New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-12-23

Plymouth RoSk and confessed he lad gotter little
SICK Of IT, but when he went 70 ths, veneratej stone
sud thought of the harishps Of tbs; noble band. he
had char csd his opinion ami any man 10 n,e-
OF gstt;ng his ears meispkorcay boxed who spoke to
bin low N dlspaTageuen: OF TIE Pilgrim Fathers.
He sverei those men who had gone forth into the
rev country, carrying with them The brost opsr
English Bible, With the good old New. En. gland prnc'
pes. The I'D and the 18th OF December sholli be
United, so that the ink should not be broken.
Plymouth rock ard Christmas Day shouli be bouni
BY strongest ties God bees the memories of those
noble men Nav they be more deeply hsllowed sud
consecIaed in the memories Of their sons
Sea the strength and eeisusr Of Free people
Followed by song
TIE ass Of our Union forever"
and responded to by Major SPR,GUE, L. s A., who
said he felt st home tonight smong his native hills
srd heard the music of their industry. No profession
carrie uen further away from their homes than bis
bpt no matter where he went, his heart throbecd
10 meet fellow New Highlander amid the bleak rocks
of the Wes tern mountains and the Pacific shore.
Fyeryxhere he had felt the power Of her Institutions
The President sisted a communication had beec re-
oevei from Con-. Breese Of the Navy regret,irS his
inability to b. pr. sent, but sent the follow ing toast
ye rronrSer iron bound aud granite rocks typi
y the virtue. >, Ger 'on' ner 'rhns Nsl ana ''ey
hillside. the softer sad ,SfeT fusA;es OF her tsgsnier
Cheers.
tn. P,ns-I,. pow..a y vide country. s-sers
the intelligence Of our 3-sPe.
ERA.1rs Brooks responded. He said he thanked
them for Their toast 81 tie Pres, II any one oagnt 10
be- thankful To the Pilgrim Fathers il was the Press:
il came hand in hard with the sehoolhouse IN New
England was instituted the frs, Press OF The plted
States printed IN the town os Boston 10 years before
there was pres in any other part OF the iand IN
l10i Though our fathers may Have made too severe
restraints on III. Press at the present day he cared
there was too much license. He coud not but CON
rast the Press es past days with this while they
worked I'll dsy 20 throw of = few copies, now W
throw off a thousand in an hour. M. Brooks ~
rred 10 the Press II the old countries, and compared
them with the Press Of our new country, and closed
smd great applause.
Ny wv ~ ARTS with few remaTks, introduced
Mr. CHARLEs WADE of Boston, who said he was not
ready 10 speak any more than any Yankee Was
always ready to answer when called upon lie WAS
not vain enough to think Of talking TO SO many 30
phisticated New-Yorbers. There were three reasons
why h. should not reply for the PreS one was Il had
alr adv been done better than he could do II another
was be had not much faith in gentlemen Of the Press
undertaking to speak for IT, ihs general feeling was
that the gentlemen Of the Press should preserve TIER
anonymous character The third reason was Scrip
tural one. There r certain sst mentioned where
a certain man cosd not get in TO q feast because OF
the press. lCheers and laughter He said no was
prouCto be citizen Of Boston-one who had not EN-
igrated fIe found IL good enough TO stay IN Tor the
present. The good old City Of Boston sits on her
three hills and she is afrer all metropolis of The
State of Massachusetts, and of all New-England.
Many of the greatest men of New-York had their
origin in good old Massachusetts,. he closed amid
loud applause.
a
EDWIN ID. MORGAN, who was welcomed with the
most enthusiastic cheers. On being introduced
MIR. MORGAN said: came here TO nghtto exchange
cor CALCULATIONS with the members OF the New England
Society aud with other friends whose habit has been
t. meet in this dining hall and h 1t has been mine on
each returning Anniversary of Forefather Day and
should be unjust to myself and to you If did not make
NY wsrmest acknowledgements for this cordial re-
sponse. Aluson has been msse by the P7eshept to
An official position which, by the Partially of friends
| shall occupy. am under the deepest
obligation to the people of New'iork iof tins
position and for tho unmixed confidence OF winch
j have been the recipient tor the twenty-five years
| have resided among you, aud .or which the mere
word of thanks is q very inadequate return,
do not know of anything that cheers and inspires
the heart of any mar, whether IN pubic or private
station as the knowledge that he has the confidence
Snd s ps and S9'c caens There never was
who had more reason to feel proud of his con-
stitueDts, ana never constituents nave stronger
claim upon the labor zeal and their interests
from their representative than you have Cheersl
And it il not 10 individually il IL not for me in
any party aspect il Is not to "a merchant eVeu
that the compliment, If you call il 80, was intended
but 10 to be the representative of the State
Of Newlork, representative OF al its interests In
GLIDING your interests which - no inconsderabe part
Cheers IOu believe that ] will be faithful repre-
sentative; you believe that will discharge my duty
everywhere and every time according to the best
Of my sbllity-such Is my intention. i.oad
applause. In doing so l hope to be sustained
CREST city. lApplause [ have ever belle yed it 10
be the duty # representative to be in very close
communication With the constituents to confer with
them freely and frankly, and far consistent with
his OF night and Justice, to make Their will
his wi-;O omit what they would omit, and to por
form what tley would have him perform. Now, car
ryirg these views into practice, whatever else was
expected from by thoPe who wen; TO the polls on
the second of November las,, dinner spec ch-making
not one Of them. Applause. Intending te be
obedient and loyal in this as IN all other things must
not especially before my term Of office commences, go
counter to your expectations. Loud applause, fol-
lowed by three cheers for Gov. Morgan.
The President offered the following volunteer
toast:
The Puri,ans-Ths Pioneers Of Civilization and Liberty;
the Leaders Of that True Pogre. By which nsions become
great and enduring
The Rev. MATHEW Hale SMITH responded in sn
eloquent speech.
.bors welcome ssts the festivities sti' close
Mr.. T.. +. WARD responded for the st. Georges
Society, and concluded with the following toast
Old England and Nsic En9aad-A common ancestry binds
them toseslet the tie keep them ~ peietua sniy WIN
each other
Mr.. FRAZER responded for st. Andrews Society.
lie said only needed the shrIl sound Of the bagppe
to make him feel perfectly at home. Every where on
earth you can find Yankee or q ScotcLIan. lie
concluded with the following:
9ard eugy and snt-I,i'e-The esrtA element in
her national p And thu guaranty Of her iuue greatness
Mr.. SiNUEL SLoAS responded for the st. Patricks
Society, and concluded with the following sentiment:
E4ucatiOn-The Safeguard Of csi AID religious lber'y
Mr.. GuLIAS G.. yERPLascK, President Of the st.
Nicholas Society responded for that organization. In
conclusion he gave this toast for the ST. Nicholas So
ciety:
IN, G9re,aoy Fleet Of ire State Of Nete yovk
To- Old England and AeS EnslaHd-Fair aosae, and rag
friendship makes tue Pesc- IL the nations ana
their rivalry tie rnta rPrse aid wealth Of tne world
Mr.. X De CoRDoyA responded a. follows:
Sir: have To tender you my sincere thanks Tor the
compliment pa ID to me ia calling upon me to respond
TO tbs toast But what in the Of wonder, Gao
say for ths-I who the poorest speaker, to speak
on theme which might stimulate the ambition, II 1t
I'D not exhaust the @. MUS Of the best orator among
you He said that when he first came to tals country
he was seyen-eightb- Epglish and one-eighth Amer-
Int be tLonoht he Was serel.t lgnths AuIer-