Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-11-26

inevitable gaze Of Calvin, the rugged
eaFuestness OF Knox, tire g0dfya vai5r uf
Peden and Cameron, all c0nioined their
agencies to create the present brilliant
civilization Of Scotland And ererv>
other natien is antedated BY agencies
potent Of good or Of evil The spirit of.
hbarty aud representative gsSers meat.
existed IN England and Tia forests Of
Germany 10 the sixteenth and seven
teeuth centuries, and IS hot nasire but
imported 70 our land. The tree was.
planted By the pilgrims from the MAJ
flower. And the more we cohtempIafe
the founding Of our Goverhnent. the
more do We behold the benevolent in
tent OF the Almighty toward tie en-
saved nations Of Europe The bless
ings mankind needed and longed for
could not De found where they we're.
Weo, then, can fail 10 see the Providence
Of God IN the invention of the mariners
compass and discovery OF Arnsries lust
al the times these events occurrsd2
The same Providence is coHspicuous ia
the settlement or oar colonies. the reir-
enmslances which led 70 the Declaration
OF Independence, the war Of the reEola-
Ton, aud the adoptiSa Of QUE aa1ioaal
Constitution. What was the uaderlv;ag
idea OF all this vast movement. but Is. e.
tablish on athis great Continent. a. gov
ernnent,neF and dissimilAr from the IS
Potlsnz OF Earope--a government OF
e'Fll snd religious freedom This ,as
The faith Of the men that lived a. lie
time and what had been, with Il, "a a
long aud cherished sentiment at lssgth
found eogent expression in the Declare
ton OF IndependeRee-sall men arc en-
doSed By their Creator with certain in
alienshle rights Among these are life,
/ hbsrsy ami the pgrsnit Of happinesxs
Ii this was the fundamental idaa. the
underlying divine iateaL in our essab-
hsameni IS people, the cherished
thoaght OF the fathers aud founders Of
the Kepabhei and the boast Of their
children for nearly ninety years, shat
gratitude should warm our boz
SONS to-day, that after having
dFifted outward aud away for more
than half century FROM these
principles, the gracious God OF oar faith
ers has brought as back. again Ia sight
At least OF the bills and headlauds OF toe
heritage be gave them. Beihink SOD a
momenk Upon the face Of The earth
there was no land where the oppressed
and doWn-!rodden might repair., This
was the only soil upon The globe asaila-
Bile tor such goseTnmsnt and the exe-
eation OF such nission as proyideaca
Entrusted to il as the Administrator Of
the affairs of mankind. Bethink you.
say, and see if we had not so far drified
away from that primeval idea aud mis-.
sion, as to have actually commenced aud
gone fsr IN the establishment of a system
Of oppression, the Ike Of which was not
| known under the sun.
All men are endowed BY their Creator
with certain inaiienAble riehts-life.
liberty and the pursuit Of happiness.
This was the solemn ufssrapee' Of the
American people ia 1776. Ia 1850,
eighiy-four years afterwards, we had so
far Departed from this tutteranee, that
we had practically amended it with the
supplementary words: with the excep-.
Iion Of 4.000, OO0&Isyes and as many
more as their generations and our States
and Teryiiories can make All the
slave States said this 1he~establish-
ment OF the Missouri Compromise said
this The acquisition 81 Texaa and the
acquisition Of the Mexican war said this.
The Charleston Convention said this-
the shot At Sunpter said this, and ihe
eleven States seeesding declared it, and
muliiludes OF men, as individuals, In
party affiliations in august eenSep tons,
did most recently declare this seli-same
thing--ihis Is the Union is dissolved
this 4 the Republic is rent to atoms.
/ Be'hink you, / say, even those OF you II
there be one present who may think ns
an EXTREMIST upon this one subject, aAd
tell me If ihess be not plain facts
Does Il not behoove Us then 10 revert
| With gratitude to the good providence Of
Goo, not only as we see its Eoings forth
IN the commencement Of our national
and international history, but also IN
The evident restoration he is working
Tor rs, whereby the sentiments aud be-
nsvolerf Intentions Of onr fathers shall
once more animate ths hearts Of the
Americas people7 -ara
Sentiments of the fathersl There are
men in the land who ever talk of the
Consultation And pztniliye glory OF the
government, as II they we're the patrlues
par excellence of the eountryl These
are not the defendants OF Washington,
10 more than bastard Jaws were of
Abraham. All the Jew wanted sas Is
raei with idolatry; al these men
want Is the Union With slavery.
but there = another class Of men,
swelling 10 numbers every hour, a class
composed Of soldiers and al their friends
at home, a class once very small and de-
splseds but new like the true seed Of
Abraham, oaee and ret called and to be
called By history on the Iates. pages
Abolitionista- These are the descendants
OF Washington and the fathers Of the
Kepu5he, who supposed that long ere
this slavery would have entirely disap-
Peared. These, history win record. i,
these are the true patriots Of the country,
N whom glows the spirit Of the signers
OF the Declaration Of Independence.
May God make them a thousand tiaes
more than they are, and strong to resiare
the country 70 its primitive glory
In connection with this national reslor-
alton there are other prospects tha. !oorl
sp e cheer ns and inspire thanksgiving.
The indications that this land was re
served 70 work ont mighty moral prob
lem seems clear as IL gwen By Gods own
finger. And the evidence to coofrm
this conviction is daily increasing. The
peerless increase OF cur population
sweaed By an migrating tide flowing .by
millions frem the old sorld, seems to n
dicats that this IS 10 be a na.iga
Of nations Even now it is
coming, and when the var
ceases, and the Whole broad lzad l. opened to the
cut prise And iaanssry q frtedosn. Millions
/ mors viii rush to cur shores from the nations q
/ the older continents. The broad and deep and
I various shsares= thrgrgh whish thsse forzixnsns
snail nov te cur shores, coming the Atlantic
Aad Pasthe, from the West and from the 0rissf,
\ VII uiake ths Anaric4R FAMILY represent ell ths
I tAEilies 81 tbs race Norway and swss3ea. ssd
+ Denmark are no louEvr In ths north Of Earsns,
Z but In North America IrsiaBd and sp&ia. sad
fraaes shall no longer Be ia tie south q Egrops
but II Loeisiaz, in AiAbznsa- il Ff0rids ana Tss-
uessoe- Germany shalf coHss . fsbsnt rur hIlls
aud greea valleys ChiBa. too vii maxs her
I quarters. ard In Ger sunny and golden ellu-s ts
bold Christianity and Christian civilization AID
thns a. God fraashk the a8ous to JsrazaEssa e
witness the fn4uEnrztion Of hrsfiauffy, . trans
distant lands IS He briaEiBz them hers - -
parsr lessons than Romauism Or PEgahfsm eau
/ fEaa sE4hew