Telegram-herald., 1889-07-06

orea d isAtson 81 leaaershssa. surrounded,
deceased and drove Ia igalonlinloos fs-
treat coi0n1ns II British Sdsi.ess nx4ng
frOm lsexlagton aud togs>rd We
again t<taeld them r:slSlag treSsl works
IL a ght Uron the hsigills Nllh wbleA
81 naen&ee tic British 4fans IA kesstsssl
A gaia sth se4niy s0pfiS ~ aninauisi-
tsQn, A. ses thein standing ssclAassa tisssss
bTcastWtaks with clalsi,ed guns, faltt.i-
ing 4nd lspuis.ng repeated cAsrscs 81
the enemy at Bunker and bfeta
Hl ne fememhST tie summons al
cid fihan Alien Al IacoaderoSa.
Ne s-e nsd Authony AayDs At tle
head 81 hls rugged infantry sealing snd
St0mlug tae Toeky fortress 81 stony
Point Ne msrfel AZ the achievements
OF Paul Jones and thv oslser pflKateers-
men upon the high seas. the unique
warfare of Marion. the swamp fox oi
the Naroln2s. Car ewes nj With teafs
a. we recall the sufieTlngs oi that awful
winter Of sickness and sentl-starA atlon
al Valley Forge. through tie discouf-
aeenents ot Nhlch the men We're sls-
tanned only by great leadership and
marvellous PATRIOTISM. We wonder al
their haTdlhoOd IN crossing the swollen
Delaware. peTlious with noating Ice,
and with only rags about their bleed
ing feet. and driving the British living
through the Jerseys INTO their forthCa-
tons ia New York. We are reminded
OF the defeat 81 Burgoyne al Saratoga
and tomwalils at Yorktown, and how,
after peace vas declared and independ-
ence secured, these brave men went
home without pay 70 Their suffering
families aud commenced again Ia bulld
homes ruined during the struggle And
az We review these scenes VT do not
wonder that men who could pass
through such trials, such ordeais oil
cold and fire, bloodshed, starvation,
disease and want, were worthy 10 plant
the standards of any cause anywhere,
al any time on earth, ard we see That
they were tit instruments designed hy
the providence of God through a sue
cession OF generations of people lmbued
with love of liberty Ia work out "A
great and glorious result.
But these warllke achievements of
the fathers of the Republic were not
more remarkable than those which fol-
lowed after independence was secure
and peace prevailed Our citizens were
not more successful or distinguished IN
arms than IN legislation and the ayoca-
tons of peace, after their swords had
been beaten into plowshares and the
work of creating "A constitutional gov
ernment and system of jurisprudence
had begun. The foundations were laid
broad and deep, as If in wise anticipa-
ton of the superstructure To follow.
In framing their constitution and their
legislation they fOresaw an accession of
new states and the requirement of new
territory; they made PROVISIONS for the
reception and welcome of the down
trodden and oppressed of all nations;
they prepared the field for such sow
ing as might spring up through immi-
grafton into transformed. enlightened
and AmeTlcanized millions. They
carefully adjusted the relations of
states with each other and the general
government SO that the former might
have the greatest freedom To pursue
their diversified industries that was
consistent with the stability of the ma
tional compact. They sought To stim-
ulate personal industry and energy
and open avenues for the interchange
of commodities between widely-separ-
atcd sections of our own country. and
between us and alien nations, 10y sys-
tenn OF internal improvements and the
creation of an American merchant
marine. They carefully established
diplomatic relations with all civilized
states. They made liberal provision
tor universal education 10y means of
free schools, believing that popular
government could only be stable rs il
could rely upon the educated and en-
! lIghtened forDearance, not only of IN
A =.
other.
prom time within knowledge such
attempts as had been made toward
popular government had failed by rea-
son OF the lack of general intelligence
among the people. The learning of the
world had been of the few and not the
many. The few had used it to control
the masses, who had il not. The peO-
pie had been. in control of the leaders.
| like clay in the hands of the potter.
From earliest history kings and poten-
tates. of whatever title had intrenched
themselves III hereditary lines upon the
now exploded theory that, beng ap-
pointed of God, their persons were
| sacred, and they were personally in
capable of wrong-doing, and from such
positions of vantage had ruled the
multitudes assumed by them to be un-
able to rule themselves. Favorable
conditions and a stalwart and cnlight-
encd race could alone dispel these ideas
10y establishing a free government IN
some quarter of the globe, where 10y IN
| tervening oceans, il might be protected
IN It's earlier stages OF development
/ from interference of crowns and IN
! trigues of VrUeIs.
| THUS it VIII bc seen that Providence
specially lntcrferod 30 create the elo-
! monts and furnish tho conditions neccs-
/ sarv to the successful establishment of
a republican. government IN the new
| world.
| "It needs no divine intuition, or
| microscopic VISION 10 determine That
| humanity Is passing through a crisis.
| Changes IN the mental, moral and re-
Igious currents of thought. as well A.
IN the scientific and material world
are rapidly transpring. Science and
Invention are overtuTnIng much Of the
old, while the new n not yet we'll de-
fined. Agitation Is rlfc and elements
are often conflicting, and there y dan
ger that men who are not well ground
ed IN their faith IN some of that which
"a. and carefully discriminating IN
their sight of that which promises 10
be-there is danger. j say, that sOch
viii be carried away and lost ~ the
contention and confusion. Sometimes
it NAV be well for the coolest and
most stoadfast to pause and take some