New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-05


the custom more honored in the breach than In the op
OF turgd eloauence aud windy rhetoric set
ting forth our revolutionary gories and the heghs au
the stars to which soaring eagle was sure to mount
at that time, all this became ntoleraSe e
time went on and the spreadeagle celebration OF Inis
holiday has long been bywSrd ana c,ded
day se mas BEEN , raplo anytbng but esve
with records of terrible accidents and explosions COZ
all with the maiodorous smell of Chinese crackers and
the not less unsavoy breath Of orator that emitted 'te
e eaen who has eed us TO toearn how
to celebrate this day for another hundred years
Ms speak and hear less Of gores and OF du tes
and let ,onspre together to keep the onp
peaceful poet contributes the ode for the day Peaceui
lie is by MS creed and by his amiaols and loving
to his conscience as ne can Tor tne Iac1 a
the fable who cried for quarter protesting that he was
noncOmbalant "Ah said his captors, puu you h ~
others on p so the lyrics OF Whittier nave made paF
people created grows great ana perpetnateS
the foreground because ustihcs gathering here on
this great anniversary 1t means recall the metnoes
mothers It means cherish your traditions as Ameri
cans and conde in future only as you emulate the
Our country owes its growth height Its BREADTH its
roots Insword our outset was that OF aa
gathered in so many ages ours to begin With Inc
best thing that can be said OF US s soend
Thrills and prodigals MY hopes Tor the pIch have
thus Sdverted. We have not becu manufactured we
have grown have often medtsed upon the essen
Very different were their surroundings, and YET not
wholly unlike the tasks assigned 70 eaeh M NAY
circumsances but II Alfred had fought the Danes
Humber Washington would never have Done sne
latter would never have the Chair OF State In
America but for that rude throne
"On which Immortal Afro d safe
And swsyed the sceptre OF his infant realms"
But such men only be supplied for the public service
the republic Is the Christian Home II the spirit Of
Alfred could come among ms this day he wona De age
he would find 10 our New England reproduction Of all
that best In the old. Yes IN your smiling
your courts Of law every house OF prayer where dod
s vor.hrpsd "in spirit and 10 ntn anu ,sscSe,
her Child to read the Bible Queen Judith taught
Alfred thousand ago. he would read ns m o 1
Jealous guardianship rs the pledge OF perpetulty.
the past SAFE One century mas seen US lne
before for such peaod lavisbed upon people. Bnt
is time to AJAX serious question 6eg we thn nne ~
theirsi
PERILs OF THE TINE.
cynical natterer preacher of despetism has said
with sardonic force that "every people just whstthey
deserve to be-" IL is true But good man would say;
"why not help them TO deserve something betterf"
Admitting the maxim, however, and supposng the
popular outcrcs 70 be In degree justified by facts
what do they provei The corruption OF the magistrate
argues the degenerscy OF the people What boots IL 10
rail at the civil service Look at homei II we see In
the public only few Of washington's school,
not boys aad grs are growing up without
such fathers and mother mace the hardy soldiers and
pure atrots OF those tuner Let US not deceive our
selves We the undisciplned people Of the en-
Gndoubtedy the disorders bred Of prosperity are
upon vagance, Injury, wasteiui,
in every indulgence We are fuu OF o,ean
love Of excitement iniepsdes this. We are crazed In
the search OF novelties and In our pa,son LOT mere
forgotten Cincinnatus and his plough They asked for
nothing but bread aud circus SHOWS plenty 70 cat
and after s SS n1d p snE usS
this among Us We do not go 10 the phheaIe
NOT efectuslly dscoubtenanced and murders and sui
cdes and scandalous dusls and sreethghts arc almost
the staple Of our daily Do not these things renect
the moral features body polite So must they
not inevitably breed decay 49,, rn..,,on.
aud suppose there Is only one answer 90 ye. .h Ds
sed our now 20 Apply them Good is contagious well
as evil Ten righteous salt enough TO have stayed
SEES Of the thousand years have outlined tue man Tor
HE times was always raised Up anu nen ior 'Ao Iie'
were always found TO stand by him.
EMIGRATION AND ASSIMILATION.
We are menaced indeed by great peril which for the
moment seems irremedable. But have confidence
that this evil also be met and happily overcome Most
extraordinary the late legislation about Chinese
immigration lam not qualified to say whether IL was
wise or mex pedent II is significant fact IL means that
assimilated II says In plain words nolam" mntdTt
We welcome strangers here who come 10 make them.
selves Americans We will not have sucn as wlsh 70
make Ainercans Chinese As q Chrlsuan cannot out
think this America was opened on purpose 70
afford homes 10 tue teemns populations OF he Oh World
utterly rspudiate the minded views OF an ek-
Iinct party which raisedtne cry OF America Tor AmeT
cans; but In the sense OF the Constitution ougnt 70
be made principle OF party, future or At present
eIising-nOt -" America Tor natives Only, nut Anenct
for Americans whether suca from their mothers
womb. az coming from The hives OF tue humSn race
abroad, 10 be Americans with US, IN America Lei not
our liberal Constitution be changed; only ets ensuing
principle be defended by wise and practical laws Lev
no man DaturaZed till he can answer the question as
mon.schoo inquiry TO reading and writing; I'll he
knows something OF our history ana mas ROAD tue M
nanralized WAC comes to these shores exparfsted
feon p8upor Let our consus abroad FURNISH hohest
us make the position OF nauralizsd American honor
able from Let us treat our inheritance as u
we priced willing TO fling the paritnony
children 10 those who know not how 10 spprecF
ate il; "who will turn again and rend u.s."
TWO GREAT NATIONAL PARTIES.
There is another peril that just sares us in the
face Montesquieu has pointed out the Immense incre
ment Of power that comes a nation after civil war;
provided the two sections heartily coslesce and hsr
monize think reaching this blessed consurnma
ton Of reunion speedily than could have been
anticipated. But now we need two great Nstona
parties excluding sectional issues and penetrating alike
the populations North and South and East AID West;
two parties equally patriotic, each devoted to the com
veal and the common service balancing eacn olhor
watching each other and furnishing each 10 the other us
requisite com plemen This dual stem 10 the msnstsy
OF constitutional freedom and can never DE supplied by
parties divided only questions OF the moment and eI
pedients OF personal popularity, representing, N snort
nothing than the tenaciy OF the lns and The greed
OF the Outs Instead OF all This give us two
great parties each resting grand principles OF the Con-
suon la every live constitution we Sec AS 10 every
living man. two principesthe one organic aud restor-
alive working health aud growth OF tho body; the
other functional and operative directing the exercise
OF bodily strength 10 the ends for which eIists Now,
party should wholly conservative or devoted only
to the existing state OF Things and no party SHOULD DC
speculatIvey adventurous, always seeking some new
thing and loving change for the OF change. That
country To be congratulated which organizes Its par
ties nevertheless according tothe natural instinct and
abilities Of men, giving 10 Hamilton his congenal
work In securing and building up or TO Clinton fun
scope for progressive policy And while the country
is safe long these two grand parties are equally
patriotic and faithful to great principles let US reject