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AS soon as the cloth was removed,
The President announced the first regular
toast, as follows: III,
|. The Day-We would never act ,,, no. renroach
from acting, 50 that its remembrance
This was greeted with three cheers, and
was followed by the second,
. I" The Generous Hoiidndcrs-The shelter they
gave the New England Pilgrims is part OF the lame
of the Pilgrims themselves"
This wns most heartily ci,ccrod. and Mr..
FEssENDEN, ono of the N'oe
followed It by few remarks co"P'
nv to the address, to whic, the Society had
listened AT the Tabernacle /; an address, he
said, which called for public acknowledge
ment on this occasion, and from all New
England men. He said all, for although
there might and doubtless would be dife-
renee of opinion as to some of the sent-
ments advanced, he thought its fundamental
principles we're such as must meet the hearty
approval of every son of New England
worthy of the name nay, he thought that
man an aposlae to the principles and feel
ings of his fathers, who could not most
heartily welcome the sentiments of that
most able and eloquent address. He alluded
to the fact that il came from a son of YER
mont, the youngest of the old thirteen States
but who had placed herself in nearly every
respect level with the old Bay State
herself. 1t comes, too, he said, from one o
the Youngest men in public life in this coun.
try aud he referred to these facts as evi.
dcnce of what New England and Vernon
could do, when emergencies called for grea
; and heroic spirits. He alluded to incident,
, in the history of this country, illustrating the
adherence of New England and her sons
to truth and principle under all circumstance
and in every peril; and he wished especially
to pay the tribute of his thanks TO the exh
bilion of the same trait in the address which
-. had been delivered before the Society thi
day. He concluded his remarks by offering
as toast
, The Orator Of the Day.
! This was received with the most proon
, ecd and lumultuous applause; and when
e had somewhat subsidized, Hon. GEORGE
+ MARSH rose and SAID: -
NJ. Presidcnt-Nou certainly cannot expect that
0 should respond 10 the remarks tina, have been mad
by referring 10 matters personal to myself an
therefore shall only State, by way of excusing my
= self have manifested too much feeling IN the &c
. marks have mad, on this occasion, or if have ex
y pressed too decidedly my opinions, that ii is fdmd
u trait. II we may trust the statement OF good oil
: Master John Fox one of us,-one bearing my OWL
~ ,rttp- In lao hon Of h,t,, h,,r
= day of April in 1855 for hcrcsy, and must confrs
: that from that period to this time instead of suhduino
l. has only confirmed our ohstlnacy. (Cheers) Tn
+ who of us desperate hereiics to this day
u But will not dwell upon these matters, personal
u myself well remember the first Dutoh words eve
" herd from the mouth o.a verIiabc knlcko rbocker-
: poor insane man who many years ago had wandere
l. from the banks of the Hudson the foot of the Gree
s Mountains. He was very commonly though, tn c
: long to class called crazy by the world bn e
C leave to quote the remarks to which refer. He wa
5 accustomed 10 indulge in very classical dlaeC
u ohls verna"l1r, in lamentations upon the decline
II the Dutch spirit and the entertainments of the Van
= KEGS. One phrase he had perpcu1lly in his moutt
II and in quoting it must be excused for rnnsla,ng it
v for ea that even here in New Amsterdam It wonl
J. not otherwise be quite ineligible. II was this; VI
IS orde U0ianders ben dood lIniccr." "1he o.
e H,HandsrS arc dead Sir, and ne Ydndees.hGrc ri
n array irH Nicir daughters" DAUGHTER and cheers
l. II was s1id by those acquainted with he poor man
e history, that he had some specln for helm
S tender on this subject of mixed marriages. But how
e this may be it true without doubt, that the Of
IS Honndcrs all gone and the Yankees have enIere
&c mo their inheritance and allied lhemev with the
posierty; and for all this there are good reasons
u the first place. the Batavan and Anglo Saxon rnct
II are descended rom the same parent stock. and ~
e mother tongues are cogna,e dnlccts Besides thi
p they have been conlermnous through the whole hi
J. iOrlcti peipi and have zen united by nelnhhorhuc
a relation, and mutual Kind Offices, well as the tit
Is of blood.
y 1T is ne that that celebrated Dutch Admiral Va
v ] Irnmp ~ a
~ al the mast head of his ,hip and threatened that
N would with 1t sweep the English from the channe
ana It is also recorded IN grave inI vcracious hist
Il ry that about POO years thereahouts for IN
time ofday, or rather ofdinnrr. won't be parcul
about date, they of Connecticut gave bloody co
comb to one Eve nuyckinck an honest Dutch bn
cher and in the words of the law, "oiher wrongs the
and there did TO The sad Evert, TO his damage nj
against The peace" But notwithstanding these e
MS cep'ons we Anglo Sayons, and Won Ba.avans, ha
rs generally been upon the best possible terms. AMI
of New England have strong claims upon You for a
cesra hospitality. Homer and all the old poets v,
know, mike much Of here iiory hospitality. aud sol
~ held TO possess the strongest CLAIMS upon tho
er who had shown kindness to the fathers, even gen
n ra'ions lefore.
n. No true Yankee has forgotten, and am
nr New Ansicrdamer will ever repent, the hospital
IN which the Dutch in the Seventeenth Century show
m TO the English Pilgrims. Without tina, hospitality
II. will not say The coast Of New England could n
he have been orcuped but not nv that sacred colon
II would have been left to commercial enterpris
we OF New England are indebted to the Dutch (
an indispensable condition OF our aggregate nation
an existence.
~ But rhsi> not MI. No, only are there these cor
E, mon ties OF blood, and neghhorhood and hospiIali
there Is between MS. fl may speak. n c0nSangui
hy offeeitng. There are two elements both ind
nj pensab'c 10 social progress one is Individuality
character and another is n dspassio adherence
u nrincples without regard to conventional form
IN These great elements Of social progress seem pc
~ wade the whole history both. As have said 4
he two races are allied, and the prosperity of It
. great city, which gives laws to the whole Union, n
81 had almost said 10 the world is due 10 the comb
ne ed influence of Yankee enterprise aud the solid ud
ment of the Hollanders.
W But these remarks must not run into speech al
doubt not that after the experience of Ibis day, v
Will say you have had qnanium Suf of my cogii
be tons, for ore day ut least. ! will dcian You no 10
or ger, and beg leave to suggest sentiment, prompt
- by the remark of the person to whom first aude
III. | give You,
Monaghan Dutch of the Nineteenth Century i
e, fathers entertained our ancestors and the daugh,e
- have e,poused their descendants"
>, The President then gave the following
n the third regular toast:--
3. "Nep England: We are willing to share /
fortunes, and to abide her destiny"
as To this Hon. Mr.. WARREN of Bosio
nd replied in most happy and numerous a
as dress of some thirty minutes. lie said
ed came from the banks of the Charles al
he feared the Company might think him
he the same predicament with the person fro
Il