The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-02-17
Rev. 1. s. Kalioch's Lecture OH "The Future
Of the Republic"

Judging fromthe thin attendance the Cooper Inst.
tute last evening" the New York Benevolent Association
rather miscalcuated the power Of Rev. Mr.. Kaoch's
attract audience. The curiosity to see and
hear that gentleman, whose peculiar notorety re-
Gently great, would have decidedly waned At
the hour named for the lecture hundred and fifty
persons had assembled In the large hall, was tue
number afterwards materially increased. Two members
Of the ;iaCD panied the upon tie plat
FORM who, on beng Introduced, was tn some
applause lhe SUBJECT Of bis discourse rhe Futre
Of the Republic " We work pg out al ulsoi we'd
problem IN the country We endeavoiing 10 shox
the world that sell government Possibility by ao .
tuality Whether we were 70 advance to perfection
N The equalization OF the race, TO sink back from
the height We had attained, was a question
over which the contemplative pondered and the tmd
wcpt No person could assert that of daa.
ger. We warned by the fa of the grea, republics
and empires of old but, looking at their history We
found 1t was not the foe from without, but corruption
from within that swept those states away. Prosperity
produced excess, excess tyranny. Such were our
dangers and drawbacks Still, he sas OF who
had great faith confidence in the uauce of this
repubhc-athouRh 1t was not " be expected that We
were TO accomplish work which many ages mad
been spent without meeting heavy seas aod ug upon
rocks that would almost shser tnb,rs pieces LIS
grounds Tor hope lie would classify four heads
First, the growth Of the country, especially relate,
" the West He nslancsd the unbouHded physical re-
sources OF the great West capable of producing food
three times the population Of the world; rapid IN.
crease Of population, the quick growth of ts
vast commerce OF its rivers and takes; It LOUIS mutt
plying itself sixteen fold IN twenty years, aud soon
TO be the New YorK Of the West Chicago but thirty tx,
years ago Indian village, the ceutre Of a large
trade &c, Us hopeful sgns. Secondly DC hopei for
future Of the county from the reserved o ne peo
pie-a power IN reserve winch had sci
yet The people generally right; there heath
ful senmebt in the popular heart. Though poor, they
could not always be oppressed with implnity as was
memorahly shown in the case Of LOUIS Philippe ofrance
Though not bghy educated, in one seuse they
sounoiy educated They han a profoaodef Knowledge
than that of abstract science Massachusetts, had
graduated some pobie men from her colees out should
reCOliected Governor had graduated
factory her Senator proudest title that of the
"Nat,sx Iopberv The people stronger than courts
or cabinets or PRESIDENTS Coosresses pitcs and
he believed that Lei; the Pres lent esign Disgust
gres 60 home, and the courts close, eecaring the
country would not cease day-tne people
would carry on. And thus lei him to
the third ground OF confidence the safety of the repab
iic-nameIy, the unity of the people. Notwithstanding
Apparent sectional DIVISIONS let but foreign foe apcar
and the southern dreeater would JON hands with the
Northern abotionst in defence Of their co4ntry
In every dereLce ali alike believed anu Appealed 10
tine constitution As there little DANGER 70 rel, zion
while men made the Bible common standard OF authri
ty 10 he thought we had not N any real danger
while all accepted the constitution under which we
live a. the best He believed that Of the nappes re-
representatv es from the different States who ON Maine
to Florida, meeting face 10 face, lear ed t know enb
other 70 forget oa Anmostes and 10 rally closely
round tne same nag. made . man largo hearted
travel even on email scale Il made them and out (what
great many had not Yet discovered) that the
WAS broader than their fathers shield He fully concured
In The belief that Scuthernef were 10 visit the
North, and Northerners obliged VISIT south, each
would lose some~hst Of the bitterness of controversy
Even nreeang Jefferson Davis down Name, cooiei nv
its oreezes aud cheeied by hospitality, bcsme gentle
~ lamb aud conservative 'pussum Thus brought
contact men from every section come IN love the sou
mebt, prostued, indeed by d.maRogues, sut dear "
every American hcart--'Thc Union Il must be gre
served lastly and IN tone Of professional csul-
which he hatd in any one, AMI esp ecialy IN m ns,er
Ms confidence the future OF hs republic vas n Col
The great Of human freedom was u HIS hands, o
whom written that Ho would MT f,i until there
in tho del th.,
needy when he crieh, the poor, and bn thn hath no
helper.