New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-24
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International services were held yesterday,
both morning and evening the Church o; 81. John
tbe Evangelist IN Yves. Eicycuth-si Hymns 81 ma
ional character were sun, aud a prayer Tor hc queen
of England and the ROYAL Family, In The service oi hr
Established Church. VS., read. The Rev. 4. i. DE
Costa the rector u. the church, preached on the LIS
sous Of YORKTOWN" taking FOR hi text P'lAn xviii 80;
Tle kingdom s te LoEI's aud lac IS governor aHons
the people
Dnrug the la7t week. tire preacher slll the attention
OF the world hos brra drawn % 'fir town n Var ili
Troops from aImos' a parts of .H' country "c'c prose
emit and distinguished citizens ana representative ~
other nations joined n tc crgrm"nr' The voice ID. tie
orator wa4 heard amid tic roar o. artillery oa' '-.
suppose tina; tAl' victory oi toe Americans asa French
combined had been acrpnpi- hy great SSH. ou ta
part hui such D., no.. t.c trltg From e. m.r. pp.ut
Of view % was % small lGur Tho -c-r o' York; wa
l--I was not tine siege 90 Yorktown "a l~G- Neither
was r. q Gottvsuurc A-'acogrt cr Waterloo. 4 ..na..
number ~ British troop, was surrounded hT tar large
army in comparisons az the Americans and French. IL
decd a. much honor should be given TO thr British 90
their opponents. There nothing n 10 ior American,
To he rr,nd of lor no huu,n skill could have
avcrt,d the result What a b.. chem. that makes this Vice
toy OF 20 much yauei 10 bc,ave b. scared Amer.
ican Independence It proclaimed That the power a.. h'
British Minister, had been broken, !u the colonies @.
least AMI that the rtru -ie over We now ssr why
such universal Interest is shown 30 This Centennial o'
American Independence. At thr commencement OF thr
war with Great Britain there very few ideas of
future Republic There wa definite plan Of action 90
Grst The cannon taken 90 Tcondrrom were removed
with the ntcn ion Of returning thc.a 10 the British Gov
eminent after the over But soon the love OF
liberty took posses ion ~ the people with renewed
power and they looked forward 10 goriou, freedom
and TO the time when the colonies would separate nom
the mother country II was not 70 bc expected that oIr
great country would remain dependent AL sc wairh
could be suuK into one ui our Ieui lakes.
One advantage OF Che victory 90 Yorktown was That li
gave the American people rrirrli1ucr ana iru-f iu
themselves 10 made them peculiar people, al which
the like IL not found elsewhere. Ia the old world people
lack self reliance; in this the pcDp" themselves the
ourselves, there forced upon formula oi iAdr,
pendence, principle OF frit3ycmmen'; an!
We 90 not AtfLcciA'G th' onoushi. goa l'"Si.'
One hundred years ago Engshmcn felt greatly humil-
lated the defeat al Yorktown, and perhaps ic'
yet Nevertheless it WaA a. much Victory Ter Eng
land "a 10 was for While she was huuhcd by the
surrender Of CORVALLIS the principle that hrr
II the old principle Of Masua Chara. Georr'
that principle clear Ia them. But for Yorktown the
progress OF England would have been retarded htIn
town we would nave taught hcr nothiug; hui now ute
daughter has taught the mother the principles OF liberty
and scfgOycnmcnt IL was au LuEls victory In that
II brought blessings 10 England impaired VigOr e. her
institutions and gave her "A new life II gave hrr
more secure Government and more advanced political
ideas II affected all classes but especially the poor
toll lifted him III the social SCALE and above ALL inspired
In him iGeas Of independence and manncss. This i
what Yorktown accomplished. And now each day We
bound together with England, and h. h moi Y
laws but 10y bruthCry love The sympathy expressed IN
our late National distress ~ proof O his abd for This
offer prayer for the Queen and her country.
Al the evening service sermon preached by tie
Rev. a. V. NneYcr, rector OF the Egi5e du saint Is
prit, on The French in America"