Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-11-28

4 opntiruce 10 LthculuSs thht so unQues-
tlonably have transformed and adj
| yanced Christendom to tho leading
place 1t holds in the worlds affairs,
anu SO manifestly have impressed
themselves upon tho civilization they
have created, which raises its head
and smiles upon tho world an His
Kingdom comes and His divinity pro.
| crosses. The lesson taught Ia tho
dignity of humanity; that within each
human heart is the kingdom of God,
and that the conservation of indi-
! riduality and personal character is the
essential duty for the gradual compre-
hension Of "thc increasing purpose''
and the progress Of the race.
THE INFLUENCE or THE MARRIAGE TIE.
Tho most profound and salutary in
huence in tho progress of tho world
has come from the institution of the
single and indissolubie marriage, and
where 1t has been most respected the
highest and most influential ciyiliza-
| ton will be found. Applause. |
Silently, slowly, but irresistibly, an
enduring principle has, by divine orii
nance, made its way into mans social
and political existence, by the decree
that elevated one half the human race
to its Just individual sphere of duty
and responsibility, and spiritual
equality with the other half. When
the dignity of her equal birthrieht was
thus divinely proclaimed, woman as
the help-mee and companion of man,
no longer the mere toy of passion, or
the unequal and degraded victim of
polygamy, was assigned to her iust and
original place in the law of creation
then, and not until then, the names of
wife, mother, and daughter began to
bear their true Significance, and the
tie Of marriage was placed above all
others. Applause ! Upon this equal
union tho institution of the family is
founded. Homo and it's relations, the
care and education Of her children, en-
dowed the wife and mother with powers,
| duties, and responsibilities but little
known before. Increasing confidence
was followed by Increased affection and
/ respect, and the assured legitimacy Of
I offspring induced industry and the
acquisition of property from the sense
Of reliance upon its transmission and
inheritance. There is a formal term
which in later days has lost something
OF ita sweet original ignifcance-the
spinster" for it told how the cloth
ing OF the entire household came from
the active industry of woman, and the
1 Saxon phrase, even more forgotten
Freodo the weaver Of
peace" depressing the subtler in
fence distilled by gentleness, and love
and trust, which color the web of life
with the hues of heaven. .'And pure
religion breathing household laws, -
| passing its domestic precincts, has
transfused its influence into the civil
cation of our day, until ID has become
its most potential force. Without it our
present status Of civilization could
never have been attained, and upon it
rests our best hopes for its maintenance
and progress. Applause. Truth has
been called the daughter of time, and
assuredly the history OF the 10 cen
turtles which have passed since the
| light of the Christian moral order has
heen shed upon the world, discoses the
indubitable fact that every discovery
under which Improvement in human
relations has bcen accomplished, and
| By which the civilization of mankind
has progressed, has been brought
| into the worlds Use through the chan
mel of an individual mind, and in no
instance by the associated power of
mankind. No great discovery can be
named which has opened new fields of
beneficent and useful industry in
creased benevolence, widened aud deep
.ened sympathies, and elevated human
Thought and action, but is due to the
free conscience, private judgment and
| mental eXertion of an Individual. In
/ the worlds history, no Legislature, no
| court, no council no school. no ma
Jority OF numbers, no aggregation Of
| human force, =, DR. association, can be
credited with tho origination of a single
invention OF D discovery which has
marked the advance Of tho human race.
In the brain of tho individual man,
solely under personal qualities and
characteristics Of his nature, the forces
1 which generate discovery and inven-
tion have been deposited. This is the
true seed of progress and growth, and
the torch of knowledge, which is to
illumine mans pathway onward and
upward, is caught by one human hand
as 10 Is dropped by another, or is
| handed on by tho voluntary force of
those faculties which arc embedded in
the nature Of that creature who alone
| of Gods creations had breathed into
his nostrils the breath of life and be-
came living soul.
Round u.s. each with different powers
And other forms OF life than ours
/ Whut know wo creator thnn the soul2
We arc witnessing in our day the de-
cline and fall of empires once mighty
in their material force, but now inert,
decrepit, devoid of the seminal princi,
pie Of growth, or the sustenance of a
moral order. And it is plainly appar.
ent that these are the necessary and
logical consequences of Clespotic govern
ment, the destruction OF personal free
dom, the enfeeblement Of the moral
fibre, the paralysis of individual, in.
telleGtual, and moral growth. The
march oil tine worlds improvement, led
by those nations who have sRfeguarded
the freedom OF the Individual has
changed the face Of the world, and the
relations Of its inhabitants and their
intercourse. Where the right Of pri-
waite Judgment has been secured and
lett iree, there new ideas have entered,
THE DEVELOPMENT or THE UNITED
4 STATES.
II will, believe, b. conceded bv ali
students Of jurisprudence, that in the
annals Of political literature, whether
Of ancient or modern times, high rank
must be assigned to the FpdGraliat, -
tho compilation Of essays, written 10
eXpound and recommend for adoption
by the several States of the American
Union-.the Constitution Of the United
States asst had been agreed upon and
framed by delegates in convention at
Philadelphia in 1881 OF the three
great men Hamilton, Madison, and
Jay--whose names adorn this volume,
and have shed undying lustre on them
selves and upon the annals Of their