Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-09-19

threats OF secession had been made by
parties, North and South. dissatisfied with
Federal laws. California had been ac.
quired from Mexico, and rich In gold, II
had been soon filled with a population
sufficient TO form State. A convention OF
It's people framed a constitution which ex-
cluded slavery from It's borders, and with
this instrument in hand they knocked at
the door OF Congress for admission during
the session OF 1880 To admit her was
TO destroy the equilibrium between the
free and slave States, and therefore u
fierce struggle at once arose which theat-
ened the permanency Of the Union. Rap,
PLY two OF the greatest statesmen ana
purest patriots our country has ever pro-
duced were In the councils Of the nauon;;
Henry Clay, of Kentucky, and Danle'
Webster. of Massachusetts. BY their coIIl-
bined efforts the compromise measures
OF 1850 were enacted. which 1t was foholy
hoped would settle the sectional STRIFE
Ii was at this period that the growth
OF the nation demanded an enlargement
OF its Capitol. The Fourth or July, Iool'
was fixed for the laying OF the corner
stone Of the addition. and the gtH1t g,S,,',,on On
FOUNDER and defender of the COnsttutIo.,
the foremost OF living statesmen l lne
matchess orator. Daniel webster: Vas
selected TO make the address. -,
Sectional strife was not, indeed, quelleu
by the compromise Of 1850 but inel was
continually added TO the flame tlii So
sion, so long threatened. was nj lasl ~
tempted by the Southern States. IN I,, ems
terrible civil war that follower siaas, sI,s
and secession went down together cas-
ed I'm the embrace OF eternal i 1et'll.
and the Onion survived, more htihy
knit by the effort TO disrupt u, ,,s an for
sing "A nation of freemen. ~ Teinhiil, NM, ~. -
rs nov to cast out the spirit or seclloIl-
ism. that bitter fountain OF our "oSa,
gnd hcnceforth TO unite 70 reai'"e ''''
sentiment of the poet
"One flag. one land, one heart one manu.
one nation eVermore. "
Az our wonderful progress as a hatioi.
,s mainly due to our free INSTITUTIONS; J.
seene aDproDriatc to this occasion ulaI
we review briefly their origin anu thO"ttn. t.
Let us approach the task reNSTentiy, ,V 90
I'm listening to the voice OF hls'ols Ia
viii recognize the voice OF Gou, anu ~
studvinr the past Alright, we must heeI
discover the Divinity which Shapes ''
ends. ,,r.
AMERICA AND BRITAIN.
we have been taught that America -
Indebted 10 Great Britain Tor heI $50
ness but In truth Great Britain Is lndeot :,
~ America for II existence among lnc
nations OF the earth. The Gun stredr, sr,,,a
rising in the torrid zone, aLtVit course
from the Gulf Of Mexico takes lls 'guI ,'a,o
northward along the nOrth-eaSteTh sIol
of North America, by which II u utheC'e'ii
tin II turns across the Atlantic ,i aIIi
reaches the British Isles; rescuhls ,n .nS'
from the embrace OF the ,,l,,aie s,,ited
giving them "A temperate chmute sul'eG m
IN the development Of the highest tSpe u
manhood. and furnishing them win tue
moisture needed for rich VeSetaa'iQ;n az
Through this silent uhrecosi,inrJh
duence exerted through unnumpereI
wears. these isles have been naee "
blossom as the rose, and enabled 70 osrid avild
tain a population fitted 70 lead thG WI, VIII ~
in the progress Of civilization IL was
tbosa favored isles which, In the PROV
hence of God. were selected Tor the tIaiII-
ing of the race worthy of the Tlch heritage
of North America: -,,.e. ;,bob,tants
we're moi of this favored race; nor were
their conquerors, the Romans lIhPe@t @ iai
Rome regarded not her cluhthS a. -, ~.
agents but as blind, unquestiohlns pa "
"f an immense political machine. She
based her authority upon force, h9I upT,, t,n
Inc consent Of the governed Her dehpouc
S,d,-ernmrnt by crushing all local IN
denendcnce. crushed all local SisoI;;
tsor nearly 400 years the lslahu "
Rritain was thus held as province oi
The R0uan Empire. During thls ptIiou
mat great power entered upon IL ~ ny ~
and finally tottered to IT'S fall IN diI ., ~, w.
Inc Rom9n legions were withdrawn ron
Rritain, i'm the vain effort TO defend ltaly
arainst the Goths. They never ietuTn. ~. w.
and thus IT was ordered that w IT,
race was not TO possess tiIaL ldt5 ~ ,,,a Ie,' :,
After the withdrawal of the !Koilaai, a,
legions the Britons were, SCI Spo, p,s Cf
the Picts Of Scotland ana the ocQLS ~
ireland. and finally called TO thelr @ anu '.'n n
English and Saxons from 'nSlI i moti. .otnrs ~
M. ...r.
tha baltic from the North sea; NJ, H.
came 4, ID. ii9. under their chieis; hehI
cost and Horsa, and having ilrst deIN ~ ~
the Britons from their foes, they ~ ~
overnowcred them and became Hlastcl H >
Of tbe island. At last the race had coiile
which was TO permanently possess So, 'l,o =,
island They were of the Low GerIildiiI
branch of the Ieuioiic iarr1S arrns ~ Rome
Fnr more than 800 years, ana were no"
moving from their forest MONIES ~ a,,- ~
attack and overthrow OF that great eii-
pire.
Tho DISTINGUISHING trait Of our German
oncestors was the individuallsm anu IN IN
dependence OF the citizen WIN tiieIn sl,.,, IN
i,igan was not the creature OF govern
CltIiH1, h',t Government was the creature
nf the citizen. The people We're 'llV lou,. 1',',,
tain of political power, ana rulei5 rul1, Vii
tSnir chosen servants. 1t was wen, salu h
by Mr Jefferson; WI wden Horsa re FOR the great
esaI of the United States, that they NNeiie,
the Saxon chiefs from wh9m we we ,Shns. gt,I,s.
the honor Of being descended anu ,,',I.,s Mi,pnc
political principles anu loiih VI
ment we have assumed. r.,,,, ,,-ern
Nfbun Suain France ana ltaly w.
.c,,aiiv conuucred by the Germans. unyii u'
religion. social life. and adih'nlsli".,r ~
order remained Roman, ana ne oo,, ,i
0I,arnrs became assimilated Win me con-
i,or.5 the result was peoples dOmlhat%s ~
bv the Latin race. But IN Ensi"HnN Hd,nar
result was far different; there tilI o"i"t,
orpauization of government anu soG1 ~
disanurarcd with the people that uStu a.. t,,
and "a purelY German nation IVsS !" ",,ss
stead: a nation whose Nltaiu3, tbe
sufficient 70 absorb anu H., g., e,,cces-
Danes and the NOrmans. that u, suSo,r 80
sion c0nuupred the island. fOI . iiIoI =
than GDO years before the US uisCotTtty ,,St
Of America, this people adVanScu III hnna
jZation In their isoialeu l1,"'t Is fror1 the
Wubin a century and haiI lrQlh O, nf
i'.0't,,, al henGest, upon the lsIT
Tbanet on the coast OF Eis iaii,i i
Augustine. with band OF inohhS' S'rdi,,ccd iI,i
on the same spot anu diiiuI,rnianted the
,vorship OF Odn. and gave new, az az
n0wrrf,d impulse TO the advance ot ~
nation. In the fifteenth century, W. tIe
it,,bt nf the new learning broke upon '%.ln w
Isrkness of the middle ages IL sLoiIe on 81,
no land with greater luStre tnan ,,i
isnpland. nor with greater PIat'',,, PIavc,t ~ -
a0ects one Of the results Oh tnS ns,,,,t.
activity, which this rcNlNhi }r,, JI Vnvaa,e
stirred in Europe. was the uarinB W. g.
- 'r,b,rntus in search Of a new pa9sds e e
- No Indies. which led to the HlcoEr.S y
~ America The sOVerelBns ol siam W,
fitted out his fleet cialiheI "i Dom. of
World as their possession. ne ,iTP -
IRon,n claimed the right to diNlue ~, ~
i'NtT,.an Spain and Portugal vi W
IA wears the Spanish race Mn
allowed To settle ana occupy n'o,.,retsd ~ a.
"nd durirg tnat time they denoIS'' ~. a. -
~ uufitnpss TO be its poSSeSSoiS' - t M
M M.uD.. snVerelqns VINO equipped the nee
- Solunnhus. instituted that most cIug'
az ali instruments OF torture anu ~ ~ , ,
he Spanish Inquisiuon, ana uhuvu I',' I'a
n,oltpn influence Spain attemptei 70 S'"ti,p ..,s =
nrf Professionalism In Europe. II M1
v,jtb the same hyartless cruelty anti
ereed that the Spanards murdered an
siHG"d The natives OF America. but tnr
thirst Tor gold reacted on their own 10, ,"''o,
in the nei,lect Of Industries WIZ" ~ ~
tho basis OF nations prosptIltH, - ~ of
rnd of the century inc pQRuit''O+1 ,,h,Ia
Snain had decreased four iiilllonS, ,'iitI ",i,aI
~ ,.rrat AGRICULTURAL ana coihiiJi ~ NJ
i,tarasts of the nation were IN Nialoa' ..'
80, !, vas evident that Coo hau SUN S
.,;o,S better in reserve for America @ @ula,I
- 49, attn races of Europe. WIN the4'
imperialism in Church ana state.
THE COLONIES.
In due course of time thirteen Enshsh
oolopies we're frinly established along IN.
Atiantic coast but not without cohstMdi,' M
strmCrIes With the French, VINO rad 90
,ie6 ln the north and west anu ~ ~,
Snaniards on the south, VINO WIN tuetr -
InnIian allies attacked them from u@el, @
inN,.ral nuarters. hut providence ma
Jecreed TO the English the possession m q,
North America. and they couid iio' ~, ~
rrnshed nor their limits reaucen;o "a
victory of Wolfe at Quebec III 10y ;lng ail9
the s,lbseuuent treaty or PaEls oi IlI, .i,
d.stroved the French power IN NVIt, Y,Is
tr,c,tc, gave Canada to the EnknSn'
An - 80 the western bOunddilet