New-York tribune., 1877-01-01

work, by slow degrees swallowing up the individual IN
the universal and making His slow processes o ryon1 %
last out the centuries Man Is c9le" ~ r i,s The
mark but after all 10 n something % SHOOT lht ~
What preplrstions were nade lor % iLeI beck
tcnnal year o. our country IIe historian , s,otcs
TO gee what he could find Of hctolSin, hohsty'
manship. and disnterested patriotism among ~ NM m
came and drew wOrthily the nations 10 our SNORT w
yet the great English critic was rlght Whrn he l h a
lures upon our raw poverty ~ many b ,..,b, ,a, ha
brother critic OF France spoke with equal truth Msn m
the scales OF Providence than all America But ltaly ls
dead America has not yet Gomez u s true wo hre Door
IN PotseS5iOn' IS 81 not cuiIs N" wealth Of these things
that make nation rich. t ~ noC'lns not or tlI tIis
globe makes fortune in early lie. Thousands nave
done and have passed away, leaving the WW W , ho
mfr with their perfumes filled the Golfers and homes o.
their inhabitants with riches and w0nhiCns arc, an
Immortality. Like men nations live In The IDEAS 70
whlchthey gyo birth, and America sha be- immortai IN
the great idea that m her founding as rtp.
what was this ideal GAN men arc created equal VI
fs cyc Of eternal Justice in TIE eye oi etorna hR' ~
their living mt the Judgment Scat all men are created
equal, and the who arst made ths drclarh9n @ Oi
physically. mentally, morally on common IeSc'
These not ysonnres- they were hP1 "a Grra q, ,
ers. 1hoy simply affirmed principle ana Ieltlt iur
tin to work 1t ont What progress ba, inc century
made in this wofk These men. thoughtful earnest
practical said There shall he no religious per5ecut"
Be n man Catholic Protestant, IlH 'hurch OF i"H
Church Conservative or Liberal believer IN one T1u %
ewes of the country" Has the century duvihceo
more crfcci recognition of these views than We had pc
fore These men said, "Thc country sh1u be ruIeu ny
the people Not by paup2r6 not minors, hOt ~ hy
dependents. not wOmen-icpcnd'nt rs 'y ~ NO. dn ny
The upapie" and who the peDpaf IidEe we uoiI'
anything in these hundred years 10 narrow do"n VII tiy
line Of definition Of who our rulers shal b'i II
seem rot Much we have done toward ChllIglnE Cc
dcGuitlor hut nothing toward rctrcnchng H. An J6t W
have only Touched many Of the problems hcCl'' VIZ,
fLis ,rcnt question. Look at that one or inc c|h I
vice Its duty ike that Of every InSlutOh 10 ~ 49,
tho riylt men in The right place. low 90 We PvIlul
NJ,
to represent our bald farce ia thls rcSptc'. ". ~ &
reduced 10 science the art OF puttIE INC Gs.tI GnnI
man in that place. We give To men POs.'Iiniuu'
nr which lhry have the cl7t pOa-ID1c t,,""l,
ctou Men are taken by reason OF their utter uil'7
f,; the pnstiauS they are expected 10 MI NhdI ",
urc has been politics. Look at the peseuy %
siatIon situation peculiarly e%tFaFaShrt INA. ~ - al m
flr Centennial year, whra trump .tinGa oI otloIS IN
Tho land II Ia not that the election Has bEei cu' o,
not mat partisan Spirit has run very hiS iiO tSdt M NJ
have l- they always do when cNcltcl), b lhit .i
parties have conducted the election pS "'i' W." ."r
nny ouc,tion ia which party las cheated, at0el Lbt
,r.i ~. least # is sad result OF the work ot lL-
drcG years dark memory !or this the lasJ dly oi lc
year. e,.,,.,,-, ,t il.o ;s mn
causc Tor dScOura cement century j. 'h5 uls ~ .
pnon's fc Nor has ltiOn had hundIcu YEAR Oi
living seven years OF with England, a Eeng anon
wherein the great question OF slavery 5lupc ~ ~ Ia Ia
almost fftv OF the hundred years We caL:ot tNPtc'
America n great nation started with eLpTrneliI III
tcupUs TO rise up and justly herself especially d7 even
half been troubled by an LldA Oh me
millions OF Ignorant and wicked ~ Europe ana Asa ana
the Door slaves of Africa ard cOnuhisS -
tine Ialrfl influence Oi politicians. We must my I.II.
that we have not advanced under these CrcuhI, dcSp
rci,irn that we have held our own against i-' aNtT5
tii.s arn have washed our shores We DcrOlc l0i
We hlyo held to the fundamental principles tl"I e"'0
us birth.