The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1855-12-28

employ, and cannot endure private councils
DR. cabals. The Puritan principle tends to
he pure Republic still more obviously, be.
cause it seeks to abridge the powers Of gov
eminent, and substitute consent and free
as the bond Of union between
the members Of the State, instead Of armed
or military force. This operation OF the
principle is happily illustrated in our own
Republic, which, although constituted by an
number OF distinct States,
has nevertheless been held together eighty
years, and is, trust, to be held together
forever, without, for that purpose, even the
shadow Of a standing army-an anomaly as
pleasing as ii is full Of profitable instruction
The Grafton closes as follows:
Come forward, then, ye nations, States
and races-rude, savage, oppressed and de.
spised enslayed, or naturally warning
among yourselves, Us ye are-upon whom
the morning star OF civilization hath eithel
no, yet dawned or hath only dimly broken
amid clouds and storms, and receive The
assurance tina, its shining shall yet be com
pleie, and its light be poured down on al
alike. Receive our pledges tina, we vii
wait and watch and strive for the fullness o
that light, by the exercise OF faith, with
patience and perseverance,. And ye rever
end men, whose precious dust is beneath
our unworthy feet, pilgrims and sojsurner:
in this vale Of tears no longer, but kings ant
princes now at the right hand OF the throne
Of the God you served so faithfully wher
on the earth-gather yourselves, immorla
and awful shades, around US, and witness
not the useless honors we pay 10 your mem
cries, but our resolves OF fidelity TO truth
duty and freedom, which arise out Of III,
contemplation Of the benefcent operation
Of your own great principle Of conduct, ant
the overwhelming influence OF your holy
teachings and Godlikc example
A, the dinner table, speeches were made
by various individuals. One, received will
cheers, was as follows:
The Orator Of the day-Eloquen, in hi
tribute 10 the virtues Of the Pilgrims faith
full, in his life, TO the lessons they taught.
Hon. William II. Seward, the Orator o
the Day, spoke in response substantially Al
follows:
Ladies and Conference.-The Purtans wer,
Professionals, but they were not protestant,
agains, everybody aud everything, RICH, o.
wrong. They did not protest indiscrimin
a,ely against everything they found in Eng
land. On the other hand, as we 'hav,
abundant indications in the works OF geniu.
and art which they lett behind them, they
had a reverence for all tina, is good and true
while they protested against everything
that was false and vicious. They had !
reverence for the good taste and the liera
ture, science, eloquence and poetry OF Eng
land, and so trust il is with their success
sors in this once bleak and nhospiable, bu
now rich and prosperous land. They car
appreciate poetry, as well as good sense
and good taste, and so call to your recol-
lection the language Of poet. who had no
loomed up at the time Of the Puri,ans as he
has since. 1t was addressed 10 his s,eed
AFTER an ill-s,arred journey from London &c
Islington town. The poet said
"Twas for your pleasure you came here,
You shall 20 back for mine" lLaushter.l
Being candid and frank man, as one
ough, 10 be who addresses the descendants
Of The Puriians, | may say iha, !, was no, Al
all for your pleasure that | came here
Though may 90 back to crafty you, We,
| came here for my own purposes. The
time has passed away when could make a
distant journey from q mild cline TO cold
though fair region, without Inconvenience
bu, there was one wish, nigh, almost say
there was only one wish OF my heart that |
was anxious should DO gratilied. ! had
been favored with many occasions 10 see
the seats OF empire in this Western world,
and had never omitted occasions to see
where the seats Of empire were planted,
and how they prospered. had visited the
capital OF my own and Of many other Amer
lean States. ! had regarded with admira-
ton the capital Of this great republic, in
whose des,inies, in common with you all,
ieel an interest which can never die. had
seen the capitals Of the British Empire, and
IF many foreign empires, and had endeav-
bred 10 study for myself the principles,
which have prevailed in the foundation OF
States and empires. With tina, view had
,eheld city standing where a migration
rom the Netherlands planted an empire on
he bay Of New York, at Manhattan, or
perhaps more properly at Fort Orange
They sought to plant commercial empire,
md they did not fail, but in New York now,
they celebrate the memories and
'irtues of falherland, there Is no day dedicat-
NJ to the colonization Of New York by its
original settlers, The immigrants from Hol-
and. have visited Wilmington, on Chris
ina Creek, in Delaware, where colony
vas planted by The Swedes, about the time
II the settlement Of Plymouth, and though
he old church built by the colonisis still
lands there, learned tina, there did not
emain in the whole State family capable
u speaking The language, or conscious of
Fearing The name OF one Of the ihirty-one
,riginal colonist.. | have stood on the
pot where treaty was made by William
Penn with the aborigines Of Pennsylvania,
where seat of empire was established by
lin, and although tie statue of the good
nan stands in public places, and his men,
ny remains in the minds Of men, yet there
5 no day set apart for the recollection oil
he time and occasion when civil and re-
igious liberty were planted in that State.
went still further South, and descending
he James river sought the first colony Of
'irginia at jamestown. There remains
othing bu, the broken, ruined tower Of
oor church bull: OF brick, in which Poca.
on,as was married, and over the ruins OF
which the ivy now creeps. Not a human
eng bond or free, is TO DO seen within the
of a mile from The spot, nor
town or city as numerously populated as
plymouth on the whole shores OF the broad,
eau,ilul, majestic river, between Richmond
I the head, and Norfolk, where arms and
he government have established fortiica-
ons. Nowhere else in America, then,
vas there len remembrance by the de-
cendan,s Of the founders Of colonies, fihe
irtues, the sufierings, the bravery, the
deity TO truth and freedom, Of ,heir ances-
ors and more painful still, nowhere in
Europe can be found an Acknowledgement,
r even q memory OF these colonists, In
Holland, in Spsin, in Great Britain, in
rance, nowhere is there TO be found any
emembrance Of The men they sent out to
liant liberty on this continent. So on the
ray to the Mississippi, I saw where De
o,o planted the standard of Spain, and in