New-York daily tribune., 1863-11-25
-. nKncmER Ar TE1E ACADEMY.


Music the admission fec which fixed at rather 700
Ach rate being for the benefit Of the o. D S"ii''!
Commission The Mayor Of the city took the ch'i anu
.orr n few pertincnt remarks introduced WILLIAM ''"
,,s Noyrs esd who IN a few eloquent words "ci''''"
the cuest of the evening as the champion u" ri',"''
and champion of the United STATES i'"" "rl 80
nnl waving Of hats and hardkeromels' 'o"s N'''"''
Mr.. BEEClirR spoke as follows; o..
1,n Cu,,,u,x LADIES AND GrNTLEIrN: accept
vpur Kindness and your congra'iao's er src,y
y,oa.nrc am, with gratltrdc hoa VIA iseNcI 49, ~
peastIo ~ :, s fo he praised by the men Of your own
,trv rntil YOU have been hanished Tor time iio' m M
and stood among those on every siHs 1i you VINO
80 country her institutions, and her IDEAS ,"'i
you "Reminiscences cnc must he devoid not only oi
va,,;o,ism but almost of humanity itsc., not 10 nc -,
spired 20 some cndeaVors IN hehaii OF MS ', -,
,acuircd no courage as IL now requires no le"I". W
have stood for American ideas upon English s"i lNp
nlousc1 was paid before did my work. ana N,S
paid at every step of my work. ana II had ooSc uvn M
After weary and tedious voyage, TO nave louuI no
word Of welcome from you stil wouiu h"sV ~
abundany paid in the privilege of saying something ~
liberty and something for that land which onshnes II
IN her very institutions APPLAUSE And yet choose
not 10 regard your gathering this evening as r.1,,
sonal TO me, except in the first steps. WIN WIN
not affect 20 rcicc. il, and 10 behe'e thI' ii"T +
entertain for me a personal Kindness. nsdhcr "in
believe that it ends there for am honor'd ny you 10
night not because am simply an American ~ =; -
but because = have been made "A lepIcsVh,'N'o ", Va
American ideas and this j. t,stimon! oi the N""o
which You put upon them. This Is renewed Win - -
and conviction on your part oi the htsi 'i'-,
those princulcs in which institutions are T.uc"''u
and for which we are IN war; and oT whch VIC ~
now held up as a spectacle before men ana ahseS' AS
American ideas are II act an important part ]" nv
fnfnre we NAV do well 10 consider what they are as as
tiurushcd from European ideas. We are not tich io
hook for them in any material prosperity oi TINS sloa'
people Our climate. our SOIL our mines our iNs'IS
our urharhors are our happy accidents. We LaO ho'LhH
10 do in making them. but only IN lnhert1hS t-c.'
blessings Our industry and our wealth are more Ie
lated 10 Us Bgtthey do 10: Distinguish u.s. ioi o.ei
nations are Industrious aud othcr peoples are Ne"'h
making; and We not 20 look 20 our nattiih ls's
perity for American Ideas, since we ui'luo ',s. ~
things with all nations Of the civilized "oii ohi
mechanic arts our discoveries. ingcnuities a"d
hands Kills DO not either characterize Us we must
look for American ideas distinguished from cont.
mental European ideas-ncaror TO Inc CApc.t,ne.s :"
our national lf, than any external ara lAt'''s' ~
p~ritv They are the radical ideas he'd ny a4u 'o9i
pora'ed into society and INTO cltl GoNef4hhtn
cal ideas of the nature q. ol the nauc o as
md of The va!nro of the society Which i forms " ~
then frst 10 the liberty civil and personal of the H.
diyidual man, not something ior when TIE may 10,
rreuared; liberty is not an attainment lo' ts l'""
cf conduct no, honor conferred ny soccty I"i s
prerogative given by Government out We Aou 10 ue
right Of liberty Ia Individual as .onciHs IL, - -.
it, not night but necessity Win less iAhn Hheil!
he is less than man, and Is nan as Goa thohsL oi ln
when he meant to create han only when ht IS nc'i
thorouphly developed and rCurdcd out IN MI his riIl
butes In The atmosphere of liberty. lthccrs II is
that without which nature cannot e'"l', s,slen...
oay and perfectly: Il is the medium oI human cNsi
encc The human soul was made io be heaithy ara
harmless powerful and bcuehcent in OIL hs powers Only
Gbe,tv N reouircd for IT iu; as hcli j. ion the eye
strucure lust as sound or the just fouus ior tie
tongae lust as air j. 70 tho lungs and although these
organs NAV al Of them eXist without tHci! apoWlait
element or medium thew exist iUpeliectiy and "a
although man may exist without liberty fe is bu'
fragmentary man where's the perfect and iceli MAJ
canaot exist without ihese. Liberty. then, if tn'
norus condition Of every fculty and the whole soul OF
man IL belongs fo all WHO have moral nature. "a
Withhold it is 10 deiEand man OF his nature II l. fi
Of him. This Is the seminal point Of American nsil
fions Below this there is nothing 1Lis Z. iundEicLti
and from this ayOv cd principle much argued aud uuch
corroveited. and from this aNowcd lrlnciple
fundamental 70 the nature OF man. from this sprng the
frst governments. UI American Governments are The
FIRST which deGuccd logically iom iofegoih -
principle Other governments were eIIclicnis and eN
peIimeIts. one added t. another a. men Went hpne
IL was for our ancestors strike cut for theory Ol
human nature and human rights. They came across
the Tat theory IN government, alG TIE,
Gid and that Is the American Government Jap
plauscl And it Is the only one. think, IN the hsior,
ef mankind. SpTinging rom the idea oi human fisat
belonging 20 the individual part of lis creative
fure Is the great American doctrine that ciY soie.
must be Organized 70 a. 10 secure ana 10 oelia th
rights and the attributes Of IT, Individual citizens
Thar state Is strong In the degree ~ which rs pfia
citizens are and that state Il weak ID proper
tion as its integral members are deprived Of liberty
The European doctrine. n TIC man. makes thc Stpt
fhrouoh is Government: the American idea makes is
STATE strong through IT, Individual members Tie In
Korean idea holds that TIE state IS the great enc lef
ar the bricks that with fCWe aud mortar arc bulls lf
70 make the State strong. The American idea J. ta
The Stale but servant, and iAa se.yes the lnd.d
s
good just as it defends he mullies and The pfi'l
leces ana the rights and tie digncs, and puIies OF
the indiyd citizens who are the end for which th'
State is created aid az Tie lines, ana al nsutl'ioi
and all the economy Of cigl society, j. bHt II blessed
sefyitude for the individual man and there Is ta'
strength 0f society IN America, thatit takes care ant
uourishes tie individual man. and makes the stat
strong; whereas The European idea reeects the All
yidual man il its anxiety TO make the State strong
Tie third American idea l. that civil governments de
rive their poWers directly from the czol. and afc =
be held directly responsible 20 The people io tie e1ef
else of those powers thst they are 20 .1ereiss ,o.
powers purely and simply ~ the interest o. h'6e J. OF
whom thcy are borrowed. Tho wei4.Deihg oi soe.etl
and Of government according 20 those views demand
that the people shan De morally ana ihieHeetuL4y cot
cafcd 80 a. bofb 10 know what things are best aAt
wscs and hOw tie best and wiacst things may De se
cured aud maintained. These arc American deas, not
because we discovered them. but simply because W,
aaopfed them and because they have more THAN az
where else been successful here. We claim them b.
cause 70 "A greater extent, they are recognized ~
America than anywhere e.se. In oioeI 10 uu4effaud
European feeling must consider what the relation
Of those .cas j. fhc structure %. European society q
He principles II absolute goYCrnelts, nnd 10 he posi-
ore night the principal Governments oi EuIOle are
wrong. Europe Mal be- divided INTO two parts tie NJ
per and the lower The upper part represent dyA0stic
ideas. They hold TIE WeaL ano the power ana ioT e
most part tie intelligence. Tie lower hold neither
wealth nor average intelligence, nor altogether skil
even. Thoy lO.d the masses Of men; and thIOuglol
manhood, for political power, not tAat they may De
crowned Or coiOaetct but simply that they may have
room % become more Ike men than they have been
permitted to be. 20 Europe il divided IN this way
one filth upon the surface and iOurfiitbs below.
The upper fifth ore against u.s. and the iourhiAs be
low as fast ns they Instructed viii be ~ favor
0.us. And wlyt because American ideas are radi.
cay subgersirc of fDOuaTchc IDEAS and because they
are IL sympathy with he real wants and desires Of the
great mass Of the struggling populations Of the cont
neuts. IL il surprising at al then that men that
believe IN thrones AID absolute governments. that be-
cve that people arc made the Government in.
stead of tie Government % The people that
believe that God Ordans Kings and plicsts 10 govern