New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-09-04

other fer independent Dsdsosl existence nsn
a superior facility Of money maAbgs Shan have
no national justification 10 the intellect and the hear
Does the producti,p Of twelve hundred million pounds
Of cotton fulfill the destiny Of this continent in the
| order of Providence Why, though our popal.tios
were 10 do uble in year. and the aId rush OF our
| vat machinery were 10 silsIce the music of the
spheres, and our wealth were enough to buy all TOE
| world our population could not bully history, al
our riches bribe the eternal Justice not 10 write upon
our browa, as with fiery finger the Autumn is begin
niIG even now to wife pPon the WOODS and hid''
| A." lcbabod IchabOd thy glory Is departed
There is occasion enough tor reminding you OF the
solemn necessity Of this public morality, bee adse
upon the class You rcprest nt-upon me cdscaea she
intelligent in this country, that its Ju'' deVe,op
M nj DEL ends. The theory Ut our government ~ Ihss
| the masses govern. Strictly speaking this =, never
true except in those instances wh.n mseses o.
men act under the inspiration Of Q moral sentimeet
10 this country the Masses vote; gu. re" men ~
the convention there is caucus in the caucus there
lie clique and the clique is controlled by personal IN
finer ce Masses Of men are the hundred hands Of
Briare ue-but the bands are only hundred servann
of Oh. brain. As tie elemental forces which could
cleaye the earth are but the supple servants OF science
A. human action which makes history Is the Wiling
uiut.r OF gel ius CT intellectual power. here our
n. pular republic tossing through time 10 cesseess AZ
ta,iop smiling barrier Low here, now her. WIN an
lwh,lmpg force a. the sea crushes obstacles WIN
a towering pnth wave but whether working good OF
i'll, that tossing myriad Of men never loses Tor NO
q
Even 90 the communicating with wrath on cosu'
mental shores rising with soft Hood up inlet cfeex
and bay, its oozy fingers touching al the banks W
fruitlulness and bloorn-whether wrnkling the globe
with pillows or sheeng il with silver calm, is not law
ess in its coyett motion, but yields forever to the
superb and irresistible persuasion OF the moon
Have We no interest that that controlling for.e ID
his @ unry shall be n oral force that il shall con-
tpi, with the great idea Of Liberty, and MT degraoe
and destroy The theory Of our institutions y our
pride. But it is ptfui ruth that our puo. his ns
becom, synonymous with kpavery. liza politician Is
introduced you feel Of your pockets. Ii IL shsmeiu
that it is III VERBALLY conceded that the best men, the
men of Intelligence and probity, generally AVOID pon'
thing no, TO be touched without dehlement Gomez
auen,ly what good men will not toach. bad men Will
It understood that bribery carries the election; and
the Presidency is the result Of adpit process OF
financial engineering have myself been .hown
bsndfu of bark notes, publicly displayed in the ante
room Of IL gisature, and sagaciousy told: That
the logic for Legislators" Men think they cannot
ii cir duties to the Stateorgetting that we can have
nothing without paying for il, and that II We hops to
enjoy the best Mt IN the world We must pey
tin and labor each OF us, aud not suppose that
tie county will govern itseh. nor bad men govern
well
Remember that the greatness Of our country 10 not
in lis achievement but in its promisea promise which
csrnot be fulfilled without that sovereign moral sense
without sensitive national conscience. II u were
a question of the daily pleasure OF living, the
prefcation Of taste, opportunity Of access 70 inc sre
Intellectual and esthetc results Of human genius ana
what, yer embellishes human hfe no man cou,d hee-
tate nome Mt between the fa,ness OF foreign lanis
these respects and the conspicuous poverty o. our
own What have we done We have subdued and
settled a vast domain; have made every inland
river tuir a mil and wherever, ON the dim nm OK me
globe there j. a harbor, we have lighted with On
American sail. We have bound the Atlantic To the
M.sissppi so that we drift from the 10 the prsi-
iits upon cloud Of vapor and We are stretcneX one
bapd across the continent Ia fulfill the hope of Coum-
bus in shorter way TO Cathsy, and with the otberwe
sha IN
the old continent that the throbbhg OF the ocean
may not toss us further apart but be a. the beating OF
ole mon pulse OF the world
Yet these are results common TO all national enter
tire aud different with only degree not In kind
These are but the tools with which " shape destiny
Connie rcial prosperity 10 only curse, It be not sub
seryiert moral and intellectual progress and our
prosperity will conquer Us, IL we do not conqoer our
prosperity;
us all towards. II is question whether even :
greater issue than that of the Revolution could rouse
US to ourathers heroism. We are morally pusiusni.
nous people. We claim, for instance, 10 be f.undeo
upon the idea Of human liberty and progress yet We
do not care TO discuss Slavery; batwe shivsr, snd
run iouno and duck, and dodge, and shlrk and sPoi
ogize; and if . man rises quietly a. Charming DAD,
and says " Let ask not what Is eSpedent but whsf
is light" or if any man Of ordinary common sense
cay that nation which processes to Do the peculiar
rtprestI ,a,ve Of human freedom ought not to BIO the
oniy illustration among civilized nations OF human
slavery, instead of granting the truth, as we % tost
twice Two are four and tying to set ourselves right
before G., aud man, We pray nov to good tod, now
20 good devil and wonder which Is going n carry "
III aiicr al.
Gentlemen you will bot be surprised when you DIS
cover as you soOn will that, Notwithstanding the COM
mercia prosperity Of our country, there are wise men
who shake their heads already, and good men who
despair.
But am not here to counsel you TO despair aud
headshakipgs. am here TO say that this country,
which you to inherit and for which you are TO be
responsible, reeds orly an enlightened patriotism
10 fulfill all its mssit n. do not believe that our
young energy il capable Of nothing more than money
making Of any tOetat any wear and tear u the moral
seLse do not believe the continent, vailed ana
virgin Though all the 6ebaucheres Of early history
was unyailed only 20 be welded to the same spirit,
crown rank ard cid. do not believe that The pur-
pose Of God in the progress Of the 10 seliespecf-
ing and consistent Liberty and Law, IS TO be
thwarted by moral cowsrdlce. But ! pols.e
rather that there il moral sentiment in the county
which will make the goCDs vi lis morning lie senes
of lie Prime and which honors the name Amencan ~
much that il would willingly die rather than see
decorated. In "A system of popular education ~
which our people have unpIccedented general In
t.llgence-In free Press, and generally TIE hee',
public di. cussiOn-in the entire separation OF Cnurcn
aud State and absolute religious toeration-h
f,stem Of government which constantly refers inc
legislators 10 people already free and educsted ana
20 fer il refined TO wise cOunsel-we have all the
n ears men could ask in human society u cooperate
with Providence, and ihcarnate the American IDEA
il a alton which shall be worthy its advantages.
Young msricansl those means are yours Use
them as GOD inspires. BE faithful be firm, BE- bold
neither deuded by the hope Of easy sneoess nor dis
heaItened BY the long delay. We shall die, ADD our
childlen's children, and yet the end NOT De- %. pe
cheeTcd by the great ann and by the great spun
and the vision of all noble minds, and your mcm-
DRY then will cheer the hope OF humanity ~ ''"'
suB-et the dew reyiyes the world