The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-20


VIII pay ntting tribute 10 the true American
tribune Of the people-the father or the kevolu-
ton, as he was Iondly called But we are MS
children and must DOT omit our duty.
Until l76s samuel Adams Old not despair OF
peace al Issue OF the quarrel with Great Britain.
But wnen IN May tndt year the British iricafs
Romney sailed INTO Boston Harb r. and her
snotted guns were trained upon the town. ne saw
that the question vas changed From that mo
ment ne knew tnat America mus Ne Iree OF
slave. and tue unceaSng EFFORT OF Els Ii e-bs oay
ana nlght-wlth tongue ahd pen, was u nerve MS
feow coonlsts TO strike wuen tue hour should
come. on mat gray December evening, Two
years later when ne rose IN tue Old south anu.
IN 4 clear. ca voice SAID. "fhis meeting can 90
nothing more 70 save the country ana so gave
the word Tor the marca 10 tue tea SHIPS, ne com
pretended more clearly, perhaps tlaa any nan
~ the colonies The immense and iar-reacnlng
consequences Of MS WORDS. he was ready 10
throw the tea overheard, because ne was ready 70
throw oyerooard the King ana Parliament Of Eng-
land. Z
ar THE Esd or A CENTURY
we can see the WORK or this 0ay rs our fathers
could not; we can see that then tne nna move
ment began or process long and unconsclousU
preparing which was 10 Instruct liberty TO new
forms aDc institutions that seemed iull or happy
promise Tor mankind. And now, or nearly CEN
fury, what wa formerly called the exDer.ment OF
. Representative Republic OF imperial extent and
Of its founders and the Just expectations Of man
kind2 ! nave already glanced nc IT'S carly ana Tor.
tunate conditions ana we know how vast and
splendid were its early growth and developmenL
our material statistics soon dazzled tue woro.
Europe no longer sueered, but gaZed IN wonder.
waiting and Watching. our population doubled
every fifteen years and our wealth every ten
turned a mil; and the great inland seas. bound
by the genius or Clinton TO tue ocean, became
tne highway Or oound!ess commerce. the path
o. unprecedented empire. our farms were the
granary OF other lands. our cotton fields made
England rlcn. SIM We chased the whale Ia the
Pacific Ocean AMI took fish In the tumDling seas OF
LABRADOR We hung oar friendly lights along
THOUSANDS OF miles OF coast to tempt tue trade oil
every cline; and wherever, on the dim rim OF the
gooe there was harbor, tt was white with
American sails. Meanwhile. az home the political
ioreooding OF federalism had died away ana lis
very wall seemed tribute 10 tue pacInc Rlorle4
or the land.
The ornament Of beauty is suspect
that tiles in heavens sweetest air.
The government was fels 10 be but hand OF
protection and blessing; labor was Iully EN-.
ployed; capital was secured the army was Jest;
grasping ana settling the ii Dorado OF the
pralres, and stiil Drawing tne wilderness reached
out toward the Rocky Mountains, ana. reversing
tine VOYAGES or Columbus, redIscovered tue Old
World from the New. America was the Benjamin
ST AIRY dag OF the United States dashed line OF
celestial llght around the wofd-tne haroinger oi
freedom, peace and prosperity. such was the
VISION and The eXulting allh Of nity years ago.
ATLANTIS HATH RISEN FROM THE OCEAN ~
cried EDWARD Everett, to applaudIng Harvard; and
Daniel Webster answered rom bunker Hlll, III
we lail, popular governments are impossloe.n So
Tar as tney could see, they stood among the un-
changed conditions o. tue early Republic And
those condlLlons are familiar. The men wno
founded the Republic were lew IN NUMBER planted
chiefly along temperate coast, remote rom the
world They were a HOMOGENEOUS people, IN.
creasing by their own multiplication, speaking the
faltn, cherishlng the same historic and political
traditions, universally educated hardy, tnrllyy,
with general equality OF fortune, and long and In
telhgenr practice OF sellgovernment, while tne
slavery that existed among them, inhuman In
itself. was not seriously defended and was be-
lleved TO be disappearing. But within the last hall
century causes lnen latent or wholly incaicuaoN
before. nave radically changed those conditions
and we enter upon Inc second century OF the Re-
public with responsibilities which neither our
latners nor the men OF nifty years ago could possi
REPUBLIcANIsM AND FREEDOM
Remember fellow cltizens that the impulse Of
republican government, given century ago at
the OLD North Bridge, has shaken every govern
ment IN che world but has been Itself wholly an
shaken py them. Ii mas made monarchy pos
sloe IN France IL has freed The RUSSIAN serIs. IL
has united Germany against ecclesiastical uespot.
ism. IL mas Mashed into The nignt OF SPAIN IL mas
emanclpated Italy ana dlscroWueG the Pope as
king. IN England, repeating tue disabilities OF
Catuoc and hebrew, II forecasts The separation
monarchy into anotner form OF republic. Ana
here ~ home how glorious rs story In tire,
mendous war between men OF the same blood
men VINO recognize aud respect otneri5
vaor-we have proved what was always doubted,
the prodigous power. endurance ana resources
81 republic and IN emanclpaung an elgntn oil
the population we have n last gained the lul OPP
poTtunlty OF tne republican priGeipie. Su. Is
the signal felicity oI tnls occasion Lnat on tue
one nundredtu anniversary Of the hrst battle
IN tae war -oi American Independence ]
may salute you, VINO lei TO victory the cltlzen SOL
diers OF American liberty, as tue nrst elected Presl
Gent OF the Tree Repuolic OF Tue United states. For
tunate mani 10 whom God mas given the priceless
boon or assoclatlng YOUR name VITA that triumph
OF freedom. which VIII presently blnd tn. East and
the West, the North ana the South Ia a closer aud
more perfect union for the establishment .! lustlca
ana the security OF the blessings ol liberty raAn
these States have ever known.
Fellow citizens that union Is the lofty task
which TINS naAowed day ana THIS sacred spot im-
hangs over US as that winch lowered above the
colonies when tue troops or the King marched into
pass the bridgeS With tner faltn anu their wall
we snail wln their victory. No royal Governor In
deed sits Ia yon sta ely capital No hostile neetor
h4a al atArz affF
nor IS any army but our own ever likely 10 tread
our soil. Not suco are our enemies to-day. TnsS
40 not come proudly stepping TO tue OrumbeaL
with oayonets flashing IN toe morning sun. Bui
Wherever party spldt shatl STRAIN tue ancient
guarantees or freedom, or oig0try aud Ignorance
snaa lay their fatal hands upon education, or tue
arrogance oI caste shall strike al equal rights OF
corruption shall poison tue very springs OF IA
tional nie, there, minute men o. hoerIy are youI
Lexington Green ana 0ncord Bridge and as you
love your coantry ald your klnd, ana would nave
NOT the enemy over the hlis, out OF the eArtn,
aown rom the clouds, pour Ia resIsiless might.
FIRE rom every rock aud tree, IRON door And
window, tro.n neartnstone ann chamber; hang
upon dis nank and rear from noon to suaset, and
hurl toe nordes OF ignorance aud corruption AID
InJustlce back, back, IN utter deioat and ruin.
rnE SCENE.
Before the grafton was Concluied the csilisst
OF WINDS began TO blow, and daring the extended
remarks OF Nr. cu5tla large portion OF has su
di nee dispersed, wnilc toe music CT many bandi
disputed with him tor tho pesp.e's astsnuo0. AZ
me Sett7es gave way under the great pressure
the President Isit before the ot0tion was COO
GUIDED snd vas drlvsn, At MS own request, ina
private carriage 30 Lexington, Governor olsiua
ana staa ge,Rg oy tra,n. ~ tho tine tae people
had crushed Into tue uianer tent little before
two o clock. the dsy was excessively cold. wia
suOw talling VccassUnaly.
Judge b. IL. uoar was President Of the day, Ant
was seated vt The slde OF tue great tent. On hh
rIghs were Ralph waldo Emerson. tne kew. Grin
call Reynolds. Chaplain OF The day, and Genera
nawley, o. Connecticut. on his lett were Ceers,
william Curtis, tas orator Of the occasion, speaker
Blaine and senator Boutwell, Tue Governors Of
tue New England states occupied tables near b
with their stars, ana ne other Invited Gussu
were scattered along.
THE DINNER.
AFTER the dinner was disposed Of Judge Hoai
made an address, and gave a. the 1rst regular