The New York herald., 1844-12-24

"The Batavan Dutch Of the l7th century-the fathers
honored ancestors and the OF the latter have cs
poSsed their descendants" loud spplause)
The next regular toast was
New Englaud-we are willing to share her fortunes
and abide her destiny"
The Hon Mr. wAasEr, of Boston. was loudly called on
to respond He then rose. and was received with LOUD
and continued cheering. He said
that am here and by the excessive kindness of that
committee II has been intmsted to that the company
would be patient with in responding to the toast Just
banks Of the Charles, and ] have fear that the
company will think that ! have some qualities in
came from the baAks Of the Hudson-(A lsugh But il
am crazy, IL 10 that particular subject OF New Eng
land celebration OF this anniversary-(Cheers) ].
common, though we have no instance Of 1t here for
individuals who are called upon frequently, as have
been. to commence speech, though tell yeu before
Sometimes said blythe that he did expect to
be called upon cannot say that with truth laugh)
did expect to be called upon-Laughter) Sometimes
that might be more proftaby employed Well, that 10
true in my aughter) wif take to remember
have right to be here, because have been invited
and 1t Is proper because have certain associations
with the occasion and the event, which are indeed
that great rocks in that weary land" (Cheers) !
had ancestors, divers OF them-in that very Ship the
/" May Flower !" and therefore, have a rght-having
been nvitod-you all understand meQaughter)to JOIN
in the celebrrlion Of event of this kind. do no,
mean, however, to talk much about my ancestors be
cause soc many around me who will, mayhap fling
back the old joke that those who talk much Of their
saidthe best part Of it is under ground Great iaughter
do not come, strictly speakng as delegate from Mas
sachusetts. "a laugh) wish did. But between you
and me- fear Massachusetts, had chosen delegate to
represent her on this OCCASION should not have been
here loara OF laughter) Therefore. You will under
stand that Massachusetts, is not to stand committed
by any thing that | say. (Renewed laughter) But
still stand as the representative Of ,ssachuses,
in one measure-and mean to speak for Massachusetts,
harr phov hat
lists in the country, or can exist which commands more
heartily the sympahes other sons than this society
expression your Willingness and determination
by New England-to abide by her destiny What that
destiny may be none OF What her history has
fear to what that destiny may be- II may be as has
been stated by the orator to-day may be that Of
New England may be called upon, and shortly called
upon to stand shoulder 10 shoulder as our fathers did
and in the defence Of the right II may be that we may
be called to share their pers and brave what bra
we'd And if we are called into conflict like that,
under whatever form It may come am sure that need
not say that we would derive infinite strength from
New England society Ichesrs) And they are safe in
the pledge they give in respect whatever pers may
come whatever jeopardy may come upon US us.-i feel
that will be in idle quarrel in which we will be en-.
gaged-and If it come to any extremity Of controversy
liberty which fathers planted in the hearts of all
(Cheers And this leads to say and express little
day, that think after ALL the great distinguishing trai
OF fathers far looking at the springs Of
action-and that love of civil liberty and freedom
Of do not forget their religious character but
a motive-as q spring Of action-it seems to me that
they held secondary place in leading ohe events which
celebrate. 1t the love OF civil liberty and
disposition to promote and to spread 1t throughout the
world which led to the Of they adopted In
the mShr s to u Ns%
England do not undertake to make any startling pro-
position but say that the foundation Of liberty in Eng
land laid by the Puritans in the latter part of the
seventeenth century. They fed not SO much from .
hierarchy as from monarchy. 1t was their sympahz
ing brethren kept at home.The Hampdens and CIom
who dehroned Charles the First and it their
who brought in William the Third by whom that
ed in the establishment Of what has beenand truly call
ed-he great and glorious constitution Of that country
Houd cheers Those who came he, had fresh soil to
They acted upon these principles and think may say
with the perfect concurrence Of every gentleman who
country was born in the year l620-it was baptized in
blood In the year l776and it will be buriedust when
we forget the principles of our forefathers. loud
great deal Of them. They are in the mouths Of all
Of US who undertake to speak-foolishly in some
admit aush DO p, not mean to state then
eral discussions of this kind dry occasions of this
kind when coming from individuals Of certain descrip
tion not here for the vndicaton of prn
cples mir to convince one another Of their truth but
rather to bring fresh upon the memory, and to excite
individual Them them out
nor %onoPozed them, far from itswere, first, that ali
enlightened & % AMI educated morality. tcheers) And
in the second place, this condition being observed,
that all their national happiness Is in exact pro
portion to the intellectual and activity OF the
pie. That to say in other words that all true national
greatness and happiness depend upon good moral and
principle. on nv which we sandsor which we have been
sneered atfor which sneered aand it is for
to say annually If not daily whether we are not ready to
dusry We profess to hold those princpleswe profess
to have acted upon them And as have said before,
are snssrsd at on account Of those prncis: The ndo
lent and tho idle seeing carry out these principles call
ed US crafty-others call ms cunning-and vicious men
call superstitious Il am not msipormed "the
chivalry" have idea that fanatical. loud
lsughter) But after ALL. we have right to in.
quire how those principles have stood the test
sble-how far they have been actually promotvs Of
the public good and, have intimated, do not intend
argue the matter And am free to talk plainly the
matter in the Of all around except two
picouslooking gentlemen with pens in their hands and
who will trust to sleep now, a. isthe only chance
they viii have during the evening loud A., laughter
party around the same hearthmany brothers see and
few sisters, -(cheers) land few excellent cousins
Cheers) Now, then, let us boast brag If we choose
It is good to brag long you do it with truth above
all, SO long as it holds good that
They who glorious ancestry enlarge,
Produce the debt instead Of the discharge.
(Cheers) And now, let ask, who ia there who has
gone forth from New England and found to
be ashamed those principles of tbis ancestry who
has ever shruDk from bringing them into comparison
with the prevailing notions OF any land to which he
might be led Who afraid to plead guilty tt
charge that he from his cradle had been taught
worship God habitualy in his holy place Who ever
denied that he from the land Of churches and school,
houses Who was ever ashamed that he was able tc
read-and used to say in the old schools TO read
without spelling "a lauyhl Whe ever was
ashamed Of the industry OF his fathers 7-tha
industry which they practised from the early time
which has overcome all the adverse circum
stances of nature-that industry which has giver
them wealth and influence and happiness and vast
raj power-that industry which has created what Mr.
McDuHie, think, calls unnatural sristocracyn IL
New England1 Qronicsl laughter) Yes, sir an unna
tural aristocracy"-an arstocracy sir which instead
of being rocked in cradle, Graded rock (Tre
mendous applause. That shocking and degrading aris
tocracv which digs end SPINS aad catches fish, and dare
to M itself amongst the aristocracy Of gloved hand
and fishers of men. (Great cheering) But meal
to put those questions, and not to answer them
But look further and what tests these principle
have been brought and how they have the tests