New-York tribune., 1868-12-17

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pk1nd we're attributable. Nothing good or great had
como out OF the eternal Spring midsummer OF Ie
-oD,,s nor from the thickribbed Winter OF the poles
, tbe temperate zone with is healthfu and stimu-
1,,n0 succession Of have come civilization aud
,rov,ess But for this graceful inclination OF our
thar Aarth toward the sun as she re-
o,,es about that source OF light and lfe-a dip
bIs great Jupiter standing perpendicular on his plane
5.dains 70 make and doubtless causes ms chldren 10
ng,y wofrly In conseq quencswhO tell whether
lsess n zht not have been occupied by wandering
eea or speeolless brutes 1t is certainly merit OF
-s bowsyer that the earth makes this blessed angle,
AMI "A eartlmen may gratefully recognize supe
rority TO Jupitcrans without being braggarts And
AmercaDs We have the right toireOice-but with rem-
bpg-at sha fortunate conditions In which our po
tca orbit has been traced around that great central
fact toward which all civilized bodies must turn have
never remarked moreover that nations by whom our
tendency boSsuDes is sometimes rebuked arc abso
utey overwhelmed with bashfulness themselves or
ready ~ sink into the earth with shame Wheu auuhg 10
their advantages Or,aeheyements selfasseruon Is
perhaps the natural although notengagS cAafacteisuc
81 vigorous and progressive peoples lt Is sometimes as
well to appreciate 10 despse III hanohhI seu
contemplation. And certainly we arc never Akely
20 pine FOR want OF sharp criticism this the other
side the water; for II ever nauon setNSeu perIttudi
yivseotion. especially during the last hauo1eH years
aud grew fat and strong upon IT, that nation is America
Not a quiycrlDg muscle, not thrilling nerve, even IN
moments Of tension and agony but mas Deel a gt
fore tho world and sereney leetured upon foI inc
ion ignorant audiences by the learned OF n
icgo hit whom the long sigh Of relief had been drawn
tho spectators at tho demonstrated death of DenoI
raey behold the monster on his feet AGAIN ana very Se S
should shrink from opinions even II not entirely IN
bopo tie man of opinions and Of courage to proclaim
them aud 0eprecate neither the wrath nor the anen
Mon of eous and virtue have uttered bodng shrioks
from time TO time and have done us excellent service
trust sincerely that their voices may never grow 700
hosrss 10 croak FOR our good. And If speak hopefully
regions where Mammon rs supposed 10 be not en-
lLrzt N~NF0 0Tta
'''''' Maau,oS the less; erected ssiri, that ieu
IT ia because know that the pursuit Of riches IN this
oougtty. ,Uaddening snd often demoralizng though II
wealth hes been poured forth like water at all times and
seasons whenever needed to save naOn 10 a a
out O tho vast reservoir the overflow has been constant
II Midas has bathed In Pactolus and Croesns m
crustod himself al over in its golden waters we know TOO
that its perennial streams have ferzed the prOaQest
praireS ana the lowest depths Of humanity asked
where and when were the good old times ms ealth OF
ours spinning abOnt in space great philosophers
We very familiar with our predecessors on this
continent. For the present the oldest lnhabal mus
represented here by the OF Natchez-whOse bones
1Bearthed not long ago under the MISSISSIPPI Dus
in strata which were said To argue nm 10 De al ieas ev
years old Yet he is modern, parvenu on this
planets Y we are TO trust astrous teachers science
aSg been found in high mountain valleys and gravel pits
~ Europe While these again are thought py the same
many thousands before and whose relics science is
confidently expecting 70 discover although the Icy sea
had once engufed them and their dwelling places,
We or today have no hai interest In the man OF Nat
OF ours, nor nave Nc ana hls
descendants left traces along the drcay track OF theI
existence induce desire to claim relationship with
aesos StiheflanderS saxons Kormans swabianS Celts
ana tho oRy before Yesterday, Asiatcs, MongOhdns-
what you VII Go TO the ancestral nome OF many W u.s.
srike sto tile very heart Of London with pickaE and
spade; sink shaft IN the central ganghon OF confused
lhaneast., along which the eyeraccumulatng mass OF
trnic has rolling for dozen centuries ana yen
20 deep enough snd eXcayate widely enough, You Will
hhd beautiful statues, tesseliaed payements mosaic PIC
tnres. pagan srineS-Iees OF mat pussant roman peo
trif4 III.
- ,b secc % o Tbaf o,rst AmeTean continent where
- -, 80 ~ e,c,,7 ai Iis re had been roaming bupd
~ yearhousands before, but never producing en
Pies pictures statues fountains For what are
Roman ant entities England anywhere elsei Many
II back our sancestry to Bediodshre ana sur
folk nud are never weary OF tracking inc lJetsts I
grm fathers ia qnet villages aud poaeeiu Lnglsh
swOOr three hundred Thousand years ana e1nheI o s.e
uiarln Of tue Ouse on through the primitive Nale3s
ef Bcdf1rd and nd your ancestors great naturasts
nfoTta Us you VIII. eotenlorarles ana %
.he mammoth ana the WOOL! ThnocetOs the non, ana
ysek ward dlniy and vaguely for matter OF 80 ceutn
es whine those rde forefathers OF ours haye Iaded i1I
ti,sn thOse accepting the revelations OF hoy NMeSno %
sf foc, ~ n great beginning OF the universe ana OF
t4nuselvGs but perhaps they had better pause ia ttls
,a 6ud IN ii frton of their hopes among the iossis
~ nrcgiacal period some cohnecl Tn. aAtl % %
inks precious relics Of the ancient ''1fS''" ape
'"o sisay play vta that great liasnan'' tor'
-, .,, U ri'er fNsof,es TO the earth. Bu then
Se hel probably Arrive at the conclusion WIN the
scperLls IriraIm Jenkinsou IN the tcar oi wake, axe
ed Who sla 5oses go:s o, ~, sreen cCsagoy or cTea
t,r f tie world had puzzled tine philosophers Oh az
teesi,- sing i equally certain; ho mas
srttv',, AZ SIS present condition through
az INN and dcVr pIltuts.
places. oa tl.s istias Of middle state between tgo
.tenes htelO0ks backward with curiosity h'It
s,i eft i0a hing aud forward with hope which IS
oiten ISM tp despair To be created at once III Aehe-'
t0 Cat OnpDs M and fauIasttc brue; 10 bo con-
n, "a fIisCf tie bestial and the angelic, alternately
sFg yed ppp ard aAd downward 10y eelit % 'liE ~, %
tistt,u f,f rfs world Is a place Of tralOf progress
s,pssi igher sphere. Perhaps 10 DeAes 10 tne
ne1 stage above us, our g9mbos nhy seem veg &
croGs STORE agh eaye ep Blt ist Tue sYtii & & ss S
81 s,d -. ~ I.rce between ihe two Than between
fa;ehitls more southern Africans Htll on can
apo Is dtnin 0nInal endowed with the religious IacuIy,
ho lie Eternal Father on his kuees who as
,-e,.., 81 L heart tho hone Of an immortal iutuTe
Sho oO.s before AID after aud pines foI "hat }, H!S
wa al be scye thsI lLe interval between mn 49, % ~, ' M
6nife srsce tc yeeu te brute aud man WIZ bt cliIih
.rr .,.r ir,sf An he Heoncciyatle time siuce
r ,l st. before the glacial Hood Is but on boorh
spr cOhilsred 20 thgt which the brute nft 20
folc h, caUt even 10 me thesioia ol t ~,
ght,, soaCtldnC ln alone which lias "oighcu tho
heavenly .oaiez, measure theii lncoIeelA D.e
marked tb SPOT who're icst worlds - att r,I he
i,1s. sa,sf, 30 winch has guided almost divine
rcse .;css s,oie bcau;ifu than Natures self mas re
,esed soh,tfing which has inspired tho poet 10 rase
M, s~s irf f+1i fHtO spheres Of Thought aud emo
t,a fal aiore TIC visible world some ihinF NL5h ta5
r,rodUced peers lpaeI tao Greelan temple tle
Sofhs c9fheff sl the Pacific Railroad something wlc
b1s tfrvea rfrOcs 70 dc5pisc luxury tud ~estOne oe
II, no sscfed clase Of country: something Nlieh ues
,i ,ri "a, az 10 te man-t0 shove the smoke of tho
foDaict that 40 NAY control ms heet anu P'i"e WI
DIIit,y, 4, (, ir. eomctb,ng Tfc6 cfalhs tlc great
alsier d,,trife " danger 0pToson nNrc. 20 one
line ever iftt takes ali suulmeraye ana az lier toy
when duty cnunauds; sonttHue which iEss shrlafi'o
tnOussuds0 rscrrc sncn anu ieeie SSae ~ - VT.
what tfsy believed religious truth Nou' nave saNco