Demoine courier., 1856-12-25

The anniversary of this important
event. % interesting 10 the descenden.s
Of those men who landed on The Rock Of
Plymouth, m the cold 22d day Of De.
cember, 1920, jus. 236 years, or Two
centuries snd a half nearly ago. occurred
on Monday Of this week. and the occa.
sion was improved by the Rev. B. A.
Shaulc'ng. of the Congregational Church,
in ap2ropri..s morning anc evening dis
courses. on the proceeding Sabbath.
1t is encouraging ard hopeful TO find
the Sens Of he Pilgrims, wherever die.
persed IN every part Of This broad Repub.
lie, recurring with ever increasing affec
lion and reverence TO this memorable
event. the mos, interesting and impor,an,
in the hi'tory Of this now giant nation.
Ii has come TO be q national anniversary.
one which patriotism. learning .nd eIo-
quence in various ways q, the festive
board. in public %discourses, and oralions.
aud in sermoEs from thousands Of Poll
pits. seeks 10 commemorate and honor.
The history, character, and principles
Of those stern old Puritan Fathers, con.
~slitu,es, 10 our mind, one Of The mos,
Intensely interesting chapters in history.
Their voluntary expa,ria'ion from their
homes in England. sheir ~scjourn in llol.
land, the pe~ri'Ious voyage across a win.
try ocean their seeming miraculous pres
riva,ion. those immortal rules for their
governmeE, in church and State, SO de-.
llbers,ely drafted and. subscribed. before
We, they had set foo; on the unknown
shores 'owards which they were heiug
waited, and that too amid such perils
and dangers, rules which q distinguished
statesman pronounced 10 conlsin the
very germ Of our sy,tem Of civil govern
men,;'bs preservation Of 30 many through
,ha, terrible winter, in which some fifty
~. Of n hundred and n persisted by
cold, hunger snd .hs hand Of the sasage,
all constitutes q s,ory which no American
can recall without ever increasing inter-
eat, ss time rolls on. and year after year
10 added 10 the now centuries since those
events tfanspirsd, and as the conss-
quences, flowing from il, in the growth.
and expansion Of this great nation. do.
,elop themselves.
Daniel Webster. standing on The Rock
Of Plymouth. on the 22d day Of Dscem.
Der. 1920. the % centenary anniversary
Of the Landing Of the Pilgrims, said to
the vas. multitude drawn together there
from all par.s of the land. that one
hundred years from ,hA, day the voice
Of exclamation and gratitude, commenc.
ing On The Xock OF Plymouth. would be
transmitted through he millions Of the
Sons OF the Pilgrims, until i,los,i,self,n the
murmurs Of the Pacific Seas" Con,em
plating wha. has been achieved ic only
thirty six years. scarcely one. third OF a
century, along the extended track in
which the star Of empire hos Seen NOV
ing. away out on the linss of The Pacific
itself, and We are constrained to think
.ha, those memorable words Of the dis.
tlneuished statesman and orator, will be
verified 10 the sigh. OF those whose term
Of sojournmens shall he heightened ou,
10 see the grca. day to which he alluded.
l, is our firm and deliberate conviction,
sha, in proportion - The great conceP
lions of The Pilgrim Fathers in relation
to civil and religious liberty. are cherish
ed and projected, jus, in that proportion
will our institutions res. upon q reliable
foundatiou,and just 10 the proportion tina,
they sre con,en ned and departed from.
just in thai degreee will the cement OF
our sys,ens be washed and thei: fab.
rids weakened and endangered. The
Rock oi ri, mouth 10 q monument in the
land. ], 10 indssol, bly, associated with
the grea, ideas Of liberty; a, its base the
frs, vnice Of indignant protest against
tyranny found u,.erance; thence ;ame tar
the larger portion Of the men and means
dsvo,ed in TIT RsvsIu,ion. apd there has
always been found the greatest Jealousy.
and The quickest and 'noss efec,ual re-
~sis,ance when liberty has since hsen as
saul,ed.
Iowa Legislature.
We find nothing IN the proceedings Of
The Legislature sine the close Of our
rsnovt m thu nutsida- of s~nacial imnort.