The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-12-25


I principles embraced ia that compact, they nd
snecd from that Book which they had taken o,
/ their rulc and guide in all matters AZ temporal
as well ss spiritual concern. and which never
leads astray. Out 81 thAtcompact have grown
/ those civil aud political Institutions which an
source al lust pride and glory 10 our coun
try, aud which have impaired and do now i'm
part their benign influence and light 10 all the
civitirsi nations 81 earth, Il gave 10 each
man Of tho cclrny equal rights aud introduced
The goterument ~ a pure democracy upon the
North American continent, This instrument
was never aNcrcd or amended, and under il was
commencsi that reign Of justice for which the
true statesmen aud ratlic,s OF all time had Ia.
bored, sighed and struggled, and political mar
tvrs Of every age had poured out their blood
Under this reign oil equal justice. intelligence
ditfascd itself through society, religion extend.
ed her mild and gentle sway. and every man In
that community rose 10 the dignity Of king.
and put on the robes Of independence and vir.
tue. more peaceful. and to him more welcome
than the robes Of royalty.
The light Of those principles u justice and
Independence which CLEANED from the original
compac, signed on hoard the Maytiowcr, may
b. sven IN all the cnactments and institutions
adopted by our ancestors, and century and a
half afterwards broke forth in the Declaration
OF Independence io more efihlgent glory.
As Amcyfn,ns. we can but k,el an homes, aud
noble pride that the principles Of the Puritans
were adopted by every colony Of North Amer.
lea, and were protected and maintained BY the
iecendents Of the Pilgrims, with all the valor,
fortitidc and suffering that their fathers is.
played in establishing them. The valor Of the
soldiers Of the American army ~ displayed at
Bunker Hill, their suticrings and priva,ious at
Valley Forge their death struggle Oh the
plains Of Yorktown. speaking through history,
proclaim to US their attachment 10 the princi.
pies aud purposes OF the Pilgrims
As we look around IN our avn land at the
present time. aud behold il ,eemng with morc
than twenty millions Of happy people. supplied
with all the necessities, mud many Of them with
all the uNuries Of liie--enioying oil their natu.
rnl rights---the minds OF ali entirely euiranchis
ed--thc rising generations enjoying all the priv.
ileres and benefits Of education In the full
essieyEeri Of sseinl M! saligis4a privileges
and mark the rapid advancement Of our civil.
xation rolling its tide onward over these broad
and fertile prairies Of the West. the savage and
barbarian fleeing beiure Il, or being ovcrtaken
by it---citics springing into lie m II by cnchant
meni; when We observe, too, the advancing
glory OF our countryside rapid improvements
made in the arts and scienccs.--.in the applica.
ton OF the iores~ OF nature 10 tho rses Of nnn
--"the euspicious dawn Of her day Of lettercd
glory her advancing commerce. now borne
on the bosom OF every lake and ocean her
high position and commanding influence with
contemporary states and nations, and at the
same time reflect that we are little more than
two centuries removed from the day on which
the Pilgrims landed. and that for oil this rapid
Improvement, this unparalleled prosperity this
nation. infueoce and greatness, W. arr indebted
more tn The Pilgrims than 10 any other body
or class of men, we may obtain somc concep.
ton Of the magnitude oil the event. ia its con.
sequences, Of their landing upon the shores Of
New England
Could the Pilgrims have beheld how much
happiness they were securing 10 their postsrity,
amid the future generations oi mankind by their
labors and sailarings could they have looked
onward io thus day and behcld millions of their
sons scattered throughout the continent on
which they had landei. yc, joining together IN
acclnination and praise of their virtues from
the spot where their Eet frat impressed the
land to the shores II the Pacific sas. how their
sulIcrinrs would have been alleviate,i and their
gricis sssuagc,. They would have forgotten
the present in the bright authorizations of the
future.
ia, No sIsd visions hairs, In light,
Pon ihr Filgrim sebisg sight.
3 Their heatt. no proud hereafter swsll.d,
I~~p shadows vesa tho way they ned.
/ Tho yelis Ut vshfeaRen their trump Of fame
THEW Monument grave wishsst . astnr.
by thus w briefly reviewing the suiIcriues.
IL s...I II IL
learn at how great cost the blessings We gu.
Joy wcrc secured To us. and thereby learn the
more dearly 10 prize them. let us also show
to all the world that our HEARTS warm with
gratitude Tor what they have done for our hap
pincs'. And let IA resolve that in ON day
and GENERATION. We will do all Ia our power 10
promnleate and disseminate the principles III
/ the Pilgrims, and 10 hand them down. together
with the blessings that attend them, uoimpair-
ed TO our pos,erity.
| Mr.. ShsRRs roucIudcd hi. Address amidst
great applause.
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