The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-04-28
George william Curtis at Concord.
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HE MIMI TE-NAN.


Thi, was the minute-man oi the Rcvo-
luton, the rural citizen trained I'm the
common school. the church aud the town
meeting, who carried bayonct that
thought, and whose gun. loaded with
principle. brought down not man. but
system. Him we gratefully recall to-
day-hini, in yon manly figure wrought
in the metal which but fcebly typille. his
memorable viii, we commit in hi. immor.
tai youth To the reverence of our children
Aud here among these peaceful fields /:
here in the country whose children first
gave their blood for American union and
Independence. and eighty-siX years later
gave il first also for Il trllcr union and a
larger liberty; here in the heart of Mid
dlcscN county, Of Lexington. aud Con-
cord and Bunker Hill. stand fast. Son OF
Liberty. rs the minutc-man stood at the
old North Bridge. But should we or our
descendants, false 10 liberty. false to ius-
lice and humauity-betray in any way
their sprlng into life IL hundred
year, ago, take one more step. descend,
ana lead Us. as God led You, in saving
America, TO save the hope, Of man.
RETROSPECT ORA CENTURY.
At the end OF "A century We can see tine
work of hi, day n our fathers could not !:
we can see that thcn the final movement
D'gah OF a process long aud unconscious
~ preparing, which was 10 Cu,rust liberty
To new form, and institutions that seemed
Iuu "i happy promise 10 mankind. And
now lor nearly "a century what was tor
merry called the experiment of q rpprp.
sentative republic OF imperial cXlrut pnd
power has been tried LA, IL fllflIr1tLo
hope Of H. founders and the iu,f r>prr-
iatou' Of mankind: | have already
glanced ~ it, early aud fortunate cuudi.
lions, and "" know huWva,t and splendid
were ~ early growth and DEVELOPMENT.
oHr material statistic, soon daZZlcd the
word. Europe no longer .uccrcd but
gaIgl ln wonder, waiting and watching.
oar population doubled every fifteen
years ana our wealth every ten year..
Every lltllc stream among the hill. turned
q nlil' ana the great inland seas, bound
~ the genius OF Clinton To- the ocean, be-
came Tie highway OibOuudlesS commerce.
TIE path Of unprecedented empire. Our
larni' were the granarics Of other lands.
our cotton field, made England rich.
sun we chased the whale in the Pacific
ocean and took fish IN the tumbling seas
ul Labrador. We hung our friendly
ll%htS along thousands of miles of coast
10 tempt the trade Of every cline, and
Wherever, on the dim rim of the globe,
mere was q harbOr, it was white with
American sails. Meanwhile at home the
political iorcbodings OF federalism had
ulGu away, and il, very wall seemed n
tribute To the pacific @lories of the land.
The ornament OF beauty /. suspect.
Gro" mat Aier In heavens sweetest air. -
Inc Government was iclt TO be hut n
mana Of protection and blessing: labor
W wa iully employed capital was secured /;
ihe army was jest; enterprise was push,
'ng through the Alleghanies, graspng and
a ~ NE III Dorado Of the prairics.
o,,u 'tlll Drawing the wilderness, reached
Uus toWard the Rocky Mountains, and re.
eIslhs me voyage OF Columbus. rodis.
covered the Old World from the New,
nnmerica was the Benjamin of nations
t Sa,. pet beloved Of heaven. and the starry
nag o. NE United States flashed a line q,
IJiI,,tlu ilght around the world, The har
o't nue., Of freedom, peace and prosperity
30 g gmth was the vision and eXuiting taitl
Inv my years ago. ATLANTIS has riser
rom the ocean !" cried Edward Eyerett
W apPlahding Harvard and Daniel Web
r. XII answered from Bunker Hill, IF W,
'"' popular governments are impos.i