Litchfield enquirer., 1858-08-19

'io" "ish edCH othef. DuG Will not dwell upon these results, and will present only one other aspect of the great subject What the nations of the world have most needed throuel, all the centuries that have passed, was sys- tenn of selfgovcrnmcnt based upon the funda- mental principle of the political equality of all classes and conditions of men. It fell to the lot Of our country to organize such system of government. and under the auspices of Wash ington, Adams, Jefferson and Hamilton. to put 1t into successful operation. But it stood here isolated and alone. The nations of Flu rope saw that system at distance, coveted it. and many of them have struggled through seas of blood to seize and embrace, adolt and es- tabsh it among themselves But that was impossible, and has hitherto been impossible. Before they can avail themselves of this great blessing, the European continent and all other continents must be brought practically into immediate proximity to, and intimate commun- ion with the United States. Mark now how Providence has steadily developed and perfect ed the wonderful agency, by which such q communion could be established.
 While Adams and Jefferson in their closets were studying the model of that new system of government based on the rights of man, and preparing the people of these then Brit ish Colonies for it's acceptance, a mechanic, a printer in Philadelphia, Dr. Franklin, was per svveringly engaged in identifying tile lightning of the skies with the electricity which t,crvadcs the earth, and suIjecting that hitherto fearful element to the service of mankind. That agency has been perfected, completely, just so soon as it can be safely pronounced that the system of government desired by the nations is practiscd and may be wisely adopted. Hence forth Europe, Asia and Africa are to le rap idly regenerated by the political ideas of America henceforth we shall have no such low ambition as is expressed by the motto, Americans shall rule America" but that mo- bier ambition expressed by what hereafter is to Ee our watchwerd. "American Mind, American Opinions, American Systems, shall rule throughout the earth" It is in this view that see desrotic systems of slavery, of nfdelty and organism, in the progress of thick-coming centuries, disappearing and man. kind ill all nations becoming all free under the sway of selfgovernment and the Christian re- lgion.
 The presence of our distinguished Chief Magistrate reminds me that we of the State of New York have an especial interest in this great occasion, aLd in the future which have been contemplating It was citizen of New York that projected the Federal Constitution the organization of that new system of self government for the people of the United States. It was citizen of New York who bound the Eastern and Western States togeth- CT, and thus consolidated the Union by the Canal, which unites the Western waters with the Atlantic It was citizen of New York tlat reduced steam to service as a marine pow CT, and so made the laying of an electric con- ductor across the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean a possibility. It.was citizen of New York who resumed the task of tanning the light ming where Franklin had left it, and made that power the docle messenger of human intel- gcnce It is now citizen of New York who crowns the work of bringing the nations of the earth into fraternity with the United States, so that they can appreciate, attain and estab fish the political systems of the United States Do you wonder, then, that I make it the chief object of my ambition o establish and magn- fy and aggrandze the State of New York in this Rel ubl;c, since you see that just as the
 influence of New York is aggrandizeR, the in- fuence and sway of the United States through out the world are realized?