New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-19

how G9d why y was that on the Achievements V Wv"
,tiou Al INDEPENDENCE the American people, With one
voice assigned to Franklin. among the fathers and
The founders Of that independence. and 20 none othe-
the second plsce. Ny similar ELECTION we may also
understand how and why i that one 30 conscien'
tou. sd devout AMI o. little disposed to enthusiasm,
as President Styles Of iae College, could say 10 Mt
ing Il Al his love, esteem and reverence for frsnkln
'bcr,ier,d on alteration" Had he lived in The cary
ages of pagan antiquity his wisdom and his services 10
his country and 10 mankind would indeed have placed
him suiong the demgods, his investigations of nature
and bis mastery OF the most terrific of her powers woud
have raised him to the summit OF Olympus. DIVINE
Revelation while It resCuss from such iosy, impres-
svey rstructs us that in the natural, 80 IN THE
moral and political irmsmsRt the stars that guide and
gladden. ~ are ordsined of God lie caieth them
al b, names; +" they come at their appointed tln.'
not one of them iaeth. Let our admiration OF the
gf of such a umiDary ~ FRANKLIN nj Us with graft
Jude to the Almighty Giver that il pleased Him to
make this printers Dor the guide and leader OF his
countrymeu in the great work of maintaining against
tyranDic power and establishing on dnrabie founda-
tons the rights and liberties of continent Let Us
never doubt that by His blessing the great primal
tuihs-the principles of equal and exact justice OF
freedom OF neutrality-suspicious. in the Declara-
ton Of Independence, spreading from nation to nation
shall at length be fully verified in the experience of
mankind thus fulfilling the hopes snd prayers of the
illus;rious who pledged TO it "their lives, their
fortunes and their eecrcd honor
The president then read the frst regular toast.
t. sz q F 3. s STATE, IOiffi h ;si ssSs
ID, observation-disclosures connected with he name Of the
An eresn Phio,opheT Nj. ne ns' ha ua,e SlI tTie'
The Alleghanans sang an appropriate glee in re-
spouse TO the toast, which loudly encored.
Tie Alechaniars sang new version of Yankee
Decide. which was also loudly appIauded.
Mr. LOSING here proposed the health of the author
Of the NJ song Gen. George Z. Morris.
4 TEePress.
Nj. WILLIAM IT, Fry responded as follows:
Mr. pRIsIDYNT, LADIES AND GTSTLENrN: At the
eleventh hour very much like the time now 1receved
request TO address this assembly in response TO the
toast which you have just heard There appears to be
an idea ailoat that every editor must necessarily be
the genius OF Interpretation; and though cergymen,
lawyers and statesmen require time to prepare their
addresses an editor must be ready at any time OF day
or any timo of night to write speak upon whatever
subject. ! am therefore IN that capacity, aud beg
YOU to accept me- for better for woe, as the case
may be lsppausel. | perceive two grand elements
of civilization in this room the ilrst ~ that women SIT
down with men at a public celebration applause
and the second the Press has place OF honor in the ot
cia mention Of your proceedings. | have observed
invariably, upon occs.ons ike this, that that thing
which should most command popular affection ana APP
plausc has been put in the background The Press,
which at this epoch when man rendered free vrestes
with nature, cxuding Divine economies with his hon
orable sweat; when the ancient idea that so much
forced toll il necessary for so much work, Is almost OBJ
-olete: when labof-saying machinery with tireiess
speed whirs like the starry engines OF the sky, in cir
cuar majesty and formulating forcetbe Press, which
is at the head of all these economies which isthe idea
machine ofthe nations be patent office OF genius where
ISOLATION is resolved in universally and the thought OF
one man becomes the action of millions and the in
,pration Of future agesthe Press, how is il treated
Generally left out OF the regular toasts or a the end
when nearly every man is obfuscaed and Is received
after manner which may not shed discredit upon Il,
but sheds dshouor upon the company lApplauseI.
am proud upon this OCCASION therefore, 10 find that you
are FAR in advance of the Plymouth Rock Societies
and New-England Associations in this regard APP
plaustl. Ladies and gentlemen, it seems to me that
Won have derived inrpressibly some of the genus OF
Fran kim that you have found, as Dr. johnson says
Though the Truth never recognized in En-
gland1 that L. tiers the truc glory of the nation
and you .On no more separate Letters from the Press
than YOU separate mar and wife and have virtue.
In this perceive prophecy Of some higher regard for
those things which We should most esteem APPLAUSE.
Every nation has its superstition That Of this country
is the Constitution of the United States. Notdonl
be aarmeG-uOt that every country must not have u
Constitution ofsOne sort, either collection Of unwritten
sanctions or provision ON parchment But we need
not worship the creatures of that ConsI uti0n-the
mere POLICEMEN at Wasbngton-EXecutiYe, Army,
Navy Diplomats; but should first consider the
sources OF these men-the Poop'ein our toas,s, and
next the Organ of that people ard the conduit OF thei
souls--tbe Press Applause The Press has been
mentioned; and perhaps it would be well to say that
you the newspaper and periodical press and yet
that newspaper enters largely into the whole range
and character of literature, that to refer to . like
quoting library What is there not in the Press
What is there in the institutions of learning and sci
eDce in tie pulpit and at the bar which don not find
in the newspaper There is now there a division of
lalor diversity Of intelligence, and confluence Of effort
which places the Press Of this country on an equality
with the highest standard expression Of mind and
intelligence opp,ause. find, in looking over the
presses of this State and generally other States every
degree of scholarship engaged thereon. find every
day, written by editors New-Yorl, good state
papers as ever Mr.. Webster wrote to Husemann, or
Nr. Everett ever dictated. But the authors are not
kDowI--and why Because the world always re-
Qures human portrait, name, and Will never ac-
Cept idea without an incarnation lapplause. Per-
laps am not a disnterested witness but | look upon
any Of the great presses Of the miracles OF art
and action. In the morning nothing II ready; the arti-
ces not written, reports not made, everything to be
prepared bat the whole shes into ii with maestrornc
force and the next day out these eight pages,
or four pages equal to eight, which are the cycopaia
Of the day. Each one, according to hs taste and grasp
locks greedy to the Journal for accounts OF every in
eide Mt and casualty for announcements of every
new h. new project, new idea; for sermons, lee
tures speeches, addresses histories biographies, crt-
csIns retrOspccts, prophecies, travels, wonders,
fancies political discussion at Washington and oil
other capitals. ! have found that most learned
men in Washington have often stolen their
beet thunder from editorials three or four months
Old IAppausel. In The room in which write -
copy Of little newspaper. 1t il rather smaller than
IN ordinary etter.shee, 1t might be compared, per-
hsps in Size to sheet Of paper which ladies write
loye-letters. That 10 the newspaper published ny
Benjamin Franklin. Ii is dated September 10, l7il,
and it s one Of the most interesting things to editor
and certainly to printers and their wives and daugh-
teIs here. The whole matter in it il equal to nearly
two columns OF one Of our two-cent newspapers; aud
if You wish to the progress Of this country mate
rallied and giveniD the most explicit concrete, take
that paper and compare to of our present daily
journals, and you have it. ] may as well say that
there is no editorial in that copy BY DR.. Franklin or it
would give me pleasure to quote it. may add that
nd tEnt time had changed the force Of his writings
AT that time he wrote for people who were poor col
on,s The rich landa of the interior of our country