New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-07-05
OBJECTS OF TIE REVOLUTION.

There :. The bet TO think thai the Congress
wilton declared oar independence gave it, chief solicit
u., uut 10 iBe hizirus Of military failure, not 70 tbe
chance OF miscarriage Ia The project Of separation nom
England. bus to the responsibility OF the military
,u .rcss-uf wcu tuey made no d0ubt-anl as to what
slluiI replace. d.. government the nation, The
monarchy oil Eus,ud, which they considered gone 20
them forcyc. nom the date OF the Declaration.
Nor did this Congress feel any uncertainty, either IN
4 position expectation, that the natural ana ueces
slry result would preclude the formation Of the
Government out Of any other materials tan sch
De found la society established on TINS side OF the
Atlantic Tacse materials they foresaw capable Of
md would rare. only such political establishment
would maintain 5uI pcrpenite The equality and liberty
always enjoyed the several colonial communities
Bat all these limitations upon what was possible still
Icit large range ~ anxiety a. 20 what was probable
aud might become actual one thing was too essential
to he left uncertain, ana the founders Of this nation De,
tcrmucd that there should be moment when Che
several communities of the different colonies shOud lose
the character 81 component parts Of one nation. By
cir plantation aud growth up tn the day of the Derar
ton Of Independence they were subjects Of SOW
errgn5y. bound together in political connection
parts one country under one constitution, with
destiny ArcOrAndy the Declaration, by very terms
made the act o. separation dissolyng 10y zone people"
Of the political baud, tina; have connected them with
anothcr ana tie proclamation of the right and OF tle
fact Of ind pendent nationality that these United
Colonies are ana light ought be, free ana independ
ent Sta e."
II was thus that at breath, INDEPENDENCE and
uuion were declared and established The coufirrna
ton Of the first aud Of the second by civil wisdom
WAS but the execution Of the single design which IL is
tue glory OF this great instrument National
lseuce 10 nave framed and announced The gnitiOn
Of independence, first by France aud then by Great
Br tain the closer union by the articles OF confederation
aud he final unity by the Federal Constitution all
aud ftftfHF
and mscparahc" which wcrc proclaimed at This place
and on tins day 100 years which have been pos
session from that moment hitherto and which surely
avow gali he our puosc ssi'n forever.
seven Yeas OF revolutionary and twelve years OF
consunnate evil prudence brought MS, in turn, the
conclusive peace Of 1888 and TO thr perfected Coustu
ton Of 1877. Few chapters OF the worlds history coy
erilg such brief periods crowded win many Illus.
rious made up Of events OF deep and per
maneut interest 10 mankind cannot stay to recall TO
your attention these characters or these Incidents
renew the gratitude and applause with which never
eeise To contemplate them. IL is only their relation
the Declaration Of Independence Itself that need Ia
upon and % the state which IL brought into
existence. In this view these progressive processes
but the articulation of the members Of the State aud the
adjustment Of its circulation to the ceutcrs OF It's
vital power. These processes were all implied ana III
cued in this political creation. and were as necessary
aud certain IL TO angsh and to die, as in
any natural creature.
Within the hundred years whose flight in our national
history mark to-day have had occasion 20 couOb-
by both the Independence and the unity OF tie
nation. In against England for neutrality We
asserted and established the absolute right 10 be free
ol European entauglements IN time OF well In
time OF peace. and completed our Independence Of
Europe. And by the war OF The Constitutions war
within the nationthc bonds OF our unity were iricd and
tested fiery furnace and proved 10 be dependent
upon shifting vicssiudes Of aequesoence, partial
dsseuts or dsconteut but 90 far practicable OF hu