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enlarged, but pass from II.
Gentlemen, we are now two hundred and thirty
years FROM that great event There ID the May
Po,oer, (popting To a small figure Of ship in CON
dictionary that stood before him There Ia lit
tie resemblance, but correct one, OF the May
fooer, Sons of New England, there was, in an
cient times ship that carried Jason 10 the acqui
siton OF the Golden Fleece. There flag ship
AT the battle Of Actun which made Augustus Caesar
master Of the world. In modern times there have
been flag ships which have carried Hawkins, and
Howe, and Nelson on the other continent, and
which have carried Hull, and Decatur, and Stew
art on THE, 70 triumph. What are they ali-what
are they all. III their chance of remembrance
among men-to that little bark, the MayfOtcer,
which reached thesc shores? Yes my brethren of
New England, that Mayflower was flower Of per-
potual bloom! lCbeers.I Its verdure stands the
sultry blasts of summer, and the chilling winds Of
autumn. Ii will defy all climates and all time,
and II will continue to expand its petals to the
world, and exhale an everything odor and ira
GRANGE 20 the 'latest syllable of recorded time!''
Brethren, yc of New England, whom have come
some hundreds of miles To here night, let me
present to you one OF the most distinguished OF
those who came here on the deck of the Mayhower.
Let me fancy that see Elder William Brewster
now entering that door, at the further end Of this
hall. tall and erect figure, Of plain dress of no
elegance OF manner beyond respectful bow, OF no
merriment that hardly reached the expression OF a
smilc-supposc he stood there now. Suppose his
image there and he was looking upon this
semby. "Arc ye children l. this scene of
refinement, of elegance, of riches, may say this
y,
'Que regio in terris non nostrum plena aborum?'
at was not for this that my father, and my bre-
thren and myself endured life of toll and of
hardship. We lived in faith and hope. God granted
tine spirit TO look forward, and we did look for
ward; but this scene We never anticipated. Our
bones lie on the hill In Plymouth churchyard-ob-
scurc, unmarked, secrefed to preserve them from
the desccration of savages. No stone tells where
they lie; and yet, let say TO you, who are our
descendants, who enjoy this glorious country, and
ell ii contains who enjoy this hour OF prosperity,
and the thousand blessings showered upon II, we
envy you the possession of this great prosperity.
BE rich, be prosperous, he enlightened; spread your
selves over the continent; accommodate yourselves
To the manners Of the times; and il SO be, that
through the whole you carry Puritan hearts with
you, If you still cherish undying love OF civil
and religious liberty, and mean to enjoy them your
selves and are willing 10 shed your hearts blood
TO transmit them TO your posterity, then are you
worthy descendants of Brewster, and Carver, and
Allerton, and the rest who settled on the rock of
Plymouth
Gentlemen, that little vessel the 2d of De
cember, 1920, made her safe landing on the shore
of Plymouth. She had been tossed tempestu-
Gus ocean She approached the New Eng land coast
under circumstances OF great distress and trouble.
Yet amid all the disasters of her voyage she ac-
: hcomplished her end and safely landed her crew.
Geniemen, let her be considered this nj ght an
emblem of New England. New En- gland is a ship
staunch, strong, well built, wellmsnned. She
may be occasionally thrown into the trough of the
il she will come out right. She will put her head
70 the wind, Ind she toH obey her helm, We have
hardly begun to realize the vast importance, on
human society and the history Of the world, OF the
voyage of that little vessel which brought the love
! OF civil and religious liberty TO U.s. and which
! brought the Bible, the Word of God, to US. We
have hardly begun TO realize the consequences OF
that voyage. Heretofore the extension of race,
/ following our New England ancestry, has crept
along the shore. But now the race has extended.
( IL has crossed the mountains IL has ascended not
the Alleghanies only, but has capped the Rocky
mountains. IL Is now upon the shores OF the Paci-
fc and this day-or If not this day, then this
day twelvemonth, descendants of New England
will celebrate there
Il Voice-''To- day, they celebrate to day"
! MIR. WEBSTER. God bless them for that! Here's
TO the health and of the California Society
of Pilgrims assembled this day the shores Of the
Pacific! Prolonged applausc.l And it shall yet
go hard II the three hundred millions people of
China-if they are intelligent enough 10 under
stand any thing about it-sia not one day hear
and know something OF this sentiment too! But,
gentlemen, ] am trespassng too long on your time.
I ] am taking 40 much time that is due 10 others.
My is neither new voice, nor is It the voice
/ Of young man. 1t has been heard before In this
place and the most that have thought or felt con-
corning New England history and New England
principles has been before In the course OF my life,
said here and elsewhere.
Your sentiment Mr.. President, calling me up
before this meeting, speaks of the Constitution un
der which VIC hyo-of the Union which for sixty
! those who settled at the mouth OF the Mississippi
and their dsscendants and now at last, fellow ci-
zens, with those who have come from all corners Of
\ the earth and settled in California. confess |
have had my doubts whethe the republican q ystcm
| under which live could be 30 vastly extended
/ without danger Of dissolution. Thus far, will
/ ingy admit, my apprehensiuns have not been real
\ iz,d The distance IL yast--the intervening coun-
I try is vast. But the representative System on
which Government h. established seems 60 be
indefinitely expansive, and wherever IL does eK.
tend il draws after IL love Of the Union under
/ which exist.
/ believe California and New Mexico have had
new life inspired into the people. They consider
/ themselves new beings, ncw creation, new cr-
istcnce.
They arc not the men they thought themselves
I TO be, nov that they find they members Of this
I great Government, and hailed az citizens Of the
United States Of America. / hope, in the pfOvi-
dourc of God, a. this system of states and Repre-.
sentative Governments shall extend, that it viii be
strengthened. Social agtatiOns disturb 10 less. II
there has been on the Atlantic coast, sOtncw here
south Of the Potomac, land will not define fur.
ther where u is) # there has been dssstisiac ton
that dissatisfaction has not been felt IN California;
Il has not been felt on that side of the Rocky noun
tains. IL is a loodlisn and am one Of those who
believe that our system OF government 10 not "a be
/ destroyed by iooalismS, North or South. No; W,
have our private opinions, state prcludiCcs, loca
ideas; but over all, subncrging ALL drowning all
is that great sentiment, that always and neverthe-
less, arc Americans. II is as Americans that
we are known the whole world over. Who asks
what State you are from in Europe, or in Africa, OF
/ in Asia l. be an Amercan-i. he Of us2 Does he
belong 10 the flag Of the country Does that flag
protect HIM Docs he honor and support t Docs
he under the eagle and the star, and stripcsi
II he docs, II hc is, al else IL subordinate aud
I thy OF but little concern.
Now, Il is our duty, while VIC live on the earth,
to cherish this sentiment, 20 make IL prevail even II
il should spread the whole continent. II is our
duty to carry English prnciples-I mean, sir,
/ turning TO Sir Henry Bulwor amid much laugh
teri Anglo Saxon American. English principles
over the whole coutincnt-the great principles oi
| Magma Charta, of the English revolution, and OF
the English language. Our children will bear
Shakspe and Milton regitod on the shores Of the
Pacific Nay before that, American idess, which
are essentially English ideas, will penetrate the
Merican-the Spanish mnd-apd they will thank
God that they have been brought TO know some
thing of civil liberty Of the trial by jury and OF
security for personal rights.
As for the rect, let W. take courage. The Day
Spring from ON high has visited us. Light be-
broken in upon There is no longer imminent
danger Of dissolution in these United States we
shall live and not die. We abal live a. united
AIpcr,cans, and tnoso who have supposed that they
could sever us, could rend ono American hear.
from another, and that secession and meta ply sics
could tear us asunder, will find themselves cgregi-