The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1855-12-27
Ceiekrasten Of the Landing 81 chs
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Saturday e,ening, ~ ite winaow Hopr, by
supper. sseies the sszpiez Of the Mes Eagabd
,soebiy. Notwi.hstanj,ng ID. i.essn@ncy u
lie weashsr, The attendance a Adli.S AID geu-
tei"sp Wa sery large, upwards u cae hundred
renilstsea and iay Indies has,ae pariAkss 81
tbs touatifal ssss, prepared by ne nmnager d
the hoae, Mr.. r. A. Dytu., anil his assistant,
Csp'sin Gsoais
Before supper wa aaboaDo,si, al adjnarred
\ nsassina ~ the ssew EnglaDd Sscirty WIS hid
In ile parlor ID tbs botsi. I. 4. Hsooo,
t@q, acting a. Cbairnan u tie asetng and
Mr. DAsA WARN. ~ SECRETARY.
DE- u.oiioa II M. 5AssoaS, tbs t1i!owing
geniie,ecn were elcctd officers II the Society
fos the ehsaing year
P,srlesi. fIoa n SsgzsGkSs.
:. fas prsssfsn's D. MoHu@1S, l.. 4 BAB.
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ffeaag,tr. f,gAsLrs H. MAYo.
i. The Executive Goaiuittse was diree,ed by
he meeting 10 procure The services ofa SPEAKER.
% deiiyer al address oil the nfHt anniversary.
after which The meeting ad.aUDfd 10 the supper
tabs
NJ hbWpD Ricy, in The aba1,es ~ Judge
! Tl..i Ia ,.tr
duc,ory rematks. contraslfd The situation n
ihc-, present, he descendants IT no Pilgrims
fron thai u lheir sp~atoss. wlto hpaied upon
the dfeary desolate and nhosp,tabie shor,s Of
Massachusetts,, 10 1870. Oar highest ambition.
the Speaker remarked. should h. 10 emulate
their many virtues AMI bIess trif dear memo
r,es. The nosi sangnits and ar,krt Of ,hose
Pilgrims could not haze lbrsoen the eooE,plen-
c'ai ~ thsir landing 90 that dfrary December
day upon Plymouth Rock. L. results have
originated an empire, yet IN ia Infancy, and
whos future h laden with such promise "a 10
battle The mind II man in the widest predictions
of what Is to come hereafter
Mr. Rics oooeiaded BY calling upon Rev
Mr. BAesns. 70 invoke the Divine blessing upon
ihest assembled Ia commemorative u tho great
s,enL
After the dlspossl Of the supper tse reading
Of thn regular toas,s, was Ia ORDER. Mr.. q l..
, EsNasos read The hnt regular tosat
l. Tvs fnssla. " Tss~pcs .be.s issd'us on the
Sn-ty .h"ser II ssv rnsisns sfs tbi. svssiog a..
| ssnphisi Ia aonsms aaorats
Mr N n, A~rs responded lie referred 10
tlE' prescnt as prtr,d anniversary in The he Of
a descendant vi the Pilgrims 10 every quarter
Of the giob a, this time, are they making their
dAiiihi pilrimags 10 the bleak coss. 81 New
England The Pilgrims h,,l the mother com
Try 10 ncapc persecution, and il was 10 teais-
plant the -Ntls ~ buean liberty they sought Oh
asylam IN Holland, AMI eventually IN America.
Mr. \ rre'rnd TO the residence u the paftans
Ia IhIlaai their persecution by that ps,iant.
bigo' james H., and The har,ishps they endured
IN their work II colonization M this contingent
The past aid present WIRE hcfme "a We could
= appreciate that. bal what mind. taking past
prosnss a. i,s guide, could fa,h@s the future
even in The rye 81 prophecy Mr. AS@, eca.
etssesi by expressing his belief tls' II The spirits
Of thoae old pilgrims SrAsmsn, Wisrssoy, a.s.i
others eoasi wiin''ss the pfesept sssiphlas,c
thoy s0nd spaige ia approval
AIR Ne Asns hal cunciuaes The company
, joined in singing iho well known ode commeps-
NJ
Ny sssan,fy, rs of thee,
-west and - f1hsr'y,"
III. " ''' ~ '''' ''''' - "'' '''' - '''
Mr. Nn.spu NJ HAYwAap responded Ia a
d humorous portrayal Of New Eugiand charaeter
! Wh,hs giving The ,lescvbdsnis " the Pilgrim
G cNSi,t or great perseverance, under itical,ies
enterprise and love q literary pursuits, he a'.o
assumed that dollars and dimes, the love az get
B ting AMI k"phg them, was u very psompcni
tmlt OF New England character
~ Trs frossss U,Fsa, CO. h.syp-s,- .iasu'ssaez
the pstaSspiss " he bsraaa. and gsskssr IN y uaiy
CsIAaiss sps'it, sadhy ass,saasat at ,oapAs
4 HssyitHi
q Rev. Mr, Nsiti. r,spomle.i tn this scntimrai
IA speech rtpletc With interesting facts h re-
6 gard 20 tbs EARLY Stsleeseut Of New England
rennsyivauia and Maryland, lie Referred h
the hfs, Thanksgiving day. under ,loy HAD
rom adu,lnistratioa. tive handrrI wears ago,
when M,ssAsou and hs Indians and those
COED old pilgrims anlimberei themselves. and
spea' days 10 thanksg living. ieasiiag, anj joliy
4 Mr.. \. rchrnoi 10 the aArTuiivc OF an ci,l
i'a'es skipper, which had lately ecnc Into his
possession, ana which gave quaint aoi ANA
sing comparison between hSe ia Ngs England
, aad Virginia. in the ol,isp time The speaker
! said he heartily sympathisel With tho Puritan
spirit, wherever !, was exhibited, whether In
Massachusetts,, IN Pennsylvania. az Maryland.
Por,lauism vas not a more local siistvcscenee.
IL was ssyucuymous term with opposition 20
the arbitrary csncns OF church ard stale, when.
ever attempted. Mr. ~, aites passing aliu.
sica to the excuses VI lbe FWiiAus, referred
to The succosiai ctprs Of Lend BAlrisoRx
aoi fEsS % establish the fullest liberty Of
opia'on ~ the ne~ world. The fioaeer cher
~, he r,arked in conclas,oo. would pev.r
exhibit, h horcd the disposition to build up
Inc church Of New England by paEling down
iha, u ODD Enslaaa, NJ VI old Rome but wesd
sssk to blend the ruri,as theology suj aaher