The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-01-01
Forefather's Day.

The Anniversary Of the landing of the Pill
grims, is great day among New England
ers.
We are glad to find il generally celebrated. Tn,
day and the principles it consecrates, ought eve
to be marked, and sciH be marked while a Low,
Of freedom burns in American bosoms, or free.
dom itself remains to us a boon.
The celebration at New York presents sig.
nal feature. Among the toasts we observe on,
to Plus the Ninth, the Pope of Rome, and among
the speeches, one from the Catholic Bishop o.
the city. What a change. The old Pilgrim,
would have regarded such events as not within
the range OfPOssibility, and the rigid Catholic,
Of earlisr times, would have looked upon them a,
an absurdIty. Yet for liberty's sake. that mer
while they have liberty to do may do for liberty
we find the sons of the Pilgrims tossting tn,
Pope, and the POpe's representative responding
heartily
The toast was:-
The present Sovereign Pentif Of Rome, Piu,
the Ninth.
To this Bishop HUGHEs replied:
II he were to give way to his feelings hs
should almost question the reality Of what he
saw around him or doubt his own identity. H.
would return his own thanks, and as far as he
was worthy to do so, those of Plus TX. for the
honor just received at the hands Of the Chair
man, an honor Of which he was deeply sensible
Ii was a qualification for him 10 saw that the
promise Of the elevation Of Plus TX 90 the Pom.
tihcate was full of hope. He believed God hae
prepared him for his great task with clear head
and a strong heart. (Applause.) For himself he
felt much in the situation Of the man in the ole
English legend whose horse had been taken
away while he was asleep, and who reasoned
according TO the Aristotelian logic that if he
were himself he had lost horse, but If he wer,
not he had gained a cart (Applauss.) Tc
think that he who used TO be called Bishop
Hughes found himself in the midst OF the New
England Society, and heard the health Of Prs,
lh- drank with so much enthusiasm, made him
almost doubt the reality of things. With the
events connected with the Pilgrims, the rock
and the landing he could deeply sympsthize
with him they were matters of experience. II
he wished TO give PIUs TX. an idea Of America he
should relate the history Of a young stranger, q
plant waited hither from distant regions here &c
take root and be developed. In this way he
would describe 10 him the fostering institutions
Of this country, the hospitable people, the ay-
enues open to every man who sought advance.
ment.
New England was country distinguished
for Productiveness in the ordinary sense Of that
term in Political Economy. II yielded granite
and in that hour they had beautiful specimen
Of il; il produced ice, but neither Of these were
evidences Of great natural wealth But there
was one thing il did produce which was indeed
above value, and that was teachers Of Common
Schools de would conclude with this Sc ntiment:
Prosperity to the land that grows 5chOOI-mas-
tiers! Great applsuse.)
Liberty makes strange combinations. A love
Of Il yokes apparently discordant elements to-
gsther. Yet these combinations show, that
man wishes 10 stand erect, and he will hail him