Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-08-09
WHEE
THE INTELLIGENCFR

UoV. BANKS, of Mass, at the recent celebr..
uon OF the landing of the Plymouth Pilorim.
'','ue a mastery grafton. He paid Rne trib
u'e 10 the sincerity, and inflcxible devotion Of
''oSe true-hearted old lovers of liberty. in this
passage: :" '"'S
In the army of the great leaders of the Com.
ho.l"e;.Itn .honNs3 OF England, the soldiers formed
rnelsINeS into political clubs, elected delegates
state held religious meetings in which !, corno' W
tuI VerSed In Scripture led the dcvotions of the
mayor, and admouished backslidinp coIonn)
but IN the field, neither political nor RELIGIONS
organizations as 1T has been well said, DESTROYED
IillI!aIY i;Y Organizations. In camp the scyerest
pune prevailed, his troops moved to victory
Win the precision of machines. Iik. Tho
French troops of our own ,dav. tbev came ~
regard the day fixed for battle as a day Of Ger
tam triumph, England has never known sucb
SteaulneSS, such order, such onsetS The caya.
nerS OF Rupert the battalions of Europe we're
as chaH before them.
In speaking of the origin of their RELIGIONS
ideas he said:
Ihe general estimate ofa church must depend
more upon the power it possesses than the
pleasure 1t confers, and it is n significant cir
cumstance suggested by an eminent historical
authority, that no large society of which tho
tongue is not Teutvnic has ever turned Protest
ant' and wherever a language derived from an
Gent Rome is spoken, the religion of modern
Rome prevails
Alter speaking of the circumstances of their
landing, OF the regors of climate and soil and
the many depnvations which they so patiently
endured and Subdued, he turns. and thus beau
utuly contemplates the results of their iabors.
NO falrer scene than that which meets our
view atteSts the triumphS of any pioneers in
the work of civilization. In whatever direction
we move, towns ard cities rise to meet US
The Connecticut, the Merrimac, and the rivers
mat skirt the southern coast of the Common.
wealth, boast as proud monuments of Industrial
success as the enterprise of man has ever crea.
ted. The valley of the Charles, in which slcep
lnlrty or forty villages, towns and cities crown
ca, on the one hand by the metropolis of New
England, and the blue sea beyond, and on the
other by the highlands of the interior, presents
from any commanding eminence scene uniting
as many OF the beauties of art and nature com.
olned as any upon which the eve of man ever
rested. These are the monuments of the prOwess
ot the settlers of New England, and the pros
perty and happiness of their descendants. Not
unto us, but unto them be the honors paid
NO monumental shaft, no tongue of poetry or
eIoquence can offer to them n more appreciate
or elaborate eulogy than that spoken for them
in their works.
Never did monument rise to commemorate
nohler deeds or greater heroiSm than theirs
No fortress, citadel or temple, no pyramid. ar
Senai, or Obeiisk, no triumphal arch or marble
statue, bears testimony TO holier vrtues-that
yet live in Greek and Roman fame-than the
lnnumerable and imperiShable evidences of great
purposes and powers which make lllustrious
the fame OF the New England Fathers.