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

LEVIED country, owes mssh TO Cssssssisut.-
The bar, the bench the pulpit, our halls OF leg
islssion, eur press, tssm Nth Sspssssntativs
from "old Yale" sad osA9 inseisstioas o
learning with which she 10 - literally stock
cd. And through then, cir, shs seads FORT
40 influence the power Of which there ii D,
computing. Let no high minded, well bre.
man speak Of tho Connecticut Yankee Ia dc
rision. Happy i our land that ,hers are :.
many.
| Music. -Mountainssr's Farewell Emerson
OuR PIIoarM fArHEas-- Honored In the reproael
Of Puritan the children glory in their fathers
lshams.
To this toast, Rev. Mr.. Dxslsox (Episco
pslian) responded ~ follows:
deem II no light honor, sir. to be permit
ted to respond to this sentiment. vis:
The Pilgrim Faaheys,- Honorsd ia th.
reproaoh Of sParitan,' the children glory il
their fathers' shame.0
| One reason, | am told, why your commit.
tee assigned this service 10 one 20 unaccus
toned TO such festivities, vss the suppos I'd
Tact, thss pure Puritan blood still lived in
his veins.
From what old Puritan Bible or family
record your committee gathered this fsot,
cannot toll. l only know that | have re-.
osised whatever OF honor or reprosch psr.
tains TO the name and now, ia this eyea,
assembly Of New England's sons and
daughters, have 10 say that the title given
me In rsproach by an ecclesiastic OF north.
ern city, /" The PurifaM Of ksOauk,D 10 To
me this night source Of proud satisfaction
OF pure, and, ! trust, patriotic delight.
Sir, welcome the reproach. Sir. I GOV
such calumny. rejoice and am exceeding
glad, for 30 reprosched they the name Of our
fathers.
Sir, We oil know that our Pilgrim Fathers
were men, and therefore not fsultisss but
Tor all the nobler virtues OF true manhood
aud the sterner virtues Of real hsroissn, thew
deserve 50 be held in aGsctioaats and eudu.
ring remembrance. Nor vet do ve claim
tina. they were alone worthy OF such praise
In this light all the Prophets and Apostles
And martyrs which havs beeu since the world
began, were Pusisans. In this sense thu
self devotion OF Howard was puritsuicsl !:
and 30 vas that Of Miss Nightingale; and
% was the self-sacriase Of . Dobb, OF New
Orleans; > Vaudeville, Of Mobile; Z Den
ison, OF Charleston; and many Others Who,
offering themselves ~ whole burnt. oEeriuss
On the altar Of humanity, have gone 70 their
rest smidst the church's weepings and the
worlds applause.
Sir, an here tonight to express The do.
voat conviction that our national 6Ax shall
never be dishonorsd, it, stars pat out, its
stripes drabbled 10 the Streets or trail "a n
blood, till the virtues, the tsmperssss, The
piesy and the purity which New EnsIaad has
learned from our Pilgrin Fathers shall haze
been forgotten Or forssksn BY a. or oar
children.
Sir, had not bssa here 20 ut had nos
known that " vsre 70 dsink % ths nsm-
DRY Of our Pilgrim FATHERS in scatsv, not in
OsHs. would that ~ eoGld Do II 10 watse
purer than this; woald that ~ could do il
10 water o. the driven SNOW would thas
snow we're gathered from New EnEiand,s
bills; would that could Just nov dip this
goblet in that strangely transparent river
that dovs BY NE hone Of nv bcyhood. Bu.
this aay not be. We, too, are pilgrims. and
must tonight be content TO 1lf our cups in
shs tide Of sns "Grsat Father Of Wstsre, IN
this fertile West, vhieh our Fathers visited
only in their drsaas.
Lot N, then, IN this translucent water.
taken from that noblsst OF rivers, which bap.
tlsea the North and the South alike, drink TO
The memory Of those brave and pure and
true and good old men - Ous PiLoam
fArngas.
Naw HAxpsHrax--D Distinguished for her rough
aud barren bills and mountains the Industry and
entApnse OF her people. her granite that supports
the magnificent edifce, for being the fAAeriand Of
more eminent statesmen than ssy other olate Of her
size, ~ho were Graded in the lap Of = beautiful,
chastc and intelligent mothers ~ ever grscod the
49, Who wsrc rssred upon bean porridge and
IN bread.
moron being called for, sitter
= No diGculsy in speaking upon
full Of incidents and reflections
= SesTSenssd in the sentiment, on IN oc-
casisa IKE this, WHEN but little time could
be used, be said:
When cast my Thoughts back TO the rough
and barren bills and mountains, the rugged
State Of New Hampshire, everything is a.
vivid ~ the most familiar offsets of to-day.
love TO coDsemplsts tho okjssss Of fanil-
iarity in childhood. Those springs, fields,
pastares, creeks, rocks, hills and granite
arc ssiIl plsassns objscGs Of con.
eemplation. oh, thas | soald again hare .
good opportunity 20 climb these hills and
qusf the linpid watsr thas gushss from the
granite rocks. Not beoauss these acts are
amusing in and Of themselves for . laboring
or business person, bat from the association.
When ! think Of my moshar, who is still
there, my heart boats In unison with eli 9TH
srs who have left mothers behind for the fair |
and fertile fields of the West; our feelings |
melt to sobs and our pulses throb with excite |
ment. The emotion cannot be described, but |
san be and 10 understood By each Of -. Our
fathers, sisters and brothers, left behind Or
over the world, also come in for : |
'hare TO Oil the cup that | for one do not like |
20 drink; it 10 too painful. l had rather lock |
shesd than back 70 objects We love, but from
which destiny has separated ~.
While We contemplate the character Of |
New Hampshire, We embrace that Of the six |
States Of New ngland, and in doing % our
thoughts revert TO Henry VIII and HE reign,
lad thence 70 Edward vi, Elisabeth and |
)snes !. 10 tAsir reigns Ne SOC the base
bigotry, superstition and cruelty,
which e the legitimate paternity Of Parisan-
am. No meaner man ever disgraced the
'hrone Of England than James /. Il Vas
hat anprincipled, cowaSdly and vavering
monarch who finally applied the oppression
70 the Puritans 50 tightly that the doo-
'sine Of popular Sovereignty was fully de-
vslopedin them. Yes, these rulsrs we're the
ssusee Of tho gre and glorious changes in
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