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


On to the West
Till, from the tempests shock,
Proudly she lands her flock
Where on old Plymouth Rock,
Freedom found rest.
Lo from your starry sphere,
Spirits in light appear,
Glorious, but few
Pilgrims we see you now
Fathers !! to you we bow
Hear. then, your childrens vow,
Still to be true
Join, brothers, heart and hard
Sons of the Pilgrim-band
Swear noysto be
All that your fathers sought
Allthat their Write wrought
30 shall your sons be taught
How to be free
Tho next toast was
ced in of independence and preamble to the
national constitution and for other purposes ncompa
able with these Drank with tremendous enthusiasm.
Musc."Yankee Doodle" with variations on the plates
and glasses.
The next toast was-
'Our sister charitable societies.
MusIc.-"Auld Lang Syne"
JOSEPH FOWLER, ESQ., President of the st. Georges So
cey returned thanks the representative ofthose
Of Old England who clustered here around George and
charity He begged to acknowledge, grateful feelings,
the sentiment Of esteem and regard EXPRESSED In the toast
with the sons Of New England in the celebration Of day
interesting to the world at large Such celebration,
even he, asapreiudced son OF Old England could regard
as moral banquet. (Cheers) It were vain to deny
tLat in the conduct Of the Pilgrims there was a
moral sublimty not surpassed by any men who
sns would So be ' ony wAn history
would be forgotten. (Cheers) And why could not he
unite with the sons OF New England on that occasion !
Old England not ashamed to acknowledge that New
England triurnph6d tCheetsy Ard why should the sons
Of two countries differ in sentiment feeling when their
RrOudest boast was common origin Great applause
be slightly binding at FIRST bpt hs own expersnce could
state that they became q last the cement Of enduring
such association useful The influences thus excited had
no small effect in promoting the principles Of peace all the
world over. Applause) MI: +; concluded by giving
The enduring union Of Charitable Societies.
Drank with udapplapse
RicHARD IRWIN. Esq returned thanks on the part of
terms He tclaimei kindred with that society The
principles for which the pilgrims suffered were the same
for which his ancestry fought and bed on their own soil
Mr. l. concluded by giving as a sentiment 1.-THE prin
cples Of the Pilgrim Fathersmay their influence be as
extensive the fame of the Pilgrims themselves is i'm
WIN pss mnea a1p s German Society
also returned thanks The Sons Of New England reoiced
in the soubrquet of the Universal Yankee Nation"-(a
laugh and they did well to do SO for westward and
westward farther still they carrying their empire
S Of the a In the az
lection for all emgrants who came to these shores deter
mined to make the home Of their children and chdrens
children- oudjapplause) The emgrant it strue, still
chershes true feelings for hsIaherlnd but like those of
the bride who follows the husband Of her choice who still
retains fond OF eer ,Ocsd parental n
New England-the surest guarantee Of the stability
of the Union"
d. C. GOLDEN Esq responded on behalf of the St Da-
dSociety In looking around that board he the
representatives. Of various revered and honored saintsa
augh) They had heard OF St. George, that chvalrous
saint who went about with his FURNISHED helmet and dan
cling plume relieving all distressed damses and splitting
dragons cook does capons for dinner augh) And
they had heard OF St. Andrew who by his vgis and fast
ing taught himself to 60 without dinner And their was
their dear brother Of Germany whose saint supposed
to have invented prnting-though that was somewhat
IN hash aa The tong of Ind
st. Herman the devil, or DR.. Faustus-(aughterD had
that merritt certain that by in the course of time,
Next came-who lwhy their dear saint Of st Nicholas
and would any body then deny who had tasted of the
hospitaes OF the sons OF New Amsterdam that sam!
had the stocking drawn from the taper leg Of the fair
matron capacous hose Of the venerable GRANDPA
ther dangling empty at night and filled in the morning
who that had the ecstatc hope which filled the DO.
of the children in anticipation of the annual visit Of
their dear saintcould deny that st. Nicholas wrought
David who traced their ancestry farther back even than
tradition-(roars of laughter well acquainted with all
that has been done in time and little before time they
were quite at loss to account where how and when that
saint whom have recently canonized had crept in
to the calendar apghter2 They had in fact received
teri But although not recorded in any black letter man.
uscrpt motheaen volume yet the miracles of St JON
athan to be read of all men, Cheers) His mira
Gle began when the pilgrims first kneeled the deck of the
Mayower and asked from God protection and assistance
across the broad Atlantic Cheers) That miracle was
working through all the time when the of the pill
grms redeeming the wilderness and protecting
themselves and their children from savage foe II was
working when petition remembrance reason had been
exhausedwhen the sword was drawn and the scabbard
thrown awayhat sword never to be shcathed but in vic
tory or the grave. Cloud aPpause} And then when
order reigned throughout the landthen did the spirit Of
ST. Jonathan soar alon and look down with smile Of
comPlacent trumphthen did he exclaim my miracle is
accomplished-(Great applause) Mr. c. gave in concu
RON
New England-The home of the greatest happiness OF
the greatest number."-(Drank with loud appause)
Dr. MANLY President of the st. Nicholas Society,
piled to the sentiment in brief and appropriate address,
observing that the people of New England and those OF
New Amsterdam, had many things in common, which
marked their eventiu and too often disastrous
Though tho were branches plucked from different trees
and ranspanted three four thousand miles from home
they each had nourshed grown and become great trees
till the fowls of the air could find lodging under them
they had become as it WERE great nation, and they
we're combined together as enc family lie concluded by
giving as toast
"T6o Expansive Charity OF the Sons Of New England
which geographical limits and which ministers
not only the ply but to the moral wants Of suffer
ing humanity" loud chccrs)
The PRESIDENT proposed the mex. toast, which was
% The Orator of the Day-a true son Of New England
whose genius and character illustrates the value Of pill
grim ancestor loud cbce9s)
Mr.. CuoATE returned thanks He felt himself entirely
uncqualt to the task Of making speech. The truth was
same relation to other buildings which the great city Of
New York bore to all other cities between Cape Cod and
Queboc-(Cheers)-ha certainly used me up; and
would have been glad had it not served the audience in
the same way -Qaughtcr) will not, therefore, make
speech but propose toast, which, to avoid the acct
dents of hospitality have reduced to writing oars Of
aughter) The truth was, that with all the pride you
have in the great city of New York. yet of the pilgrim
stock get out of our heads that the Dutch did
bride the captain of the Mayfower to bring away
fathers from your lovely island to the iron bound harbor OF
Boston.( Laughter and cheers) But should MT wonder
IL this story had foundation at ALL but spice Of
jealousy towards this great city and this great State
And there was little envy at the bottom wouldn't il be
the most cxcusable thing in the wordl When the Pill
gnms landed at Plymouth there about three hundred
and twenty these generous Hoanders patient and
settled this island of Manhattan and be-
sides them there not within your imperial limits
single spot memorial Of European civilization. And
the city Of New York the capital OF State
containing more than two millions Of inhabtantsherse
a population OF upwards of 900, 000-imporng for
than ten millions ofpcorc-a harbor In which all the
val warkc, and all the mercantile navics of the world
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