New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-20

thoy came. 1lloy hal iust osoaped tho militia Ipo
strong from salem aud Warblehoad-ie Hover OF Fa'eX
and ,incd S shelter of lhcr frnte guns. Then Cen.
m %a 2 (er iS , al that sy md Sg he
flying from mouth 81 mouth. fom heart 70 hchlt rosi
cv.rx toyyu and IN the colonies; ana
before tie last shot o tc minuts-inen on ih sIIhLt
treat from Conc ri Bridge wa ied or w" laSt w"1ny
Krcnudior ha been roTed noioes the H'er tie WHO'S
country was rsng mass,sh'set7 ~ ~ III, ~,
Boston aud the war OF American independence IN"
VINO WAS THE mNUTE-MAEf
such was the opening battle Of the Bcyonon--a CON
nci which far Can SEQ saved oyl liberty Two
heinisphorcs. saved England as well America and
whose MAGNIFICENT suits chine through the world a. Tic
boacou light of free popular government And who won
ths yiclpryl The miuue-nen ana mlillia VINO ia lne
history uf En dish have been always the van
guard OF freedom The mnuteinan OF mo american
E"y0luuou-who was net Ie was the hniah p, nid
liberty h the sole guaranty o peace ana progress, lelt
tnc iioW IL the iurrow AMI tho hammer on the hncH'
and kissing wife and children marched 10 die OF % be
M, an lne village choir whose heart b.at
u arms his country, ana Who felt though ho c'ut
81 could not , love t1ee, dearo' 50 mnch.
Tho mmuto-pan OF tho Eoyouion He was The o'd the
Concord, VINO said that he went to battle II, be
went 30 church. Hc was Capt. Davis Of Acton
was Dc,con josiah naircs Of .ndb"ry, SO years cd
WHO marchcd vii h5 comnany to The SOUTH brllse NJ
Concord then Joined in The hot pursuit I" lexington ana
fell "a clOrou-ly ~ warren al Blnher ilu' nc WIS
Acton,
dcidly r,cc from Concord 20 CrTiestown VINO ri'sel
M. piece at the sime moment With I,h soldier, each
cXcaimnc, " SO1 alU dead nhn = Tho irhon df"pl"i
shot through thc hart Jam . iay N,fn itll mo;li;ig
wounded. Father hr -9d, s,rtti WIN oI'J hlus;
Iayr three lott never did snrh d"ys wor. hc'orr
Tell mother not 20 mourn too much; and tel Der whom
love chan ny mother That aIi not sorry t1Ihod
mi. was the Iniuuteman Of the Revolution, tho rural
citizen tram IN the common school the chufch anu tI9
whose F' lNaoSu Tin tan mi rr, 'tg-ii.a,
" pics his meAoahlc VIII. We commit ~ LIS immortal
Iouin 10 tne ~. "li td ciidrc
l 80 yels later cave il first aSp Tor tdci ni0n
ard larger liberty; here IN the LraIt OI Mlldl sex,
County ofIcXnSOD AMI Concord md EdnAcr lll STAND
as Son of Lib rty! as the mnuitnau stood al the old
North bridge. Put should cse.ndint,, fl7o
e. liberty, .lsc 10 ius.ic, and humanity -he ~ III any
way fAoir causc-sprus into life - hundred }cI 49,
.Ao one moro stop descend, AMI Lead NJ, God led Oh
ia saving Amei icd. to save the hopes of man 49,
as our ilthcrs could not; Gu sco that then the ihd
movement began Of process iO4& ana uhcoDs iosy
prcparns which Vas TO iht5usl ht2clN 10 Nc" o'i ~
and institutions thai seemed IAN Of happy p om,'c or
mankind. And nov fnr nearly century WAIT was
formerly called tue experiment OF arrpleSeh@ui'e re-
public " imperial cXtent and power las b't tried Has
ous Of manbiudl I have alroddy glanced at It's early
aud frcttnutr conditions, ard We know no" vast ana
N lcral sia,tlts soon dalzlad Tie world Larope no
longer snoer'd but g.1ed IN wonder, %"loS and "a,l
U Wc hi,i tpyprJ M and t. II INLAND scis bound
WAY o. bornIlcss commerce. tie path Of unprccr
i.nds oar cotton Il T. nado England iIcL sun We
chased h' whale II thc Pniic CcGui, aud io"h rs" ID
tho .umhns seas Of Labrador We hung ont friendly
lights along thousands Of miles Of co;st to tempt iAo
trade of cye.y cline; and wherever on tho dim rim u
The 5lub, there was hirbor W. Wlte WIN A.,i'l9
s.j's. Meanwhile at HONS the political tOie'oui"S "I
l.r.lsu had died away, and s very wall seemed q
i''''' q The ornament Ok beauty is suspect
crow tlat III IN heavens H"c't ~ ar -. -
The Government iot 10 b. but Land OF protection
ana blessing labor was fully employ c,pitai Wa 80,
throuEh tHg Alegs' s.i,l" bsy1 I m. rIe
Doii,lo o. t,o PHI w. ~ n rcv,rSir
The voyages OF Columbus, redi.cOWrci tho Oh World
hn best beloved Of heaven and the starry nls q; Tue
world thc harbusr freedom, peace ana prosperity.
Representatives. or me siCpND CENTURY.
suc was the vision and the eyultug faith of 80 years
ago. atlantis hath risen from tbs oea.n, cried I'd
ward Everett applauling Harvard; and Daniel Web
| 4trr answered from Bunker HIM. " n fail popular
governments impossible" SO fI ~ lhoy could see
They stood among the unehaneed conditions OF "" carly
rcpubic Aud those conditions lre familiar ,fhc nun
WHO founded the republic were few In nunhcr planted
chiefly along temperate cois,, leuO'o rom 'h M"ilu
They v. D. q homogeneous people. increasing ny their own
multiplication SPEAKING TIE same language Of the Same
general rc iDIs fut chocishng tue Ir historic and
noca traditions, universally educated, hardy. thrifty
%r,~se Of eifsoyrfrn,nt wliI The Slavery hat G..
ised among Them, inhum ~ IN ITSELF. WIS not seriously
defended ami was beloved to br disappearing. Brt
within the last Lalf century causes % latent o. wholly
inraiouiaho before have radically changed those c"n
ops and We enter uurn the second century al tir
% o with responsible lies which neither our IA hers nor
the inca OF 30 yol!s ago could possibly IOresco,
Tbnk FOR instance OF the change wrought by foreign
iuiui grafton. with all its necessary consequences. In
r Site of N isaclrseets to-day number of citizens
OF forci.:n birth who nave 10 tradi Onh association
with the story 81 nOJrd AMI Lexington Is larger Than
tho entire pnnlaon OF the State un the day Of battle
The lrst 90 years thG bati3 brought to the whole
country fewer immigrants tblh are now iFiS III Iis'S
clsrtts alone At the end OF that haf century when
MIR Eve cit stood here less than 100000 foreign mm
grants had to this country but IN the 30 years that
have since psed thai Immigration has been tau
100000 of persons. The aggregate population I'D the
last 50 years had advanced somewhat more than three
oId The foreign n,n Grafton more tian thry old
that now immigrants and the children o immigrants are
a quarter OF the whole population. IisenOJ NOUS hdX
OF foreigners has ad led an immense ignorance and
tire unIInarity with rcpnhc ideas aud habits t. tho
voting class. IL has brought 0tner political traditions
other languages, and other religious idils IL liS m
oluced powerful and organized influences not friendly
TO tue republican principle OF freedom OF thodgh ana
action II Is TO tho change produced ~ Immigration ti
we owe the pucstiOungO of the puOlc school
system, which the nursery al the early public, ana
which Is to-day tho palladium OF heo popular 6oFo1-
DO not misrinlrrstand mo- am not lanentng even in
Thought the bJun LESS hospitality Amer'a - not
forget That the whole European race came hle. Dut
Yesterday and has been demonstrated here not yet 200
years am not lnoesDlo or th0 prOuu oin Oh hlno ~"
10 Ia the refuge O tho oppressed 81 every cline. G0I dI
doubt in her mltn1ty her powtr IL dny drGsSd. u ~
ACHE, od her Independence and ~ her prime MAINTAIN OF
her unity But If sha has been the hope oil the world id
Is still, II Is becase sho - understood pom tio cor,
ditous and the pers OF freedom and watches carefully
the changing conditions mdor which republican liberty
to DO aimed Sne VIII sun welcome % nor aihpl3
bosom all who choose Ia bo called her children But II
she remain the mother OF liberty II VIII no be me
of those cOunsos whose type IL tic Os1rch
bury ing his LOad Ia tho sand. hut O tbt Wise ana heroic
stdtosmansip whose symbol - her own hciIci-soalho
eagle gazing undaz2od even Al the spots upon the sun
NEW CONDITIONS or NATIONAL LiFR
Again. within the century steam has enormously ex-
banded the national domain and every added mile Is
added strain system. the marvellous OF com
munication both by rail and telegraph tends To Olerate
conservative local lines and nakea fatal Capitalization
more possible. The telegraph watch instantly cohoes
the 60 ra md az the rUnotest point, becomes bJh