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

out p their ouoDsyy clog OF fire. and 10 the
Declaration swoks the th hundors and cleaned in tue
Lightning Of the deathess words Of OTIS, Hesry and
Adams, was graved forever IN the general mind by
the pen OF Jeersoa and Paine, IS by steal point on
great rock sun-bghed, survived tue excitemen;s OF
al the pecesslies Of order penetrated aad tingsf
all our constitutional comp )siticn and pcli,y, and all
our party atOns aud romenc sture and staods
to-day radiant, defiant, Ocubd, up-tos the umnts
Of our greatness authoritative and louder procls
maticn to tuDarity By Freedom, the guard an and
the svtDger.
But come trsits Of polite, are not one. In
some traits differ from another, and We chsnge
from ourselves. You may ssy these are subordinate,
e1ecCtory instrumental tIeI.s Let us 10. cayll Aoou
nsInes but find the Of things. Our objso ia
10 know the nature of American nationality, and We
attempting to do So frsI By contrast ng 1t with Its
aJtagonisns.
There are two great existences, then in our civl
life which have tnis in common, though they have
nOthirg else in common, that they may come In
conflict with the nationality which describe; one
Ct them constant in is operation, consaIutona,
heethful auxiliary, even; the other rarer. Hlegl-
mate abnormsl terrible; one Of them forcs un-
der law the other violence ends phenomenon above
Law s1d against law. 1t Is frat the capital pecuary
OF our system, now common place II our poNt.cs,
that the affections WI ch we give TO country We gge
10 divided object the States 10 which live snd the
Union by which cOpfolded. We serve two
masters. Our hearts own two loves. We live in two
countries at cnce and ere oonmarded 10 be cspsclous
Of both. How easy II ia to reconcile these dlues 10
y,
helpful ard independent they are In theory, how 10
this respect our systems differences make our sy.-
tems peace, ard from these blended colors ana
this action and counteracton, how marvellous 8
beauty and how grand a harmony we draw out,
you all know. Practically you know, too, the
adjustment bss not been quite so simple. How the
Constitution attempts It is plain enough. There II is;
Literd ScrsPta n0net anu heaven and eartn sha,i
pass before one ot title of that scripture shall
ail Of fuillment. So all say, sld yet how men
have divided on it, How ttey divided IN the great
Convention ITSELF ana 10 tie very presence OF Ms'n-
ngtCn. How the people divided on It. How ~ mas
created parties lest and given power bestowed great
regulations, and taken them away, ana coorsa and
shaken the universal course of our public lie. But
have you ever considered that in the nature OF thngs
this must be BOT Have you ever considered that !.
WAS federal eystsnl had to adopt, and tnst IN
such a system conflict of head aid mem DER Is ia
some form and TO some extent Iesult OF couiss
There the Ststes were when we became e. natIon'
There they mad been for one hundred ana hty years
for one hundred and seventy years. Some power, II
was agreed all hande we must delegate to tae now
Government. OF some thunder, some beams, some
insignia, some means OF klndlDg prde, winning graz
tude attracting honor, love, obedience, ifiends-all
men knew they must be bereaved, and they were
so But when this DONE there were the States still
In the scheme Of every statesman, they renamed
cOmpou ept paft uns nib ated ndestIuctbe. 10 the
scheme Of the Constitution Of compromise ITSELF tney
remained a component part, indestructlbe. 10 the
theories of all publiosts and all speculats they were
retained and they were valued for IT, TO hinder ana
tie danger and the weakness of federal liberty. And
then when you bear n mind that they are sovereign
tea, quasi, but severe gnties STILL that one OF the
Icost sd and preogat yes OF sovereign
tes, the prerOgative to take lie ana liberty ior efe
is tbes without dispute; that 10 the theories OF some
schoole they may CLAIM 10 be parties TO ne grea, com
pact and as auch may and that any one Of them may
secede from the compact when by their corporate
judgment they deem II to be broken fandameLtaIy by
the Others ard that from such judgment there is no
appeal to a common peaceful umpire; that In the
theories Of some schools they may csu out tnelr
young men AID their old men under the pans oi
Death to defy the sword-pont OF the Federal Army
that they pour around even the gallows ana tns
tomb Of him whO died for treason TO the non' ',;I1
opinion tears and thus sustain the ,as' untu!
SPnr and sootbe the disembodied complaining shs1e;
IT. every one by NAME By line of boundary, by Ju-
reelection is distinct from every Other ana every one
from the nation thst within their loviolste poraeIs
lie our farms, our bomes. our meeting houses, oui
orayes: that their laws, their cours tneH uiiiiua,
their poce to so vast extent protect our persons
from Violence and houses from plunder that their
heaven rpens our hsrvests; their schools form our
ohdiens mental and moral nature; tner chaiIies of
their taxes feed our poor their hospitals cure or smell
ter our inssDe that their image their opinions, theM
literature, their morality, are around us ever, d
presence, q monument, an atmosphere, when you
consider this, you feel how practical ana nov
bic is that antagOnsm to single national l'ie, ana
how true it is that we buy all our blessings at price
But there j, auother antsgorism to sucn Datiohai
life less constant less legitimate, less compensated
more terrible, which must refer-nOt
tion not for warning not even for grief but that we
NAV know by contrast nationality itseltand thst Is,
the element Of sections. This too, old older taan
the States old the colonies, old as the churches
that planted them old as jamestown, ola asfymouth.
thousand forms disguise and express It, and 10 all OF
them il is hdeous. CaRdidm Seu Eigram hoe IN R0-
name cdrcto. Black or white, Is you are Americans,
dread it, shun 1t Springing from many causes and
fed by many stmulants sppgipg from tnat diversity
of climate business institutions, accomplishment and
morality which comes Of our greatness, and conpeis
and should constitute order and our agreement ou'
which Only makes their difficulty and their ment IRON
that seOve and self preference whcA are tneif own
standard exclusive, intolerant aud censo'l0us, OF
what is wise and holy; from the fear OF ignor,.
ance the Jealousy Of ignorance, the nsrrowness OF
ignorance; from iucapacty to ABSTRACT couolne anu
grasp a complex and various object ana thus rSs 10
the dignity of concession and forb earsnce and COM
promise; from the frame Of our civil pohtY me ne
cessties of our public life and the nature OF our am
bitten which fcIces all men not great men-the MN
iser in his parish the politician on the stump on
election day, tne editor of the party new.papeI-io
take his rse or his patronage from an intense local
opinion ard therefore TO do his best to crea,e OF fe
enforce it; from our federative Government; IRON
our good traits bsd traits, and foolish traits; from
that vain and vulgar hsnkering for European repus-
ton and respect for European opinion, which forsets
that nay know Aristoph anes, and Geography, and
the Cosmcal Unity and Telurc Influences, and the
smaller morals of life and all the sounding preten-
sons Of philanthropy and yet not krow America;
from that philosophy falsely called which boasts
empty Of progress, ren0urcee tfadtons, oerles uou
and wor hips itsef from arrogant and tashy tera-
ture which mistakes new phrase for new thought,
and old nonsense for truth, and is glad to e1-
ch.nge for the fame of drawing ard psrlor VIE
dos and the side light OF car IN motion, the ap-
provsl Of lime and the world from philanthropy
which is short sighted. impatient and spssmodc, and
cannot be msde to appreciate that its Sfandest and
surest agent in His eye whose lifetime s Eternity, ana
yhoe periods are ages is a nation and sober pubic
opinion and safe and silent advancement, reforming
by time; from that spirit which would rule or rain,
and would reign in he'll rather than serve IN heaven;
sprr cng from these ard stimulated thus there
l. an element of regions antagor stc TO natonaty.