New-York tribune., 1874-12-23

and they lived age OF the world wheh TI,o
ordinances did not mean things. hut prlncIpIer
were not enthusiasts who came here 10 huu AIRY
hut they meant business and ther meant 10 work, a
Knowing n,cn should bavo bread before envIhus
eIse thew W. mt 10 work and armed bread Ncw-EDehn
has given TO tho world faithful transcript oi e a
create material contiii n OF life. knowing that al con,
dOns spirituality hical excellence or e @ ~
rcncne mt must stand ground ot SUBSTANCE hnu ~
NcwEnciand has always been smbstan ial BE IL sali
to be nest OF philosophers radicals men w1o ar na
the air with webs and yageres SSH no arao
ever said tho Yankee hadn't his feet. ana GooI arg
ones too which stood broad on the ground llnughtrJ
They had tho promise of the l,ie at was 10 Go"o 10,
they dd not promise OF the me that how ls, o
thcy took It, That which Is true To-Day "l ra
was lust as true first year OF our enHa
ton. Their whole career was mat OF sOher, pn ~
here TO escape Sppresson ,Sar S
and they epted those conditions, WORKING out thr
salvation with fear and trembling and their 'cinoo'
Nov In instituting this Republic don't suopose they
had any OF those visions they are accrodlteu Wth
IN their writings thatthcy came here Tor the savat1
OF children from foreign manners hat lney Kms o
Worship Goa they pIeStSd pu was so" 'a,S
tv' ry nashcd % on thir prophetic minds. Their There
were some iusubOrdiDate members on D0aTu
aud In order to tic tnem up they made laws 10 oe
obvcd-thn IA ALL l. is not Necessary 10 rtor aver r.
praise the Puans let us waive the su cet IN 1raer 10
glve them all The praise they can stand under MY own
impression ia hc' never ookei 250 miles IN any rec
tion the continent after they landed mere dnht % ,oy
to have postery we have present eviaenee " no.
they & hne in TSH% sa t. Ter g eG pecuap
characteristic that they understood the ago try
lived n Tnsy knew the Tork tGat ogEd O1y c IU by e
that was uufoldcd by their doing, and to us their pos
iI' cirs coInmited comm to their charge say they
were fortunate. not hy reason OI what they were,
by reason OF extraordinary leaders, for they hti none
no. hy reason genius that nreW us llght over
that time aud after Times. eau cu ns % ouo d m,T IL % i
any such but they were common men, ann Is
their distinctive pecularty tnat thcy asSrrteu the
rights OF the common people ana that ptnci,c IS oe
Import Int than any sthiis' OK any n.a"nOinhI " ,H yn
ogt. or any other thing ~ human ne whch 'ehns 70
make the mass of mankind what t9d gave tein ,n
Glance to be. lAppansel IL WIS lonS ,ue before e
the Individual regarded as the lnit III STATE ana
ancestors declared that every Individual III in stoOu
before God king and priest who was III need OF no
mediator save God, who was In need OF no prlestly
Offices either to bora, married. baptized, or to die;
that he had in himself picnary power.
shed and lie was made the unit OF cvil society,
world made vastcr stride than 1t understood, even
there - hope Tor mankind, not for those who live In
klns' and soft ralnent not for those who
but the poor ignorant and the mcanes and he
most debSed slave On earth Is nin yei. lAppauseI
He has IN him all substantial elements that Dc0ng to
The monarchy or The Ti>est men III the SCHOOLS oI
pnIIosOpi 30, cut OF that breath of new unity or
new truth Drcithcd new lie Tor the world Incse
men. clad rough raiment, the seasck patriots cross
lug the sea, bearing SEED they hau never seen
Iirh hcl'cve, ana whicn is now Iipenins ati S w. u,
Aud to back the idea that bcrd.e we see
nc fuit 1t, they II. ldoDt think they dd Ihey
not knuwIrG what they dbl. Ungr0und daln1nds they
were-pear- get in he oyster; Uut tney were diamonds
pearls FOR all mar, ana tn' y suoulu Dt stt
TgcIefore they opened common schools the very rst
thme-not for ricn children, but for common oues
ch pits within ten twelve years OF the settlement
Of the Massachusetts colony the common scnOos were
ordained by iceisl,tOn Not Only that. Eyen' aye
pu rs cuca ION, Old Connecticut OF blessed lcmory-
(,ppau>, l-whlcn DID me the greatest complment III
.liovluy ms to be there, ani btldB born
there I have had unahated prosperity ever
since have left !hereul pplaus, orGained not ct
simply that every town VIA q gwen number OF
nhDitants should provide three puOlic schools but
Connecticut led the way before the world IN declaring
t the state cJaid rIdure the results OF igOrauce
IA It's cz n> ana therefore every cZ n should edu-
cate Ia, chlidcn. Compulsory education was born ID
Snc mIlu tno nOhest hEg that ever WAS turned our:
She made mcn; sac mace tn,n purposp, inpsaims1
Once udd' tEcy wee tuIued lutO "a. conIou SCHOOLS
aud the Church, that they might develop 10 their
Now tru out Of tlis attempt to give to every indl
yidual cZen his fun self and then to augment tat sell,
came the doetriue mat that state Is the saes which has
Inc most power at tho bottom. All literature is full
unti Our Immediate memory Oh the attempts 10 restrict
I cnt of power IN the nands OF those who ruled. Bat
our irrialHcrs termed tuat over. Ihty SID, Make the
common r'op; srons; edHca'e at Tue oo,I3n M r am
vr.c way to lift up The roof ana pat IN lie "dd-
+" uI icsrlcAs unurr sIl- iJr II the bottom
~ tuo 100 wil also. tAppIausrl TINS rootei ITSELF
duw lhcr iO.l;irl CO nODy, ana tAc democracy oi
Pu, it,,uS, and q the PLritans IN Ncw-EhGltnI.
What nave vn the relations % lhrs" lIeaS 10 New
r. ,,inudi neci rot tell tni'. fJr yJu tie
alpltS. Ii other stock hid b1cn rut nE Ncw-Ei-
lur.ng Yankees. they would all have died ami been
pUt ia B.rl.il IIill III Plymouth ~ the INST ye'r II
needed men ut indOmItabicLes'. Moses was not the
ouy man that smOte the rock and found water
gushing OUT lie was not the oniy man VINO male
mamma IN The wilderness. There was provision wrought
out of tue wilderness the al aud ingenuity and tue
uioncI-art Uf tAe ii.Grir ana Cl tue PuiItan' ana
tLo.u tlry say tnc Yankees are men, tl'se wn0 nave
had coz lct with them long as the Yankees stay at
home mrir adrersirics staId altar cH alu tah. You
come to tal1 tncIr measure at Autctam and Gct!Ss-
burg tnnk at last they give credit to fdnk"e
XIV, II Is tnc rarhrn yet America 1t is the source
brst Aneican ideas You VIII read inc letters
Of OLD sam Adaus, Of the nObeSt OF all the Adams
-Aiam never had better pOstcrty laughtelJ-they
run back very first and the way they continue
lpst You shall Gd that Viz GINA not tho source OF
the constructive IDEAS Of our Constitution 1t vas from
niles by which the nation was orgauz ii Federal
puUic. OF all macuincs there Is noAc ike tue poit
Liberty was like puff of unconfned powder. How TO
organize hbcrly-whaI political machine can be H.
easily settled It tried IN Greece and the effort
.ail.d, aud all tho instruments ny winch political
WAS our Iefahcrs VINO invented the political Dachine
mat would WORK, and which made the State from age to
IDEAS or her OF these political Institutions by which
liberty mar expressed Itself In Aerica Is the crownng
gory Of the men YAo'e memory We celebrate mere To-
MY ,ai one word without touching the late
plrasantucss 1t is supposed that the doctiue O State
klsuts WAS born III the South. New + gland was the
jealous creature OF any other stLte ihn Its own
luulFluudl, tOWi, OF otdIc HDSEty
state has ever been since The distinction
bel ween state Rights and STATE Sovereignty tney
uod pcriecly. The south believed Ia State SJy
ereiglty ana the New Edgi aud States III State rights,
aud gave them up aud It was from their Jealousy
that ucal Iude pendence became American ica aud
not provisional idea Old New England. She breathcd
uut upon dLd tnat conception OF jealous guarding
OF local auu State rights; she has given an impulse IN
the direction freedom OF conscience wh III has
spent itself. Once were subject 10 believe as the
Church did. suffer PHYSICAL punishment tuen they
were permitted 10 believe as the accddited or
oihodox church believed or suffer moral pun
ishmeut, Tue time las now come when
muu may believe In the church or against
II. when man may believe with the majority III his
rel giuus falt. against 1t ; VIXEN man worship
Gvd accoruing Huxley or TvudLll, according 10
Calvin, all Of them have the right Aud to-day the