, 1876-07-05

continent, or Ina c1Vctols Europe hflTcn W MS
bercd IT. fntcgrityi Have its numbers kept
pace with natural Increase. Or hare tho tnothcr
Countries received ack 70 tho shelter Of frtncr
institutions Tho rcncntant tide OF c'niEratsali
and reduced Tic s1lrunken popuia,iuni HIS
tho iree suffrage, NJ lalcksan'l, lnoscnru tldo
foundations Of power anti ntlcrn,ined TIC ri!-
lars At the STATED Has Tho free prcsa, will II.
Iuttrosses oi erdcr and authority in govern
mcnt, driven before lis wind the barEicrs which
fence III soclcty, ami nnroofcd the homes which
once were castles against the intrusion of
a ks fran, a' rsean y, n1 5e3a seaecc sss v law
run into Independence Of lnwl Have IRE
schools, ~ too much learning, made the people
madl Have nnntirrs declined. letters la't-
gulslled, nrt faded, wealth .lrsayed,,
PuHLtC BrINtr WITHEnEDt
Iayp other nations Stunned tho evil example
and held alooi frutn lts lntcctl0rl Or have TO-
ilcc.ion and hard fortune dlaYcl!cl the alusion
under which the pcorIc "burnct ncense To yatl.
pathsW llave they, acesug from the doublo
destruction wllici, attcilds fully unl arrogance,
rcstorc1 tho throne, rebuilt tho nltar, relald tue
foundations Of society, and ngnln taken shelter
In tho old projections against the rtrils shocks,
nld changes In human affairs, which
Divert and crack. rend and dcrhcnaso
THU unity ind married calm Ut Suites
Quite from llcir fixture!
Who can recount In M hour what l,ns bocn
done IN a century, OIL 30 wlc field. md In oil
its multftudtnous aspeets1 fct may not asoid
Insisting upon some decisive linrnmcnts Of the
material, social, aud political Developments Of
our country which the record oi the hunurrd
# Sfars aksRs Sr @ s es esesos "dgmcn our
nation as 1t Is toIlay-Our land, our
puuple. and our laws. Aud, ilrst, VIC ,!asfeo the
wltlu territory tu which We lave steadily pushed
on Our limits. Lilies OF CllH'ntc mark or
boundaries north and k1uth, Hlia twu oceans
cnst niul west. The space bttwctnr speaking "
anil lhrgr, covers tlic ws,olo Temperate xone III
the continent, a1nl IN area, MINISTRIES near ten
iol1 thu possessions u the thirteen Colonies.
Thu ,aturll features, tic climate, the prodc-
tionR, the iil'aucnrcs Of the outward world, aro
all implied III
THE lMMRsslTr or THIS DOMAIN,
for they embrace nlI tlht tho goodness and tho
power 0f God 1Ayo planned for 10 largo d. sllnrc
Of the habitnble Glpbe. Thu steps Ut tfc SIC
ceasivo acquisitions, tho Impulses which ls-
Sisted, and the motives which rctarticd tile OK
pa,lslon of our territory; the play Of the conf
ecssaht str,gglc zach to outrun the other; tho
irrcp.csslb1e conflict thus nurscd In tic bosom
OF tho Stata the lessons III humility and patience,
"in charity fur all und n.Aliee toward ilouu,s
Providence 10 plainly teach us-theso n'ay we'll
dctain us for 4 hlo1nrit's illustration.
And this calis attention to that ingredient In
the population uf this country which ca,te, not
from the eti',n'uated pride u Europe but fr,'n'
crimnntcd from oil the conyergng streams ot
Immigration which have named bylntifaceablo
distinctions Ut naturc; which sna brought
lit!icr by q forced migration and Into slavery,
lhertyi 4 race u1rsprescntcd ln tho Congrcss
which lssucd thr Declaration OF Independence,
but now, in tho persons Of A,0n,oN Of our
c,untrynlcu, raised, 6y the power of tho grcnt
truths then declared, Us It wcrs, froIu tho dead,
al,d rejoicing in une country ind the
sAMR CONSTITUTED LII NEnrlEs WITH OURSELVES.
III August, 1U20, q Dutch slayc-ship la,r!cd
her freight In Virginia, completing her voyage
soon after that OF the Mayllower co,n,nenscd.
Bath ships were OH tho oeoan ut tlle sumo time,
sought our s!!orcn, and planted t!!tlf seeds ~
liberty am slavery 70 EtoW tHsstIcr on uils
chosen iic!tl until te llnrvcat Until LUG scpar,
tton from England tue several Colonies attracted
ss Ssss o i s op ops.p Sos tne o Sors! ri
Southern Colonies. nnu ING policy ol Englata IL
In oil of them, tc institution o1 slavery dM not
taise taolah!te aiI s!n 'ino o. uvlsion DetwGo.l
| England and ViFginsa rom tho Old Wor,u, anu
from them later, as lrutn new p0ints OF depart
urc, Werc dilluscd over tho Continent Tho
n'atcrlal interests ol blhvery had not become
division Of sentiment had yot shown itap|f But
! when unity and Independence ot government
were accepted by thc Colonies, We shall look IN
vain for my adequate barrier against TUG natll'
s'sass' y .Ss e 's soa as se s M Rse S fSs
Northern population III their lurdcr climate anu
on tlcir less grateful so'1, except the repug-
nancy Ut the two Systems o. irco ani slayo ~
70 conxtass out o. ths ETY. o m n
| tho Western wiius, puehlns constantly Onward,
III parallel lines, tle outpoats OF tae TWO rival
intcrcs4; What gtsater enterprise uid ioi
Tue Northern peopie IN 'It stmla.tlng thls move