Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1868-10-29
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'The keen tooth of time, can never
touch" W ssds pts vres
And what is a generality Does he
mean that the Declaration of our faith
ers is not limited in its signifcationss-
not specific Units tletails--if SO, this is
its browning glory ytsAsf iad3 G4fE .
1t was intended that its declarations
should be so broad, So comprehensive,
so full, soseomplete, that al neea--white
and black, jew and gentle, bond aud
free, the proud Saxon, the swarthy
Hindoe, the teeniing millionssof China,
the dwarfed inhabitants of the Arctic
Zone, and the untutored African, wher .
ever mau is found. in every cline and
tribe and tongue fcvery Name aud
sect, the Christian ami the Muhoineslan, .
the jewellers in every h,nd and in every
ocean isle--may come under this decla-
ration, so full, so perfect is it's gene
rality. s ia ~ itezs
We accept. then, the term aghtter-
ling generalities ~ Dwarfed and insig-
nificant it would be, if it included the
few and excluded the many. But here
it is so general, that like the blessed in
vitations of the gospel all men may
claim and be partakers of the glorious
benefits. A} a riN AZ ns3sHa (
| When the upright and indomitable
John Hancock signed with bold hand
his name to the Declaration, he dash
ed down his pen, as in triumph, that
the great work was completed, exclaiml
ing. sThere, King George can read
that without his spectacles." And to
the many Georges and others of our
present day, L would respectfully COM
mend the saying of Hancock, to read
that instrument and the signs of the
times, with the eye of love, and not
with the clouded eye of hatred, preiu-
dice, and envy, but with that feeling
which swelled. in the hearts and songs
of the angelic choir, as on Bethlehems
tplains they announced "peace on earth
and good will towards men,
So broad is the declaration in It's gen.
eralities, that our fathers reared upon
it the most stately structure the world
ever knew. Its generafties is the rock
upon which our house is built the
rains of trial may come, the storms and
siroccos of war may beat around it, the
winds of faction may blow upon it, but
it never never will fall for it is found
on this rock.
God preserve for our childrens chill
dren, the ''glittering generalities" of
the Declaration of our Fathers p os
The night has been long, but the day
is breaking. I see its dawn, its beau
ties already gid the morn bathed in
heavenly light, and in the quiet, ma
jesty of right and truth, this first and
last principle ofthe Declaration isabout
to burst in full splendor NJ Nm ourland.
''Then let it come as come it will, -sy
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When man to man the wide woi Id DER
Shall brothers be and a'h that,
Mr.. S. NJ Hewlett followed in a
speech which abounded in hits at the
Democracy-the entire auditory being
convulsed with laughter, from the be-
ginning to the end All could have lis.
tened another hour, and then like the
younger ''Samivel, ''cried for more. =
Mr.. Hewlett promised 10000 majority
for Grant in Illinois, and Believed that
New Jersey would take an honorable
position at the great nationaf feast next
Tuesday. s'' 10 q ~
BGs~ Messrs. Harris Brothers, the
celebrated Millers of this city, have
just received from Fort Edward, New
York, large iron water wheel, which
weighs nearly seven tons. 1t will be a
work of great labor to adjust this wheel
but when once in place, it will be per-