, 1860-07-13


to move our fathers. Individually they were i'm
bued with the sentiment, and pledged never TO
be satisfied so long as single child Of the colo
nies was in danger Of having his limbs CALLED BY
q link Of British chain Yesl the vow was made
and kept The rights for which they consecrated
their lives and fortunes has been most gloTiously
ompassed-achieved by their blood and trans
mitted to Us, their children, to honor, enjoy, and
to transmit to posterity. Although the remains
Of those revered patriots now moldsr cold beneath
the sod, the immortal FIRE which they enkindled
has survived them. behold to-day an evidence
that Il will not cannot die; that L viii be eter
nal, and will be extinguished only BY the final
combustion Of the elements.
We to-day are far removed from the scenes
that immortalize our fathers triumph-the tri.
umph Of principle over tyranny. In day Of
extraordinary prosperity and happiness, OF high
national honor, distinction and power, We are
brought together BY our love Of virtue and ex-
alted character. This assemblage here to-day,
while Il does you honor by evincing your appre.
ciation and veneration for exalted worth, does
something more: It proves the wisdom Of our
fathers. Il irrefragibly establishes that even IN
remote results they were correct-that they la-
bored under no halIucination. This privilege we
to-day enjoy was in part what urged our fathers
on to victory. They believed and said The
day will come when the breeze will wan rs, from
the Pacific shores, sounds Of the festivities and
Glad rejoicing Of our sons; and although We long
since may have taken our exit from the land We
love. still the voice Of aeclamation and gratitude
commencing on the Atlantic, shall be transmitted
through millions Of our sons, till It lose itself In
the murmurs Of the Pacific seas" Yes; We To-
day verify that prediction. Il has been done,
too, In an extraordinary short period Of time
But Il Is IN extraordinary age In which We live.
Occurrences so numerous and 50 important that
they might distinguish centuries crowd our an
nails, and are beheld within the compass Of .
single life. The war Of the Revolutions strug-
gle which itself might have been expected 70 occat
sion war Of hall century-has been achieved;
thirty.three sovereign and independent States
erected; two or three millions Of people have
been augmented to more than thirty millions;
the great forests Of the West have been pros
trated BY successful industry, and the dwellcEs
on the shores Of the Pacific coast and iis fertile
valleys have become the fellow-citzens and neigh
bors Of those who cultivate the hills Of the ex-
treme northern and eastern portions Of our con-
America has demonstrated that man & capable
Of selfRoveFnment |; and the fires which burn
upon our affairs, devoted 70 freedom, are warm
ing into life and manhood the oppressed through
out Christendom. Liberty -Eqnalty-Frar
ternityn-words that are the emblems Of ideas
that sprung from the soil farlilized BY the blood
Of our own Revolution, have crossed the ocean,
and these ideas, rev0ved there In the minds Of
men, ,hnd ulterance, and suddenly thrones that had
stood tranquil for ages are dashed one against
the other, and the pharaphernalla Of despotism
and oppression shfivel and pass away belore
them. The mercenary soldier, who 50 long had
a.. - ~lfna~.r r...rsnm nnnn
is guard and its engine Of oppression, knowing
only blind obedience to command, hears these
words and his eyes are opened he discovers
that he Is himself man; they iraternize, and
mighty revolution, the revolution Of q kingdom,
h sccomplished by the simple announcement o.
a truth. and nth In the truth that men ere
brethren.
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