The New York herald., 1872-11-10


sonabe privilege OF moving against wind and
tide, and received the steamboat He might
have. begged for more thorough modes
dwellings,, and footstoves for churches, and been
soothed with general summer temperature
considering the tedio1sness Of mail delivery, he
might have asked for more rapid means of commu-
nicaton with friends, and received that wonder OF
the slowness OF portrait and landscape painting,
he might have begged for prompter result and
pathixing with the common sufiering OF mankind
in the agony OF wounds and the terror OF surgical
operations, he might have prayed for some balm to
presented with the precious boon OF an4sthetics.
or, noting the fatal march Of pulmonary or cardiac
"Oh, that man had window In his chest, that we
might mark the ravages OF diseasei" and received
Tae sretnSscGpe S M which eGectaa1y gives MN 'na'
THE GREAT sTREAH OF MODERN MOVEMENT
some stately growths that added dignity, some
ners and institutions, have been swept away or
0verlaid by the waste and debris OF the rusnlng
current dnat graceful deIerence i. 70 sae genoer @
the very burnish OF their mall the polish
"that proves the temper Of their steep'-is
coats, under the accumulating rust and dust OF
time. Is this Advancement The reverence and
teacSsT for " Which, the
Olden time, was 9 consideration so dgnided, so
tendeIly becoming SO truly honorable TO al an con con-
has been called "the Acknowledgement OF the ind-
vidual." The great perlodical,politica battle OF
THE INs AND THE OUTS
the bane Of free government, that rightly waged
might have become its blessing, Is growing yearly
unworthy % iytU the dignity % Of manhood. what mon
strous anomalies characterize the strife What Is
honorable in private man to 40 jnstce S to an oppo
What Is manly in private life, to acknowledge an
error, is looked upon as great weakness when
man, unterrifed by scourge or chain, to speak his
honest thought to all mankind. Not so In the
who ,eoa Sares not MS mSas Ssss
and hurry to grow rich is another evil or
the time, already widely spread among us. 1t
lates extravagance; it fosters folly; it hampers
with truth; and eventually breaks down the time
honored barriers Of integrity we have had It
money-both in the family and the State-have so
misused their trust and wasted the public treasure
strained to leap to their feet, and crush the
viperous fraud. Terrible detection from q lofty
Standard How different from the simple ways
and manly virtues Of our founders, who spurned
the anurements offolly, and
"FELT A STAIN LIKE WOUND"
thunder, Is this advancement But these partial
impedments deplorable as they are are not suff-
@ the
ment. The world expects the twentieth century
to do its duty and complete the unfinished work OF
Its illustrious predecessor" and call upon IT to
do 1t. Now, at this opening hour, as 1t swings Its
Joy bells 80 merrily at this happy return OF our
hundredth birthday ask of the coming age to
"Rng out the false, ring in the true" ask it to
ring
THE KNELL OF HUMAN SLAVERY
at its fountain head, in Central Africa. / demand
that travel both on sea and land, shall reach the
point OF safety. expect disease to diminish until
In time there shall be no other outlet to human life
than old age or accident. expect that WATERFALL
abundant water-shan take the place OF all other
sources Of heat and light look to the century
before US to I'LL the broad acres Of our grand
domain-then to extend from the eastern to the
western ocean, from the tropics to the Polar Sea-
with upright, energetic, indomitable population
OF 200 900, o00 risen to such excellence, through
continued contributions of blood from every stock
OF every quarter OF the globe as to have become,
the earth.
On motion 1t was resolved to place the addresses
OF DR.. Ward and Mr.. Depeyster in the archives of
the society The celebration closed with supper,
which was served in the basement OF the building.