Vincennes Gazette, Volume 15, Number 7, Vincennes, Knox County, 17 July 1845 — Page 1

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Vincknnls, July 7, ISjL

It v. Mr. Joccb;n: We, the undersigned, r.s a committee, would respectfully request of you a copy of your address, delivered on tho -1th in:ant, for publication, which would oblige us as well as the community in general. Your ob't servants, M. BIRTOH. CHAS. II. NABB J. W. GREEN HOW. Vinoi-nnks, July S'.h, Is 15. Oentlernen: Your polite note, ot the -fit, in:., requeuing lor pntmcation p. copy oi me a i C . 1 . I ores delivered on the Ith, was received yesterday. With some h'-siuncy I comply with tii at request, an-i here; with send you a copy. W ould it were worthier ol the notice von have given it. Respectfully voun. i;i:o.'n. jocelyx. Wm. HiKrrn, 1 V HAS. H.N API!, V C J , V. GuKENIlOW. J a i s: 2: . h is due to mystlf, to the audience, and to the occasion, that I oiler an apology for the remarks that I am about to make. It w its not until the latter part of last week that I was aware tli3t, in all piobubility, I should he chosen to address you to-day. tid 1; wa- not until last Sunday that 1 learned flo.it the committee had chosen me. Since that lime I have been busily mgag-ed at my profession, and it was oi,!v "at betwten times" that I could ilevote myself to a preparation for the I repeat oecasi. ui. Members 0 th? SabUtth Sch h: Yo.i have just heard read the " Declaration of Independence." Weil. I suppose ou a I know what it means, but tor frar you do nt, I will try and tell you. A great many years ago when there was 'rubin.- but trees, and Indian s, an I wi,J rea ; upon tins continent, the king ot England pas-sed a law that evtry body 4 i-jjid sav their prayers just as he told them !r. Well, some of the people didn't like that, and thought they wouM seek a place where they could prav without asking a kiiig what words they should say. So i;,kv c )i on a ship and stirtei to seek a new home, and after a long and a difficult parage across t'.ie great ocean, they land ed upon the eoa achusett!. of v hat is now called For a long time they tiP.il verv tiar i wor to gel atuiig the .i country was so cold an every tinng so hard to do, vet thev determined to stay, for they loved God and religion m )re than th-'-v did their o! 1 homes. England didn't pay mu:h time, s';e at! mi: ion to i-em t t long 3 off i. edit thev woel all di ill I trios sue won, d get riu oi net w uuuiei 1 1- , -l r i ........ 1. 1 some tr.ei Is. .it one day she looked over this way and saw tuat tho 'peo ple were growing up very fast, and were ot-comoig quite a colony ; and she took it into hr iieal that she would make a little money off from them. Yo.i see we had to get a great many things from England m Vive upon, and to wear. So one day she tabes and stamps a little picture upon pe.pr. rind tried to make us pay foi that, n i then she said we would have to pay sn much more for having the privilege t drink f .r sooner, and worse tlian an 1 1 "----it . . , thi she said we should do just ss sue said. nn.l if we grumbled about it she would flog uv Well, we had grown to be quite a nation by this time, and she didn't act fairlv vfh'us, and finally she went so far a lo n.sko us think of leaving her altoelher,and doing iut as we pleased. Now. ifvou'I! listen I'll try and tell you what a great lini? we had in those days, li-it let me u3 a figure to you. ou an have heard people talk about getting married. nd you know when a young man gets married he goes away from his own homo. n,i roe to keening house far himself. and somen. nes toe old f. dks mike a tr'3 mentions "rumpus about the girl tneir son marries. You all see into that. Well, now we wid suppose that the poo. pie that first came over here and settled this couuirv is the young man that Eng land is the cross t motneri 1 you know old women are nrgnty crcs some4.me9and that Liberty -that gieat thing vou a'! have heard so much about, is the voung lady. She used D live in solitude over here, among the mountains and hills, end one day, when this young man, AmericH, had been thinking very hard about what old mother England had said and lone, lie was walking out and saw this young girl, Liberty. Now she's very handsome, the prettiest hair, and eyes, and mouth you ever saw, and oh! her voice was so eweet that we, that is young Amend, fell dead in love with her. and we nrre. eo dcoeratelv smitten with her that i . i ... i. . we thought we must .marry ner. ioi ui eld woman made a terrible "fuss," an aid that we should come to terms, or sue would flog us. She jawed, and at last we got entirely out of humor, and tha vise heads met together to settle the matter. Well, on the 1th of July, i:Tt. A merica and Liberty were joined together, f.nd the declaration you have just heard ws the marriffie ceremony. F.ut she voulJ not give up her child, anJ tt was rot until we had fought seven long ye;rs t'ns she told us that being s we were of -g- frbe ould have to give up and let ns

have become a great country, and been

verv prosperous, until the whole family is read over the. whole glorious Unu, we rive become a great peopiea in i nty natioti. .wiii '(.):-Ciir.'ii : No Amo-iean can contemplate tho pa: history of his country and not led h i heart swell with enthusiastic pride. Although there may he much in that history that will mantle his chee.v with the blush of siiatne, there is more that tviil cattle him to with suble pride upon the proudest governmental fabric that ever existed upon our earth. Home back in mind to the hour when the "lMgrim Fathers " were "rete I by the rough dash .- . . .. " v- I.' 1 ....' . 01 11. '-a 1 s waves ll ion O e w 1 1 -ur-i a rocli-Houn l eoa-.t. hi i'li'UtS 10 1 or. for awhde ami the late, dreary solitude, and listen to the sweet voices that swell an anthem of praise to the Go 1 of ih o Universe. A mill the snow and ice of that cold region he se--s them rear their rude tenements, and almost smiles in contempt at the apparent futility to reside where even nature and God had seemingly thrown a veil of the deepest mourning. To them the earth presented one vast field ol snow no vegetation no lile no comfort mless it were the ever-green nn stlet o tiiat bloomprosperity. an emblem of their future Around them ro.vned the , i i i savage with tomauawk ami scalping icmte behind them roiled the vast ocean, separating them from friends from country from all that would seem to endear life to mankind: yet on thir countenances res: the holy .-mile of calm resignation, and notwithstanding nature may have yearn ed for the joys of the older world, these martvrs of conscience sacrificed a'l the refinements and luxuries of life at home, tor hardships and liberty abroad. Exiled from their naihe land by the edict of an unrighteous king, they sought a home amid he terrors of a new world, with tne Bode for iheir guide, and God fo: their support. Scarcely C3n we consider the success of a nation problematical, when beneath it is placed the word of God. Upon the bible they planted the iounJation of their new government, and commenced that superstructure which has since become the admiration of the worldWe are astonished at toe rapidity with which the American republic developed it resources, and has risen to an elevation never attained bv any former nation. Even the ancient republics in the days of , 1 their glory, when science anu song were at their acme, had not secured fur themselves a success so great, as that now enjoyed by us. True, our growth is but of yesterday but our strength is the vigor of manhood. A few years ago, and this country was a vast continent uninhabited save by w ild beasts and wilder savages. Nature in uninterupted grandeur reigned supreme. Our towering hills rose in wild sublimity to the sky our prairies' bloomed alone in lovely beauty our sweeping torrents roiled in silent majesty to the sea, and our broad lakes slept in quietness beneath a glorious sun, hut man. civilized man saw them pot! Our winds swept harmonious music from our groves. our sweet-toned birds, nature's forest minstrelsy trilled forth their richest songs; our rivulets from their pebbly beds sent up gushes of melody, and our Niagaras swelled the bass in the anthem of a new w orld's joy, but man's ear was not charmed! But now, how changed the scene! Nature is still as beautifully and gloriously grand as then, our lakes as broad, our sky as bright, but a thousand hills are covered w ith temples dedicated to science and religion; our vast prairies are covered with cities so quick, so rapid in their growth that they seem to have sprung almost by magic from the earth; our urghtv rivers and broad lakes now bear upon their bosoms the produce of one quarter of the globe, while from every valley, lull-top and mountain, from beside every stream, lake and river, m union with the many voices of nature, n-e the songs, the symphonies of a free and religion people! Our country came into existence like Minerva; the plan was conceived, an ! with us to conceive has been to carry out. We are now tho greatest and freest nation on the globe; our canvass whitens every! sea; our tlag is respected in every land, and our guns speak independence, and demand honor in every clime. Wo have excited the admiration of the greater part of the world. Some envy us and our liberal doctrines, others az at us as an anomaly in government, while others look to our land as the last altar upon which Freedom's sacred fire burns with r.ndimmed lustre. Our country stands in the ocean of government, a brilliant light-house. Upon one side flous the dangerous stream of Monarchy, upon the other, Anarchy rolls its mighty torrent of dark and turbid waters, whose shores are strewed with the wrecks of an hunderd empires! Three score years has it endured the storms ol time, twice has war cast its purple waves far up its sides. often have the storms of party and faction gathered and broke with terrific violence above it, moral c-aithquakes have exploded beneath, but still Liberty's sacred fire casts its bright light far out on the troubled deep, and us foundations are unshaken, for God has placed them there! Some, we know, are oven now pronv.mig from hv: fop, Hiid sending

forth from presses the chiding do:trine th it upon our banner shall he inscribed "Mksb, Mkx2, texel, uriiARiN." They point us ti the various signs of the limes,

f.hd cry a'ou 1. "IJehold the glory is departmg -'.lie sceptra of power is trembling in weak hands, an 1 the government is tottering to its fa!!." .Many believe that no nation can have a permanent foundation, "that tho whole earth is a graveyard of nations;" that all foundations, no nutter how broi i nor how deep, must bo swept away, it i? not the c R'MHjdiate the doctrine hild of truth. It is treusmi to pfnatirn it it u treason to iii-.ui-: IT. i -1 it t 1:1 a nation s uowniall v ill pt.) l ie. it? overthrow. .No one nwiiimg to so wiil'; :i 1 his sir-oigtii and laior when it o:it n -'thing, no on will strive for the future prosperity of a nation, when he believes its doom to be sealed by unalterable fate. Proclaim throughout the length and breadth of the laud, that it must fall, and, in less than a quarter of a century all that bright and glorious country which is now the w eid-r an 1 praise of all mankind, will eeo:n ? a bv-word and renroach. genera'iou will tabor alon; for itself; fain re generations will be unheeded, and in the unrighteous haste to secure present joy, the distinctions between vice and virtue will be obliterated. might will become right, the law will be robbed of its majejtv, and Freedom despoiled of her possessions'. This is not idle deel miation; it is sober truth, and every minimum perceive it. Whence sprun" this suicidal doctrine, that Cidumbiamust f.ii! aye, that the soil dyed with patriot's blood c-in generate the seeds of Anarchy or Despotism? These sage philosophers point us to history's page. What nation, cry they, in soeming triumph, ever endured the concussions of time? Wii-.it rep iblic ever withstood the shafts of ruin? Can history's page unt fold one, that still exists? Rome, Greece, Carthage, all, all have gone! Their towers once rcse to the sky, their gilded domes once flashed back the sunlight of Heaven, their streets once were thronged with a joyous and a happy people, shouting forth, their songs to tiie ( !oddess of Freedom; but their towers have fallen, and their temples.once consecrated to heathen deities, are sacred alone to de cay! But does their history become ours? Must we looow m the waive ol departed empires? Because they fell, shall we fad? L is unnecessary. History does not teach anv such lesson. :h lesson. History halt read, or half undeistood, may hold forth the doatrine, that ail foundations shall be swept away; but when it is examined as it should be. and understood as it must be by every reflecting mind, it reveals preservative principles that shall endure to the end of tone. History proclaims in a loud, vea. in an almighty voice, mat " J UstiCC h ni cation, and Religion tre omnipotent to save that a nation lounded upon i luese shad he, able to sueee-sluoy resist the shaft of war, and remain prosperous till earth and heaven shall pass away. These principles were not possessed by ancient republics. The greatest glory of Ii cue consisted in her military achievements. Regardless of rights, sue issued her mandate, ''CaithcigJ dfhnda es," and considered that a sufficient cause to wage iniquitous war. Goaded on by an unholy ambition, she sent her armies into every part of the then known world an i desired that the diadem of the Gievirs should blaze on every throne. Amid the burning sands of Africa she unfurled her conquering banners the plains and groves ol tho East resounded to the tread of her armed warriors, an 1 even Gaul and Brittaunia were bound as captives to grace her triumphal churriot wheels. At homo. even in the full blaze of the literature of the golden age, might lrd become right the nobles of the Ian 1 were the lords of the omnire. Justice was forgotten religion was desecrated martyrdoms, w ere nume-; rous and earth. sickened with holy blood. called ton liy for vengeance, and the Almighty commissioned the. Gjths and Vandals oi the north to hav.tn the destruction of that rood empire. And its glory is returnless, for the " finger of God" hath written its doom. The star of ancient empire, obscured amid clouds and storms, has gone down amid darkness, but a brighter one has arisen upon out earth. First o'er Judea's lonely plains, gleamed its holv light, wlul-5 now its brightening rays illume half our world. We sigh no more for ancient glory we long not for the reenacting of ancient dramas for they are written in blood, and performed to the music of orphan's wads and widow's moans. The time foi the exhumation of old laws has gone bv, and a new era has dawiud upon our earth, an era of Justice, of Love and of Light. At the birth of our government rose the prayers of pious puritans, and its foundation was cemented by the tears and blood of the noblest patriots. No unjust spo liation marked the rise ol this country no iniquitous trampling upon rights has traced its hi-tory. Our voice has ever been found upon the side of justice and humanity; our national halls have often rung with the appeals of our noblest statesmen in behalf of an oppressed people beneath a foreign sky, and we have ilways listened wuth interest to the voice of young Liberty no matter in what land she had her existence. To Liberty we give the ame devoted f-.itachment tint we rv.

jer did; her form is as fair, her eyes as j bright, her step as fjeo and bounding as j when she first alighted upon thti m oun -tains of our own native land; and the ea-

her ud tuiihem. si! 1 sweeps a 3 bold a li ght towards the s.ut. as when he first shook the fetters of despotism from his Golden wings near seventy years ago. moid the sh rusts and exultations of a people determined to be free! And to-day we 5 till hail him in his heavenward dight, with untired pinion anil undim ned eye! Soar on proui bird! Thy home is the I mountain crar thy natal hymn the thun1 ! t 1 der-torm! And when clouds shall gather over our happy land, may'st thou, unhurt by them, float, in linjesty sublime, far above the tdemental war. and ho! 1 tini i i . . n .. . : i i . . i . . . . : tur!- i our glorious nag in; eart i s nation free I from every despot's power sha'.i shout to thee their triumph song! B it we are told that clouds ar gathering around us. and that stum a storm will break with resistless violence upon our devoted heads that vole moos are slumbering beneath u, that shall run 1 m twain the sod that now hides their burning fires, to belch forth their destructive lav i upon our fertile fields. Who send forth these doctrines? What wizard spirit would raise a storm to devastate oui land? l'ardon us, if, for a moment, we examine the causes that are to produce these disastrous consequences. If the causes exist, it is tolly to close o ir eyes, and dream on until it be t-iu late to rem n e them. If dangers are githermg around us let us gird ourselves for the c mflict, and not be found idle and unprepared, when the day of trial shall come. Let prudence and wisdom govern our actions, and if fall we musi, let us fall struggling even agiiust inevitable destiny. Why catnes then, are to produce our overthrow? First, we are told that foreign' influence, or the influence exerted by foreigners upon our government, shall in procfcss of time, produce its rum. I'ersons entirely ignorant of our constitution, of our laws, and even of our forms of government, are pouring, in immense numbers, into the very bosom of our country, and ow ing to the shortness of the time necessary for them to remain here before partaking in public affairs, they can not qualify t.iemselves to become prudent assisted in governmental concerns. They have indeed bjcome so numerous, that they are the objects for the immediate thought of our statesmen. It is not once a month that they arrive, but aim ist every wp! th.-it cmits car norts orings nun dreds of them. ?' o they consist ot the high and no (ill vi ii johh but too frequently they are the ofl'al of European society, driven by pauperism and crime from their native laud, seeking rest and employment m ours. The asp, ring demagogue, (and we blush to think that demagogues d exist in America. ) finds in them tit subjects to work upon. He cajoles them into tne ' ..." i l u i.di let that he and Ins p irty are t.ue omy ?s who will provide for them, and that on all oth ;rs wiil not only overlook ttieir interests, but endeavor to bring tuem again into a bvidage a? cruel as the despotism they have forsaken. This gives to them a f ilse value, and a wrong position m our land. They keep together and form themselves into separate bodies, preserving their distinct nationalities, an I do not become Americans in heart. Thrown together in large communities, the necessity to learn our language is obviated. They are, in fact, separate an 1 distinct communities of foreigners in our lan 1, par taking of our privileges and immunities, and almost totally ignorant of our customs, a w si :i 1 1 ' 1 form of government. This, we aro told, is a dangerous and grow ing evil, and all are compelled to admit thsTt there is some truth in the complaint. We have viewed with anxiety the unoreecdented increase of foreign us , 1 . . .1.- f-.i.r -.r- -mil in our tanu lor i.ue ici ! have wondered, " what ad tins would eomo to." Hut while we a imit thai there is a possibility of foreigners posse-sing too much power, we do not believe there is a probability of it. V. any that come to us from other 'lands, come with the determination to become Americans in every sense of the word, and to such every free rous heart would crv, America is a home for you; to sucn tne tmnple ot American Liberty is always open, and at any time they may otLir the sacrtti ice oi their na'riotic souls. But we do not fear the increase of for-rio-uers we fear not that they will ever ,nen!;yet we arewell aware that should they . .1,., m:, ril l r Ollf " O V P X 11 - surpass os in num. iumberof vote", or weight of influence, wc shall be suj-ct to their dictation. Why do we not fear them? Simply, because there is now a feeling aroused in our country in reference to them, that will never subside until it has been seen whether or not danger is to be rap prehenled from thein. Americans are too extremely jealous of their liberties to part with the'm for a bauble or to sleep until they are cheated out of them. We prize our institutions too highly to be humbugged out of them. There was too much treasure and too much blond expended in erecting our glorious fabric, the memory of our revolutionary sires h too fresh in our minds, the plains of Concord and Lexington, and the heights of Saratoga and Bunker Hill rise too palpably before us. for us not to cherish d- arcr "thm life the privilege we enjoy.

We retain too horrible a distinctness of

the ancient injustice anrinm miiisri.n of J. , ,.U'i . f-ir-r 3gain to bow before a despot's throne. Siiould tliere be any danger fnun this eause it will be discovered ;au a rem pued. What that remedy should be, this is .ither the time nor inaco t sav V our own part we feel iitistie i that there is no great crmso for alarm upon tots Li 0ject now. Were foreigners continually fl K'kinf to our shores, and no notice taken of it by any but a son aih mstgioii -ant few. we might dread the result. The who! country is more or l,jss agitat - : subiet: t, and wo icdieve iho in. on this aasu of foreb ners will be examined in

itsbear-.be

ings; ibat the wo in 1 will be probed to the bottom, and the right curative medicine applied, unless thev fso to speak) consid-' er nature siifftatant to throw off the disease '

without assistance. Farty spirit will form ('red swords ready to do battle tor Amerino barrier to the elucidation of this sub-Van Liberty. While, then, it would be,

ject, we may be, nay we are, div ided . upon points ot Mate ana .national pmcy, but upon this there can be no division,; for, as heretofoie, whenever the vitality of the government is concerned, the whole! fit IV 1 I". t soone r or later, without reference , to the nre sent naitv distmeiious. wid taKe , sufficient action upon the subject. In the divs of the revolution, W big an 1 Feuereralist stood side by side in tho bloody strife warring for freedom, and so it will be now. Ail narties will iain in the eni deavor to support the general government. We are filly aware that party spirit rages higher in the present times than it ever lias before aye, during the last two Presidential campaigns, we almo.-t fancied we could feel our government tremble beneath its waves; but row our sky is apparently clear, and the sea not very boisterous, but -houl l a foreign influence attempt to arouse from the deceitful depths of the sea the political storm-spirit, that power would be palsied by the breath of an indignant nation of American freemen. Here, then, we have no cause to fear. Others are alarm id at the brdigerant attitude assumed by Englan i. toward us, on account of Mexico and Texas. As it regards the wisdom and policy of the United States in reference to the " annexation of Texas," and the "occupancy of Oregon," it is not our business here to expatiate. We leave that for our politicians at other times an 1 oilier places. But, we wou'd ask, is there any serious apprehension of war? and if so, what will be its effects upon our happy country? War. at ail times, is a treat evil, to he endured only when it cannot be avoi led. It is one of the greatest follies, an, I severest curses, ever inflicted upon mankind. And we thank our Ci ) i. that the world is not now considered a mere arena for mad ambition to d-duge with blood an 1 cover with mourning. England an I America are not anxious to engage in a war. Injaries woul.l resilt to them, especially to England, from which she could not recover in less than half a century. The coinm n tie of interest existing between them can not be broken oil" with impunity. What resources can England bring into the contest? We know that she has a powerful navy the first in point of size and numbers, in the world. We are aware that she p s--esses very many resources, ami could call them into action, that would b-; difficult to overcome. But where are her allies? She dare not go to w ar with a foreign nation while Ireland, and even the lower cl asses of English society remain in such tremendous agitation as at present. France will not len 1 her influence to her ancient foe, and her dominions are so vast and so far separated, and suffering so mu di un der the injustice of purs?-prouI nobihtv, that she dare not centre her forces upon anv one ferei.fi nation, m ich less upon America. Canada is will not a-sist her, and unsettled; Texas Oregon and Mexi co are so distant, and with such inn ted resources for action, should thev be disposed to assist her, th it their flhn.s would avail nothing. In fact it would be suicide for Engi oid to go to war. at the present time. She may bu'dv, and b et-r. anu brag, but sb.-a will act upon toe old adage, 'A burnt child drcah the .be." What is dtuationof our government: We kno.v we are split up by parties north and south th.-it oar naval and military re sou n. ces are not to be compared. ( in point of numbers and size) to tbo-e of our s no ting ed antagonist, yet we hive resources which England has not. planted d-ep in , , . r 4 ..... : r. . . the minds an t hearts m .unn-i men. Our gallant tars wou'd fee that they were delend.ng the.r orvri hmn. s. not that of a lormy noo,.u , ou. "" won Id realize that they were contending C. il.nl. ,-.,,-. f.rp.sii an1 t ie o.OOd ol I i I O I Hi .11 11,1 - our departed ancestors would speak from our fkk!-: earth Strike.! f..r vonr altars an. I your foes, Strike! for the cpeen grave.vour sire , (i.nl and your native land, and every arm woiod be nerved wu ith 3 power irresistible, and every soul fired with a courage indomitable. ur ie-ource are suffiei;ni to successfully resist the assault of any nation on th g'obe. for the hi-tory of our country shows that Americans can Nor h - conquered. We have learned our lessons of independence from the scenery by which we ar1 surrounded, from our youth up we have listened to the patriotic 'teaching" of American scenery; and, if an Englishman would behold r,nu of our native teachers, let him stand

upon the banks of Niagara, and there

lern that s u at te m n t to conn uc r America would be vain, for American patrioiim tlows through our land wuh as resistless X 1 . il - . I a force as .Niagara pours utr nooo-s um her Uizzv heihts. Setting aside, for a moment, the ihsas iroiM con-jque:ices that always attend u ; oii war, what could we lose tn tht cool! no ' Never was car conu ry m a situation w hen the good an J evil of w ar would bo so nearly balanced, as now. or a short tim we wou'd stifl r, and sutler severely, hut war, cruel as it is. would re-unite any of the links of our confederacy that ni'.v broken. The wii'!e. nation from north to south, from ea-l to west, would rise, and in answer to the battle's trumpet call. every valley would pour forth its freemen and on evory hill-top would gleam an hunsuicide to England to engage m a war, it . 111. . ' - -..-I...-. U..f rf.n.J wmum ne to . mer u -a a soon, uui v..,ri way of binding atresh (he cords of our mighty I'nion. Si while we f-ar not war, neither do we fear its consequences, should it came, upon the perpetuity ol our government These are our resource. and ah Lunme wo n.! be our id. v. Aro ;nd everv throne, aid in evt-rv and has the influence of American liberty bun felt, and the sympathies of the people of other .ml are aire: secured tn our rjehalf. I iem neither foreign uitiuence mi 5 . w ar can blot from the heavens the eonstr! latum that gleams f r America. There are other causes to which w o would like to reo-r, but we have no time. Already have we trespassed, we f-r, too far upon the puienee of ibis audience, and we must hasten to a conclusion. We asserted, in the outset, tint Justice, Education and R.uigion were omnipotent to save. We po-srss these qualities in no eminent degree. In our land primogeniture bears with it no charm, an I wealth, in the eye of the law, possesses no magic, power. Ail are alike subject to its control. The law is supreme, and none imv tramp:e upon it with impunity. The same hand that protects the President in his chair, shields the humblest peasant of our land. Our laws are based upon tho broad foundation of Justice, and its sword fails alike upmi the poor and the rich, the noble and the ignoble, and may God keep ever distant the day when crime shall go unpunished because clothed m thegnrb of wealth or high station. Education, too. is in the Advance. Teaching has become a profeesion. and empyrics are tolerated no more in education than medicine. The st3r of Literature is in the ascendant. Colleg es pud seminaries are scattered throughout our land, and scarcely d ees the echo of the pioneer's axe die away ere institutions of learning ere erected, from whoso I, alls shall go forth our heroes, our statesmen, our jurists, and our divines. The tide of Literatnr0 ami refinement is onward, and soon we trust the " standard of ed icatiou will be plant d upon the throne of every intellect, and that the limbs o f ! icr empire s hall be co extensive with the limits of the mind." Rebgi. n is losing no grounds. It is making steady and rapid a ivaiicement over our w hole country, and there is scarcely a cabin in our land, whose inmates have not heard the sound of salvation. The spirit of Christianity is going forth upon its grenissi.in of evaog- boUig the wot Id. Clad ini&$ panoply f truth, there are no barriers it caoaot ovt-reomo, n ) obstace s it cannot surmount, no dilli mities it canno conquer. To m t"t the re linemen t ot Infidelity Mid wickedness, it polishes its weapons, not, however, to make them gntt.-r, hem cut; an s i 1 r m o n s a nd sent are now i ! ; p i Ml, form I com the mess, noh-hed with toe refi ie.ii mts of literature, and glowing with a R dee-M'-r's love. America has learned the iinpon and eSate m n; , vi. that w bile Church ist md be imit'.d. d she woub! retain her freed )in. she mn ,t place her . i- r.t.. tars an; slrmcii at t : i 101 m me c rus. o Hmo .mg these prmcipl.es, entertaining hese "iorious oroioeeels ihu founded upon r I i his mighty basis, what has America t fear? Nothing but her own supmenes'i. God has thrown around n- innumerable blessing--, has hitherto upheld us by his omnipotent power, and promised us hi nssistauce for lime to come; and shall our energies relax, or our zeal foi us? fo tho present gem-rahon 1 would say, you occupy a grand, yet, responsible position. Von have a duty to peiform that no succeeding one can perform. And standing as 1 do this day upon the banks of one of the tributaiies of the 'Father cf Waters,' in this western world, permit me to addres mvseii especially to vou. o rhe resources f ihe mighty west are being developed, and when fully developed, nn: West shad wav the destiny of this proud Republic. When our oopu 1 1 1 n 1 1 s !i ;i 1 1 have become is not every every hill-top as den-e as ti e East, (an. vallev being fille 1 up, an crowned with hou-es has not tne a,most interminable foretfidl before the axe of the hardy pioneer?) shall we not hold in our hands lb-balaiu-e ot pow c r, .and be able to ru! to rule itus who.e government o r gom) or i i? Vou are yet in your youth, you are just forming your characters. Then be ye careful how ye lay ihe foundations of society in this western world, See to it that you lay them broad and deep, an- firm, leave no loose stone" at the basis, let alt the joints be perfectly fitted to-

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