Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-12-23

1t Is the strong iouhidllon On
which her institutions rest, and the anchor OF
her future hopes-and as appropriate to this
idea let me offer the following sentiment
The Common People of Massachnsetts-thelr
INTELLIGENCE. education, refinement and moral worth
are not only the support of her great names, but
constitute the hope of her future glory and great
ness.
9Th Rhode IsIand.-Little Rbody is small
in size but large in heart. Like the sea
coral she is always accumulating, and we take II
for prantedthat her deeds always just, as FTor
ideTee is ever with her.
Music-Star Spangled Banner.
FL Dickman, Esq, responded as follows
Iregret exceedingly Sir, that the State to
which YOU have iust.referred cannot fnd on this
occasion, a more worthy representative than IN
myself. Although it was not my lot to be born
under New England sky, yet like most of you,
l claim an immediate New England ancestry,
and have lived long enough in that loved re-
gion, te feel deep interest in its people and IN
It's history history that carries us back to
the trHlV heroic age of American age not OF
myths and legends, but with sadly authentic
record of trials, and sufferin. S, and moral hero
ism, and even agonies of glory, that are enough
70 draw tears at the bare mention of the name
of the Pilgrims. 1t is true as embodied IN the
sentiments which has been uttered IN the spirit
of compliment, that r Island is small IN her
territory; but then, it was saying OF Lord Ba-
con, in estimating the true greatness OF King
doms and Estates, that while some are great IN
territory and yet not apt to enlarge or COM
mand. there are also some that have but small
dimension, andyet are the foundation OF mighty
empires 1t is, as you know, the pride OF that
little State, nestled on the shores of Narragan-
sett Bay, that under the apostieshlP OF Roger
Williams, the first proclaimed to the world IN
all its fulness ami completeness, the doctrine OF
an absolute and unqualified Religious toeratlon
Contemplate now if you please, the working OF
that Rhode Island principle, lying at the very
foundation of our system OF constitutional gov
ernment-a principle so favorable to our growth
as a people, SO auspicious for the develoPement
of our resources and the increase ofour power,
SO replete with our own present and future
happiness, and so full of life and hope to the
nations that they may well turn hither their
eyes, to this our Republic, and cherish 1t, as
the noblest offspring of time.
But, sir, in addition to the grand idea of Re-
| ligious liberation, so successfully inauguraied,
permit me here, to call attention to another
striking element in the Puritan character, which
permeating and leavening the national mass, has
resulted in such stupendous physical and ma
terial triumphs for cur country. l refer to that
intimate blending of intelligence with labor,
which has always characterized the descen-
dauts of the Pilgrims Observe for moment
the character of New England enterprise
! The Yankee is no unthinking plodder. While
his hands are busy, his brain is teeming with
now plans and calculations. 1t is perfect mi
crocosm-a little world of ideas-rude aud
formed they may be at first, but destined soon
to be matured into the wondrous curiosities OF
the Patent Office. Ordinary agencies are too
| slow for him, and by the mesmeric power OF
thought he culs new ones into life. In all
the divers vocations in which he secs fit to
engage lie shows sagacity intelligence aud
ingenuity Does he cultivate the soil! He
combines science with art, and makes the blade
of grass to spring up where none would grow
before. Does he follow the perious and hardy
industry of the sea! From jolly tar before
the mast. he learns the science of the seas, and
becomes the master navigator. Is he engaged
in merchandise! He is a shrewd schemer-
finds more virtue IN calculation than in luck,
traces the connection of cause and effect, and
thus carries out the fortune of merchant
prince Is be an artisan? He puts forth the
energy and exeTtion not of mere machine,
but of q cunning artihcer. He deyises supe-
rior implements, manufactures cheaper and bet
ter wares than his competitors, and thus by
proper and natural means secures lawful mo-
nopoly. In every department of labor, he
shows not merely the prentice hand, but the
imperial understanding also. And, indeed, sn'
upon the practical results of this peculiar New
England trait, we cannot place too high an es-
innate. So many Of our achievements are at
tributable to it, that it is not strange that the
European at the present day should apply the
term. Yankee" to our entire nation. But,
pardon me. am outrunning your patience
Allow me in conclusion, and in view of what
have said, to offer as a sentiment-"The trl-
umphs of Religious federation and OF Yankee
labor guided by intelligence"
7th Connecticut
No other State has on each rin
Mechanic art to mate her,
And though she's famed for nutmeg skill,
Yet who can show (grater) greateri
Music" Happy Land"
S. o. GRIswoLD, Esq, responded. He was
ever ready to defend or to praise the good State
of Connecticut. That in mechanic arts the
people of his State were prominent, it needed
no tongue of his to tell 1t was true that wooden
nutmegs might have been made within the Dor
ders of his State, but the purchasers were found
outside the lines. The founders of the Connec
ticut Colony might have escaped some of the
hardships of the earlier colonies, but they had
perhaps also escaped some of their blunders
The wOnted ridicule cast upon his good Stats
by her sisters of the New England eOnfederacy
showed that they had no graver charges to bring
against her.
sth. The Memory of NeU EngLand's Edrll
SOHs--Adams, Hancock, Franklin, Sherman
Warren, Langdon, Stark, Putnam, Edwards, Pres
cott Greene and Sullivan; men of giant minds
unsulIed fame, and indomitabte energies.
Music-Pleyel Hymn.
Gen. Crowel not being present to respond tC
the above toast, the ninth and last regular toast
was read.
9th Good Old Nelo EngLand-Her Homes
Her School Houses, Her Colleges, and Her Meet
ing Houses;-enshrined in all hearts.
rs there man with soul so dead
Who never himself hath said
This is my own, ny native tAnd J"
Music-Washingtou March.
Response by Judge spaulding.
The toast caIle for tribute to good, old Neu
England, and we could all heartily join in such
a sentiment But the idea of calling New
England old, when she had not existed more
than three times the allotted age of man, might
to some, sound absurd. We should soon be
hearing the term of good old Cleveland u
Young as our city now is. But New England
is old in good deeds, and good in all respects.
The old schools, and schoolhouses as well as
the Colleges which would compare favorably
with those of Oxford, were subjects of vivid re-
collection and commendation.
i We all remember these schools, and especial
ly DO we RENE mber the homes Of our good New