New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-07-05
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We cannot then hesitate % declare that the original
principles of equal society and popular ruYcruu NJ still
inspire the laws live IA t.c habit, 90 the people aud ami
r,te thcr purposes and th.lF hopes. IN. principles
have not lost spring elasticity. They have gui-
Heed for al ia, mcthodt Of government In The past
fce no Year for tncig adequacy ia the future. Released
now from IN, and burdens Of the formative period,
these principles aud methods De directed with und
,dct force 10 tie everyday conduct Oi government 10
tho staple aud steady yftues ~ administration. The
fcebtneFs ~ croWdug che staue-bOok with uucXoCued
Iavs the danger 81 power outgIos!us or cyaduy re-
spon.hil.ty the ut,hHcs, aud f.aeness % temporary
oxpctiout tho constant tendency by wc parties de-
cline into ACTIONS and enc In coa,praccs all thcse nile
chiefs br.t al governments and are pat o; o., lie Of
each generation 10 deal with these cNilsthc tasks and
burdens OF the immediate tuurc-thc nation need no
other than the principles ana the examples OF
our past history supply. These principles, these exam
pies Of our fathers the strength and the safety 81 oar
state today d" IgrjUs GHhquis, stat res Romano rr-
isqte"
UNITY liberty, power, p:o-periiy-thcse are our pos
scssiors to-day. Our territory il safe against foreign
dangers; rs completeness, di,suades irOm further AIN
billion, t9 extend h, and its rounded symmetry DIS
coura.c- al attempts 90 dsmcmb,r H. No division into
greatly unequal parts would be tperalo 10 either. No
Imaginable union Of interests passions, large enough
10 include onc-half the country but must embrace much
more. The madness OF partition into numerous anl
feeble fragments could proceed only nom the hopeless
ladaton OF the people, ana woad form but an iuc-
dent Ia general ruin.
The spir, Of the nation is at the hiclcstts triumph
over the uborn inbred pcrls OF the Constitution has
chased away all fears justified all hopes, and with uu
yerai 10y we greet this day We have not proved I'M
worthy o. great ancestry have had the virtue 20
uphold what they wisely, firmly established. With
these proud .sous Of thc pat. ia powers ma
turcd with principles settled, with habits formed, the
nation passes IL were from preparatory growth 20 IT,
spousbc development Of character and The steady per
roIiuaIlce OF duty. What labors await IT, what tgai-
shall attend IL, what trUl.Ils id' human nature wslt
glory foy Itself, are pr pared iof this people IN the
coming century, we may Lei assume to forctcl one
generation uls-cth away and another generation cuneL
but tie earth abidcth forever" and ,rcEily hope
that these oar constituted liberties shall De maintained a.
the uucudar line OF poatoIty, and 50 long as the
earth .t-'.l shall endure.
In the great procession o: nations, in the great march
OF humanity, we hold place. Peace l. our duty,
peace Is or policy. 10 IT, arts, rs lora ana It's '.e
tories thcu We tud scope Tor all our energies rewards
for all oi ambitions, renCwL enough Tor all oar love ana
fame T.. The august presence OF 50 many nations Which,
by tAa representatives,, have done rs On" honor L" De-
Nitncsaea of orr commemorative Joy and graduation
ana m sI oil tie collected evidences of Tho gr,'iEe'.
civilization with which they grace oar c,ic
brauon we MAY Well comes, bow much Sc All short.
how muc., we have :. make up. 20 tue cumulative c1wpv-
utous oi Ola, tuei Yet, even in this ptscuct, aud W!'h
Iust drf,r,ugc the age, Che power the greatness oi
the otaes nations % 'hr rn. We do not fear % alre.!
10 U., ounuu OF mankind whether, as VIC poui 90 on.
land cur people, and laws, the contemplation should
NOT ,p. rs VITA lovers enthusiasm FOR our couu1r
Time makes no Yaust, IN his march. Even Will" !
spcal the .s lour Of The Irccdugl s replaced by tl,
FIRST hos. o.. tie coming century, and reverence 10; TIE
past give, way 10 the JOYS aud hop the activities and
the ro.qoubbNiti, of the uGIe hundred year, hrbce
tho p,ry OF that generation will recall the ancestral
glory which we - bTc to-day, and crown Il with the
paudta of vast population which no mnu can number
T., o.. mcse circumstance Of tla perodciiy oar genera
ton WI -, in the minds IN the hearts, on The lips o our
c.mtiyucn 40 tie next Centennial eommemDration ia
compar son with thclr character ard condition and
with the great .oaud,rs OF tie nation. What sEa!! they
say OF usi How shall they cstimat, the part we bear IN
the unbrukon line the nations progress Aud 80 on,
I'm the long reach Of , forever and forever our place
~ the secular roll OF ie ages must Always bring us into
| observation and criticism Under this double trGot
then FROM past and for the future let us take heed
10 our ways and while IL IS called to-day, resolve That
the great heritage We have received shall be handed
down through the long line OF tho advancing generations
the home uf liberty the abode OF Justice the stronghold
Of :t among mon, which holds the moral clements