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| recOmpenscu Dy any Rreviousu ppOiutihen
through my instrumentality.
1t 10 q common custom Of authors, to pre-
face work or chapter with O quotation o.
poetry, which foreshadows some principle
thought or character TO be illustrated in
succeeding pages In imitation Of that Gus
tom, will submit TO you that beautifu
apostropby Of Leigh Hunt, to the spirit Of
Brotherhood in Man:
| Abou Ben Adhem: may his tribe increase,
Awoke ono night from q deep dream OF peace,
| And saw within the moonlight in the room,
| Making II rich a. lilly In bloom
| An Angel writing In q book Of gold
Now exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold,
| And to the presence In the room, he said,
What writest thou 7 The vision raised its head,
| And with a look, made all OF sweet accord,
| Answered: "The names ofthose who love the Lord
And IL mine one, said Abou; NAY not 30,
Replied the Angel Abou Ben Adhem
In . voice more low, but chserily still,
Answered write me pray thee then,
As one who loves his fellow men.
The Angel wrote and vanished,
And the nsxt night IL came again.
with great wakening light. and showed
The names Of those whom love Of God had blest
And 10! "Ben Adhem's tame led all tho rest.'
Once more. thank God, the bells Of Amer
lean independence have sounded the sweet
song of human freedom upon the ambient
air, in solicitation Of the faithfu! 10 attend
the sacred mathis Of an honored and n glo-
rious ancestry. Let the cannons roar, the
FURNISHED musket and polished sword un.
sheathed by the hands Of yeace and graft
tude. glitter in the sun. Let all the music
of earth revel in melodies. and squibs and
crackers smok Q and explode Mt the touch Of
childhood, for IL is in honorable obedience to
tho cdicts Of q patriotism. which is impress
sible, an annual song of political freedom
which the American people must sing. or
lose their right to be presided over by the
fair Goddess Of Liberty and Equal Rights.
Never were the sons and daughters Of the
Heroes of 70 summoned together for the
purpose of expr essipg their political fidelity,
under circumstances moro singularly bean
tiful or thrillingly pleasant, than those that
now embrace us with favor. Though born
and reared around the homes and frcsides
Of the cast, where our veperated sires first
covenanted with the spirit Of liberty, We
have yielded to tho sedUcing appeals Of rest.
less energy and nm inherent thirst Of adven.
ture, and by the guiding light Of the " Star
Of Empire" moving westward. we have found
ourselves. not without the pale Of the Amer.
ican confederation Of States. and yet within
few miles of the music Of the great mon.
arch Of oceans. mingling songs of gratitude
to God, the preserver of nations. in the
beautiful, grain cleaning valley Of the Sac
ramcnto.
What coliseum Of natural beauties fcs
tooned and bcautifed by the most exquisite
touches Of art Let our eyes revolve upon
the scene What n picture Of beauty un-
folds itself TO our vision. Ono almost un.
bounded valley Of agriculture too rich to
need tho fertiliziog hoof OF Pegasus, whose
emerald garments Of spring have been ex-
changed for tho golden robes of a farmers
harvest; whose broad bosom Is travcrsed by
= navigable river. flowing over beds OF gold
| and margined by ccDturian sycamores and
the perennial foliage of luxurapt willows.
A valley that perspectivcly narrows itself
into mountain gorge at the north, ere IL
reaches the domain OF tho first Pacific sister
that spreads itself out between reccding and
and divergipg mountain ranges, like web
of benefcence aud boon Of plenty, until
by gorgeous expansion IL loses itself in the
sunny south. A valley that now CLEANS
with the gracious signs of civilization, where
men and women glory in the pursuits Of in.
dustry, and upon this, the national anniver-
| sary OF our independence and freedom unite
together In awarding gratitude to God,
praise and thanks to our forefathers, in hon.
Vtlbk uuu NtupuutiuK tut cVlTlt tuht
would attach disgrace to useful occupations.
snd manacle toll with the opprobious epi
thets Of white slavery" or hopeless serf.
dom.
In such valley. and under such circum.
| stances, We are invited to the contemplation
Of q government aud people, whose history
Is almost the revelation of n miracle, but
whose futare destiny is so maptled with
doubt, that We may be psrdoncd for the ex.
preston Of an earnest solicitude about its
fulflment aud character, No citizen of this
Republic can even travel back in that mea
gre avenue Of retrospect, that was opened
BY the jamestown and Plymouth pioneers
Of liberty, without being imbued with the
loftiest feelings Of admiration that can be
awakened by sight of national glory. or
by q display Of that almost divine patriot.
ism that makes irradieut the names and
character, the lives and acts of the founder:
Of our Republican institutions. His march
from the present to the past is not more pc.
euliar and interesting from the revelations
Of wonderful achievements, than significant
| and admonitory. As he recedes from those
| stupcndous monuments Of art that time aud
money have reared as an attestation Of no.
honal pride and progress; as his steps OF
| fe'Togressioh carry MIN from tue uDhKhin-
cant State Houses, the immense and gor-
geous cathedrels and churches, the elabo.
rate and overweight palaces of naughty
opulence, from the quick winged clippers OF
commerce, from the steam driven naiades
that float upon our rivers. and lakes, and
oceans, from those snorting horses with iron
hoofs that annihilate distance. or those cleo.
tric wires that we're intended to complete the
galvanic circle Of fraternity. As his con.
temptation carries him back from these, the
achievements of the American people. he
will be amazed by the important fact, that
disinterested patriotism. ennobled honesty,
lofty bearing, real chivalry, eminent NOR.
ais and true and hallowed piety, become
more aud more elevated In development
more and more beautiful In manifestation.
as be proceeds from these our palmy days,
to the gloomy nights Of the revolution Of