New-York tribune., 1874-09-07

place seems ht 1t is spacioushall y. says one OF
library" convenient chamber opposite TO THIS and
long entry where gentlemen may walk Tue question
put whether the gentlemen are satisfied ana passsa
the Affirmative; the members are soon seatea ana 'no
doors are shut.
OPENING PROCEEDINGS.
The silence s first broken by Mr. Lynch OF South caro-
lima "There is a gentleman present." he says, y VINO
has presided with great dguity over very Respectable
society," and greatly to the advantage OF America anu
he moves that the Hon. Peyton Randolph esq., one OF
the delegates from Virginia. be appointed chairman.
He doubts not 10 Will be unanimous lt IL go ana yon
der Large. weloOking man,, careully dressed anu anu
with wepowdered wig rises and takes the cna. 1 ane
read after which Mr. Lynch nominaes as secretary MT
Charles Thomson, na ,harennnn with that
singular wisdom which our early statesmen snowea n
their selection of men for al posts OIL ser
vice that admirable man, the Sam Adams OF rhi,aat
ph ana the NE Si ne eSasg u let us take look at
this company, for II Is the most extraordinary asse
baee America has ever seen There are @ eorra
las had no election the North Caroinlans nave not y
a reed and pale as ashes" that Pennsylvania farmer
who the seeds OF empire, ls not lnen8er ye
Henry Lee His brilliant eye and Roman profile would
make him marked man in any company one hS1u anu
see. see IN covering Of black silk but, when
he speaks his movements are so graceful anu
for he is an orator-the greatest In America perhaps
save only one That tall with the swarthy iace ana
Ck.
Jersey; no public speaker but sensible and learned
Beside him. with his slender form bent forward ana DIS
face lit with enthusiasm, sits his sonn-law Jonn Jay,
soon TO famous. He is the youngest OF the delegates
and yonder sits the oldest of them all His form IS bent
his thin locks frngng forehead bowed with age ana
honorable service, aud his hands shake remnousiy as
he folds them in his lap IL Is stephen hopks 81 G once o
league, Samuel Ward, and Sherman of Connect
cut, that strong man, whose name 10 Se
Johnson of MARYLAND, is here that SsaG, SeG.
cool head" and Paca. his colleague "a wise Geho-
"booklsh man." beside "zealous, hotheaded Edward
hu'eGse' sideeMSrtoS Hamphreys MiH RGoads
Bidde Ross and Galloway, the Speaker OF tne ASSEM-
bly, Bending forward to whisper IN the latters ear Is
Duane of York, that shylOoking man. little
"sGuint-eyed" John Adams has already written OF
Featured man. with the broad open countenance Is
William Hooper; that other with the Roman nose, IS
Mexican of Delaware. Rodney, the atters COLLEAGUE
sits beside him, oddest-lookiug man in the world
tall thin, pale, bis face no bigger than large apple
yet beamng with sense, and wit, ana humOr'
CHRISTOPHER GADsDEN-sAMUEL ADAMS.
Yopder is Christopher Gadsden who has been preach
ing tudependence to South Carolina these ten years
past He who, reused by the report that the rega-
lars have commenced to lombard Boston, proposes to
march norhward and defeat Gage at once before his re-
endorsements can arrive and when some one timidly
saws that in the of the British VIII destroy
the seaport towns the speaker with this grand
renv onr towns are buit of brick and wood il they
are burned down we can rebuild them but liberty once
lost forever" In all this famous company per
hans the men most noticed the Massachusetts men,
struggle withtthe mother country British army is
encamped upon her soil the gates OF her ehiei town
the resentment of King and Parliament is % spent
Her suierings called this Congress into being,
and now lend a sad prominence TO her em6assa-
dors: And of them surely, Samuel Adams lis is me IN,
day. he who eats ttle drinks little. sleeps lltte ana
spirit has led his countrymen up 70 the Oh
TINS day 1t is his plan of eorresp0ndence adopted
after hard struggle ID Novenoe ~ 'hat az st ced aaT so
early April 1773 For that he had laDored
without ceasIng and without end, now arousing the
dropping spirits OF less sangune men now represslng
the enthusiasm of rash hearts, winch threatened 10
bring on before the time was ripe, and all the
while laundering against tyranny through the columns
The Boston Ga=ee AS he was ten years ago he Is To-
as steadast now that the hour OF his triumph Is
hand, when, in darKer days ne TOOK up tae
burden James Otis could no longer bear Beside
biln sits bis younger knsman, John Adams, lnaQ
after his own heart bold, fertile resOlute All eloquent
and manly form 1t is that OF OF 40 years OF age
in prime of vigorous manhood He has not spoken,
for is orator. but there is look OF command IN
his broad face and firm set mouth that marks h among
men, and seems to justify the deference with when ms
seat becomes OF his great mOdesy-Or he is great
even IN This Is ne ne who has lust made in the virginia
Convention. that speech which Lynch OF Carolina says
Is the most eloquent speech that was made " L
will raise a thousand men, subsst them at my eX-
pense aud march with them at their head for the relief
Of Boston" These were his words-and his name Is
Washington. Such the Continental Congress assem-
bled III Philadelphia.
THE CONTRAST OF THE PRESENT.
changes in the governments of The century
which has elapsed has been crowded with great events
but the calm judgment of pOsterity has confirmed that
opinion, and mankind has not ceased to admire the
spectacle which was once enacted here. " But that
YOU may be more earnest in defense OF your
country" cried the great Roman orator, speaking IN
vision with the tongue OF Scpio know from me that
certain place In heaven is assigned to all who have
preserved or assisted, or improved their country
where they to enjoy endless duration OF happi
on earth more acceptable to the Supreme Deity
who governs all this world, than those coun-
ellis and assemblies Of men, bound together
by law which are termed States; the founders
and preservers of these from heaven and thther
do they RETURN" The founders and preservers of tins
Union have vanished from the earth those true lovers
country have long snce been consigned into her
Keeping but their memory cngs around ths place. ana
hath haowed 1t lorevermore Here shall men come as
to a sanctuary. Here shall they gather with each re-
turning anniversary and as the story OF these lives fa
the lips of him who shall then stand where stand
to-day, their souls shall be stirred within them and
their hearts be lifted up ana none snail despair OF the
Republic while she can find among her children the
courage, the wisdom the eloquence the seisaeTlaee,
who assembled in tins hall a hundred years ago
The conditions of life are always changing, and the
experience fathers the experience Of the
The temptations wncn are trying US are not the
dangers which threaten our pathway the dangers which
nled them. These men were few IN number; we
weak but we are strong What is It, countrymen, that
we need todayi Wealth. Behold 1t in your hands.
Mrthright. Peacel 1t dwells among you. You have
Government founded in the heart OF men, built by the
with mix and honey; your homes happy, work
shops busy your barns full The school, the rail
way the telegraph the prntingpress have welded you
together into Que. Descend those mines that honey
comb the hills! Behold that commerce whitening every
sea! Stand by your gates aud see that multitude pour
through them from the corners OF the earth, grating
the qualities Of older stocks upon one stem, minging
the blood Of many IN common stream, and swell
ing the rich volume OF English speech with varied
music from all hundred tongues. You have long and
glorious history, past gCtering with heroic deeds.
ancestry full Of lofty and imperlshabe examples.
THE DANGERS OF TO-DAY.
The dangers OF to-day come from within The worship
Of SELF love of power the lust for gold the weaken
ing OF faith the decay of public virtue the lack Of pr