, 1879-01-03
for suc', ,,c still wa.>, tic father Of the Amer~
c4M Commonwealth.

There is yet ono fourtb Ezo,.p Of events which
makcs US feel that even now IN the t.1nc IN *hich
We live Atncric. heonRtto those old days , Of Eu,
together, when the wars nf York and 1.niseaslcr,
or tho wats of Ervnwell and Chartts tho ftrst.
were et'li possible. I refer to. tf'1 onl!
etvil war oi ali tncs-the War between The
Northern and the Sonthcrn statcs ten years
ago. But this Is tto close to our days Tor i's 70
safely touch upon; the atno.derlnR s.hes Of
do but glance at Il and move onwanls. What |
hars said of thu history, 80 TO- speak, OF
America, at oncr illustrates and Is Illus
tsatsa BY "ne Of the ,onS ss, Ct ea1is, nc
United states, and also of Ctr expectations Of
the future. Look, for example, At the extraor,
dtnaty munlf'ccncc shown In multiplication ot
III. pisty ind IIberaty Of fndlvinual tonntcrs
use rccatla the medieval bene1eence out Of which
apraag .totns Of tho chief educational fnatitu.
inis muniiicence has diei ont Of tho nineteenth
century 1T home or in the older Countries
In one branch-that Of pnblc libraries Tor
general t,sc, which 10 thecillcf glory Of tho HI-
esn Institutions Of the United States as iis a.
most total abstinence Ia the chief rcpEoach TO |
tho metropolis Of London-ln thee public II. 4
bratics understand that at ieast ir Birmlne-
ham near .pproash has been nade k,e; to thc aen'
crosfty, whether Of corporations or individuals,
IN the United States. sui tie freston', alnost
The secklcssn4ss, with which these benciaetlons
are lAvlshed bcvonl the Atlantic bears upon Its
Ing amidst our modern civilization as the granite
boulder Of somo earlier formation. For the
iikenesses In our English hl"tory tn John liar.
vard to the ten worthy fathers Of Yale, to'1otlne
Peter Cooper, We mus: look to o',r Wykchams,
our Wayndetes, our Wotecys, At Oxford, and
those whose namcs arc imniorta!tzct In Trays
spcndta "ode on the BcnolactoFs Of CAM
bridge"
PoI1ricAL IEaTfTCTtoNs.
Again, the dEstinet character, the independent
government, ta,u separate legislation of tho
various States which compose tlle Republic ot
North America represent q conhltion Q! po'lt.
parallel. except perhaps IN tho small Fedora
ton OF switzerland, aud for which, on 10 isrSe
q scale, we ruust for M example 20 baek to tlie
not vt tevclopcl ststss o. n Enros IT. fmef e.
Christian Empire OF CharlcmnRnc, carft marked,
indeed, By the separate nat!onatt!cs which
wero already beginning to SHOW themselves,
speakine, @ a. In lie vn.s Continent Of Nortl.
| America Mt tho present day, At least,
amongst tho educated ,r'arsee, ono Ian
ana sneisst, at en't n rae' wi nnt t9
suppose that, Ia thus referring to the 'ndc.
pendcncc and diversity OF the different Htates Of
America nH prcsumInR to enter on that must
vexsd Of al yexed question:, T., of ia, AmeT'ssn a
/
separate States terminate atd tho rights Of tho
! Central Government begin. trent Of It only
in its general features as an .unqueatfoOable
phsnomenon whsh indicates that . tas Amets; ARR !;
political society, and TINT tho cnl may be somc-
thing far different from ti'at which We now be-
hold.
Again. IN the relations Of the 1abor1ng classes
to the educated or upper c!asscs of An,erica.
without e,,ircnchlng on the shorny, ,auestfons Of
capital aud labor, Of socialism at'1 Of political
economy, which are now BEGINNING 70 agtato
thu New world as lney aghate LUG ~, ,na', lne.s :,
ID q peculiarly which exists 10 no european
country at the present tltae, and RncE ~ =
problem kindred 10 the trss arran9ements
at tho States ot TUG hne,cGt c'ahs,cns Mo.!u;
rs me peeuafA5 ~ wm'en 'csnaa' as .he nst une.
manual labor Is peflothle9. !oE tAe ,Ws Hnos. y
part, not BY natives, hue ny foreigners. Nhat
the Pelasgtans Tcro 70 Attlca Wat tne issLo!e :,,
were in Sparta, what the lsraelitss wero n RAGS
varying namcs Of paraci or pef1Gei,--sl,st y 70
suY, the aboriginal Or iorciRn elemehts s ~nc ...
the ruling class appropriated TO !tseIl LOT ttese
inferior purposcs.-sngt ~ soo !0easu,e' @ .te t"e
Analo-sa1on race o. the unltSo otaEH. ~ ,, =. .s
) often been observed now widely tnis alSefs'l}
OF the urec1an Cntnmon"sa.1s .su .hosu s,,,
modern Europe ln'1ueNese an5 ~. "
We mny draw from them ana thSr 1 conation 70
ours; It u not ess tFao tHas ko III.
! rendered necessary oy the appeara1cs g OF thl'
| similar phenomenon IN inc Uhitea etales
| tAHltElCAs LIE ~ hsu't'FAt -,
stances ot this d!verrcncc IN thc relasiyo stase,
.oss Ind sna va
OF approve the institutions ok Tho United state
Or Of Our own country, tne man pfactacs' , so.,
ditton under Which We must stalt on s.y et.sa ~
parlson u. that 70 vet5 '.tEc ~. NJ, ~ w.
spheres OF 1le Oiu Hoetu "uA s"o .soH ~ 80 " !.
aTs amoat T. ronr'.. wit lie aeo Of IA IIexauIe,
1heseus ny L5eaEGs m't ~ w Ias,s. uS1 M.rt" III
o. tho pstoa 91 Eeper1 os .1Mss Mhass.. "''
I the period Of frenzy w.. " wa.s ..,.,,,.
. ExrkcTATiohs roh .aa 1Mh tutuMs, t.''. ,,.
. hut hcsidcs the llEht which tllis view (
American history throw. on ~ past l anu tn
= present. thors y atso tao iuftnes question
. tho light which II throws upon nc iutire.
. does uot follow that oceauae nation HKe oul
has fouriahtd ior centuries II T. near y. ~ e,,.
Far from us he any such desponaing lataIlasi
Yet still 1t canl,ot o denied tnat tae longer ~
RETROSPECT there - settaio sesG o. dsarr sas,es
!. contracts Tho vlaon of the future. ~
tho reverse Of ~ feslane mat III y pfoauSa O,s
by Whist have called the near. anu. as Y Wers
closely present ANTIQUITY Q! tns M t.tf,
y Ihty 1haenA!oty iook ~ t y. ~ % - tfo 11d