Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-09-27

worm, the lately deceased poet resident 10 the centre
region, opposed the project He thought that the retire
ment and secuson of this delightful region would be disturb
cd by the painting Of the locomotives and the cry Of The steam
whistle III am not mistaken, be published one or two SON.
nets 10 depreciation Of the enterprise Mr. Wordssorh
kind-heared man. but entirely mistaken 10 this matter The
quiet Of few spots may be disturbed but hundred quiet
spots are rendered accessbe the hustle of the
may take the place of the dudica silence of some shady DELL
ou gracious heavens sir bow many Of those cathedral
arches en.wined by the hand Of God in our pahess woods
opened to the grateful worship Of men by these means Of
communication m
How little Of rural beauty you lose even in country
nparaively narrow dimensions like Engand-a little strip
along the line Of the road which partially changes its charac
ter while as the compensation you bring all this beauty
The warbng woodland, the resounding shore,
Inc pomP OF groves, the garniure of fields !" sg
within the reach, not of Of luxurious tourists but of
the great mass Of the population You throw OPEN with
all ITS soothing and humanizng influences thousands Who
but or your railways and steamers would have lived and died
without ever having breaihed the gvng air Of the noun
slns Yes sir to tens Of thousands who would have gone
to their graves without having caught glimpse OF clo
rous combng waving wave its soft green ridge bursts into
crest OF snow and settles and dies along the sands sy sir
and who would have gone to their graves the for the
privaton. t3as .aa tg0 EsIEiaE n
But this nothing compared with the great social and
moral effects Of this system in binding the States together
one family and uniting US TO neghbos brethren and
kinsok do not know, sir but in this way from the kindly
seeds which have been this day in your visit Boston,
and that Of the distinguished gentlemen who have preceded
and accompanied you children and grandchildren as
long as this great ADgoa1on shall occupy CONT
nen reap harvest worth all the which has devov
ed on this generation.
Mr.. EVERETT having resumed his seat, Mayor
BIGELow rose and said teg
believe gentlemen that after the eloquent addresses which
you have heard behalf our friends from abroad and after
the eloquent speech the gentleman who has Just addressed
you it would crafty all to hear from descendant Of the
old Pilgrims and to gather idea Of what they themselves
might think Of the events which this day celebrate
they could be present this OCCASION and witness what we
to-day see with our eyes and hear with It is
possible produce any Of the old Pilgrim Fathers bodily
before you, but can offer you the nea descendant Of
great eader-the Moses, if may so call hmof the Pill
grms who led them to Boston. introduce you gene-
men, their representative in the Hon. RoBERr q. WsTHnop
late member Of Congress- and who lately also occupied the
distinguished station Of Speaker Of the House of Representa-
lives Of the United States.
SPEECH OF MR.. WINTHROP.
After the Mayor had concluded, the Hon. Mr..
sWINTHRoP spoke as follows:
am deeply sensibe Mr. Mayor that the honors and COM
pmens Of this occasion belong others They belong in
the s place, my friend, Mr.. Everett has just suggested
to the distinguished and usous strangers own coun
try and Of other countries who have adorned festival with
their presence. Warn applause And they belong, in
the next place. to those of fslow-cisens Of whom
see not few around me, whose faseeng sagaey and
perseverng efforts and personal abors great works
whose completion celebrate [Cheersl have no pre-
tension Of either sort, but all tie grateful for the
opportunity you have afforded Of saying few words and
fer the kind and cordial in which you have
me to this assembly Most heartily do wish that could
say any thing worthy Of such Most heartily do
wish that could find expressions and illustrations in any
degree the and varied theme which such
an occasion suggests. And still more do wish that could
hnd voice capable OF conveying, oneha of this
countless ard crowded audience such poor phrases may
be able to command But voice. language and imagination
seem to aler and fail alike in any attempt to do justice
circumstances like the present. Loud cheers.
Mr. Mayor, the very dates which you have selected for
your three days jubilee would furnish material for dis
course which would occupy far than all the daylight
which is left us-ihe l7h, lsh and 9th days Of Sepem
Der Areyou aware s how many of the most memorable
events in our local. colonial and national history included
in this brief period
II Of ,Aeso days, year 1920, that the
Pilgrim Fathers Of New England took their final departure
from the mother country their last and fearful leave of Old
England and enered that perious voyage of
than three months duraon which terminated Plymouth
Rock
was on one Of these days, ten years later in $780, that
the Puritan Fathers OF Massachusetts, with of whom you
have done the honor associate me, FIRST gave the
Of Boston to the few tents and log cabins which then made
up our embryo city
upon Of these days, too in l7s7 that the
patriot fathers OF America set their hands and SEALS Pha
dephia, TO that matchless instrumentthe Constitution of
the United Sateswhich has bound this nation together for
better or worseet say for better worse, but for
the best and highest interests of country and mankind
cheern inseparabe and everblessed Union forever
[Renewed cheers a @
Nor, MI. Mayor, this eventfu period in the calendar
without associations and "reminiscences pride and glory for
our brethren whom have welcomed from the borders
mistake not Of these three September
days. in the year 1885, that the proud fortress of Quebec
finally surrendered the British force-surrendered the
result Of that memorable conc. the heights of Abraham,
FIVE six days BEFORE in which the gallant Wolfe had
pred in the blaze Of his fame happy Gas be sad to have
his counys victorious and in which the not less
gallant Montcam had laid down in the dust beside him
happy, too Gas be also sad not to have the downfall
Of this last stronghold Of the French power the North
American continent. Ss4
Nor is this "reminiscences sir in which Of New Fog
land and Of Massachusetts particularly have part he
age for let be forgotten that Massachusetts, during
that year. besides furnishing TO the British army her pescnb
ed quota Of six thousand fight the battles Of
common Crown at Louisburg in Nova Scotia, and else
where actually raised three hundred additional men, at the
request of General Wolfe himself who served the very
pioneers Of that seemingly desperate assault upon Quebec
Cheers Let be forgotten, NEITHER that the Colonial
Assembly of Massachusetts, testified their admiration Of Wolfe
and their for bis loss by voting marble to
| his memory. set '21
But all these am but the accidental coinci
dences Of this We have assembled to recall
the past but to rejoice in the present not to commemorate
the early trials and exploits Of fathers but the mature
achievements and proud of their We come
not TO celebrate the umphs of the forum the battlefield
but the peaceful victories science Of nventon and of those
mechanic arts many Of whose noble products and nober
producers have in the splendid pageant Of the day.
Loud applause ti e'a sa A
nj in tba