New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-12
those who sn il the future, figure SO The mlhoul
en- the Pacific coast
We beh,ve TIA. our fell0w citizen, w. NJ. Isn't,
esq is one fonIth owner N the enterprise"
TIE cELEBRATION At SCRANTON.
SPEECH OF WIN. II. FRY.
Corrsstonds1ce Of TIE N. Y. Tn5uDs


ton Of s:atc, bas Witnessed c., Scranton es,i-
macs the entire Dnm9er present a, from n, 900 70
5000 persons There were d-putati1ns Of citizens
fenen and roiieis from many places, and distant
ones to. 4 procession was formed aud wen. ihrJash
o., chief sre"t' and faaly halted ia grove where
there platform well az seats FOR some t1ol-
sands Of spectators. A.nt ole half 0fthe va,
hlase wa ledi~s Uider the ma-ghal.bip Of Jdi5e
Sarderson the crowd came to order. 4 prayer was
n.ode by The Rev Dr. Peek; the Dealarsion was
psxt resd and then w. n. Fry, esq, Of Nsw-York
addressed the audience. The speaker opened with
oraiorcal tribute 10 the mag ainceIt scenery IT this
rrgion the grandeur Of which carried the mind beyond
the highest suggestvene-s Of national theme,
l. stoke Of tfup power and duration. He then por-
Tray led The geological phehom.na aud Transformation
which tins region bus undergone from the countless
ages anterior Ia tie birth Of the humln race, when
tropical heats ragged and pan-trees grew, aud the
masto1Or large as a house ana strong A. lvcomo-
five, ranged these valleys aUd hills, aud
cropped the exubrabt foi8gevhen il the course Of
submarine ccnyulsiODs the waters overwhelmed The
lsrG and the trees and The animal creation, ana the
cCal Wa fIIDed--fIst btuminOu-, Lext anthracite
IN the prOcrss of the ages ~ with the mrtaDor
photes ooH proceeding with the forests at The bottom
of the Mississippi ace riding 10 the rretraEsbie laws
Of Deity; AID I'll the miner, he s!nkcs hIs pickaS
into the ground and brings 10 light its ger ia wealth.
fnd sublimi in bis employment tor each blow echoes
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iies-oomuared 10 which the lie Of all the nation. ID
momeIt. Great applause 7 Napoleon tod bis army
IN Egypt tina, fury centuries looked down On them
from The Pyramids. The speaker said to the miners
that the subuny of their battle with Nature vas not
10 be measured hy such email chfoupngy. Rene wed
applause Mr. Fry thee to9k historical survey of
{ puliital aud social changes which led to the PHI
lose ply Of the Declaration o Independence. Ia anti
Guy and The inlddc ages ahoIdissucia ed from poe
sfsson of the soil, AID with that, social rGLk-was
desyised. BY degrees 1t made it-ef i-; aud it be-
came Of actual importance when the rehgiJus
eeneni-'he lWtahc ~ opposed 10 the II
Genre snd idleness Of the COuIt--yas con-
rected With il The speaker tLeu descfibrd the
seitiec u the Putacs II Holland, denied tn st they
cane thence 10 America for freedom TO worship
God for If that freedom they hal all that could b.
s.ked au ong the Dufch ebo favored hem, az sell as
liberty Of speech. He Genied. too, the poH'lo0 as
suued by Mr. DaGcrOi' regarding tue demVcIatc ideas
times: they do their w"Ik earnestly e1d properly;
they had religious sentimen'-a theocratic idea
which Necessary 10 cOuh'eT7Ct tben the DIVINE
right assumption OF Kings: but Of religious liberty a.
W understand It, aid Of persJral or political liberty,
% NJ preaert defued, must not consider them
sdepts. The positive philosophy If the age was pot
ripe for that. But should find encouragement for
effort IN The cun,s laion OF their heroic example; OF
how they brBved the seas storms aud the land
vttinn, the winters deadly hug aud the savags's
row ard Ratchet. NJ. Fry then described the indu-
enc- Of the doctrine Of FrirLd- Qsskers ia soften
ing The aspsriiies Of religion and ppcs 81! ITS reve-
laors 10 the possibilities of the doctrine Of peace
OF the settlement Of Pennsy wanna, aud Of The effect of
tha of Vi yiT8 on national character. THe Declaration
of drpef DE- nee and the War of The Revolution gave
us separate political governments; but s existence de-
yeLded not upon RETIRING back merely 10 the words
Of that docnuiert-to IL assertion that al mea we're
created eqp6-but IN our matchlGg our actions WI h
such doctrines. II depended too upon our ability 10
defend soil. The speaker here went At length into
Il description of the neH tscics of European troops,
aLa'y zed particularly their skill in fencing with the
bsy6uet, Of which citizen sGdicry were ignorant
il being new schUol-asserted that vslUr On our
part would be match for such valr and skiii cOm-
bined evolved theory that the increase of the GER
tanty and fury Of i.e-ans had caused the ex're
to touch and that the soldier with ali the the long
range ihes and canDons, and hellsh machinery o.
modcrn war, fe. back upon the raw cOgraga OF tue
Romantic hshd.tc-hsLd fght-the death tug and
thrust Of the remOrseess bayonet Mr. Fry urged
upon the military companies present to look the facts
in the fuce-tO make themselves adopts with the
bsyonet-it was necessary up TO the time that the
feminine soljnrS~ of the Christian religion guided the
dipl macy Of Europe--but now the last appeal
of kings sheer sayagcry-ard Tor that we
must be prepared. Mr.. Fry spoke of Europe
being ON te edge .! general war la'strom; and
We sure that SHAH be kept out OF II lie described
bow We were drawn into the general var Of 1872
through the 0rdersin Council ami the Berlin anf Milan
decrees;-s and we certain We can escape nos u
not said the speaker how do our Atlantic cla-ts
sand The speaker then described the exposad con-
ditisn of the cities on the coast IA 70 the effects oil
the war hog raging, he could no' pace toem IA ,he
account of Liberty. Louis Napole0us trade was that
Of an Imperalisl--a hereditary Emperor. From such
G man expect 10 democracy Mr.. Fry said that daring
the three years fTom tie time Of Louis Nap'ieonS
e, elton President 60 the ne when &c seze1 power
vlole1tly--fo the coup eta'-he had not mentioned
the word republic publican ia, once Ia all hs M.
uerous cflic al addresses; II was always homage to
Napnleonis-n--to bis Uncle. What would you tolnk
Of man love for bis wife, who would only Bliss her
"a &c the firt three y6s!s OF their marriage lGreat
laugb,erl Mr.. Frv then closely descrlbed the coup
q eat Of which he vas an eye-Sltness the stormns
Of the barricades; The Incarceration OF the Repub.
-, ,x;is 20 gr;o nd CAYENNE.
DO bcpes q Italian liberty or that OF the world from
such NApOleOnic ideas and acts.
The speaker then Went into dctaireGardng tie N an
rer in which the working meD OF this country were de-
fauced OF the greater pant OF Their wages iof want oi
n Protective Tariff This part Of the discourse was
received With tunutuuns applause by thOus Snds. He
seid that policy was to weaken Us lndasFlay
aud arstically; TO scatter our population uncuy TO
invite foreign aggression; and he Conucf the citizens
of Prnnsylyar IA TO hold 10 their unanimous ta'h IN
observation-disclosures, lie said, for the LAST enusyi-
ystis JRcisls'ufe had voted unanimously to instruct
htir Uned States Representatives srt Senators II 80
for & TaIif-the only dlsSeutent u this remarkable
vote beng two members OF Tue House VINO simply
we're ayv!se to the doctrine Of Institutions. Mi Fry
then concluded by cnleaiing the sentiment OF ma
tionay and Independence essential 10 onr existence
as q Il &c aud distinct people. lGreat applause 80.
Colonel Scranton here ntcIposed, and said that II
was The general wish that Mr.. Fry should coz
tiuue Mr.. Fry said he bid nothing more 10
Say. Cnes Of 60 on were universal, and
Mr. Trv then recommended. lie compared the want
Of real actiVe-sr!stc, social and lEdustrlal-Gie-
pepdcnce With that independence lofthy preached
n the Declaration. We make nothing that We Gao bs
any possibility import. We would import our bso'es II
they could be manufactures abroad Great lA1sh'erl
Our women L.. civ dressed in certain flsh.ou-whcther
II wos good o bad, SIR. Fry would not say. The En-
press Eagenie che bright day for ceTtin little domestic
reasons wore booze all our women then put .hcm or
GeI ersl laughter. DO you call that independence
So. TO, the Prince Regent had the kings evil 10 his