-19

Slr:-ln conformity with a resolution
adopted unanimously by the meeting to eel
ebrate the 4th July, at the Metropolitan
Theatre, you arc respectfully requested t,
furnish copy of your Grafton delivered OIL
that occasion, for publication.
With high respect, yours, sc.
LANSING TooKER, Pres't.
0RovMLE, July G, 1856
LANSING Took DR., ESQ
Dear Sir,-In accordance with your
request, and in conformity with a resolution
adopted unanimously by the meeting to Gel
ebrate the 4th of July at the Metropolitan
Theatre, place copy of my Grafton deliy-
cred On that occasion, at your disposal.
| am, sir. your ob't servant,
A. NJ. ZABRIsKIE
EELLow CITIzENs:-History, in its varied
and complicated ramfcations, presents not
only wide field for observation, but it at
fords abundant opportunity for serious re
Election. In scanning the events that have
tianspired within any given period, We will
discover much that adds to cur store of in
formation, much that will chighten us in
regard to practical as well as ethical philos-
ophy, and much that will extend, enlarge,
and render more comprehensive our views
upon general subjects Each age presents
some new feature, each period some charac-
teristic achievement, each some distin-
gushing peculiarity. All tastes can be
gratifed; there is no exclusion. To the
stole we present the history Of the times
which gave rise to the stern and passionless
doctrines on the observance of which he
prides himself. To the man of political as
piratons aud ambitious purposes, we display
the history Of Henry VIII, and the men of
those mes. To the statesman and the pat
riot, We present the history Of the American
X, SUTTON.
L.ius pause for a moment, that we may
temper the mighty impulses that instinct
ively possess our senses and disturb our equa-
nimIty. Let US tame the wild emotions,
which, like the waves of an agitated sea sway
us Mt this moment, and with a calm and dig
nied propriety, discuss the nature of the
Revolution, its inception and the measure
OF its results.
The subject which propose to descant up
on is one of vast magnitude, involving con
sequences of n significant and momentous
character. If therefore | shall fail in the
requisites of profound discussion, you Will,
trust bear with me in the effort, aud accord
to me the benefit of IL little charity
deem it entirely supeifiuous ou an occa-
sion Of this kind, to refer to every promi-
vent event connected with our Revolution
AIRY history. 1t is to be presumed TINT eve
~ citizen who is capable Il approaching the
peculiarly felicitous features Of government
under which he lives, is sufficiently CONVEX
SAINT with the main charact eristics Of that
period to render recapitulation unessen-
tial and unnecessary.
The impartial historian, whose object will
be TO transmit TO the renotest times the
transactions of previous years, and pnrticu-
larry of the latter portion of the eighteenth
century, cannot but award TO the founders
Of our Republic the merit of an honest and
most laudable desire to promote the general
welfare OF the people, and to permanently
eugratt upon our form of government cor
rect views Of our political rights and respon-
sbilities. II was certainly not the inaugu-
ration of a new principle, for We declared
certain rights to be inherent and inalicna-
bic. and their existence dated almost from
the commencement of time and the forma-
ton of matter. We did not amaze and as
tonsh the world by the PRONUNCIATION of
sentiments which were novel in themselves,
and which were calculated to surprise by
their practical effect; for the experience of
those nations that had gone before US and
passed adown the ooundless corridor of
bllity of disputation that the principles for
which we were contending and in the behalf
of which such incalculabe sacrifices had
been made. boasted of paternity ancient as
the foundation of human institutions and
coordinate with human laws and govern
menJ Our object was to establish upon Il
firm aud lasting basis those principles which
every mans conscience tells him are right,
aud which if properly appreciated are in
the highest degree conducive to the moral,
social and political well being of the human
race. Had the aim and purpose of our fore
fathers been to enact form of government
less liberal in its features, intended merely
10 serve a temporary purpose. and designed
to subserve selfish ends, the world would
have Withheld its praise, and those nations
that have benefited by the results of their
inestmable achievements. would have dete-
rioted in degree which is incapable of COM
putation.
The experiment of popular government
had been tested long before this country had
an existence even in its colonial and depe nd
ent form, and while it was satisfactorily
proven by incontrovertibe testimony TO have
secured TO every man his inherent AID cor
relative rights, and to have transcended in
wonderful degree any and every other
species of government that had previously
engaged the ingenuity of man, still they re-
suited in miserable abortious, and the
knowledge Of them remains TO this day as q
sad commentary upon the uncertainty Of hu-
man accomplishments and the indeterminate
measure of human success
The instances that are afforded by refer
ence to the history of the past Of the efforts
that have been made to place upon sub
stantial footing government whose base
should contain the elements Of universal
sovereignty, and the Ingredients of which
should insure its perpetuIty, are many and
various. But the failure has been owing
not to the imbecihty and impracticabihty OF
the plan. but 10 the want of patriotism Of the
people. | say want ef patriotism Of the peo-
pie and in making the assertion | may be
necused of injustice But the term must
not be construed to apply in an unintended
sense. The Greeks and Romans, for in
stance, were invariably prompt and gener-
orally efficient in repelling any invasion o
their territories, yet at the same they were
exceedingly prone TO indulge spirit discon-
tented and iaetional in the extreme, and
which too eventually resulted in the most
disastrous consequences. The term pat
rlotlsm Is often misapplied 1t does moi
only mean that man shall be ever ready
TO repel foreign invasion, snd to serve hi,
country in the tented field: but it is NOR,
comprehensive in its nature; it requires ev
erv man to render strict obedience to tn,
laws which have been framed for the com
mon good and interests Of the people 1t re
quires that whenever necessary he shall az,
the constituted authorities in quelhng dis
tprhances, and in yindieating the majesty Q