New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-03
yp" os \" srs 10 repond to the toast which has is

been given ,,., ,,a.-s s;nca I had the honor
-, IN. s.d December 10 address 'he sons ana VI
m. PILGRIMS assembled IN this place or- neu " Psou
Ts, nr;v,re and honor deem H. SIR a mn seessr
no. ., q "A myself here this joyous OCCASION ana 70
Ne nermted 20 participate in this happy festival snsts
wa an attendance OF so many oisungushe1 ireuls
"a Ohio citizens from distant parts OF the Union-hon
limos, every in the Union, Sir you ave already toi
nswhere are favored Nth the company of ,h9 repre-
scntsyes the New England Society OF New YORK one
of those institutions which carrying the name ana Tue
of the Pilgrims the fshesi en- ia OF the tnpn
where we are grstfe with the company of our military
friends from the Cry the great commercl"l
sence If much Of the gravity the dignity snu n
character Of the community and wh-re Ee are i'v9'e1
with the presence Of 50 much of beauty ei grace A1 "
lovelnsss. Applause
do indeed Sir feel 10 he privilege TO be here UNDER
and do deem myself most hsny hon
Ored in being called upon tn respond 10 ,us ~ =, -
Won have lust announced in cOmmem) rAuon OF ,"7
bsrkstion If the Pilgrims and lis results Inc thene
vSse | shrink from II | know not wnsre 10 oes, ~
whore 10 End II seems that you yours IN .uH Ien
with which you favored the company struck ths hey n0
of This GREAT theme in sluding 20 this great couheh De
for. IN. Pilgrims and n the sitdation OF us pr ns
inhabitants There is the beginning sag one OF 40 %
h.n, no, dereIs came INTO flyinouuh ssAteo
NV the road side wondering spectators of the page 'nt
which was passing beo their eyes. -,
Af.w days sgo, | SAW IN the newspapers wv nsu.
birch bark canoes appeared IN Boston h"rD'r COM "n
each solitary Indisn They seemed, asthcy approacns'
~ g,z. IN silent wonder at the city of the triple NUS r-s
str, shove street and crowned with inc don Vi .o
into the back ground at the numerous ttl vessels "u
ward bound they dropped down the channel ~
their broad wings To the breeze aud moe "nch were
turning wesh-r b. stn from the ends ~ the EARN al '5
steamers dazzling In every eCon across the haro"r
breathing volumes Of smoke IN th-ir h-ry lug'
padded their fral bsrks sth dNen'y snd fp-d
ihs strange busy, and 10 them m count n-'liu7flns
Gene and having made the circuit of Eat B)"n the
Navy Yard the city Itself and South Boston doPPe down
viii the current and disappeared among me 'sIalu'.
There was not human being of kindred blood 10 u',7r
word Of welcome 10 them in Ill the region wh n on Tue
day We now concentrate WAS occupied bv u-H l,I7
fathers in Massachusetts The race is gone IL w'ui De
mistaken senuentaity to regret th. cnange 10 rrg's
that some thousand unoultured bsrbaran.-d-s'ue "u
m. inprov-m-u e social life. snd seemingly INC tpaole W
adopting h, H. should have yielded gradually to the CIVIL
lied millions who have taken their place But We must
both n men and Christians, condemn wh-Ver vi up
and wrong has the change as IS too apt
10 be the when strong and weak are Drought
into contact with each othe AID without adccton We
NAV i. dulge y heartfelt sympathy for the ieeeis aul
stricken relies Of powerful aud formidable tribes oil
fellow mer -.
On t,e first Of August 1920 the crcu instances of the
far this part s America ID concerned pr
sented very nearly the reverse OF the picture We we
contemplated On that day the territory nos forming lh7
States OF New England occupe b. nsner u lniian
rhes. of which strong aud xsrke Ihry we're
far behind the natives of Mexico and Peru out ey hii
added simple agricul TO h-r hunting ana h'nE
their mOccasius, and shoes aud stone baiche ana
w4mpuui belts evnced their aptitude TOR the hunole ar's
of savage life they retained un'mP'red iher naVe nue
prudence, ignorant o the claims 10 sov~rtlgny "hh Pp"
u Governments three thousand miles oil founded up N ths
right If discovery ard neither the arts nor me ar ms nor
the disease the vices of civilized life hai clnmeacsd
that terrible warfare aga net them when mas SINGS o7eh
puzzled 20 their eXermpaton
On that day and in this condition of the Americ 10 races
handful q care worn, twice doomed tngi'h SKIES SOS
sail from Delft Haven in Holland with the nentlo at-r
being Joined by few brethren Of the faith 10 England 10
encounter the then muchdresded perl OF the Au'ntc
ano the still more ormids Die uncertainties OF the projected
settlement the edge Of hs new world. Two cen
urit and third have passedhe nOmentous ages OF ma
oDsl infancy, childhood and youth, have been rapidly
lived through and SIX prosperous republics parents o'
st increasing family OF States IN the ooun1les' West
have grow up in the wilderness. Ia the me snime IN ms
part the Continent the native inhabitants have sunk tar
below the point Of comparative weakness DO n 10 tue
verge Of aLnihatOn and have assembled no y and
here to celebrate the day when this almposnt cnanse
! commenced. ,.
allude Mr. President this revolution in the condition
Of this Continent and the that ccuPy H. not ~ IN
Producing a narrative Of familiar incidents or rs'a oil
common place reflections but pointing directly IN the
great problem which first presented itself on the discovery
Of America and the agency OF the Pilgrim fathers IN ~
solution agency whose first public manifestation m CIV
be said to commence with the ever memorable embaHt
| ton At Delft Haven, to which have Just referred
| The discovery itself OF the American continent may
think fairly b. considered tn most extraordinary event ~
the history OF tie world lD Thu as IN other cases 'u
sriy biunis The edge Of perceptions but nuch as
nav. ed and often as have treated this theme ~
! magnitude grows upon with each successive coniem
pla0n That a continent nearly rs large ~ Eueop" hnV
| Africa and the eastern shore Of Asa-~tn groups VI
sauds in either it were stopping places on le
march of discOverys cont ent not Inhabited indeed ~
civilized rsces but still occupied by of the families o.
rational man-that this great hemisphere say shOuio
have LAID undiscovered five Thousand years upon ht
bosom OF the deepa mystery so vast within SO short
distance and yet not found ou indeed marvel mut'
Nature If may express myself had made the discovery
10 the p osopher for tbs preponderance OF land IN th'
Eastern Hemisphere demanded counerpoe IN the res'
Dark wooded trees had rfed over the sea and told q
the tropical forests where they grew SupendOus oceAt
currents driven westward b' the breathing trade
wind had wheeled their mighty heIures along the Amer
Coast returned to Europe with hdngs OF the ever
lasting break waters which hid stopped th-r way Ba
the uess Of time had not yet come. Egypt and Assyrs
Tyre and Carthage and Greece and me must par
sh and fall before the seals broken Inc ancient olV
za must be weighed in balance and found ,nting
Yes and Nature must unlock her rares' my 7ri-s
the quiverng steel must learn 10 trembe 10 the pole tn
AstrOl.be must climb the arch Of Heaven science mus
demonstrate the spherodty Of the earth which th7 an
suspected but could not prove the Press must Sc
ter the f,ing Of medieval darkness the creative III
stincts Of political intellectual and social IT. mus
begin To- kindly into action and then the great Dscove
nav 90 forth.
He does go forth The discovery is made the bslsnc
Of the globe redressed costnen nearly equsl 10 81
tent TO half the sncent hemisphere br ught 10 gh
Whist entous questions present themselves Anothe
world IL twin sister OF the ancient world II h.
mountains and rivers, and lakes and forests but does
contain the hODes OF man OF cultivated races WhO nsV
pursued ndep ny of their T. brethren separate
perhaps higher paths of civilization In word has ID
great cause Of hun auity made immediate gain by IN
wonderful event which has added much TO the Geogrs
ply of the world, as before known
The first contact answered these great questions IN th
negative. The native races-sppsrenty incapable q
assmilA,ion-seemed doomed by mysterious PrUvd.nc
10 pass away The Spsnisrd csme upon them, borne o.
winged monsters they thought from beyond the s-s
csreerng strange quSdrupsds horse and rider ~ the
supposed forming bat enc animal and he advanced Jude
cover Of that fearful ordnance which they cOnfsunded wit
he three bot.d artillery of the skies he in al th-s
terror and he brought them death
Those that escaped have borrowed little from Us but IN
noisened cup-the loahsome malsdy-ihe marderou
weapon The shes mild the soil is ertil7 there
every variety Of cm,te boundess thsster for hunA