Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-12-23


Was no mean parsin the opening dramas of oar re-
public.
To be sure, History seldom brings hin to light,
but We know be was there, Tor bis foot pyinta pass
Beyond two centuries.
Little episodes here and there in the lives Of
New England's sons show, that while thum6ing
their "dog.earod books" our hero touched the L
spring that walked them 10 life and thought
Through bis elementary disclp ihc and direct Of.
forts, colleges and other teminafi,s Of learning
blese our land. His active epiiit works not alone
10 New England. Westward the star Of empire
takes lie way" and with IL be goes to aid In rear,
ing the church and school house, Twin sisters Of
liberty and equality.
A pioneer, ho goes to PROSTATE the mighty oaks
OF Ignorance and root out superstition and bigots
~. Then rs ref0rmer, he mellowi tho soil and /
scalters the seed that brings q golden harvest
With tho keeuness Of his race, he watches the
glimmefing thoughts Of the tyro and guides them /
onward and upward. He Is ever ready TO aodrfn /
the "buds OF promise into SnaTtaess end life.
The land Of our birth is wonderful and rich In |
her inventions, but her school rooms and hresidos
gave to those their frat impulses. Her teachers
may not drive that myriad Of spiudles that Whirl
80 swift tavy seem not 10 move. Tho schoomas.
ter perhaps, has not woven an iron garment for
our land "of railroad warp and woOf Of telegraph
io wire" With his own arm our schoolmRster has
not bored Hoosick tunnels to make pathway for
our "Iron Cyclops" with his blazing eyej but high
| sr and beyond this he sends thought whirng and
shooting and tunnels innumerable mountains Of
trouble and difficulty to bring out the precious
ores. Our true "New Englsnd schoemaster" goes
| beyOnd the school room and "tho books" Nature
| is vast stOrehouss from which he draws OF will.
| lie teaches that our rivers are not cloven simply
to turn wheels and push paddles; that mountains
were not reared only to gather shining glaciers
that tho ground we tread Is not alone given to
support and sustain hysical life. lie goes through
senseless forms to seek the spirit within, He tears
away the husk and looks at the kernel. lie teAoh>
the sense aud not the letter. With all this "he
allnres to brighter worlds and leads the way"
To>day sir, the common schools Of New Eng-
lond and the "Great West" arc proserven Of all
we hold most dear.
Our Colleges aud Universities, strong aud pure
as they are, like the horizon sun, light only the
highlands and mouatain peaks,-b but our common
schools are the meridian san, shedding light and
heat to ALL
For their abors and self sacrifice, for their hero.
ism and noble aims honor and praiss are due
to the sohoclmasters Of New England. They have
reared ladder, whose base, planted in the hearts
Of our couutrymeD, leads upward to purer life,
loiti0r sentiments and nobler purposes.
Music.
4th Our Sister Sooieties-Tbough cherishing
| Nationally they are devoted 10 their adopted
country. We bid them welcome here, and cor
daily wish them success 10 promoting he noble
objects Of their organization
j. c. GRANNIs, Esq responded;
lie was happy TO be permitted to respond for the
st. Andrews Society to- night. IL Ia in common
| with this and other societies. benevolent insti
tuition. Although the cauny Scot is proverbial for
thrift, mot that thrift which follows fawning) II
often happtns that our Society s called upon to
render aid to those in distress. Doubtless this So
ETY. although peculiarly the representative Of the
| Kaukpa Natfnn NJ n H., h.itk
OF leaving their own affairs to be looked arer by
others sometimes finds it necessary to engage in q
like laudabe enterprise. Much good is accom-
plished BY an organized effort in that reetion -
The world IL full OF good people with ample means
and perfect willingness to use them for the beno
tt OF their less fortunate brethren who do nothing
tor want ola governing head to direct their efforts
These gatherings are beneficial because here we
cultivate the social virtues. This Is a feast Of fat
things full Uf marrow, not minstering to the uni
NAL nature alone, but the Immortal part Of us, not
a one strengthening the body which dies, but the
mind also which lives forever. Here we may learn
{ how to encompass the great ind OF existence by
understanding the nature and characteristics Of
those around us, ourselves. Here, mind cashng
against mind, makes each the brighter. Here We
polish the social Daluro with healthy glow
strengthen and improve the intellect,aud become In
all respects better satisfied with ourselves aud oul
elbow mOrtnls.
"Hail, social life, into thy pleasant bounds
Again come, TO pay the common stock,
! Ny share OF service and in glad return
9 To taste thy comforts, thy protected joys"
l do not intend to dwell upon the Pilgrims o
: their descendants to night That subject has beeI
j sufficiently aired already. On an occasion Of thl
kind II will always receive sailiCent notice Bu
n l may be permitted TO say that foreiather
came here Tor an idea. They had found the gov
|, ernment under which they lived too much OF al
|" "" aristocTacy. There was too much law and to-
q much land for the rich and too little Of anything
q Tor the They at home chance 10
advancement for their children, and 80 they LEI
their native land, and went farther in search Of
# land 'wherere every man mSht eat In safety wha
n he pleased. and sing his merry song OF peace I
all his nelghbOrs" In search Of
q " The mountains which proclaim
~ The everlasting creed Of liberty;
. That creed IN written the untrampled snow
y , Thunder'd by torrents which no power can hol
II Save that OF Cod when he sends lo tn his cold,
Aud bIoathed by winds that through the free hea'
, ems blow"
r, Thus they came 10 America, and on Plymout
m Rock conseorated themselves anew TO God an
"a HlR service. What came Of that conservation a
. the world knows Out OF II grew the beautilu
: fabric under which we live. Although myself
!, native of the State OF Vermont know not tha
u in my vens 1ows a drop Of the blood of the ri
al grims but trust that in the cause OF human III
If ety my pulse beats as temporarily, aud my heal
warns as thoroughly as theirs ever did
in Out OF the small beginning they made gre'
N New Eugland. In their children the same love
virtue, OF temperance Of religion. and OF liberty
a has grown with their growth, and strengthens
~ with their strength, until we have to day Rret
I'd concourae OF people ready TO lay down their v'
es ii need be to accomplish the great idea which bro
ar their fathers bther Scochmen preserve, 20 son
t extent, their national sports, customs and ohara
n terstcs and regard with an nndying affection q
"a home Of their nativity and OF their kindred, b
= they take kindly to the Institutions and custon
Of their adopted country, andin oil that constitute
0, true Americans are not a whit behind those wi
"a are native here.
hs Music
~ 9th. The Daughters Of tho New England. Flo'
~ Ors of Pilgrim Culture, they bear transplanting
~ any cline.
n Major Edward Kinsman responded to III
u. toast, aud paid a glowing tribute to wOma
10. He said
v Mr.. Presdent-I believe, sir, upon occ
he sions Of this character, when something COZ
at plimertary to the ladies is to be spoken,
'rs has been customary To put that responsible
ch upon either the ugliest gentleman in d
- assembly, or some peevish, orusty, gorlol
us bachelor, who by the progress Of his lifo al
or selashness Of his nature, has proclaimed tn
ed woman, instead of having been created as d
helpmate Of man, his ministering angel,
partake of his toll, hardship and ailliction,
.h share in his honor, success and triumph, shou
lis be considered as mere subordinate, orn
,ry mental rather than useful, initiating In
Iall department the gentleness of tho lamb, som
times the feroeity Of the tiger.
red Whether this instance be departure fro
-ow that custom or not, and whatever risks mi
-, incur of being regarded as the ugliest Of me
-, or the most unoompromising Of bachelors
lhh ahau hesitate not 10 improve this RB we'll