New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-21

Reformation, was directed by University men. john
pym In Commons, John Hampden in the field, John
Milton in the Cabinet-three Johns and all OF them Wen
beloved disci ples of berty-wth the grim Oliver him
self purging England royal despotism and aveneing
the slaughtered saints OF Alpine mountains cold; were
oil Of them children Of oxford and Cambridge In the
next century. like dawn urd hut bright, the trench
Revolution broke upon tie world But ne Only mop
of wise direction OF the elemental forces that upBeaVeu
France vanished when the educated leadership lost con-
troll and Marat became the genius and the type Of rev
oluion Ireland also bears witness AZ its apostle and
tut car saint scholar its long despair ~ JusGe has
foded its voice and s hand among educated Irishmen
Swift, and Molyneux and Flood ard Gratian. and
O'COnneil Burke ana Iecky and Duty and Tue young
enthusiasts ounG Thomas Davis who sang Of an Erin
that never was. aud dreamed Of ireland that chot
be- were men o tho colleges and the schools whose oh
persistence OF tongue and pen has osered tic NE OF
tner country and gained for her all that she has won
For modern Italy let Sivle PeioO, and foresu, anu
Marouceh answer. II was Italian education which
Aus ria sought smother. ard it NOT less CaVCdf
than Garijsldi who gave constitutional liberty 10 loW'
When Germany sank at Jena under the heel oi Nap9e
anu stoln-wEOn MAJ oleon mated hut could not $Ppal
asked IL national NE survived TIE answer rang iro tne
shTersnes' ana lrom lhein InodeIh eeIun5 ILL
forth Nith prophetic impulse Taco 4Orc k0erner car
his poem The lyre aud tbe sword ior hKe tne lVHV
Whlch changed the sea nVinph mo lle nTp, IN vi ~
patriotism OF he educated youth OF GernAny tiheu te
poets Tyre into tie soldiers victorious SWORD. IN vac
spendor o. our American oay let us r-1einDel ana noo
our brenrel, first Ia every council dead upon ekeiy
nS.I Oh Iecuch, from we NoIs% 10 te Nie, ~ ~,
0droats 10 inc Adrallc VAC nave 80 AMY ~ i%
Europe from out the night OF despotsn and have Ylnd
Gated iOr the educated cass the Leadership OF mooTh
civilization,
KEY-NoTEs OF THE REVOLUTION.
Here in America where ye; there are no ruins save
those of ancient wrongs, undoubtedly New England mas
Inspired and moulded national life. But II New
ENGLAND has led tho Union, what has led New-Lngandf
Her scholarly class. Her educated men. And our
Roger Williams gave the keynote. he has preached
and divulged and dangerous opinions against
the authority OF magistrates" said Massachusetts,
she bauishcd hn. \ century later his
dangerous opinions had captured Massachusetts. Young
Adams. taking bis Masters degree at Cambridge,
argued Tat It lawful 10 resist the supreme mags-
,rate if the Sato could otherwise be preserved lie
college stripping. Bat seven year. aftcrward, in
1880 the chief pulpit orator in NeEFneland, JonatLan
Mayhcw picsched III Boston the famous sermon Whch
Thornton called he morning gun OF the revolution Ap
PNng 10 INC ponucaI lluaoh ne rTlnciPes od n"ger
Nllains Ihe NeW-England pulpit echoed aild rercicd
that ornins gun arousng The eonnlry az d twenty I'VE
al Lexington and Concord and the glorious thunder oil
Il VS. a fon Of Harvard James Otis. who proposed the
assembly OF an american Congress without asking me
Kings leave II son of Yae, Jonn Norm scott.
who declared tina, If taxation without representation
TO be enforced the Colonies odga' 10 separate from
England IL wus a group of NeW-NoTk scholars. john
Colony in response 10 Port b and proposed
the COutuen Al Congress. twas $ew-EI Cloud scho ar
ia that Congress whom Rufus ChV4sc declared 10 be the
Jcbn Adams Who urging every argument touching
every stop OF ssIon, PRIDE tenderness Interest CON
INTO ehar,of oi IRE and SCARED 10 ndepsuGencc
not forget shat Nirsinlan tongue Of lanc Patrick
Henry, nor that patriotism OF the held and hresidc
which recruited Inc sons OF Liberty The Inspiring
statue Of The Minute Man at Concord, and d noblcr
memorial figure does not stand upon our sell
conlinenoratcs tho spirit that loft Tho plough
Ing IN tie fulrov that drew Nathaniel Greene from LIS
anvil ana ESek Hopkn rom his farm the spirit that
long before Lad sent The poor pA>h9nes OF Scroouy 10
Holland and filled he victorious ranks OF the Common
wealth = Haseby aud Al MSfston Moor But III Amerca
III Inea tueF were educated men who, III 1 pull
PIT On the platform and through the press conducted
ihe mighty preliminary argument OF tae i.cyonuon &C
fenced the ancioni trsdlols OF ngsn MORT! AZ -,t
reacuoE.r England, aroused tue Colonies TO maintain
the cause OF human Ia;uic, sId ed lh'm rom inc
GGspee and BuhAeI LIN across lae pains on saratoga
the of NOley foiEe, lie sands OF Monmouth. ne
hls OF Caroliua, uns Il Yorktown once more tne King
surrendered 10 the people, and educated America Lad
saved constitutional liberty.
TIE FRAMEEs OF THE CONSTITUTION
In the bIief and critical period, when throu-h
the travail OF hal;-Jnarcncal confederation the IN
dcnendent states, always insdncyely tending union
rose into rural constitutional republic the good genius
Of America st The educated mind OF Tie country
OF the flty-Gve members OF the convention, which Ban
croft, ch"uShy me poets llne caiis re S10iest e
Iowsp OF ia~-gFers Vhtreoi TINS word holds ree1rd
thirty graduates aud the esht leaders Of he
great debate Ill college men The convention ad-
journed, ana While from on lh' strong ind o. George
Clinton, Hami!t Of COllBDl drew NCWIOIk
into the Union that placid son o. IrnceOn, James Mad
lsO7, wIths%nul g TIE hti! eurey OF f!tilck henry
placed Virginia by her SIDE" Then Columbia and Prince
the Constitution in that greatest Of commentaries Inch,
as the crowns the Capitol completed tue Luajcs-
5ic argument that iCs 'edIig INC sous 81 Hazard
ss,on mat rirenrd tDe Revolution r1In inc ne 1era
deC il, from the debates of the COnsutU uonal
Convention that endec IT, would Me gu dance OF AnI
have more riuIu pbant WO id tue Sua.an.e oil
individual Liberty, of National union, OF pros
pcrILy Esbc been more huTe established TIE cItCs
laughed 81 the pictured grapes unnatural. But the
painter satisfied when the birds and peckcd At
them. Daily the educated class Is denounced as i'm
practicable ana visionary But the Constitution oil the
United States Is the work Of American scholars.
TIE QUALITY OF TRUE LEADERSHIP.
Doubtless the leaders expressed a sentiment which
was shared by the men and women around them. But
it was they who had formed and fostered that sonti
ment. Icy not tie puppets Of the crowd, light
weathcrcocks winch merely showed tie shifting gusts Of
popular fec ing. 1Loy dId follow what they could
not resist and make their voices the tsrdy echo Of a
thought they dd moi share They lot dainty ana
were equal citizens WITH ibc rest OF strong cOny-
lions persuasive speech, who showed their DTo
what hcv ought 10 tnnL anu do. This is tue secret Of
lssdersAtp IL Ii not servihy 70 the mob II IL uo
giving vehement voice 70 popular fIcnZy that makes
q svI,nst5, and trust "a nicA viii eagerly ioloy n IA
Mornion to such sensitive life that The first |
sunbeam OF opportunity strikes them INTO |
music In a great ci.sis it is thinking as others |
tnnK, feeling as others feel, which Ups tho oraors
tongue win fire thai hshis as wei rs burns 80 when
LOld Chairman STOOD 1t the head OF England, organizing
her victories by land ana sea, aEc toil IL Parliament
their splendid STORY, liz glowing lofn 40 Brtans re
aud OF Brsu guns, and tle proud accsluaaon
OF Brtish uearts all arounu inc globe flashed and thun
deTed IL his elOqnence Inis 10 glorious morning."
said the scholar samuel Adams with price
head, he heard the guns at Lexington Decus ct
decorum csi,' SAID the young schoisf JorePh warren
gayIy passed 10 has death ON bunker Ah. They
spOht ioI 'AV IVY VI P"'IiS.iHn "- "'y
had hndeu Il was nor mop, an lshOfaIt inuuttdc
yod by myster Gus impulse II VS. body OF eGu
Nlhc ana uclOc, because lucy educated
WHO flcd his country to independence and lad deep
and strong strong the foundations OF the Re public.
TIE EARLY CONFLICTS OF THE REPU DlIC.
Is this less Of the maintenance development
Of the Government Thirty years ago, walking the
cliffs at Newport with Mr.. Bancroft, askcd him TO
what point he proposed TO continue his history. lie
answered, al artist printing picture OF TIL.
ocean my work would stop al the horizon. I
fulthcr My history will end with the adopt OF the
Constitution All bey ono that is experiment" This
Ic
Ii has been strained TO the utmost along the vey vital
fibre Of its fruDe, and las emerged from the or
deal recreated. Happy the venerable his |
tOrnD who has survived both witness The |
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