Evening journal., 1896-02-24
A NATIONAL TRIUMVIRI.
Rev. DR.. Hulburd Talks to the
Young Mems Republican Club.
WASHINGTON. LINCOLN AND GRANT

The Men who Were Created to Meet Great
ExigencIes in the History Of the Nation.
The Father. the Custodian and the Saver
of This Great Republican, Interesting
an Enjoyable Feature OF wsshington's
Birthday Celebration.
Saturday evening Rev Merritt Hulburd,
s. T. D., pastor OF Grace NJ. E. Church,
made an eloquent and very interesting
address before the members Of the Young
Mems Republican Club. the occasion be
ing the celebration of Washington 8
birthday; the theme being "Our National
Triumviri, Washington. Pater; Lincoln.
custos; Grant, Saltwater There was a
large attendance and the closest attention
was paid the speaker, who was intro
duced in glowing terms by President
Sparks
DR. Hulburd modestly dIsclaimed the
eneomums pronounced regarding him,
and designated them as the praise Of a
friend rather than the words ora critic.
He then spoke materially as follows:
"Oi all the impulses by which the
human spirit is moved, two only are
paramount to patriotism These which
have indicated as alone taking precedence
TO IL are religion, which is the SOULS rev
erence for and worship Of God and the
domestic affections, including the con-
| jugsl, fllal and frRternal. Indeed l think
1t might not be difficult TO show that
these are lnterrslated; for what is nation
and country, but family and home at
large The love of country lies deeper
| than any logical expression, and Is closely
allied to those pulses Of the
heart which vlbrate to the sanc
ties Of home and leap up
from the fathers grave. L has inspired
the loftisst fights of the poets fancy,
kindled the enthusiasm Of the historian,
aud made his pages glow with It's Illus .
tratlons. Under It's influence men have
gone smiling to the flashing edge OF the
sword and the bslching mouth of the
cannon; counting net the lives dear unto
them, they have poured out their blood
upon it's sltsrs, accounting It 3 sweet
and proper thing to die for ones
country. So noble Is the principle, 80
mighty the impulse, that the demsgogue
assumes the virtue which he does not
possess. and seldshness, even treason
pays its tribute by wearing 1t as mark.
Patristism Differs From Love OF Homo.
"But it is not an instinct such as
brings the shad back to the place where
It was spawned, and the bird Of passage
to the nest In which 1t was Matched II
Is not primary idea, but the result OF an
education and association of Ideas, SO
that It may spring up for land far from
that Of ones nativity 1t dees not depend
on physical conditions, either Of area or
| wealth but may cling to a rugged isle,
OF mountainous wild, and msy thrive
under Foggy skies and on sodden SOIL as
well as ambient air and fertile eeham-
paigns. Like home, It Is where the heart
is, and that may cling as fondly to the
| Ilow-browed, weather stained house as
the stately mansion, and like 1t is an
association Of ideas, GEd the ideas cen
creted In men who have Identified then-
selves with these IDEAS. The Plymouth
rock is repeated In geology. but the
impress OF the footprints on It's surface
has made 1t q marked point in cur his
tory.
''It is therefore what the county stands
| for and this We inseparably associate
with the men who are the conditores
Rspublicae-for with Sir William Jones
We recognize the fact that not high raised
bAttlement or lAborsd mound. thick
wall or mosted gate; not cities proud.
with spires and turrets crowned; not
bays and broad armed ports whore,
laughing at the storm, rich naviss ride
not stoned and spangled courts, where
low browsd bAssnsss watts psrfums to
pride. No, men, high minded mea. with
powers a. far above dull brutes. endusd.
In forest. brake or den, As beasts excel
cold rocks and brsmbles ruds. men, who
their duties know. but know their rights,
and knowing dare maintain; prevent
the blow. and crush the tyrsnt, while
they rend the chains; these constitute
the state.
Men Make a Nations history.
80 that our inheritance in the men
who made the history Of which we
are so proud, is an essential part Of our
patriotism. Though we gonot go far as
/ the Chinese, and worship our ancestors,
it may be worth while to ask ourselves
how far reverence fer them has tended
to hold together the Oldest nation on the
face Of the globe Our passionate and
practical age is impatient OF the inter
ruption which stops the tides Of bust
ness, commands a halt In the.mad rush
for gain, andldedieates day to sentiment
but fancy we may be able TO demon
strate that such days have their rela
tions to the psrpstuity Of the institutions
which have made business possible and
profitable The holiday has its uses, as
could show II It were pertinent to the
OCCASION even apart from patriotic
considerations bat these alone will
Justify II while the nation continues al
all worthy Of the grand ones gone for
/ aver and aver bV
The Glory OF Our Country.
Ideas and men who incsrnate then
constitute the glory OF our country. anC
hence when history has no interest foi
our scholors and politics as a science II
not studied, practical politics. so called
being relegstsd TO the demsgogue, anC
constituting only an effort to wriggls
up into a position on the part OF men tc
whom nothing can be more merciful thar
oblivion, and for the pedestal OF place
is but the bringing into conspicuity oi
an unftnsss which In their own sphere
might not hsve been noticed; whose
patriotism is a thing OF shreds and
patches, and for whom the attractions
OF place are paramount to their patriot
ism; when this, | say, shall come to be
the condition OF things, there will b'