New-York daily tribune., 1859-08-04
TIE PLrMOUTH MONUMENT CELEBRA-
TION.

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Of the festivities on Tuesday a; Plymouth. whore tee
| coner stone ot a monument TO be ersctsd in CON-
n-mcr alton Of TIE anding of the Pilgrims ~ss laid.
The village .was gaily decorated aud thIocg-d sith
people, over l. eco strangers beng present MntAry
con papies fom New-Bedford, Brsintrse, Aoisgtoa.
AT the loca, military and ieten added to the excite
| uert The VI the day were commenced by
the laying Of the c,rper stone Of the monumental
opy over Forefaher Rock, with Masonic c-rsmcaies.
Then followed the laying ef the stone Of the
National Monument 10 be erected on M0aamcnt Hill.
| lhe exercises were oomnae need by sddress from
| the Hon. RcbsTo Warren, President Of the psgrin
| Sochty. He WAS followed by Gov. Basks, shO DO
lvered an ora'ion repe;e with prtrotian. Tae Rev.
DIR. StorIs OF BTaiRtree mase prayer. Ihe eofncr-
| store was laid BY John L. Heard Of ,s,on, Grad
| Master If the G,aId Lodge Of Massachusetts. The
| procession was then formed, aud nsrshed to the
tent. where disuer was provided for $500 guests.
Mr. Warren pyesided. Among the invited guests were
the yeLerabls Rev. DIR. Beecher, the Rev. Dr. We'd
dips.on Of Lordou, Gov. Banks and bis aids Gov.
Buckirgh ham Of Connecucat, Gov. Turner Of Rhode
Island Gov Cbnse OF Ohio Senator WILSON, the itoa.
John p. Hale of New.&Iampshire, the Hon. VIM. y.
Evarts Of New York, and xGovernor Kent OF MAos.
the Rev. Drs. Osgood and Storrs and the Hons Gee
Folsom und the Mr. NJ Evars of this city, the Hos.
f. p b air. jr Of St. Louis 1t was Al O'Clock before
tie speaking could begin. The first regular toast was
" Our County,. followed by "tAe President" n 70
Spouse to which letter from Mr. Buchanan wss road
Tie peAt toast was Massachusetts,, to which Gov.
Banks responded with spnit. Gov. Chase ans ~efed
for Ohio; Gov. Buckingham for Connecticut; Gov.
Turre, for Rhode Island; the Hon John F. H.le fos
New Hamp. hire; and William NJ. Evsrts, ssq., Pres
icent Of the New England Society, Of New York, ke
A.. at;n hr,u
upon the platform. To the sentiment:
tn, Stote Of OAp.ps psahed for fertility Of her -
Tie ~esh q her PPusion saS ,ss sSy & Of b.. .:%s @ c
the Hon. Salmon p. Chase of Ohio responded as fd-
lows:
GOV, cHAsrs SPEECH.
Mr. PRysIprNT LADIES AsD GENrLEMyS OF MAS
| sAcnusErs: When came here to-day, came fur ~
other purpose than manifest my deposition 10 CO
operate with you in rearing monunent to the me1o.
| - of cuI Pilgrim fathers. came with no prepares
speech, with 10 set phrsee but WITH heart ofm fsu
az love for New England and her instituons-uOt for
| N.w.Erelald a,oLe, but for New England as part
Of our coumob country, eolbalncd IN all our hearts
| TApplauseJ l. Sir desired to take my hu nble pat
In testfyng through this enterprise In woch you are
ENC so.i to-day 10 the worth of th,ee who have gono
! before us. feel, every true Massachusetts nAa
cau OF help feeling the worth of tneir great exa nPe,
| for coue from State which was poopled by the
de ,ceLdaLts OF the Pilgrims-the corner stones o.
| " hose prosperity laid by men who were mar.
tpIed 10 Nes England, aud who psrtook largely Of
the spirit Of New. England You have laid here To-
| day the corner. stohe OF monument which Is 70
cvinm,n ,noiate the landing OF the Pilgrims aud the
institutions oflw bch they lai the foundations Bas
wli,e the Msyfower can,o from the Old Wodd foignt
ed WI Ia empire, with Institutions, with la~s with Ar
| der and last and best-with froedom-l lapplsuseI-
| there was in 1883, to be- seen, vending It's way way
from among the his Of Berkshire toward the se1isg
SUM- q train &C req Wagons in which, in the Msy-
| flower cf 1920 were garnered toe destines of the
| 10 NrSt W "A a
tiot Of the Revolution, soldier enjoying the oOa6-
del ce Of Washington, who gathered about him feV
Massachusetts and Connecticut men, aud emgfated,
In l7SS 70 the shores Of the beautiful Ohio, aud there
laid the foupostions of Nes Plymouth; and IN N Ari-
etta on the banks Of the OHIO, Rufus Putnam aud hls
assoc need their great work Ut ostern CIV
iiz.lion. AND allow me to say they lad the fouods-
tioLs Of Monument greater than any oi you can roar
here sou pile stone upon stone until reaches tho
Ky: ,.,nn ,h. foundation. ., ,ow 8, .,o !, lawn.
those foundations upon the immutabe principles ot
civil aud religious Liberty, under an ordinance which
mace those principles the heritage Of that mighty
region forever AID foIever-II laying say. the fOan-
daobs Of such Ssie they performed work greater
then any which has been performed to-day, or whoh
can be performed by laying tho ma'orial moadmeOts Of
the world. IAl lplsus-. Ohio herself deriving her
Institutions from the sagscry OF New.Epsand men,
but not from them alone but also fOm the concurrent
wisdom Of al statesmen NOIth 1nc South-Oaio roceiv-
ing the fst impress Of her cviizat from the uated
wisdom vi the whole country, AIDS ~ day asa type
OF the CLion, such fOrefsheis made IT, ana saoh
as bupe in God 1t may be in all coming time. We
are, Mr. President, people gathered rom many
laLds ard We have no Dauow, no sectional, no pro-
scnptye spirit. We welcome. ther, the American
fruln whatever country he may come, aad meet To
sether az brethren. Virginia contributed her share;
Masssch uset It's coLtr buied her sare Connecticut has
furnished part Of her population, and South Csroaa
has uIIished snv,er part hom the Green Isle ot tho
OcesD from the baIks Of the Rhine, hom every quar-
ter Of the worlo welcome those whose love vi no
er,y aud free Institutions directed them TO oor shores,
sLd il dolg so buld nonument worthy VI the de-
scenOsnte of the Pilgrims. Applause. But OHIO Is
OILY the corner -stOns new States are 10 DO alde'
o by one tle stones are to be laid 10 their place unl
at last glorious monument sAan rlse; aud wheo Ho
end viii be 10 man can ioresee. we Ia Onio are ec
custom.d look fof ward to the time when stone alter
stone will be laid upon that oundat on a0l 81 ate aiter
State shall form part o this monument, aod tho wnoie
ocean bound limits the Moth shall be porlions of the
structure We are indebted, lot me say here-.~e are
inc ebted 10 New England not merely for much IN the
origin Foundation VI bsttutioLs, but we are In
oebed in some part also 10 New England for tue care
with which these Institutions have been reared we
are Indebted TO New England for our Common schools
and for much Of our religious culture and should bo
doing Injustice 10 our venerable friend tDr. BeecheT
sbo contrbu ed so much " the foundations OF tho
Western world il did not express our oolsaioas to
bin, VITO, has been quantity SAID, Is tue fatheroi
mere braILs than any Uthor man Ia Anerica aaa
take iti, opportunity to tender TO him, con, i be-
leve of Connecticut, and an honored cizen OF MAS
sachusetts my cordial ,haLks for the part waicn 10
hoe played in the formation of western "of"" @""
Western maIness.
At the cor clu,ior of Mr. Chase's remarks the fol-
Lowing sentiment az read from the Rev. Dr. beecoes;
Glory " GOO for The preservation Of ffehers In hsir
n.y- lard and Tor the memorial erect od.y %
.'s their hosy 70 .I- Is.Hs of e. - early protected sad
dsvout, 70 be w.hs for in sl coming tine
To the sentiment,
IN, N,eEnsaad Soe<y Of SsE fo'S-The fhsra Society
shel lacLI