New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-22

-. ,crt,a-v nv uruuir~ awsy all Distinctions snd
nrerogstive. that based on worthless sr'un -
ihsv sive the more reSen for sfherensS
. vsu,rston for THAT is really yerersoe-
he went We celebrate. although H ass Rof iiIsu v
les.s a strogg nirk upon the page OF PAst l''.
i stli more 20 be essm s'sd ~ gi I'D 70 ,nr .nu-
- 90 il has 10 xerrise that history w1-a i SUI
fufure. W h Hand has H't eh,enaei -sT ''i''
to,isl in IL over tie o. .l1a b0anGs but his form -
81 inrerisi sxpaisioc for her norsl rtu-io - sAi
,cucsional II fuerct= over vss' cof'in ~. We %,
Mes Ere iard who are Ter, u ,asn ne nave pAs'el
over her borders, srs ELL Sc zone, u,s o. u re
cerrf.sy but u right and n The far cli.-s 81 me
Seuh IN the teening alleys OF the IVES. ala o.
the softer Pacific shore The sons OF New EnSlani.
though irom tne5 nhtSe -ceues. af- sHIi IN ne
cannon country 70 Thi,h their hardy chlra,ter mas
civ,, 20 strong ard enduring Al Impress. 1t IL
consider 'heu siAa pecul theme Of this is'o1rse,
III hsritsge of the Pilgrims, as We h,ve reserve u
from them, and we are 10 transnli II 20 our lie
sCeIcaIts
Uhi fpAlly led t. the disem yak atop Of ths
I Pigrim. on pyaoath Rock, commencing point
where WyckliiIe scweJ the seels S1ichVp 5ned IN
n. Frcl-sh Puritan n md L'o thst euergeac detOlol
- riyil sri religious freedom, which freigh,ei The
M Flower with her cargo of adventurous AMI IN
d u1itsbe spirits RE following points we're brought
NM. .ntlv forward The division among non-coa-
iomss ylich eysniuated II the co1solnation OF 'oe
cla.s called Sepsratists, whose leading idea OF
s.tebb.hing A church on tie old, simple m )del,
,h-rson primitive Christianity was dlssemlnted 81
authority residing IN the members 81 e'ea rehg'ous
comm lltyi could not fsu, If applied 70 pohtica or
cAniza'i,n 10 produce pure cemocracyi 'ne iacl
n AT Ills class was crswn from the humoer middle
,a.s of English solety CONTRASTING lishea 20 the
tiltd sno proft siona classes and that there were no
cis,iuctcns among them save such as arse from ~
diyiGusl superiority in nellec. and morsity; this
stroug religious sentiment, and even pride, which
enabe them 70 despise those whose Worldly clstihc-
tons rsI "a above them, and to Ealue no victory
save that over self, the independent ana isOlt'ed
character al their Christian Church, 20 wei suited
for c.pyer,ion into body polite on demo
cratic pr.rcpl.s-sl dependence on SA'e
establshutnt being renouuced, bishops declared
uet g, AID power equally distributed among tns
constituent members, and exercised by vo'ei tne'r
soiouru in Holland, AID the mltives winch induced
the n 10 ieave that county and seek on these SHORES
place vs. exc they might perpedaie 10 ther cnli1ren
An Englsh character, extend the Mag o0mllons,
ard exnand the empire Of Christ. the fesbleness
- Ind bocelessness which should he tscribed to
ne iitIe BAUD when thrown upon the bleak SHORE Oh
N.g.tuglaud. Ia toe midst OF the most severe season
of the ,enr we're il not for The preparation TO meet
and overcome all hardship difficult es aud dangers
WHICH existed in heir character OF enthusiastic talth
p.1fect unity and unsesh0ess OF purpose, individual
couraee ani ha dihood Of mind and rsoB, aud strong
domestic ELECTION. their perfect freedom from AL
tie rreroaAtives ciil and gous, from which they
had f,d in adherence and the presence among them
Of all the elements which caused me repuDhcs Oh
New England TO spring up from their lioors as hs'u'
rally ss the oak grows from The acorn t1-ir Vaus-
ton Of liberty Lot as an eLi, put as n!eans !"
dptv-for they threw off the yoke 81 their klnS,
orIy N embrace the seYerer service Of their
Cod their tenet no. mat al men are ea
psble of political ;elfgOvepment, bur tna all
were capable Of governing Themselves Us men are
stle 10 exercise the functions OF citizens OF ires
community; their intimate relation as common
bro,h.rhocd among whom the distress AMI want OF
any Individual was proper object of iraterns relief
the hitherto mistaken permanen OF the Institutions
they established, and the absence OF all necessity Tor
spIr-heusion about their endurance, because no
rsdes.m can 60 lower han their fouatatlon, which
IA bas.d on the deepest principles OF human nature
ara 70 epthusia III cen ascend higher taan the ain
xbich ouioed tbem-an aim which rose to the portals
of heaven; their system OF educatlon. Wnlch was
dir. oted rot 70 make the people learned. but inte-
gent so that their fesdcm might not suffer from the
imposition of knowledge upon ignorance their rvs,
ten of laws aiming at the emple award OF rglt and
ipsice ana their steady adhesOn 10 the Bible IN the
Church. in he family, snd in tie school The free
dom, TIE religion the peace, the knosiedse "n.sn
blessings toe material aegrandlzenent the I'M
peral power which have folio we'd these
such is the heritage they have received from
ihtir Pilgrim Fathers. How immeasuraole them
the obligation 10 wan smt this heritage unlmptlred 70
ros'ertyi And this duty csD only be performed by
The same steady adherence to rgh. which character
lied these men, BY keeping III mind the broad ana
snserous difference between independence OF law
AID indepe ndence By law-bet seen freedom from re-
Iicou ano free dom "a religion and by remembering
that the highest conservatism does not consist Ia TAX
ing care of ones ELF. Though half the crew Of the
Ma, flower we're laid in the earth before the first
spring in the New World WAS passed, the blood Of
the remainder flows to-day in the veins OF seven mil
lions If Americas. Let this diffusion of so noble q
stream be taken pledge that the Union for which
they prepared the way shall be perpetual Loud
applause
The choir sang q song, written for the occasion by
o. G. Warren.
The Rev. DIR. ADAMS gave the benedicon, where
on the meeting adjourned