The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-12-23

Bloody Mary" he attributed that ardent love of
freedom, and these enlia htened notions Of civil
government which characterized them. To that
he traced the great civil war in England-the repus
llcan constitution IN the cabin OF the May Flower
the divinity Of Jonathan Edwarshc battle Of Bunker
Hi and the Independence Of the thirteen united colonies
or this puritsn race Our pilgrim fathers They
in heroic companionshp were their works heroic To
found colony among waste, which may grow into a
nation where nation lived before was the judgment
of mankind. and ntrnscay of the larger order OF hu.
man achievements The chief Of men, said Lord Bacon,
the Of the earth in which great numbers of hi
man beings might live together socially and in peace
knit together by ten thousand noble ties each stronger
than links Of ront5 make national existence whereby
they might help and be helped in bearing the various bur-
dens Of le-wherein they might improve and enjoy ard
mpart Improvement and enjoyment To build town, TO
construct pyramid to write an epic to foIm system
of philosophy, to win battle defend city great
things but nothing in comparison with this He then.
who set colony on foot did heroic deed he designed
all the good and all the gloyof which series of
it should be the means and he should be judged rather
racter Of the immediate motve-which might or might
not have been very dgned or very heroic cheers But
where the in,nediate motive was as excellent the u
mate success was splendid and inspiring then so far
was entitled to rational admiration He distinguished
then the enterprise of Pilgrim Fathers, first by the
character OF its immediate motive and that motive was
twoold First it simply sense of religious duty
10 the extent of this they came hither to gory
sire for freedom freedom frem UNNECESSARY restraints,
which was tyranny--freedom Of soul These them
their true motives-he sLnse of religious duty and the
(Cheers) The orator here sketched in his imagination
ess Inn hat he
distinguished theft ENTERPRISE above all others by certain
in the trials which they encountered upon
the waters of the world The first generations
here IN 1920 In fifty years he supposed that most
not all ofthem had passed away not certainly their
time Of active labor and responsible sccn he'd been
compshed Locking, ssh merely at the actual achieve
mepts Of that generation by the lights of time
perhaps ourJhrs impulse would be Of pity and ad
into thpy
ered which were the grand ingredients in their herosm
It was on these pecuarities in the trials which they
the extremity of suffering which marked the first few years
after their arrival familiar to ALL and therefore was
not these be designed to repeat although he incidentally
glanced at some with considerable power good deal
Of this popularity from the total absence Of all the
passions which might be supposed to have stimulated
II was the want Of these characteristics which made this
stupendos achievement of fathers heroic indeed
asnuch as they made use of of these aids excite
excron He admired the transaction therefore in all
aspects and after eloquent contrast between the two
he declared his conviction that accompanied with
more features of true heroism than the motives Of
eonidas and the three hundred Sparans who defended
the pass Of ThermopylG against the invading Persans
high and Independent position of this Republic position
which was received with much applause. 1t great
an in which the intelligent mind realise the idea
OF true herpsm These heroic and women, there
fore who had been rembved from us ought not to be per-
mtted to look down upon degenerate posterity. We
must consider that the past nothing but as we
were quickened by its examples, warned by its voice,
dead but pictures but by gazing long and intent
~ upon them we might ourselves insensbly pass into
something like the Likeness Of the departed we might
Immortality -(great cheering)
The benediction was then pronounced by DR..
Adams, and the assemblage dispersed.
The Dinner.
No arrangements whatever were made by the
ar1s FIR fhe 1oflo off tho Cxx,
ing, however, to the courtesy of Messrs. Coleman
and Stetson, our reporters were furnished with
table, and are thus enabled to give report of the
proceedings.
About two hundred and sixty gentlemen sat
down to dinner, which was served in that style
Which has made the names of Coleman and Stet-
son famous all the world over The chair was &C.
cupied by the Hon. Moses Ii. Grinnel supported
on his right by Mr.. Choate, and on his left by Mr.
Webster. AT the head of the table we observed
also the Rev. Drs. Wainwright and Adams his no.
nor the Mayor, Commodore Stringham, the Hon.
Mr.. Alden, member of the British Parliament for
Leeds the Rev. Mr.. Bellows, Hon Mr.. Evans,
Judge Catron, and other distinguished individuals.
On the table, Immediately in front of the chair
man, was small portion of the granite of which
Plymouth Rock is composed. The galleries Of the
dining room were filled with ladies', among whom
noticed several OF the lovellest women of which
our city can boast Amongst them were Mrs. D.
Webster, Mrs Ed. Curtis, Mrs N p. Willis, Mrs.
Major Irvine, Mrs. $. Draper, Judge Bayards fami-
ly, Mrs. George Pitt, and last, not least, the ladies
Of the house. with many Others, whose names
we were not fortunate enough to learn.
After the cloth was removed, the Chairman
stated that many distinguished individuals had been
invited, some of whom were unable to attend.
and amongst others from Mr.. Van Buren, and Mr.
Adams, but he did not deem it necessary to read
them, and therefore called upon the company to
fill for the first regular toast
1.-THE day we celebrate-an anniversary more widely
with enthusiasm.)
The next toast was
New England-Her freedom and strength are fidelity
to law and devotion to God" Applause
MusIc--Yankee Doodle.
The next toast
will have forgotten his fathers when he ceases remem.
Der their protectors in exie." (Three times three)
Music-Pilgrim Fathers.
The next toast
The City of New York-She cannot fail to be great
city in wealth and population; may she ever be an Anne
ric.n city in heart and in characte"-reat appause)
Tho MArsa rstur led thanlxs.-The encomium which
manner ia which the sentiment had been received was
due to the city. That the city of New York always
but He could prevent it (cheers) her
attachment to our institutions American In her attach
ment to the very of institutions which had
made us, and by adherng to which I'VE could alone
ist either as acty a naton-(cheers) After having
said this, and seeing many eloquent gentlemen ranged
along table, probably would be we'll and he had
doubt would meet the wishes of the company il he sat
down to give time to those whom they expected to
hear-(cries of Ego onD lie would 60 on then-cheers
He glad they had asked him to go Not long since
he saw picturcand his minds eye, since he had been
sitting this festive board he'd been analy thot pic
ture he alluded wers picture Of the Embarkation of
the Emgrnnts-(c heers) While his mind yet looked
upon that picture he had been observing and studying
the picture OF fact that he now saw before him. The pic
ture before him showed that the inspiration of the artist
not only enabled him to rourtray the religious expires
sionofithc Pastor, but he certainly knew who the
theirs of them were(hear) The looking upon that pic
and upon this, going back for years previous
ly the that II pourtrayedand following up the
time from the date of that event to the picture had be-
fore moral truth which no intellectual being should
disregard For years previously to that hallowod hand
deserng their home their kindred, their property and
casting themselves upon the waters for the purpose ofona
bling sthcm to worship their God in their own way,
they had been oppressed and prosecuted They had been
ncneral had hecn and uersccuted-