New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-12-24

1ASASNS' ~ NHe IA SDui ECO. There
IN ancient times ship which carried Jason in mis-
voyage for the acquisition OF the Golden Fieece
there was 2 nag ship a. the battle of Artir7,
which made Augustus Cesar master Of the yvr,IF
there have been famous ships which bore ~ VIZ
tory a Drake, a Howe, \ elson there var
ghiDs which have carried our OWE HBl Daes.rr
aud Stewart in triumph But what are thew an "a
10 their chances Of remembrance among men 10
that little bark Mayiiower That Msyaower
was and is Flower OF perpetual bloom. Ii eau
stand the sUitry blasts OF Summer. resist the furi.
GUS tempests OF Autumn and remain untouched
by the gales and the f-osts Of Winter. Il can De.
4 all climates and all times It VIII spread It's
petals over the whole world ana exhae living
odor and fragrance 70 the last syllable Of recorded
time Enthusiastic applause
Gentlemen. brethren Of New-EnglaHd. let me-
present to YOU one OF the most distinguished per
soGages WHO came here in the May flower. Let
as suppose elder " II. Brewster we're now enter.
ing the door al the further end OF this hall man
CT Tall and erect figure, PLAN dress 10 elegance OF
manner besides respectable bow, no merrimen!
II ex prs siou beyond ar occasional smile, suppose
he stood there and low locking abroad on this
fembsy should say Are sc our children Does
TINS scene OF refinement, elegance, riches, luxury
eTe1, How rom our labors Twas not thus with
Carver, Bradford and Alerton. we lived life
al toll and hardship We lived on faith and hope
struggling 70 establish communisy based on lib.
y.
pated. Our bones lie Gu the hill In Plymouth
Church yard, secreted the spot marked By no
monument lest the savage enemy should Violate
cur !sst resting place, and you are here assembled
il ibis hall o. gliEteriDg festJyity And yet let me
say 70 you, our descendants, that We envy you
lot the possession Of yoGr greater prosperity
But 20 on spread yourselves over the Continent
and II 50 be that throughout the whole you carry
with you Puritan hearts, Il you cherish undying
love for civil and religious liberty, then you will
he tine disciples Of those who came to the Rock
of Fly mouth and we shall net have lived and died
in vain
Gentlemen, that little vessel on the aad OF Dec.
1890 made safe landing the shores OF Ply
mouth Amid all difficulties and through al dis.
asters the voyage was accomplished and the ship
safely landed her crew. Let her be considered
anlembiem Of New England New England is
ship Of stout tinbers. and manned with faithful
and steady hearts She may be occasionally
thrown into the troughs Of the sea. but depend
upon it She will come out right put her mead TO
the sea and obey her helm Loud cheers. We
have hardly begun TO realize the importance Of
that little vesSe freghted IS she was with
the gems OF civil and religious liberty and with
the Bible, the word OF God, Those gems have
taken root and thriven over the vast expause Of
this country. New England has transcribed the
Aleganics, capped the Rocky Mountains. gained
the shores of the Pacific, and | have not doubt
that year from this day Pilgrim Society will
celebrate this same anniversary in California
"A Voice There is one there to-day God bless
them. then Cheers Here's health and sue
cess to the sons of the Pilgrims on the Pacific
And, gentlemen. i; shall go hard bat il there is
intelligence enough among the hundred millions
OF China, we shall one day see Pilgrim Societies
end NewEnglend principles among them =
Laughter and cheers
But, Gentlemen, trespess too long. No. no
10 on, 90 on Mine is not new voice, nor the
gol4 hat hoy b
on the subject Of the New Engand Colonies has
been before expressed in this place and else.
where But Your sentiment, Mr.. President, IS OF
a larger and more comprehensive nature: 1t
speaks of the Constitution OF the Union which has
made Us Observation-Disclosures citlzeng OF those who
settled at Yorktown, OF those who took first pos
session Of the Mississippi, and now Of those who
from all the corners OF the earth have settled Cali
fornia. | have bad my doubts, frankly confess,
whether our Republican system could be so vast
~ extended without danger Of its becoming ak
er and falling to pieces Bat these approximations
have not yet beenrealized The distance is yasE,
but the principles OF our Government and the Re
preventative system seem Indefinitely ezpan.
sive. And it even gains strength from its extern
sion. The parts become less separate units, and
more members OF the whole the larger that whole
becomes. And the expansion OF the system draws
after it everywhere attachment to the Union l
believe that in California and NeT.Aiexico new
with this con.ederacy. The people there are no
longer the men they thought themselves. They
row find that they are members OF a great nlted
Government they are proud and happy to De
hailed citizens of the United States OF North
America. And hope it will still hold good that
as our system is extended il is made tlrmer and
stronger. So it would seem 1t must be. Local
agirations produce less disturbance. Why, /
venture to saw that there has been any agitation
anywhere South of the Potomac-I will notdetne
more exactly flaughter it has not been t=it III
California. All such agitation is loca!lsm- Our
system is not to be destroyed by .ocalism North
or South. Over all our local ideas, suonergIng,
absorbing them all there is a great sentiment and
that is that We are Americans. Ii is cur duty to
cherish this American sentiment, 10 go on united,
carving with Us in our course those great English
PRINCIPLES, turning 70 Sir Henry Bulwer, mean,
Sir. Anglo Saxon, English American principles
Our children on the shores o, the Pacific will IN
herit those principles with the language OF Milton
and Shakspere Our ideas viii penetrate still
fnrther, and the Mexican the Spaniard, will learn
the trial by Jury religious tolerance and the secu'
city OF individual rights APplapse.l
Gentlemen the day spring from on hlgn mas
visited US There is no longer any danger OF dis
union In these nited States The time for that
kas gone by, not TO return. And those who sup.
posed they could sever US, whether oy telk OF
secession or by metaphysics, flalghter VIII ma
themselves mistaken. lie the mind OF the sober
American people remain sober. The surest
course to satisfy those who mediate disunion IS
lust to leave them to themselves and see "hat
they can make OF it. Laughter North ana
South there has been some generation Of senti
ment. We see and feel that we should gain
nothing by being separated. For, what should
we be then? We should be New ork men,
Ohio men, Rhode Island men. But we know
that it is infinitely better that We should remain
hand.in.hand, Americans, united row aLa 1nl1eu
.ps ted and sfa henoeorth march forward
tosether With one heart, under the banner OF one
country
After the enthusiastic cheering which followed
Mr.. Webster's speech hai subsidized, the President
read another toast, also not on the catalogue. az
follows:
Old Eaglas5 oad Iosg .4scriea Bound together by