New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-12-24


Mr. Webster by telegraph. aresDondlng seatiment.
THIS was prepared ana proposed BY tao Char, as
follows
T7s SPIRIT oftAe psLyr~ssO lsu< 4, hs,rs s-ar'n
t4 Ceu Is Of the axtoa. the Psaos and Happiness OF
the county sre secure.
Received with enthusiastic cheers aai IN snimous-
u adopted
The sixth .oas. was then given
Tie Cou~o- SCHOOLS Of New EngLsna- Foand.asn
stones in the terpls Of her eTea ness-
Rev. Mr. CHaPIs rose and said
Mr. President aDd gentlemen Of the New. England
Soc ETY. thank you for the honor you have done me
by calling uDon me to respond to this sentiment
ali the thankful because u Is too late In the
cay to require vindication OF conmon schools as
institution established by the Pilgrim Fathers. Ia
their minds education an integral element OF
the great republican idea included IN every coacep-
ton they could form for the org alton OF State
This idea dear and familiar TO the New Eng
man as the rock among which he vas bora, the me
z cries Of all his history. and the success which
marked his practical career. To assault this ius!i.
tuition lie like assaung popular liberty Itself, and
fear such assaults as little. We care no more for
such attacks than for Rip Van Wrinkles gun. Zap
suse.I Sir, under their ngd exterior tne Pdntsns
cherished an intense, Hebrew iata IN Coo ana 10
everlasting realities faith such as shook the strings
o. Davids harp and fred the lips OF the prophets.
They we're ever seeking 70 do Gods will, and felt
tina, God was with them and when the winds
and waves stOrmed around them, they rose up and
laid down with the belief that they were encom-
passed in His protecting hand. applause Taey
sought inst 10 attain ends according TO the dictates
OF their own consciences and OF their own stern
faith. They did hot seek for material success but
merely for the great elements OF the permanent
welfare of the Individual and the state. Applause
They established and cherished the interests OF ei-
ucation. 1t has been said that external circum-
stances favored the sngleness OF purpose and the
devotion TO permanent realizes by which they were
distinguished No doubt there Is truth in this Had
they lsnGCd a luIuriant shore had golden pscers
/ opened before their feet they might have been
tempted to luxurious sensuallty, and the m iteral
scramble for this worlds goods. But for them there
/ vas TO luxury, and their reliance vas upon the
manly elements that grow up in suffering AMI Prl-
I vatlon TO their full strength. The mole Aens WIN
ter, and the waves dashing upon their ICY rocks,
drove them back upon the soil, and enabled their
vision TO detect what the qualities that alone
enable man TO assert his superiority over the ele-
meHts, and wiring the victory from the IRON hand
/ OF nature. Applause This brings up the great
fact which this taking, philosophical, material age
needs 10 have reiterated, that no great thing was
ever wrought by an intense religious faith. II
was faith in Providence the faith that every hero
maintains in great principles. know that when we
look into history We see more genial characters than
the PuTitaIs, but when We look for foundation men,
men who lay the CVclopean base OF Republic, they
alone were the men worthy of the work. Applause
God ordains that Republic is not proclaimed from
noisy barbados and Polytechnic schools. tGreat
applause Ii is found hewn out rough IN the quarry
OF suffering and endurance, and is laid in resolution
and in prayer God appoints for 1t granite soil and
granite men The Pilgrims builded better than they
knew 1t was cd that filled them with great IDEAL
which they themselves did not comprehend. How
did they lay hold Of the great fact that the State
is more interested IN the coming generation than IN
our own This the idea that animated the
hearts Of the Pilgrims do not intend 10 attribute
them all the liberty and the great results which we
behold around U.s. | know how much Is due 10
he Hollander, how much to the generous tol-
erstion of Calvert. They are all so mixed up
IN our present institutions that, thank God
i, is impossible for any party to claim per
sonal property in any part loud applause But
II is certain that here alone is great and true Re
public. do not forget Switzerland, but still say
that here alone is Republic endowed with tue
a do lions p
must remember Italy, stricken down and oppressed ,
France, where nothing is permanent, ana where
freedom is but name and that other country where
the Danube rolls BESIDE the graves of mirtyred
heroes and which sends out her most distinguished
and exile to plead her cause In voice That shakes
the nations. prolonged and enthusiastic appltuse.I
But here the only true Republic has risen and ex-
panded into greatness aud power five ask whence
springs this giant Republic, we must look back TO
that grand historical picture with lis fringe OF dark
roots, It's background OF tossing winter waves with
mothers shielding their babes from the icy cold, and
fathers aiding the faokling snow: We mast look
back 10 that stern and manly people that laid there
and then the foundation for free thought free speech,
and free schools Loud applause
The seventh toast WAS then read
Ia. hospitality Of Holland TO re Pgrims-We wosld
no, sIset II If cosd we could not # we would
To this Rev. MI 0sgood replied at length, in
speech which was received with frequent applause
BY the audience. lie contrasted the hospitality OF
tie Hoanders TO the Pilgrims with that now ex
tended BY this country to hossuth. He concluded
with the following sentiment
Yanst> lnterreasio,-The peaceful progress and eIpan
SION Of our institutions and ndOg,abe cylIils.isn
hundred yebrs more q and not desPOl VIII DO ie On
Gcd fsotsiool. Applause
TIE next regular toast vas as follows
Thr Oraior Of he Day Eioqusntly ana successfully
employing the lessons tie Past as mor rs and guides
10 this toast. GEORGE s. HILLiRD, Esq, replied,
in a speech O. some length In which, with great ee-
gsuce of expression and aiiuence OF learned illss-
naon he set forth the necessity OF high intellec-
tual and spritual:deas and enthusiasm, TO balance
the great and absorbing material and trading ten
denotes 6fthe country.
The ne II regular toast was the ninth
orr Ss,er Charitable Socefss-Evsr welcome 10 our
beard, on this All SAINTS Day IN our Calendar
To this sentiment Mr.. Young, OF the y. Georges
Society Mr Bell. of the St PatIlcks Mr.. Nome,
of the St Andrews Mr.. Hoffman, OF the -. Nicho'
las Mr. Hehnant, Of the German Society, and MI
Morris, of st Davids and MI Hlenson OF the he
brew Benevolent Society successively repheu MI
UoAman's speech was marked by all the felicity
and eloeuence for which ne IS universally alsih-
euishtd He claimed for Holland share IN the
glory OF establishing religious tolerance, ana .ne
IDEAS of institutions of republican hoery MI.
Hoffman concluded with this sentiment;
The Soas Of Ne~- Eng oad and ne Sos o. 81 Nehole'-
MAY their only al be who shall best pfomo'e vac pros
perty and increase the happiness II our beloved CY.
The tenth toast was then given and honored as was
tie eleventh they were IN these words
The A,ras the re LH'tsd stare Not less citizens Than
soldiers, and seeking then ewa si'I n nAh'Ihs '-'
freedom and glory II thsr eoulir', ,A ..,la y,
TAs Nav ~ me Uhfed Sfafss-Over the zee "oho o.
waters BE- sIIng the Tag Of Freedom
In obedience to the general call, Ogden Hoffman
rose and eloQuently apOlogized for not speaking IL
he spoke for The Navy II must be as midsnipnsn Oh
board a man Of war, for ne stood upon higher pc
desta and could no. merge the President OF the ST.
Nicholas Society IN anything OF lower rank Ac-
coroineIy ne hoped he might be regarded as having
shoWuthe part of wisdom IN answering the call, ana
the nart Of discretion IN nov taking his seat nj
versal laughter .,,
The twelfth ard thirteenth .oasts then followed
The consntr.iOa-Ihe tue zee, OF Repubheahism. Ma
u he guarded agalIs HterpOla0n u peIversion. aud
ever rSu ANT The standard OF political faith.
A. T.-on az fss Sfa.es-FsrE glorious coIstella
,oD Nay they ever onward II ia este harmony
The toast 60 the Union having been honored The
last OF the regular toasIs was given
The Hop.c. or N.V Enc EHG-O1r Worlds / an
Rev DR. Bethnne was called FOR, and rose and said
kt the experience Of the past ought TO have warned
ns ra.r r.(E