New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-07


pride make us lnthsnkiu
Take ore. Have YOU ever considerei, speculs.lnS
or the mysteries of Ca natlonsi o-ing hos proven
tiAy the ocloril life itself. 10 one respect qlslsd
fr Irior ard bow pr svi sntay It esne 10 pass tha.
Independence sId nstonsliy we're oofn Ia ons dsy
Suppose ttat from the tiuee when they Eers planted
respectively these colonies lad oeer OF
ole another ard Of every one-szPcoss ths hAd been
80 ior ore hundred std fifty years, for one hundred
srd seventy yesrs thst 10 the eye CT puohc Is" they
had through sii that time ranked with England, wtn
FGance; that through all tbst tlue they nfd mace
war coLc uded peace, negotsted treaties OF c)umsIce
ard Cf alliance received aud sent Minister'S coined
money, superin.euded trade, and done al other
thirgs which Independent States OF ngn: msy Dc,
and ther that single foreign power red soGgh, 20
reduce them. | GO not ssy tnAt tha. power would
have educed them. | do not ssy that necessity
that prudence, yhich is civil necessity, would not
have taught them to assist one anooer, ana ,nat 10
ore Sc ase ard that one they would hsve fought
ard triun phei together. But when tnst victory was
von and the cloud rolled of sesward, would these
yctors have flown into common embrace aod De,
come q s;rgle people This long ariecedent several
inc eperdence; this lorg autecedert nsons LIE
woud l. bot have inGursted them snd separsted
them These old high actions and high psssions
flowing diverse, these opposed banners OF Old heds,
this music of hostile marches, these memories OF an
upshsrsd past this history of q glory IN which one
opIy had psrt-do you think they could have bsea
melted softened and beaten quite 80 easily into me
unity Of common life 7 Might not the world have
seen trere instead srother Atties, and AcnaIa
J.
ard Florence and Sa1onyl Did not that colo
pisl life. iu its nature, thst long Winter aod
lingering Spring, discipline and prepare men iOr
the future o their civil HE, as an April snow enrcnes
tha earth il seems to bury Did il not keep back the
rrowths which might otherwise have shot up INTO I'M
practicable rsLkness ard diversties Did it cot divert
men from themselves 70 one anothsr-hassachuset1
and Vrginis, and New-York, to the forming OF the
possble Americsl Instead Of stuntiug snd eneebing
did il not enlarge aud strengthen Aud when thst
host Cked together TO taste to9 ether the nrst "se's
Of Independent lie, ard one high, common, proud
feeling peryaded their ranks, Lifted up sll hearts,
sof,epsc all hearts az once-snd Rhode Island Gen
eral was seen to fight a. the Eutsws ana New
Yorker or ole wel-beloved OF Massachusetts, 81 Ssta
toea and Nnginisb TO guide the common "af, auu
united army 10 win the victory Tor all-*s' not tae
transition in moment 80 sublime, more natural less
violent easy to the trsnscendent conception or
nationality itsef
and executOry are little easier than st hrst; that
the friction Of the machine ls less somewhat tnat
mere administration has grown simpler; organize
iiors have beeu effected which may move OF them
seyes that departments have been created aud set
going which can 90 sOne that the Constitution
mas been construed authoritativey that course,
routine has been established in which thlngs-some
thirgs-may go en- as low, without your thought OF
mind Bod he il, moreover, l ADMIT, not wise, VINO
would uuGeItsk to determine Whist cl ance. or wnat
Providence, may do, and what man msy do in the
sustentston Of rational life But remember, that
is a false philosophy, and that Is no religion
which absoves from duty That is impiety watch
boasts Of will Of God, and forgets the business OF
man. Viii and reason create9, Will and reason must
keep Every day still, We are in Committee OF the
Wole, en- the question OF the CONSTITUTION or 90
Constitution. Eternal vigilance is the condition OF
union, a. they cay il s Of liberty have heard tnat
if the came Omnpotence which formed the universe
at fIst tLoud suspend s care for q day, primeval
or sos were come again. Dare we NIX such specg-
a'ion in politics. and act on it q Consider how new is
tls America of yours Some there are yet living
who saw this infant rocked in the cradle. Some
there are get awe who behed the first Inauguration
of Washington; many that felt how the tidngs OF MS
death srnote the general heart. Some now alive
the deep broad trench first excsvated the stones
drawn from the mountain side, the mortar mingled,
the oyo.opean foundation laid the tears, the an.
unknown, therefore magnifisd therefore msgniicoht
original that august tradition OF mixed nuu'sn ana
Divine that hidden fountain, the opg hslt.hidden How
glsnciug Uncertain and unfrequent through the
ops Of the old forest, spresdipg out at last AFTER
leagues after centsnes into the clear Daylight OF his
tory the authoritative prescription the a"ful hoaf
OF nnumersbe sges, the legend the fable, the tonos
Of uncertain harps the acquiescence OF generations
rising in long line as to gits-whefe tor US
are they On all ths architecture OF ulhty
and reason where has Time lad foger Wnst
anRularty has it rounded; whist stone mas 1t COW
cred with moss; on what salient OF what pendant
coigne Of vantage has it built its nest; on WHAT de-
fornity has i's moonlight and twilight fallen What
enables us then to withhold for 8 moment the sus-
tanning hand The counsel of philosophy and his
tory Of Cicero, of Machisvel, of Montesquisu to
turn to the fret principles, to reproduce ana recon-
struct the sncieut freedom, the masculine virtues,
the plain wisdom Of the original. 10 not season
abs council emnenty for YOU Remember your
reason, your will, may keep, must keep what res-
son and viii builded. Yours is the responsibility,
yours 10 country to man, unshared, uncOncesled.
| do not know that ] need to cay next that such
spirit Of nationality, reposDg on will and reason or
however produced not spontaneous and therefore 10
some extent artificial, demands specific culture TO
oeveop il and 10 make it intense sure and const ant
Z or bpp6use /
important as well plain. There is love OF country
which comes uncaled for, one knows not now IL
comes in with the very air, the eye, the ear tne IN
s,incs the fist taste Of tue mother mlk, the hrsI
b stines of the heart The faces Of brothers and sls-
ters and the loved father and mother, the laugn o
plsymstss, the old willow tree, ana well anu
tchool house, the bess at work IN tue optins'
the note of the robin at evening" The iuAsoy,
the COWS coming home, the singing book, the
Cstechism the visits Of Ieghbtrs, the general tram
ing-sll things which make childhood happy begin III
and then the age OF the passion ana te age OF h
draw and 1--we and the sense OF nome ana OF
security ard Of property under Law come to liie ana 10
the ~ goes round and az the book or the ne "spsper
relates tire less favored lot Of other ands and the puoc
tbepivste sense Of man is forming ana formed,
there il type of patriotism already mus lacy nsu
imbbed it who stood that charge al Concord and they
they who threwup the hasfy and Imperfect redouoton
Bunker Hill by night, set on i the bloc req rr9sino
hsg and passed 80 calmly with Prescott snd fltn"m
ana Warren through the experiences OF the hrst he.
But now to direct tnls spontaneous sentiment Of nea''s
to the Union to rase it high, to make Il broad and
deep, to instruct it, to educste it., is 10 sous
things harder, some things easier; but II may
be done; il must be DONE She too, Ia, her spectaces
she too, has her rames she, too has her food ior
patriotism, for childhood, for man: Aueresns,
Sc an orator Of France, "begn with the infant 10 tne
cradel. Let the fret lsps be Washington: Hspg os
his peck on that birthday and that day Of his death
Mount Vernon, the medal Of Congress, by its dark
NIB bon tell him the stoIy Of the flag as passes g
tefipg along the road; bid him listen to that pisn,
old fsshoIed. stirring music Of the Union; eaa nln
WREN school is out a. evening TO the grave Oh n1s
crl a. andf. .ther the old snciar OF the MaIi Dll