Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-01-07
The 22d of December, 1916.

Mass. Upwards Of q thousand strang-
lers were present,--strangers to each
other heretofore, but all sons of the
Pilgrims, drawn together by one fra
ternal bond of affection, to render their
homage to the memory of the passen.
gers OF the MayAower.
Upon the arrival of the Cars a pro-
cession was formed, and marched 10
the Court House, where Hymn was
sung, passages Of scripture read, and
prayers offered by venerable Divines
after which the procession was reor.
ganized, and marched to the memora
bic "Rock," (upon which each individu'
al trod his foot,) and thence to the Hall
where dinner was prepared. Here was
"a feast of reason and fow of soul".-
speeches were made by Josiah Quincy
Edward Everett, Rufus Choas and
letters read from John Quincy Is
H. G.. Otis, and Daniel Webster.
We extract a few of the many sen.
timents proposed
"Our Pilgrim ferefathers-while their
blood warns, may their memory quick.
en-, and their spirit animate our hearts,
1.-THE Town Of Plymouth-holding the
ashes of the fathers, it must always re.
tain the reverence end affection of the
children"
Judge Warren then gave:
"The venerable Judge Davis. He
thinks his mortal frame mere cum brous
the longer it is worn. The Pilgrim
fathers will find in him XII ndred spirit,
when they meet him in the robes OF
light"
The President then announced a
briefletter from Hon. John @. Adams,
which concluded by the following SEM
timent:
"The future representative Of the
Plymouth Rock in the councils Of the
nation-May double portion Of the
spirit Of the Pilgrim Fathers rest upon
his constituents. in making their selec-
tion; and upon him, when selected"
Judge W. then gave:
"John @. Adams-He always repre-
sents rock"
Hon. Edward Everett, made a few
remarks in his usual chaste and elegant,
classic manner. We extract two pas
sages Of great beauty
"The natural products Of the earth
vary with its latitude, and every climate
has its growth. There is but one soil
on which national prosperity sand. greSAv
ness can Aourish;- and that lis the soa
Of Justice and truth:-the Hand which
conducted the Mayfower across the
painless wilderness of waters, is the on
ly hand which cen with safety guide the
caravan which, laden with the destinies
of future States. is even now winding
its way across the desert to the rocky
portals of the western Mountains"
"By their fruits ye shall know them.
Not by the graceful foliage which dallies
with the summer breeze;-not by the
flower which fades away with the per-
fume which it scatters on the gale;-
but by the golden perfect fruit, in which
the mysterious life Of the plant is gar
nered up-which the genial earth and
the kindling sun have ripened into the
refreshment and food of man, and which,
even when it perishes, leaves behind it
the germs Of continued and multiplying
existence"
The celebration closed with a, Ball
in the evening.
The 22d Dec. was likewise observed
for the first time by the N. +. Socie.
ty in the city of Washington.
A. little after o'clock the invited
guests, with the President of the So.
ciety, entered the Dining Hall of the
United States Hotel. Among the
guests were Daniel Webster, Lewis
Cass, John A. Dix, Jabez w. Hunting
ton and Levi w oodbury. There were
between $50 and 200 gentlemen at the
tables.
Mr.. Webster was greeted with great
applause during the delivery of his
speech, and closed with the following
paragraph -
"It is wise for US to recur to the hiss
tory Of our ancestors. Those who are
reg gardless Of their ancestors aud of their
posterity-who do not look upon them-
selves as link connecting the Past with
the Future in the transmission Of life
from their ancestors to their posterity, do
not perform;their duty to the world To
be faithful to ourselves, we must keep
our Ancestors and Posterity within reach
and grasp of our thoughts and affections
living in the memory and retrospect
Al