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very name of the United States of America seems emblazed on all 

 the banners of freedom. 



May we not cherish a just pride in thus becoming theexamplar 

 of principles common to the whole brotherhood of man 1 What 

 though our British friends would cast a slur upon our name, and 

 in tones of irony have called us " the model republic." History 

 disarms the stigma when it proves the fact. Norway, France, 

 Greece, Poland, Italy, and all America have copied much, first 

 from the parchment which made us what v/e are, and next from 

 the constitution which keeps us so. But there is another name, 

 only more honorable from being bestowed in all sincerity, by 

 which other nations call us in just tribute to our prosperity and 

 power. It is " the Great Republic." We need not look to his- 

 tory alone to prove our point. The imrecorded incidents of the 

 past, the unerring signals of the present, evince the influence of 

 America. With some it is enough we have won our freedom in 

 open conflict with " the Philip of tlie seas," the dreaded tyrant 

 which till then had stood unvanquished and unrivalled in the' 

 world, or that the " sun of Anahuac" had been eclipsed by the 

 shadow of our conquering eagle, for Mexico till then was deemed 

 by her feebler sisters of the South to be invincible. 



To such as these the prowess of America appears of that gigantic 

 character which marks the heroic age in the poetry of Greece. 

 This reputation gives more security to our countrymen abroad 

 than arms or passports can confer. Ylho that has borne the 

 colors of our Union across an Eastern desert has not felt the glow 

 of honest pride as some old Arab Sheik points to the starry en- 

 sign and tells his swarthy followers, " That is the banner of a ' 

 mighty nation — I've seen it on the mast of battle-ships." There 

 is at this moment as much security from the wild sons of Ishmael, 

 for him who sleeps vs'ith the flag of this Republic above his tent 

 as for him who bears a Pasha's firman. 



With others, America is the land of promise, " a land flowing 

 with milk and honey," or a country like the Paradise of the Peri, 

 to which they never may attain, but wliich appears fragrant, and 

 blooming with all the beauty of Eden. These, in tlic depth of 



