New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-25
roRgFArRERS DAY 1T PLYxOUTH


cepnt from tie Boston jourrsls
The tables were occupied by more than three hun.
dred ladies and geDtlsmep, who were Indebted for
whatever of tpsp ration tbsy felt on tie occasion TO
something better than wine. On each plate were
placed hvo keroes Of psrcbed ooru. reminding those
present Of the time when the Pilgrim Fathers were
reduced TO the severes extre nifty for lack of food
RICHARD VARIES, eeq., of New York, Pres dent of
The Plymouth Society, occupied the chair. The hi.
wire blessing was invoked by tue Rev. Dr. kendall
of Plymouth. The PRECEDENT made an exceedingly
pertinent DtTttuetoly speech, closing with au sppro-
pirate sentiment. Then followed letters from tbs
NewEngsnd Societies of Chicseo New York and
Charleston, 8. e.; from the Antiqu srian Society a.
Worcester; tom the Hon Geo. Bancroft. the Hon.
Edward Everett, Prof Huntington, the Hon r. C.
Winthrop, Gov. Gardiner, and Others A toast in 70.
lsor to Pcpuler Education was responded 10 by Ex.
Gov. Boutwel; another referring TO Bfsdford Jour
nal, lately discovered by the Rev Jim A. S. Barry.
The next toSst was received with loud cheers:
Of the fEmsi tAhf0 in h e to tbs les.oos they tlusbt
The Hon. WmLIAA H. SEWARD, tse orator OF the
dsy,scc riding 10 The AHas spoke La response subsan
tally as follows:
LADIES AND GESTIKnsS-The Puritsns were Prot
apts, but they wee got Protestanss az aiast every
body and everything, right or wrong They did not
protect mdscrDo s'ey against every thing they found
iDGiostoLs In the works Of genius aud art which thew
le behind them they had reverence for all TIA. i,
good sBd tue While they protested against everything
ihat was false ard vicious. They hso reverence for
the good taste AID the literature science Cloq tencs
ana poetry OF Eogland and 90 trust il e with their
suoot ssOis in this oIce bleak ana inhospitabe but
DOW rich and prosperous lsnd. They car appreciate
poetry as well as good sense ard good taste and 40
call to your recollection the language OF ooet VINO
had not oomee up At The tine Of the Portans a. he
has since. 1t wss addressed 20 his steed afer an ILL
stained Journey rom Loneon 10 IsingtoD town. The
pee. saic:
"'Tss, feI your els.ure YOU e.ue here,
Yen sball 60 bSsk for niue" llauthtsrl.
Being caudid and frank man a. ono ought 70 he
who addresses The Cetosndsns OF the Plitans NAV
cay that II not at ali for your pleasure that ca me
hire Though may go osOk 10 crafty you, yet
cane here for my OWL poses Tie tine has pa ,sed
away when / c0ul1 lake a 6istsot journey from
mild cline TO cold. though fair region without In.
convenience; but there was wish-I mig ht almost
say there Was OILY enc wish Of my heah-thst gss
anxious should De grstftd. i bad been favored with
many occasions TO see tie sests Of expire In this
Western World, and bad never oni ted occasions to
see where The seats Of empire planted ard bow
they prosperd l bad visi'ed the capital Of my own
and Of uAng other American States had regarded
With admiration the capital of this great Republic, in
whose dtstinie@ in common With you all, feel an
interest which can reveH Gle. rad seen the capitals
Of the British Empire, and Of many foreign empires,
and had ence8vOred to study for myself the princ-
PIES which have prevailed in the foundation of
States and Empiree. With that view had bebeld
city standing where mig alton from be Net eIlands
planted On Emf ire Oh the Bay Of New York at Man
haitian, perhaps more properly at Fort Orange.
They sought TO plant commercial Empire, and they
did not fall but in New York Low, although they cele
brate the memories and virtues Of fathean there Is
dey ctcioseo TO the coic%zz'ion OF NewH York, by
lie orignsl settlers the immigeae from Holland. /
have visited Wilmington, on Christina Creek Ia Del
aware, where Colony vas pantta by the Sredes
about the time Of the settlement OF Plymouth, and
though the old church bu the Coionsts still stands
there leerrto that there 6id not Iem,n 10 the whole
Safe a family capable Of speaking the Ian
gusee or conscious OF oee,lng fhs nafe
l have stood on the spot where treay
wac made by William Penn with the Aborgines
Of Pennsylvania whtTe cost OF empire was es'ao-
Bsbed by him, and although the ssstae OF the good
in the minds OF men yet there is day apart for
the recollection OF the tine and the occasion when civil
and religious Liberty were psLtsd in that Sta'e. i
VENT n further South, and oesotnding The JAmes River
sought first colony Of Virginia st Jamesto~n Ihere
remains othng but the brosen troed tower oil poor
cbntcb b II OF brick il which Pocebautss WAS mar
lied 40 ar the ro6s Of which tie ivy now ceepe.
Not human being, bopd or free, Is 70 30 g on Hihn
the clloun fore zee CT mile from 70. e9ot Ior ~wh
or CITY ma yurls rous,y popuasd Plymouth Ga the
woe thoee OF the broad, bean hul, usJesuc river,
between Ricbmobt at the head ana Norfolk where
arms ana the GovtTrmeot have es'soishod Ter lnoa
tiors Nowhere else W America then, was there 'eu
. ,em4 mbrapos Oy tie descendants OF the founders
Of color les Of the virtues, the sae,lnss fne bravery
tho fe e,ity 70 truth ard esd0m u Their auce6tos;
II,
found an sokUowled. went, even memory OF tdese
colo1jsis In HJlsI g. in Spain, Ia Great Bnan, In
Ftapee nowhere liz there 70 be found any remem-
banCe OF the men they sent out 70 an: Loery on MS
continent SO, on the wy 70 the NJ 'esssippl saw
in jmaginstisn at lesst, | folio sed The march OF
CoItez In Mexico, and Pizsuo ~ Peru but tbelr
memory has gore ont. Civil liberty perishesi ana
reisioSs liberty wa never kpo &c in South Amsrica,
por docs SPAIN s8y more than other lsndS, retala
the memory OF tue spOstles she sent out 10 convert
the New " ORD 10 o pureS faith and rS'se tue
hotAs Of n aDkind for the well beinR OF the fatue
Bnt n enc was one only pises where company OF out
casts, me n despised, cc*.emced repiosohed as NAL,
contents and fanatics had psn'ec COLONY, and thas
colony had grown aLc flourish al saG eere nao never
been day since 1t pseotee thst mo verv to"S,
and shore and coast where II wes pisn'edi hao pos
grown and SPREAD 10 poppatoo ~ea'tn prosQelty eud
haprntss rcr er ard sironfe- coLtlouely thad not
obly crown ard houJi-hsd IKE Vigorous zee re-
jocng ia lite Strength bat oaS sent on, ousuoo's
N ali directors. Evesy wneIe The cSscenG HE's Oh nos1
color ISIS were fouGs engaged 10 he 8es ii cFu
and re igious liberty, tie rights OF u:eo' nan
found them by my sids, de cba@por VI ouutoi y
upon whose stSlwsrt afGs might she,v reiy' 4
csme hese, then, because the Gee ision Oneiep' an"
II pretf rmted tbs 1t might be the last aua was
unwilling that any ffie1d or s.y o dld. VINO mig II
lean upoa ne VITO reckOrtd uPoc 10y COUNSEL NJ az
vice thoulo now that hsd oteo suta iuaut o 'uo
cause Of religious liberty ano bamseiy as se or 20
have seen the Rock of Ply Ccuts- lCoeers M mls-
sion be rcw sccomulst &c hsv;rg sted teas a he
first ChUiCh Of The Purtsns ween Tue h-e'it' osn4-
eict on wss proiouD Ded ove- 10y en"oH =! nehu Vy
that venerable pssi0r, nave o.y 70 az Iue %
oismisseo from frter service with yout kiod Wishes
Ix to,6 the oecssioa ever Gear 20 my rene 90 saVe
for n kefe have t0uIo ,ht Svlatlos CT the gre Pc
sSical problem. lise AloLt Eedss' ho'e Ioeui .pe
fuc1um by whose cid / aay UoSe the "Oic-'ne
mora yotid-srd that tuicrum Is PlJ mouth hOck
loud sppsrse - ,.o..,
since, ensiilea 1.-Two HUnerso Years Ago, vas sung
l.. = II nj 4