THIS VOLUME IS THE RESULT OF THE INSPIRATIONS RECEIVED IN THE LITTLE RED GENERAL ERASTUS N. BATES TO WHOM IT IS GRATEFULLY DEDICATED BY ITS AUTHOR. THE AUTHOR THANKFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE VERY VALUABLE GEORGE A. BATES, A. B. IN AIDING IN THE SELECTION OF THE CONTENTS OF THIS VOLUME ORATIONS, ADDRESSES, AND SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. ESSAYS. Government compared-Declaration of Independence-Colonial Congress of 1776-Charges against the king-Change of the origi- nal draft of the Declaration of Independence-Gladstone's opinion of the constitution-The effect of the compromise-Charles Sum- ner and St. Paul and their debt to the people-Great men not all of the past-They still live and control the nation-Abraham Lin- coln and his influence-Grant among the gods before his death- Progress in Statesmanship-Growth of the nation-Dangers of the Republic-Effect of the surrender at Appomattox-The nation re- deemed and united-Future prospects of the Republic. The keys that unlock the mysteries of statesmanship and his- An address delivered before the Teachers' Institute at Spring- Importance of the subject-Relates to God and the Infinite-It Constant progress of the race taught by history-Fundamental principles inherent in the people-Similar results reached by re- mote nations-The Mexican and Peruvian civilization before de- stroyed by the Spanish invasion-The moral or religious element of the race its controlling power-The Dark Ages extended from five hundred to one thousand years prior to the fifteenth century- Their causes-The condition of women and the doctrine of in- fallibility of the Pope that destroyed all intellectual investiga- tion and scientific thought-Condition of the people-So degraded that a speedy end of the world was predicted-Revival came with a changed view of the condition of women-It came from the German barbarians of the north-Through the order of the Chivalry and the Knights about the time of Charlemagne-The crusaders protected by the Knights-The Knights bring back styles of eastern architecture-The palatial-The castellated and the ecclesiastical-Scientific overthrow of infallibility of the Pope by geographical discoveries of Columbus and Magellan-Moral and final overthrow of the infallibility of the Pope-And emancipa- tion of thought by the reformation of Luther and his co-laborers Address delivered before the Teachers' Institute, Springfield, Illi- Success depends on wise use of means-Genius and plodding |