in its elements, is that of the world's Christendom; and it springs upward, in all its legitimate tendencies, unerringly as the rustling pinions of a returning angel to the skies. Our language is that of the foremost men of all the earth; and it makes as our inheritance, although of other blood and race than theirs, the large common sense, the strong practicalness, the pure and lofty morals, the genuine philanthropy, the noble wisdom, and all the treasures of thought and genius, with which England has blessed the world:—
"We speak the language
Shakspeare spake; the faith and morals hold
Which Milton held!"
The workings of our political institutions here, and the movements of society, may, and must be, made to be, as exact and as beautiful as the ways of nature, if we retain hearts and wills in unison with that One great heart and will which equally guides a planet and starts the pulsations of our veins. If God gives us strength, we will employ the great aids and the noble availabilities granted us, for a larger development of manhood, a fine expression of rule and government, and for the Divine glory. And then, with the Divine benignity resting upon us, with high aims and pure intents prompting our life and being, we shall be enabled to manifest here human duty, the loftiest ways of manhood, worthy character and true Christian excellence,—all mingled with, and controlled by, law and noble government. And so, from this point boldly jutting out into the glad free sea,—this spot, dedicated to nationality,
