The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-03-18

Cavalier-the first OF the immigrants VINO leit
their country for their country's good-would
riches or limb, or lfe in the defence OF this re-;
public than the men OF thnt large class scattered
lar and wide over the United States. who. al
though their only home il here. can yet look
bark adown the lengthehng and dnrkchlng
vista OF many years to enrly days phsscu IN
some far distant country. Oh whose bosom they
first felt the throb OF life.
1s1sy Ss United States the Home of civil ana Religious
That is the toast which you have invited me
1t Is great subject. No grander project ever
presented itself TO man than that OF founding i
which iberty civil and relg9ns could 2n reny
IT, career with brighter promise OF a prosper.
GUS and happy future-none was ever attended
from its eprlies, steps by so much Of
will. Of the best and wlscst Of man
sna Ntgr sST to h9ys Es ons dpns s bs
infinite variety of climate. soil. and all kinds Of
productveness, adapt 1t TO every necessity and
Celt and Saxon, Teuton. and Latin. and Scave.
might labor and dwell together in harmony.
ties Of common language and equal laws. and
thus the highest and noDlcst projects for human
which VIII had been tried in the ,ss, od
under now and fairer conditions. and achieve
glorious success. Vast in territory, ineN-
sources. no possible demand had been
left unsatished no possible want unsup-
piled, Eyon the marvcls OF Eastern fairy
tales had been outdone-almost at the wish. tho
thing called for WINS M hand.
Fuel was needed to drive away the winters
cold. There lay the coHl stored up IN noun
tnins. The winter nights werc dark, From the
deep cavcrns OF the earth. whero, ~ in an in
years been carefully concpctsd and prepared.
came nud buhhling up whereby brilliant lu-
m1n"lion wac brought TO AL men homes. Mns
order Of events guided men TO q land whore
rivers, richer than " Pactolus of old, actually
flowed to the sea over golden sands. Meyer was
dwelling better fitted and furn shed for the hap
piness of man. And II has been hnppv. For eighty
years the American people nave cnuycd more
more of civil and religious liberty. than have
ever before fallen To- the lot Of any other mon.
But IT soems lated that such hnlcyon days can
neverlast long Reverse came and sorrow Ihe
storm OF revolution swept over the republic
and II struggled for a time and rayed in the
tcver OF civil war. That agony passed away.
Tho revolution Was p rhaps. the inevitable cN-
pnnsion Of Increasing growth and widening
ideas II had, at least. the sanction or acquires
crncc OF the majority of the people, and reNolu-
uons that travel in the direction Of the popular
will. though thcv may check for time a ma
tons growth seldom strike at q nations life.
The fUyrr ilt OF revolution left lcr worn and eN-
hausiod: hut ponce was bringing rgpose and
restoration. and renewing liio AMI strength
when tn hist hundred years oi her "Ai-trnce
GAME to an end The Unt.d stat WAS still u
written constitution. and stili oWnin-. no sovo-
reign lut tlc People all over tho land. ltSeems
but yest"riay that we heard the booming oi
cannon. and the tulling oi bells. ant the loud
outhurst OF popular enthusiasm and JOY that
u-n-ivu ia ~. ..--,,,iuu- morning ~ tnn rvr-
Lreth anniversary pl the birth OF the republic.
MIlat patr!Qtic pledges were made that .davl
what proud memories were rcgallcdi What
brilliant anticpatipns We're entertained What
brave resolutions were formed that the Union.
happily preserved. should be ecmrnted more
ilrmly than ever. and the freedom and rights
which we inherited from the hoporcd past
should be by us faithfully guarded and pre-
served. and tran smltts1 to the future.
BIT eight months have gone since that bright
ger In our ears and yet. since then. events have
occurred. serious full OF danger. full OF i'll omen
know Mr. President. that this society is not
TgTssSgpis only Irishmen m and T. men Th9
think. among all parties. am not conscious OF
any partisan feeling on this subject myself.
But you and | and all % u, are citizems, and
there is standpoint. little perhaps above the
ordinary level uf faction. and away from its
sirugg" and strife. wher. every 'itizen may
stand and wat ~ event, and lu,l-r ~ them.
If Mr.. Rutherford Hayes hih h'on elected
President of the United Siutes hy a malority II
the popular yut" over his opponent. II would
have caused. think. very liitlc -uhctudr All
ritiH'ns would hay" chc"riu'ly a. '"lt"d the ile-
cision of tho MAJORITY for the decision Of the
majority j. the only practical plan rs which, in
cenSuiui,nnt governments. "a, common sense
Besides the al"rtlon Of either candidate. with
parties 80 evenly dlNIi'd could scarcely work
any material mis- 'hl"f t. the nation; But If Mr.;
I'M, ,n,nnr.,v ~ v,te. ,n nix f,,s,r-if ho mi
h.., !, trirl ma tN,,'n snd ir,,il iutr,d,.i
,,ntL. M - = H.. IN t.,,''tift,' - iIis
m"tinn ,chf.i A. ri In D., 'in,,,rl ,,,, .ber"
thc ,sn,l,ts v,iu H. thr n7ntt.r ina Lanr
,cnl nn,,1 t',',r,',tiv ,b,i''tnI XXI f,,
tr,p , ,',T| '",- ,'",'. .It' ,'''',fJ
,a, ,,,, ,. in,,n., ,,,l,l, ...,i,,s ! ,,~ 49,,
,t 49,, ~ ',,., " ~ :, .,,,,, ,l,' ,i
,m .r" y, "i I.7iT S,,t i''ii,,"' i,," hs, 49,.
,,mrrJ ~ - TX ~ ''" ~ ~ w. i :, .
,,.1,,n,. ., n', "t '. M
,,.,.,, ''',t,i- -.'i w. a." i',,,r sh'i
g., n.1, "',,i Ell IN INK r, nv
ION i,nd 'ls onir '''' u"
4, en-, s.,r...i, H.. ,'lens,nt Ia th.n, T., eusroo.
t', ,i., ,f b. ,i,, il,,,s n,i .r,,..has n,J
rr' ,y'ri tnl t.r,.,- * .it, 'lr,f nf th. ia.t
& & Nii'r .,, ~, ,,iu- ~ ,,i Mi1 "i
IL, 'i,,i, W., ,,,'.a. .,,,t -, 81 ~ ~.
.,l,, ~" & t , ~ ,.,,,l l., - a., IN ''' 90. ''
,r 49,, ,'' .' a M ,hot th r.. / -,i,r. ..,I
..' IN ,, n '',' H. ,. .l,n,aa
80, bi rt INN,
I.r,' ~ H.. i i-cn. ,',I sh7t r,.trt
-, -" ', t'''iil,, ~, ~, H. ,.,, g.
,h l''. p' i','Slns an ,,o 'i'h,, ii,l,
'u',,l' , '" '."' w w l'i AZ, ~, ."''lN w. ~, ~
iI IT,, l''f,, ,.- ',' '','', '' ''' XXI ,,'il
H. ~, a. - - i ~ -, 49, 20, ,''',.
,i, H. i.", W., ~, IL ~ ~ ~ ~ ~. ',.i, H. H. d"
n",,i,, y -, u" w. + + ii,t ~, s.i'i H.,
' w. w. H., ,,, "o ','aN -, l1 9 i'',' @ -, y, ,
u M H. ,,' H. , f ,r,, e,iy3' i'3 ""''
II ~ thhV, i, '"t ~ ,' ,.,,. q, li
""n .n,nN 'Y", - a''' 'ii,o , M"s -, n's ,,'
"u r"niS ~ th",Y p''',i", p''''i q, inii i
u IL, H. ,', .,, W M - 10y ~ -" ~ ~