New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-12

Of his reflections on the operation nf The great ded
he had assisted creating and bad far comnenaea
TO the people by his administration OF It's piO'''
II is matter of congratulaton that the frs; year o.
our second century witnesses the representative VI
the three Americas engaged in the effort TO
The facilities Of commercial intercourse. colsl',ne
rhe natural course Of things. dinusng ana qNershs,
ing by gentle means the streams OF intercourse. er
forcing nothfng, IN which must Knit closer
The ties of faiernal friendship and bring the peoples
of the two American continents INTO harmonious co"
While direct alterations n the Constitution have
been few. The fundamental law has ben nS ON
In the evolution of National growth, a. Wasdds he Ia
indeed anticipated. Time and habit sald ne n
Of government as Of other human institutions anu
Experience is the surest standard by which 10 IN
the real tendency Of The existing ,natanccs the
Coastn,on has been subjected 10 strains which have
tested It's elasticity without preang do Sne ~ Keen the
balance true absolute inf has been deplees Ia
or denie and s%oy rd sw 1II restod the rigid
outline and even tenor of its way .
What Washington wanted, as Lodges hnc bosrdpnn!
males entirely clear was that the people should be-.
come saturated with the principles of Natlonal slS
and love Of country should posses IS, an Horc smei
cans. Hence he opposed education abroad lest U
youth might contract principle. lmenG 90 except
of those who. by intermxture with our peepo,
could themselves or their descenuanisi ~. I'm a
simulated TO our customs. measures ana laws AZ an
word soon become people, TO DC an is,,t,,
was TO be part and parce! of American ideas ns uc
lions prosperity and progress. IT, was 10 DC tho
minded with the llustrous men who have servGi 81 ,
cause their native adopted land f3m r,rs Of
TO Lincoln 1t 10 be convinced OF he the t,,te
republican government as the bulwark OF me he u
and genuine liberties of mankind whiCm oTance into
mately transmute suffering through ighoIdn'0 NV
Is il possible to conceive moro searching rre ~
the wisdom and lasting quality of our form VI :, -
ment tsan that applied 6v the Civil War! Is IL pos
sblc conceive Of more convlhc,nS cd The con-
cITsion Of the struggle and the complete Iels,
ment Of the system in HARMONIOUS operation novnces
perpetuafed personal animoses. and by the lac. 81
their existence through despotic rule over , pal
the States. vital parts of the system, and IN who's
humiliation the system perishes resuT tinnance OF
ocai seifgovrrnment on its accustomed course pre-
vented the old connection from CARVING immpb of
be mschInerv that lis practical working so speedily
assumed its normal movement substantially unih'ui''
o low diclt It may be fully to appreciate the
influence of great men upon the cause o. washnrton
II exGrted through prccepf as we'll by example
In the general recognition of to-day Oh me eh be
ina wnon the public conscience. is found the JUSTIN
cation Of the confident claim that popular law has
ceased TO be an experiment Neither foreign war
nor attacks upon either Of the coordinate NOR
40, s,nriaI ACKNOWLEDGMENT nor ~ addition OF realm
after 10 the empire Of states nor ns econamca
iI and nolitical institution the shock OF arm
in nternecne conflict. have impaired 0r e ~ the
the Government, subverted the ORDERLY RUE VI w
neonle But the deliverance vouchsaied 10 unle "
tbp,i,,ion as earnestly 10 be sought IN tnle oi
nroencrty when material acquisition may deauen .ho
nirtual sense and impede the progress OF human ec
| walton. -. ho ortored upon in the
cnrit NJ optmism the natural result perhaps. Oh Sur
pn6derce which has lost nothing in substance Nv eNP
r,ence Jbough II has gained in the moderation OF us III
netnosity vet an optimism essential 10 me az c9upi ~
ment OF great ends not blind 10 peril put bou IN ~ nv ny
earlesencss d ? faith whose very CONSCIOUSNESS y. w
limitations OF the present asserts the attahaDS r
he untrayelIed world of still Grandcr tntuio' NJ, ~
rim can sail for ever over summer seas III
etorms that II has weatheTed test and demonstrate
A., ability 10 survive the storms 10 come, but storls
tbern mist br untI there shall he 10 more sea ut
as amid the tempest in which our ship OF statc Wa
IsunrheA and I'm the times succeeding. 80 III wv
times 10 come with every eXecncy CONSIDERATIONS
OF Industrious will rise upon the angrv SINGS; w.
Central fhe whirwnd and dispcl the clouds by tner
notent influences while from the " clear upper SKY
tbc steady light of the great planet MARKS OUT inc
cnnrse inc vessel must pursue. and Sis SHINING on
tbe SAILS as il comes grandly into the haven where
II would be.
At the conclusion Of the address the assembly
slowly dispersed in the order In which it had gathered
a." N the PLAYING as the official programme had It,
" OF the Marine Band" BY some waSs the playinS
Of the band and tho dispensing of the crowd were
declared TO stand in the relation Of cause and effect