Oroville daily Butte record., 1856-07-14


perverson of theee faculties by contact
with the difficulties and trials of the world
that constitutes the almost incalcu!ablc
change aud while it is impossible under the
existence Of things TO attain perfection and
to obtain the utmost of our desires, yet it is
our duty to conform as nearly 10 the de
minds Of our moral sense as is within the
range of possibility.
An eminent French historian hns said that
"religious intolerance will always ally itself
with the passions Of man, howeye- different
those passions may 1t is oftentimts the
case too with political intolerance. The
history Of Frnncc presents field for COM
ment Comparatively speaking, but few
short months since aud Frances capital was
resounding with the cries of rire la France!
r!ue la RtpuJiiqut! The claims Of royalty
ny on the tcalty II its inhabitants were un-
recognized, and there was II general hcqn
escepce in the demands of the popular wil!
A revolution however is soon wrought in
popular sentiment, and we now find the
French throne occupied by member of n
unce repudiated dynasty. robed in imperial
purple and welding the sceptre OF sovereign
ty with more vigorous hand than did ever
the ilustriOus person whose name and title
he inherits Nor is this all; the French
people are ut this time perhaps engaged in
chanting I'e Dcunls on the occasion OF the
advent Of la fiji de France, doubtless imagn-
ing that an era hns dawned which will diSsi
pate the PECULIAR cloud that for years has
been lowering and threatening their nation
al existence
My previous remarks have been designed
to establish what | conceive to be the fact
that the love of liberty is innate in the hu-
man brenst and Furthermore that the people
of almost every age have made the effort at
least to secure the most enlarged privileges
and the most unlimited rights
| come now, to speak, fellow. citizens, of
nn era which we MS a nation love to contem
plate How al.absorhing is the t"pic! The
rising sun of to day has been welcomed by
the cannon's deaten ng roar, and as it ad
vances towards its zenith and its setting,
multtudes are fastening to the altar OF
their common country, herring with them
laurel wreaths to twine around the memory
Of departed heroes. All hearts are filed
with joy, and each countenance is rcdolfnt
with smiles What n scene for contempla-
tion What n theme tor the exercise Of po-
ctic fancy On this day sectional preiu
diccs are qnietcd, geographical distinctions
are excluded, and with one voice cur prais
es ascend TO heaven, 10 join with the loud
accloim Of those whose dwelling place is in
the blessed and boundless regions of eter
nifty.
The events of the American Revolution
need 10 studied culogium To perpetunte
their achievements. or to transmit to poster
ity the evidences Of their accomplis hment.
They stand upon rock of ndnmant. and
the convulsion Of a thousand worlds would
not effect their perpetuity, or drtract from
their permanency The beautiful fabric
which we have reared upon so substantial n
base. bears its own eulogium The pen of
The historian and the inspiration of the
bard may deck those events with the merit
Of LEANED diSquisiticn, and the charms md
fascina,ions of poetic fancy, hut the nips Of
time however soon IS pate their impres-
sions, and we find in iher stead blank and
monotonous void. The institutions which
we sought to establish, were based nron the
great principle Of To' uar sovereignty. ac-
kn' wledging the s"lr, me will of The people
in nil things that they are the source II ON
which should emana e all authority connec.
ted with our temporal government. The
fact however is pnlrahly evident that had
not necessity compelled us to assert those
rights, and maintain them at such immense
sacrifices. it would probably have been left
for some other people to have cvinced that
high appreciation for principle which we ms
u nation have displayed Had our citizens
teen permitted to enjoy the privileges that
were granted to them by the English Con-
sttution had they been allowed the right Of
trial by jury. and representation in the Ma
tional Legislature; in fine, had they in
ever'hing been considered not as serf>. but
MS citizens, there wonld very probably have
been no American Revolution You and |.
fellow citizens, would not now be engaged in
rendering due need of praise to the men Of
that period and in singing pens of praise
for the blessings of liberty; but we would he
engaged in our usual occupations, and re
iocing, perhaps. in the nppellaton Of citi-
zens Of Great b. itain. There certainly were
ties which bound US to the parent country,
difficult indeed to sever. Our origin W g
the same, our language was the same, and
our tastes were similar. The Constitution
under which we had lived, and to some ex
tent fourished. was incomparahly superior
to that of any other government then exist
ing; and had the spirit and intention Of
that Constitution been adhered to. the time
for entire and complete emancipation would
doub less have been delayed to an indefinite
period The structure Of the English gov
ernment is somewhat similar to our own II
is n peculiar combination Each OF the
three classes of government is represented,
although the idea that was entertained by
the ancents in regard to Il combination If