New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-16


age the purpose and the hope which all the Dire that ran
aleng the ground, and the irvn hail that had
S1Tnsd and ' beaten deeper Into their minds
The push OF century WIS behind them, sweeping
seen such changes in Northern Europe only is
prodgal energy could have wrought; ana now,
Of various motives, It had flung into space
separate people, infused with ito temper alive with s
one, though gradually founded and drawn from
regions 50 remote. It was fearless. Thought
aG o sHs'se'G du S%su'f and martial nns
practical, politically alive regiousy free There was
tary leaders and Kept those whom il elected within care
fql limitations gave small promise OF aesthetic sensi
showed from the outset swift aud farsghtod common
The after training which met 1t here was precisely
SUCH yOu instantly obserye be1tted its origin and
carried on tho development which prophesed IN s
bounttful, but bcnencent. Of labor, patient legis
lation,, and war As the colonies had p been
the people wherewith you plant ought to b. gardener
Iongshoremen ahorers smiths. carpenters Joners ns
cooks, and bakers" SO they were trained for prac-
teal service, for long endurance, for the arts
or industry, for ultimate success "a nation
and a powerful impression upon mankind. lnces-
sa sGor was Their primary teacher INN bsS
been Idle supplied with abundant resources from
abroad as something mystical and dark would have pen
stretched around theInfrom the lonely which lay
behind from the nereeness Of the elements 20 ~mcn
all historic lands. was, fact something in
this certain passages in their history, certain parts Of
their writings, are only explained by IT, 1t would have
been general CHARACTERISTIC except for the constant cor
recon OF their labor They would have seem ottener
than they did, phantom armies lighting In the clouds,
fatefu omens in aurora and comets. The dread OF
wildly pressed their minds. The voice OF demons would
have oftener been heard the howl OF wolves and the
brows undeceved their minds. The work which set
for them was too difficult and vast 10 allow such
them 10 be subdued-Gnd with few and poor Instruments,
s % aa CS ey e Of c fS
with only the ocean and the sandhills in the
THE DISCIPLINE OF THE COLONIES.
They had to secure-by invention, when the English
policy permitted by purchase when IL did nOt-whateyer
they needed for the comfort Of life and whatever
of culture they possessed. Their fisheries were
pushed along the Jagged, tempestuous coasts
till they struck on the Icy barriers OF the
pole. Their commerce WAS cultivated, against
the Jealousy Of the English legislation, n in Brke's
time you to what il had grown. They had 10 estab
sh their own FREQ schools, to found and enlarge the
needed colleges TO supply themselves with such
literature at home as could be produced in
tho Old World what their small means enabled
them to beg They had their chartered liberties to main
who hindered and threatened. II they did not, like
Andres compel the clerks of their Assemblies TO write
them - according TO Millions ideal plan for
perfect education. 1.-THE remove" he says, "must
be to the study OF politics, 10 know the beginning end
and reason OF political societies, that they may not In
dangerous Mt OF the Commonwealth be such poor.
as many OF our great councillors have lately shown
themselves hut stedfast pillars OF the State The plain
men who had come here from Europe, and who had be-
fore them a wilderness be conquered, were
trained according to this generous philosophy, ,aA
hands from the very beginning, for their self
sy esSshea GnfFs enacted 1d IS Ss or
which they learned of legislative procedure, admin
istratye SKILL bore abundant PROOF IN tat maj reso
non, Which did not spring from accident or from passion
which born OF debate, and which vndicstcd ITSELF by
Their military tuition was as constant as their work.
Against the indians against the French somewhere or
arms, so uncertain and brief were their Intervals OF
pence Not always threatened violence o themselves.
sometimes tho r rm0Is S COLLISIONS pvS SEa e tbe@
IN these wars; a. In that great one
Of fire. when, Macaulay says OF Frederick, that hr
might rob neighbYr whom he had promised to defend
black men tonight on the coast OF cornnsn3e,
end red men scalped each other by the
grew any power hostile TO Great Britain wa melted to
attack them at point other therefore, the strsg
EsRREtedd With eonaasrations vocal with voles dripping
with blood down almost to the day OF the Revolution
As Dr. storrs concluded his eloquent perOration and
bowed hearty burst OF applause broke the long silence
which had accompanied his remarkable effort. When
this had subsidized the venerable William Cullen Bryant
stepped the front OF the stage and having been greeted
with another round of applause moved in the following
words, vote OF thanks:
Mr.. BRYAST'S MOTION.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: The profound silence with
which you have listened to the honorable speaker atess
your interest in the subject and the ability with which it
has been delivered. The orator has well expounded to
you the manner which the spirit out Of which Tree
Institution first had its origin penetrated the heart OF the
people, how il carried into fun effect In the instit
ton under which It IS our good fortune
to live While his voice Is yet ringing in your ears while
HE brilliant periods yet give forth their music in your
memory will not attempt 10 say anything npOn the
subject will only present resolution which am sure
you will agree 10 with perfect unanmity Resolved
Or Storrs for the able, eloquent and instructive dis
delivered this evening" ana that ne DC requested
20 furnish a copy for publication.
The gentleman who seconded this resolution was III
simultaneously recognized his spare, dgnied face and
figure met gaze OF the audience. 1t the Hon. VIM
NJ Evarts and as he came forward tho demOnstratye
welcome received partOo Of the character Of an oya
ton which kept him waiting for several seconds before
he could be heard.
REMARKS OF Mr.. EvARTS,
Nm President: 1t gives me great pleasure to second
tie resolution which Mr. Bryant has so htly offered aud
in doing feel that express not only The unanimous
sentiment Of the members Of Society but the general
dgmcnt Of this largo and cultivated audience, who with
rapt attention have been alternately instructed by
learning and charmed By the elOquence OF the orator
He indeed has shown in the rapid and comprchen-
ye survey that lie has given of our origin. how we
De the great nation that We conceive our selves
this day be- That these communities had their infancy
from great parentage and were born Ut an iistrious
time Your Society among its great services, has been
IN fortunate than in the contributions to The
literature and the learning Of the times which, in the long
and dlsng list OF orators Inscribed In the
memory Of the people. But In none have yOu been more
fortunate than tonight. anu OF your orators have
been Fortunate then he in the Appropriateness TO
tho times OF hch they spoke and in what they produced
for our consideration What filter prologue and preptra
ton for the eloquence which Is to illustrate the successive
events history this centennial period, than this,
your soe!ety's orator and his OratiOn Applause.