The New York herald., 1876-07-05

In thunder where her legions rolled
Compact OF high, heroic hearts aud wills,
" hose being circles all
The seiiess aims OF and all fulAls;
Thyscii Not free so long is thrall;
Goddess, that as a nation Ives,
And Is a nation dies;
That for her children dchcs
And TO her CHI .dren 4 mother gives
Take our fresh iea.ty now
NO more chieitainess, with wampum zone
AND feather cincurcd brow;
No more new Britannia, grown
To spread an equal banner to the breeze
And iiI ihy trident oer the double seas;
But with unborrowed crest
In thine own native beauty dressed
The front OF pure command, the uninching eye thine
own!
Look up, look forth and on,
There's light in the dawning sky:
Inc Clouds. clouds are re- parting ART The nigh; IS gomez
Fallow thy pastures
And lar thy shepherds stray
And the fields o. thy domain
Are waiting Tor purer
d know ledge desire and deed
For keener suns hine and mellower rain
But keep thy garments pure;
Pluck them back. with the old disda.n
From touch OF the hands that stain!
So shall thy strength endure.
Transnutc in good the gold OF gam,
Compel To beauty thy rudcr powers
TIL the country OF coming hours
shall pant, on thy fields apart
With the oak oi Toll the rose OF Artt
BE watchul and keep us so
Be strong, and fear oc;
BE just and the world shall knowl
With The same love love US AZ We give:
That finds weak dumb
To JOIN and smite and CIV
In the great task, for thee To die
And the greater task, ior thee to live,
BAlARD TAYLOR
GRAFTON
WILLIAM NJ. EvARrs said:-rhe event which to-day
We commemorate supplies its reflections and on
thuslasns and brings ITS own plauds rhcy DO not at
ail hang on the voice of the speaker, nor do they
greatly depend uion the contacts the
Df the place. The declaration of American ndc-
pendcnce was when II occurred capital TRANSACTION
IN human Affairs As sucn has kept It's place in his
Iory; as such 1t will maintain itself while human IN
Berest in human Institutions ~hall endure The scene
and the actors Tor their profound impression upon
world at the time and since have owed nothing
10 dramatic elects, nothing cpical cxaggeraiious
10 the eye there was nothing WONDERFUL or
vast, or splendid, or pathetic the movement or
the display. Imagination art can give no sensi-
bic grace or decoration 10 the persons place the
performance which made up the business OF that day
thc worth ana force that belong to the and m
lcion rest wholly on the WISDOM the courage and The
hlth that formed and executed the great design and
Ise ioency and permanence operation upon the
i:Ais OF the world which, ioreseen and legitimate
toesequenccs followed The dignity Of he act Is the
deliberate, clreumspect open and performance
BY these men IA the clear light Of day and by a con-
current purpose OF civic duty which embraced the
greatest hazards TO themselves and all the pee pie
from whom they held this deputed discretion but
which, to their sober judgments, promised benefits
that people aud their prosperity. from generation 10
generation, exceeding these hazards and commcn.
Burate with Its own Illness.
NATION pRcLAgEp
The question oil their conduct Is TO be measured by
thcil actual weight and pressure of the manifold
nderaiions which surrounded the subject before them
and by the abundant evidence that they
their vastncss aud variety. BY voluntary and TO-
vronsb choice they wiled 10 DO what done an
what without their will would not have been done
Thus estimated the illustrious act who par-
tcipatcd IN IL with its renown and makes them
forever conspicuous among men, as 1t Is forever
famous among events And thus the sgners of the
Declaration oi our Independence .'wroic their names
where all nations should behold them aad all
Dhould not enacc them" 1t I'm the course OF
human events'' intrustcd to them To dotermi ne
whether the fulness OF time had come when a
latiou should 10 born day. They de-
:iared Tue independence OF new natioc IN the
tense IN which men declare emancipation or declare
war; the declaration created what was declared la.
nous, always. among the founders of States
aud fortunate above All others in such are these
iathers. whose combined wisdom and courage be.
gan the great structure OF our national existence aud
laid surc the iouudatiors OF liberty and Justice ON
which II rcsis For unate nrst, In the ccarucss OF
their In the worlds acceptance OF their right
iuI claim Fortunate next In the enduring mag ude
OF the state they founded snd tho bcncccncs Of It's
protection OF tho vast interests OF human life and han
psness VIII ch have here had their home Fortunate,
again. IN the admiring imitation OF their work. which
the institutions OF tne most powerful and mos. adj
fortunate IN the full demonstrations of later time
that their work Is adequate 10 withstand the dis.
astrous storms OF human fortunes, and survive un-
wrecked, unshaken and unharmed
oNE CONSTITUTION, oNg pEsriyy
Mr.. Evarts then referred uuanimlty OF opinion
IN the Old World OF tAe magnitude aifi the novelty,
aud the OF tho forces set al work by the
We commemorate" aud sald:-The contemporary
judgment OF Burke Is scarcely oycrsatencnt OF the
European opinion Of the immense import Amencan
Independence Ic declared "a great revelation has
happencd--a revolution made, bv ohopp.ng and
changing oi power IN any ci the existing states but by
tue appearance OF new state OF species, in a
part OF the globe. IL has made great a change,
In ali the relations and balances rraytaious OF
power the appearance OF planet would in tho
system OF The solar world - Bu, all The limitations
upon what was possible siill lett u large range OF
anxiety as 10 what was probable, and might
become. Ono thing was too essential To be len
certain and the founders OF this nation determined
that there should be moment when the several
communities OF the different colonies should lose the
character OF component paris os ono nation by their
plantation and growth UP To the day OF the Declaration
oil Independence they were subjects OF one sover-
e;cnty. bound together IN one political connection;
narts OF country, under one constitution, with
1cstiny Accordingly TO The Dcc.araton. by ts very
erms made the of separation dissolving by zone
beople of ''tbe political bands tnat have connected
m with another. aud the proclamation Of the right
\iof the fact Of Independents national ~ was, THAT
united colonies are. aud Of rsh; ought 10 be- free
Sdcpcndeu, states"
N FATHERS vRAcEp.
ligx the progress Of mankind In ihc ascending
I iun>iyilizst,ob. enlightenment and mora. aud
Whcesulturc. they found that the distuc Oril.
sailed. vnncnt IN every stage OF the ascent was
compznh priucspies ol common the
juncs'on Of people and always Lad Tor us
nsvss w1 benevolent corneeis oi the Divine wis.
ware ~ hess the cxrans ion. tho security. the
Again. ~ aud the Resumption OF man. They
mschsne i\ly title OF authority ol
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