New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-09-08


glory A neroiful Providence has spared him tte
sustterable anguish OF b, holding the daIk ADJ IS oi
Sin and folly, upon which no SO earnestly Prsysd
that his ey es might never gaze MI. Webster loveo
10 mediate upon the majestic Structure, and Tie
nossbla destiny Of the American Union. lis
= Olvmpian" soul Ike that of Pcrcos had beer
educated and exalted By tho study of nstaIe and
natures laws from which exhaustese fouptein he
drew anaoeies worthy Of his mighty mind.
friend recollecte him walking neer midnight around
the Capitol. Their couyCrsaEon turned upon the
possible dangers to the American Republic nom sn
undue extension of its geographical limits. 1srn-
ing his face up to the starry rmsmcnt, which shons
reflected in his deep cavernons eyes, he soIemniy
asked, "Did the discovery Of Septunc impair INC
stability OF the solar system" Do rot the scene
ard the man reproduce the portrait, which OVID
had painted eighteen centuries before
Os sublime dedit soeluIsqae taeri..i
Even his pleasantly, on that occasion, was some-
what colossal and elsphantiue AfoctioDatcy
throwing his arm around his friend, at psrtihs, rs
said, in his large ard graRdly cordial way, Come
none of your short-lesged sixty-day fellows apou'
me, with their three days grace. want hen-
lcngleggsd Tcn-who gosrridipg down tis cb.vry,
like those prsAdamits birds in the old Conheeuo"'
vLleyF' ,urn
! But NC must harry away from PERIcIrs ana " lib,
s1ER. We must get back to our College VOLS, ans
oar Glass of 1911, and soc What company we AeP' "
eur Olympiad. -
Whist then were the surrounding accessories, aha
what the Immediate antecedehis whoa sH'o !" Jul
| Class i've form and featurcel .,,
/ Historically and ehrorologcally speaking, nsa'iy
all of our number were born, shortly AFTER tho ioun
dsten OF our present kanonal GOvtrhmshs: an
of us lived in the atmosphere breathed py ASH
IEsToY. Many Of our bunber nrst saw lne hsilt :
during the French Revolution, amid the horrors OF
the Reign Of Terror. ben the good KING, LOUIS
ths sixteenth the friend Of American lndepehH-
oncc, bsheaded, some OF the Cisss "eis o'u
enough 70 bear the widespread grohn, coming s"s'i
! " across the Atlantic While az school We beard
ths shouts CT the rciors at Aboukir and Trafalgsr
We followed On our NAYS, "ths Little Corpoi"
from Lodi TO Aarengo, TO Jena ssd 10 AustciDw;
Ia the year 1910, When We entered college, inc
! French Emperor had reached the SUBMIT he very
eliminating point oil ms VICTORIOUS cI'eI.
stood prs-riniment and sof, At ence the dominant
power and tho terror of tho werld. Europe was
Iiurine With the crash OF ie ancient thrones arc
he VAS rebuilding on their rsins ne western no
man Empire of Chsrlenangc, ana auih''lonsiy lln,
! Eating that Of Augustus. Tho preeSHnng hsai
| "D.par.meu;s Of France he'd been extended east
ward to tne Elbe, and southva ard IL tss northern
boundary Cf Naples, thereby hrnsly abSot1inS
aud converting INTO integral portions OF france, al
the ter sores OF Holland, Flanders, the free Heh-
seattle Cities and Of Italy north OF Naples, lhcin-
ding the ancient Republic Of Venice. The adjacent
territories in Naples, Spain aud port Of 'eIAHDy
had been temporarily erectcd into hretA men
arches ruled BY relatives Of ,hc Emperor, ans
subject 10 change OF any moment az ms siosis VII
Politically speaking the Kline, the eser, and tic
Elbe were no longer German rivers Tho Luyaer-
Zee CEASED 10 be Dutsh. The Alps and the Appea'
mines became mountains o. France, WINE 'ese
ss ssa b IN: : os BY liz
naval force Of England frcrl the grssp si AIS aSo
t>naRt. ii.
The belief hat the mighty Conqneror was deSin
Il ed to universal dominion, Hss rot cehuneo 20 ~
rope. but largely filled the American, snd. hh
progress seemed irresistible, s&at tbs qnestioi
was seked in all quarters how seon he s"eld FL
r tempt 10 add tho NestcrB World 20 his eonqueets
II was even made theme fer school e1oiclses ny
BOYS of te.do age for find, snons my own PR
posterous juveDilities, that was set tho task by
the village schooulester Of discussing, at me Spi'
ent age OF ten years, ~ written y" DitPu'e VIII
AN opponent but little older than myself, lTho mas
.see become the President Of ore o. eur best Apc.
ion Colegesl tho remarkably nOiesi question: II
Bosaqorte conqucTs England, eGn hs conquer Amer
icaf"
i In 1919. bv which ame our class had hSoome
"Sophonores, the alarm had risen 20 sacA p'Ich
thatit y.s quite seriously sontenacd By Many worthy
people, that Napoleon differed very liitlo 10 nale
or In fact frosn Apolyon." AL Of ne will ssrei!
rccollect The remarkable Essay which. II that year
went the rounds Of tAs newspapers, see1ng scip,
With or twin brother Of " the great rcd drsgon %
the Revelations, which rather stsriisg proportion
the writer strove 20 support by The o.
! the seventeen letters composing Aaioo"a b"is-
/ leads and ten horns not 70 BeBuoa Me "S'"
crowns" 81 hi- celestial counterpart.
The only European power which bod been able to
resist the progress Of the Conquoror, vas The Ditsd
Kingdom Of The British lslrnds, bneiiy aeDonllatsd
"Enylard." Her insulsr postlOD, and the splendid
naval victories OF her heroic Nielsen, sAd ensetuaIly
secured her supremacy on tho ocean but they drove
! Napoleon In his trrn, 20 enforce on the Land HE
celebrated "Continentsl Systsp,' interd;ctzg
thrOughou. he European continent every spocles Of
commerce With the British Islands, ard by SIN
grlsr fiction, declaring them TO bs ia state OF
Il blockade" AS che ncessssT lseal consequence he
\ claimed Tho belhgerent Tigst ~ bum, sink and
destroy every neutral weasel trading with England,
OF carrying its products preporty. This brought
or tho English Orders IN Council, II retaliation
SO that the commerce Of Sic United States on TO
ocean soon fell prey 70 tho two bell gsrcnts who
agreed ia nothing bat their undsguissi contempt
for our young Republic. The whole ocean vss
lighted by the flames Of or banning vessels cap
tured without stint or mercy, while England super
ADDED the further outrage and indignty Of impress
ing into her Bavy our American ssamen by thou
sands. Dy tie year 1910, eur maritime commerce
was virtually snnihilated, asd the only question
was, which Of lse two srea. ocean robbers NO
should FIRST attack.
The effects Of that question in forming The poli'-
zeal character OF The Class u 1914, will require n
brief review Of the origin and distinctive features
OF the two great parties, which bad more or Iess
divided .ae oountry from the foundation of the gov
! eminent.
4 The Constitution Wa the work Of Washington,
sidod largely by Hamilton and his associates. Tho
cb .ranter Of that school OF political thinkers Wa
essentially English and practical In erecting our
i political structure they, therefore, sought TO con-
struct machine which would rot only steddly nun
without interruption, but would faly provide ior
its own preservation. VIII that Wow, they creates
and established, as they supposed, a ps.itical
"Upion,' unit, undivided and inty.ible sbsa-
lrt.l, srnrerae and soycrriRn within tho Limits pro