The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-12-25

speech. Nov, ladies and gentlemen, II
"brevity" 10 ever the soul Of cit, ;" il would
seem to be peculiarly 30 when gathered
around table 30 bountifully spread NJ this.
History informs us .that 10 1888 the good
shin Griffin brought over from England two
hundred passengers, and that "during tho
long summer voynge, three sermons q day
be9uiied their reariness.
We have listened to a most eloquent and
able Grafton from my friend MIR. Briggs, q
stirring Poem from Mr. Su,lfIe. and now
propose to the descendants Of those passSa-
gers Of the Griffin IL any such are present
Ito omit, or ut least greatly abfidgs, this
third service.
Sons and Daughters OF New England
Here on the western bank OF The great Father
of Waters, the majestic Mississippi, Of which
In our childhood We read with wonder and
awe; here on what was ouec--if mistake
not--New England soil, 90 far At least - .
charter from King Charles the Second could
make Il sueh we have come together from the
evergreen forests Of Maine, the grsoits hills
q New Hampshire, the green mountains Of
Vermont, from Massachusetts, the old ora
Ole OF LibGty-and from thu gsntle hills and
fertile valleys Of Oonpsetieut and Rhode
Island, to eonmsnerate IN event than which
few in history are more important in thsir re-
suits, or that have exercised greater inHu-
snce upon tho dsstiniss Of mankind.
This day, fgo hvndsed and thirty. stoht
years ago, band IL ocean-tossed Pilgrims.
from the old world, ffst planted their feet
upon the rocky and inhospitAble shores OF
New England. "They came to the then re-
mote and dssolats wilderness Of America"
70 found III Empire, not ~ William OF Nor
mandy and his followers went 10 Old Eng.
laAd, warriors and conquerors, but - peace
ful husbandmen, merchants, mechanics, cler-
gymen, 6e.; and their first care was to found
institutions Of religion and learning, and to
institute civil government, bused upon Rsli-
gion, Liberty and Justics. In doing this
they encountered perils and endured priva-
tions TO which the immigrant OF late days u
. stranger, and having acted yell their part,
they zone by one Withdrew from the eoens
Of conflict and trial, to join the solsns pro-
cession Of generations"
Their Water psst. fair sprng at last
Received them on her Aowery shore.
here pleasure's kosc Immortal blooms,
And sin and sorrow arc 40 lssrs..
We are building on tho foundations which
they laid, and reaping the harvests which they
sowed with liberal hand. While, there
Tore, We revere their memories, lot us cher
ish their virtues.
There IL one feature OF this festival which
desire to 10y for nysslf- and think nav
venture TO speak for every son Of New Enr.
land preseut-aRords the livsiiest grasihos-
ton. lApplauss.) Yoa aaaieipste ne. I
refer, Of course, 70 the fair daughtses OF
New England who have dose 10 the honor 20
grave the occasion With their presence. IRE.
ns~td applauss.) A. sh. fathers Of Nsw
Eng and wers sustained and consolsd arid
the trials Of their pilgnmaes By the ssotAsvs,
90 Ne, their sons, In our journey throsxh
life, are bissssd and ehesrsd BY the smilss
and affection u their daughters, (spplanss)
OF WHOM nsaivs postt hss said
| "Whers'es shsis Lot in life may fall,
Inlowly cot Or lofty hall
" though they pass hfs's tranquil dream
Bcsijs scrns iensiy mountata stTsan.
| Or roan By tBaatan . ssiss waters,
Or listen 10 the loud AtlAatto,
They're still New Rngiand's fsvoslts daughters.
Nsrn..eartSd, beautiful, sonaatie
In them True SfAoefslssss sasvivea,
unmashs1 81 sasetAttsais asls
Th.lI iset., thsir lasgs.ss, sd tAsir lives,
II Arc Aoe the ioaax II their hsArss."
! OF their virtass | nay not say more, lest
| poach spon ~ dsns;a q ~ friend vhe
| il to respond 10 ssntiasatjn honor of "Ths
Daughters Of Nsw EsgIaod.n could mot
we'll say lee, aad know yos will pardon
me for saying thus naeh when tell you,
that ono OF her 0Angtssss, In by.xous yssrs,
linked her fate With naips and thst--ss va
said BY . certain casters OisinA Of . similar
event-"pve been glad u n sver since"
In 1852 Charles n srsassd charter 70 c,a-
nsetieat, Of which The E.sits vsrs extended fTon
| the AArragaasett river To the paciAc OcAaa
Payne kssyoa Kiisoarns, ksq.. u Li.ehhsA,
| Conn.
| a lake, near LitchAeld, Coan.
| The following we're the regular toasts and
responses:
! NEw EsoLAnD--Lss her soas, wherever Their nav
be-aaa they IRE every thers--Aonor aad love Asr.
Is true son honon and losss tie mother vhe mr.
tured him, aud always faithfully and fssrlsssiy n.
smpiy the principles Of patriotism and morality shs
has ever taught him.
Muaio- Yankee Boys Glss--by Messrs. Ds
Wolf, Emerson, Dsnney and Prsbis.
MAisE--Youngest daughter Of ths Puritan fam
lily cold in climate, stsriis IN soil VI her com.
mcrcs whteDt every saa hsr soas brsve every chine.
While the loom. the shuttle and water wheat render
vocal hsr vsilis. Proud Of her pleasant homes and
educational interests, like TIE komaa matron, her
jewels are intelligent soss and dsashssrs
DIR. Knowles replied TO this sentiment, a.
follows:
GENTLEMEN hardly know what ought
to shy, for the sentiment just read Expresses
with such graphic psrspicuisy the essence OF
| I'll can say, that sl1ost regret 10 add any
thing for fear Of rather obssuring than slu-
| cidating il.
| Mr.. President, you say her climate il cold;
full we'll do ] rsmsnbsf the deep, drifting
| SHOWS that used 70 cover o. with mantle
the ice-fsstsred earth, enveloping fields, fen
ces and roads till the prospsef before you va
like AN unbroksn wasss, whore neither shrub,
nor tree, nor fsnss, n4r any opposing obstacle
interviewed TO obssrncs the vision. Sir.
We Of the oldsn time rsmsnbss the aching
feet sDd hands W ussd % feel 10 or school,
boy days, for that was before the dsys Of
stoves, when the biz fireplace occupied one
side Of tho house and The ssats and decks the
other; before stsamboats and railroads had
sent Tho shsill soho Of NJ whistle ever VAL
ley and glen, vsking the gnonss and spritss
from ths long resting plass which nodsrn
science and civilizations have assigued then.
But enough Of The cold. II II was cold. there
we're warm and vigorous hearts In the pso-
pie, and when the SNOW stopped, the old white
horss that 70 bring = shs rail svss
blocked In By ths dssp drifts on ths Dixmont
hills; thsn such sieigh-fidee and evening