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conversant IN the old world, or had become
acquainted with, by the peTusal Of history. The
American Government i something entirely new
in the worlds history. We read Of ancient
republics, but they were unlike Has creation Of
the people We read Of modern European Re
publcs. but they are not like this creation Of the
people Hence, President Grant, | think i
correct, when lie says, " IT any PEOPLE ha- more
occasion than another for thaukfulness Il j. tie
citizens of the United States."
As a special ground for Thanksgiving, may il
not now be added that President Grant has been
reelected By au nyerw heimiug majority, thus
Approving Of the principles OF the Republican
party, Which has gwen tone u the Government,
and triumphantly carried the country through the
perils Of the great civil war, and tie emanciIa-
ton Of 1000, 600 Of slaves. America has surely
reason for Thanksgiving with Grant and Wilson
bearing alDit their country banner. and when
Mr. Greeley, the unsuccessful candidate, can 20
gracefully retire from an excitei political cam
paign, and resume tie editorial chair Of the
Tribune, which he has occupied with 50 much
usefulness and honor during the last quarter Of a
century.
Let il be remembered that now our country
has safely passed through twenty-five general
Presidential elections. Although the elections
have often, az in the present instance, been
sharply contested, yet IN every instance, as soon
as the excitement was over, the country quietly
subsidized into It's normal condition. Millions Of
votes dropping from the hands Of 80 many intel
ligent freemen, no more disturbed the peace and
prosperity Of the country at large, than would SO
many snOw-hakes dropping from the clouds, and
gently covering the broad Continent, disturb the
revolution Of the sun or the succession &c the
seasons.
Not until a person has carefully studied the
history Of America and thoughtfully compared
the principles Of ius Government with those of
the old world, will he arrive at a correct view Of
this subject, or appreciate the radical transfer Of
political power from the king and aTistOcTacy TO
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this subject a longer or more profound study
than Bancroft, the historian, who remarks: "ln
the old civilization Of Europe, power moved from
the superior to interiors and subjects a priest
hood transmitted a common faith, from which it
would tolerate no dissent the Government es-
teemed itself by compact or divine right, invested
with Sovereignty, dispensing protection, and
demanding allegiance. But a new principle far
mightier than the church and State Of the middle
ages, was forcing itself into power. 1t was the
Office Of America 10 substitute for hereditary
privilege, the natural equality of man for the
irresponsible authority Of a Sovereign, a de-
pendant Government emanating from the concord
Of opinion, and as she moved forward in her
high career, the multitudes Of every cline gazed
towards her example with hopes of untold hap
piness, and all the nations of the earth sighed to
be renewed America has advanced in her
career until the great Republic has fully, on land
and sea, in the Halls Of Legislation, Courts of
law and justice, the Republic Of letters and in
other ways, established it's place by the side of
the proudest empires of the old world!
"The cOlOnists from England brought over the
forms of the Government Of the Mother Country,
and the purpose of giving them a better develop
ment and a iairer career in the Western World.
The English emigrants retained what they called
English privileges, but left behind in the parent
country, English inequalities, the monarch, the
nobility and prelacy. English America had
English liberties in greater purity, and with far
more of rhe mower of the neOUle than in Eng
land .''-Bancroft, vol. 4, p. $50.
SETTLED AMERICAN PRINCIPLES.
The following may be enumerated among the
settled principles Of Government in America, but
which are more or less agitating and revolution
izing the nations Of Europe:
1. Separation of Church and State.
=. Voluntary support of the gospel or the church.
3. Abolition of the law of Primogeniture.
T. Perfect equality before tine Courts.
8. Universal Suffrage.
6. Establishment of Free Schools
Z. Ample endowment of higher Seminaries of
Learning.
8. The highest Offices in the Republic open to all.
.. Standing Army abolished.
10. Right Of REPATRIATION.
These principles involve what may be enumer-
ated under the rights and privileges which the
people have reserved to themselves, as referred 10
in President Grants proclamation.
This last mentioned principle is one for which
America has always cOntended, but which the
nations Of the old world were most reluctant to
yield. Once an EnglishInan, always an Eng
lishmau," has never been yielded, until Mr..
Bancroft, tie American Minister at Berlin,
secured the right of Germans to transfer their
to America. When that powerful
nation in the heart Of Europe shaped her policy
IN harmony with America, then Great Britain
fell into line, Americans leading the van. For
more than two centuries tins had been an open,
disputed aud unsettled question between America
and the Mother Country. Bancroft referring to
events in 1904. remarked The inhabitants of
Massachusetts had already adopted views which
are now a part OF the public opinion Of the
country, but which are not yet received into the
system of international law. In regard To ODE
dience due to a Government they distinguished
between natural and voluntary subsection. They
held 10 the original right Of expatriation that
any man may withdraw from the land of his
birth and renOunce all duty of allegiance and all
claim TO protection This principle has become
Il part of international law, since the publication
of Bancroft history in 1852.
EFFECTS OF GHE CIVIL WAR UPON THE WORLD.
For many other principles America has been
contending, but for no one more vigorously than
the natural equality Of man. All men are born
free and equal. and hence would follow the uni
yersal brotherhood l. of mankind. 1t is as true of
nations. as Of families OF the church of Christ,
- Whether one member suffer, all the members
suffer with it; or one member be honored, all the
members rejoice with it." Never was there a
more striking illustration of this principle than
that afforded by our late civil war. The effects
of that war were fels in England, throughout
Europe, aye and extended to the remote tribes of
Africa, and TO the nations of India and China.
agitation which that war created among the
nations of the earth has not as vet subsidized.
Great and lasting good will be the result. While
that struggle was IN progress, other nations
became partially involved. In accordance with
the policy of the martyred President, America
must deal with only one nation at "A time. After
the war had closed a French army was fight
ing in Mexico. 1t was well known, that the
presence of that army was partially for the
purpose of encouraging rebellion. Through the
diplomacy of that great Statesman, and diplO-
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