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

for te iItsmpesste maa, Cor s,svss k< ffss fs 81.
that hope your rssh and hasty had would p s'rssi
thst hope ny ps.isnce would sdvAncs.' Have tssS
done ? Are they answered
Tbers are other eoaeisiocs and other lAvs OF or
rstouali,y which here reeds 20 be ssd sonelhing
II there were time Thst il is not snd thss II c~ssx
eoue 90 soon. thai II csnnot schievs rs destiny ast
csTrOt live even unless il rests on the uodefs:sad
ilg cf The state, You koov. How gloriouily tss
sniicpspd ~ own Constitution, You remenser.
How well sA,d Nasblrgton-who sa,d ali things - hs
6d all things welt ttat 10 proportion as tle Gov
e,rm. u,s rect or public opinion that opinion mast -
euhshtened." There mus, then be intel geecs
AZ TIE foundation. But what intsuEsrcef Nos
that ym,h pufefh up, fancy, not hippaacy, AZ
smartness, rot seioisrn, whosS nuts. waos, OK
precision sre vsrity, res.essness, insuoordns1,n.
hate, irreyereucs uubelef, incapscIty 10 cou-
blre idess, ard great cspaei;y to oNerwofk sas's
oue. Not quite the. This Il that tile integencc ssa
little lesinrg which are dangerous. These are ths
chsrsc.ers,ios Ihsve read which pave the way oftas
downfall of States; rot on which long glory ssa
long srerth have toseied T0eee more ,hsn tue aee'
ersl OF Mseeoor, gave the poison 10 DsmosIhenes u
the Island Temple. These, not the Tnumyirae alone.
closed tie eloquent lips of Cicero. These before the
populous North had done il, spread beneath Gibraltar
70 the Ls bsn De in the downward sgs; these cot
Christianity, not Goth, ret Lombard, nor Norman rees
that fair one Italy ssupder, and tuned the gs:dez
and tie mistress Of the earth into school. ,nlo
hiding PLACE of ssssssiDs-of spice from Austria, Of
spss from France, with gold to buy and ears 10 cses
ard pursh the dreams o. liberty whispered IN etccp
Mazziri, and gave for that joy and thst oesuty.
mourning Al heaviness. This is not tue lIsellgeace
our Consultation mears, Washington mssot aud our
country needs. IL is intelligence which, however ~
besns ends with belief with humility with obedIence,
With yeuersuon, with admiration, With tru'h; vh.sh
recognizes ana then esns and then teaches tue Ounce
Of comprehensive citizenship winch hopes iS Q
future on esIth and beyond enth. but turns haoiu-
ally reyerertly tnougatfully TO the old paths the
gres, mep the hslowed graves of the fs'hes; which
binds in one buudle Of love the kindred and mighty
legend Of revolution and liberty; the lie OK Chr'ss 70
the Evsrgeists and the Constitution IN It's psn sex'
which can re ad with Lord Chatham Tnucydiees sod
the stories Of master Ststes OF antiquity yet h,ds
with him that the pspe Of the Congress ct l'o vere
better whose patriotism grows warm AZ Maretaos,
but warmer S Monmouth, At Yorktown, at Bunker
HILL at Saratoga; which reforms by preserving serves
by standing and waiting, fears Goj aad honofs Amx-
lea.
| bad something 10 ssy more directly sh on toc
ethics of nationality, on the duty OF nstrdchos tRe
conscience the crimes OF treason and Islander, sae
fraud, thst committed around us IN ITS name, on
the shsloypess and STUPIDITY OF the doctrine thas
tine rpeye moral sentiments, trained by mere moral
discipline, mny safely guide the complex civil bfs;
Of the teachers and stucies which they need 10 ht
them fpr go precious, difficult and delicate domin-
ion; sf the high place in the scale Of duties,
which. thus fitted they assign to nationality: OF
the judgment which, thus fitted they would apply TO
one or two of tic common plsces aud practices OF the
time Eu pass il all 10 say only that these ethics
teach the true sulordins,on, and the true reconcs-
ticn of sppsrently incompatible duties. These only
se the cssuIsts or the safest casuists Tor u.s. Lsa
from them how to adjust THIS connic between pasnos
ian sld philanthropy. To us, indeed there seems 10
be no such conflict for philsnthropst5 In pro.
norton ss we are anionsts. Our philanthropy, We
venture to say, is a true philanthropy Thais AL u
loves all men, il helps all nen respects oil rights,
keeps all compacts, recognizes al Dangers piVies ~
,uferipg ignores no fact master ant slave IL esfolds
alike IL happens thus that contracts the sphere OF
our auy some whnt ana changes not the nature Dat tue
times the places, the mo1s ot performing Them Ndoes
not make our love ccld, but It axes It SAFE 1t nat
nralxss II il bsptzes into our hfe IL circumscribes
il within our capacities and our nece3ltes, sets on
II ths great national public seal. II you ssy that
thus our patriotism limits our philanthropy, answer
that ours ia American philanthropy. BE This the vr-
,,'s we bosst. and this the name by which ksow
II, this name. in this qusliiy, find the staodard
and ths ntterance of the virtue itself. BY this,
not by broad phylacterics and chief sests; tho
keensr hate the eoomier fanstiosm the louder cry.
Judge compare, subordinate. DO the think tbst
booy is ,phllanthropist but themselves We, too,
look up the cng vista and gaze wrapt at the dazziag
ascent we too, towers rising, crowned, imperial.
ana the tribes coming to bend in the opeelng Of .
latter day But we see peace order reconciliation Of
rights aOrg that frightening future. We trace su
along that succession OF reform, the presiding instru
mentali.ies of patiOns life. We see our moIsuty
working itself clearer and clearer; one historical
and nventona right wrong, after another falling
peacefully aud still; We hear the chain breaking, has
there is NO blood on IL, none of his whom II bound,
nOLo OF DIS WHO put tOu hiui "o hooi sno '"ou'"S
chorus of the free but master and slave unite in that
chorus and there IA no discordant shrek above the
harmony; we and hail tbs blending OF our oWn
glory with the eternal light Of God but we see, too.
shapes of love and beauty ascending ana descending
there as iu the old vision,
Hold fast this hope dierust the philanthropy, dis
trust the ethics which would, which must, tarn t into
shame DO no evil that good may como. Perform
your share for you have share in the abolition OF
Slavery perform your share, for you have share IN
the and generous strife of tue sections bat per-
form il by keeping, by transmitting, uaised loving
and Christian America.
Fut Why at last, do exhor, and why do / ssem
to fear on suen day as thus Is II not the nstions
birthday Is it rot this country Of our love and
hopes, which celebrates it This music OF the glsd
march, these banners Of pride and besaey, these
memories so fragrant these resolutions OF patriot
ism 80 thoughtful, these hands pressed these cos
grstuatons and huzzangs and tears, this great heart
tprobbsg audibly-e they not here, and do they
rot assure usl These forests Of masts, thsss
siogDg workshops OF labor these fields and plsnta--
tons whitening the harvest this pescs and plsaty,
this see ping thunder these bolts Ia the closed strong
talon, do trey not all tell us Of her health her
strength and her future This shadow that Hits
that dsik.ns the surface Of broad and wioooisg
stream, and passes away, this little perturbation whicn
cur telescopes cannot find and which our science CA
hardly Grd but which we know cannot change the.
course or hasten tho doom of ono star have thsss
aby ter,ors for usl Ard lie who sunDers not, noT
sleeps who keeps watchfuUy the city OF his love- o.
whose viii TIE life Of natiors is Suspended, and -
whom all the sbeds Of the earth belong otr f4thers
God il he not our God and Of whom than. and oil
what snail We be afraid