New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-09-04
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genius Of America will make Tie hope OF America
a reality
Then hat e.1l. csn be accomplished ely by p-o.
found faith in that genus only By the religious resou-
ton Of every successive gere-a..on OF yOurg Amer
csns. .ba. the great ideas on, o. wAich Anerica
.pIspg the cardinal principle OF civil and religion:
liberty shall stll guide the development Of It's destiny.
To-day, therefore, let us turn 10 ba,k.et:er lore.
Scholars do not need to hea, Of the value Of scholar
chip. The finest scholarship is but single grace Of
the man. How can the man best be developed IN
America Tina. lie & question - which the Future
bends its ear. lie: Us, then look al the tie which
binds US to that country and consider the nature,
responsibility and duties OF Patriotism.
II was not hi. olive valleys AID almond groves
which made the Greece OF the Greek. l: was not for
his sppe-orchsrds that the farmer of
New England and New. York left bis plough in the
furow and marched 10 Bunker Hill, to Bennington, -
Sarstogs. The rains fall the esrth yields, fruits
IipeD and the world is fair, whether George is Ktg,
or James j. President whether armies are marching
to shoot ard .ay, or troops Of children laugh 10 the
meadows, picking butter. cups and daisies.
When we speak of Greece our chief interest is not
in Q certain number Of square miles Of ground, SO
much water many trees-it is not geographical, or
bo anica or geological; but it is in oar assoclat on
with the history OF people and certain character
tina, call Greek. So with the French, the Italian,
the German and the English. But these qualities a.
though marking distinctly these races are not theirs
e1clu.v.ly; they belong 10 human nature at large.
Il al yro;ta
complexion brunette, but the blonde Lucrezis Bor-
ola was an Italian and the Greeks had straight nrses,
but Socrates was Greek and from the coarse grain
of animal nature the English are personifed as John
Bull, but Shakespeare was Engishman.
National characteristics are thTk neither absolute
nor inyarsble differences But just as the individuals
of particular nations have a general resemblance to
each other, 20 have all the nations themselves; and
as the dividing line betVeen Italy and Germany is
purely arbitrary division, and for many miles upon
each side OF it the inhabitants are homogeneous; az
Swabs and SaxoDy and Hanover are imperfecty sep-
a,a.ed from each other, vet all make one Germany
Together so national characteristics continually blend
and mingle, and gradually lead US TO the reflection
that, az the substance Of the globe upon which we
live and the substan :e OF human bodies are a. last
the same 80 the races are but race; human ia.
txYs is everywhere endowed with the same rights and
duties: and thus Christianity, or the doctrine End
practice of universal Brotherhood becomes simply the
ethical statement Of scientific fact.
In whatever country or OF whatever race man may
chance to be born he is born citizen Of the world,
and bound BY the niversa rule Ofrght or law OF Ged
God writes that law upon the mans perceptions,
AID we call il conscience OF God in him. Proper
manhood is the fruit Of obedience to that law. C9un-
tries and families are bat nurseries and influences.
man is a father brother, a son; German, Roman,
al American; but beneath all these relations he is
man. The eud If his human destiny is surely not TO
be the best German, OF the best Roman, or the best
father. but the best mar he can be. Whether in
Grim Tartary or Patagonia, his frst duty is TO know
the will of God and to do it.
History shows us that thi. association OF men IN
various nations made subservient TO the gradual ad-
vance and advantag. of the whole human race; and
that all nations work together toward one grand re-
cult So to the phlosophc eye, the rsce is but vast
ca avian forever owing, but seeming often to en-
camp for centuries to halt a. rome greer oasis OF
ease, where the siren luxury lures away hero
ism a. soft Capua enervGted the hosts OF Hannibal
But still the march proceeds, slowly, slowly over
mountains through valleys, along plains, marking its
course with roLumental splendors cities arts IL
teratures, histories: with ware, p!sguee, nufueIs'
private .clfshncss and public crime; advancing SIN,
decorated with all the pomp o. nature counseed oy
the seasops lit by the col stelatons, oheered by the
future, warned by The past. ln that vast march the
van forgets the rear tie indvidus is lost, ard yet
The multitude is but many individuals; he fanrs aud
falls and dies his heart waivers, his nope expires;
man is forgotten, bu, still mankind moves on,
still worlds reyolve, ard the will OF Gods done 10
Garth and Heaven.
Viewing its tragic steps, We must not won
der that men have gravey asked II the
race were net utterly lost. Nature mo:ks US,
they soy. rose is perfect. No imagination Oh ioss
:. l,,s,, tha HayliD n
whom roses blow, and stars shine, and the spheres
,ipg-man, the tenant of time and heir OF eternity;
lies cheats, steals, repeats Io'day the cIue, GU
munbles tomorrow the excuse, OF yes'eru.y,
10 be lo carer then otner men, 10 I'VE "t"ou' NN
ton and die wibou, fai.h
Thus human history seems but Z series OF war anu
irtIigues. Our best literature Shakespeare, Dae,e'
Goetbe Bacon Fene ION, Is SIGH, sermon, saHe
or d, cam aud at instin lively seeks the ldet or
possibl. instead Of the real or actual, humanity Inc
survey breeds a hopeless skepcism, or more dlsas
irons ,opbstry Seeing the ignorance, the war the
peii!eIce the slavery, men ask, Is Il not newt
bblet DID not G ID permit all II we 10 me wrong
viii lie not work il Ia the light, and, in any event II
the crime 10 be done, niue, 10: s,meoody pe Tue
cliuLel =
Aud SC We have Nalthusisn theories. and prayers 10
the God Of battles aud gLi!pgs and g,ozings OF
piracy, and robbery, and siaVery. Bu' over 81,
ihunoers tie still: unwo,n and mysterious ourse II
uust needs be that ofeLses come, woto hn by
" whom the Offense cometh =
Now. precisely as man hopes, Individually, 10 help
make the world and history smile, 40 he hopes the
anne of his family, and his country.
Patriotism or the pecula. relation OF al individual
TO bis country, is Ike the family instinct. In the
child it is blLd devotioni in the man, an in:eli-
gen. love. The patrio. perceives the claim made
upon bis country BY the circumstances and time OF
her growth and power, and how God is to be served
by using those opportunities Of helping mankind
Therefore his country honor is dear 70 him as his
own; and he would as soou lie and seal himself as
ss.st or excuse his country in crime just II the
degree that son IL fond and afectiorate does he
not b,ask his heart over his mothers shame A