Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-12-24
SECOND ANNUAL FESTIVAL
-OF THE
NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY.

New EnslandeIs on that occasion, We should
express our belief by emphaticslly pronounc
ing the words "PoLrIos." That was the rtI-
ouitous villain Who did the mischief We
might 90 TO state the precise man er in
which the thing va. done, and all that but We
have neither the time nor inclination. We
state the cause our readers must supply The
rect with their active i'm az gination.
At nine o'clock there had gathered together
in the Burtis House psrlors about ei gLty New
Englanders Of both sexes. for the purpose o.
meeting their friends ard enjoying themselves
with seeing. hearing. chatting, and other fes-
usities Of the ming At fev miIut pas.
nino the doors Of the lining loom were thrown
open and the company proceeded to occupy
the well -pread table. and after All opening ai
dress W President Bennett. and grace by the
Rev Geo + M4goun the usual hostilti-s CON.
ueaced n good earnest The viands were
cht ice-in accordance with the usual style Of
the Burtis House
The supper having been discussed in the
most able and competent manner. the annual
ovation WAS delivered by the Rev. Geo. + Ma.
youn. The address was ably written. and will
appear in our paper Tomorrow morning.
The ovation over. the toast-usster, Win I
Clark. E-q. commenced reading tie regular
toasts They were READ and responded to as
follows:
ln The Day w Celebrate.
Response by d. l.. shorey
Ma. PRESIDENT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN Il
propose to speak u.t five minutes on the day
We cee bra,e
To us. New England men ard w,inen, and
tn. escendants OF New England ancestry i.
is day more sIgnficant in its events than any
other day in the history OF the country.
The little company Of the May Flower that
landed two hundred and forty years ago amid
he SHOWS of winter on Plymouth Rock, were
the frat to build New England cottage, and
tie hr-t TO drive u epaie INTO New England
soil Under the lead Of the brave tie gallant.
the accomplished SiaLdisn, they were the first
to defend New England freside, and under
the wise aud b.nehclent Carver. they estab
li.hed it is sa the fret written cor sti,ution-
al sovtrnment Of men. They were a part Of
larger hodS, comprising the best and notlest
rpriis in Englsnd, who, If they did not nave
wealth, had that whch was better than wealth
and which has proyed a thousand fold richer
legacy to their rposterty-rehnemen. learning,
a i cipllnel, balanced heroic character
Our ancestors MY indeed seem to lit
larger than lii", as been through the melio "
light Of history and yet their names ard
deeds are not recorded in the myths chat OBJ
scure Their earli civilization. mo in Persian
or Greecian or Roman fable is told The story of
any portion OF New England life
Judge them by the severest standards of
historical criticism. make every allowance 10
the pArtaity Of affection, behold them In the
light which they themselves established, and
which III each succeeding generation sends
back larger volume of liz ht to iilumine their
conduct. and We shall rightly conclu ie that
nowhere have their appeared founders Il
States more worthy than they, of the splendid
Immortality they they have won. We cele
brate this day, then. because we know that
whatever is distinctively excellent in New
England civilization, is the outgrowth Of the
institutions established by the Pilgrim Fathers
b. cause we wish to keep forever fresh in our
memories, the invaluable portion cf our early
history and finally because, not unmindful of
their great example, and boring in this spirit,
here the newer aud richer soil. We too,
would tuld up all needful and hopeful insti
tutions to te the perpetual executors of our
ideas and of our charities In the generations to
3D. The men, women and institutions of Neu
England; their :. cuiidr character and influence.
Response hy Rev. Mr.. Butterfeld.
Mr.. President, Ladies and Gentlemen - A
New York orator defines q Western man AS a
Yankee enlarged Ii this be a correct de.ini
ton then think sir, that at this hour We are
all tborounklr ad Still
have to turn our thoughts to the home of our
childhood
The men Of New England As the grand
procession rises before We behold in the fore
ground OF the picture among her warriors the
hel ole Warren the New England loving Sharks,
the farseeiug Green, the Washington-lovei
kuox. the dauntless Putnam and the intrepid
Allen. Among her scholars and statesmen are
the peerless Franklin, the critical Noah Web
ster, the justice loving John q Adams. and the
massive brained Daniel ebster.
As for New England women, vi point you
10 the mothers OF these noble sons and sires of
these mothers let their works praise them.
And a. IL is characteristic Of the Yankee to
take his specimens wherever he goes--for fur
ther examples of New England women We refer
you to the specimens present. although justice
will require us TO confess that We selected the
very bestl
The men and women Of New England, in
their character, are = plain common sense.
matter Of fact, industrious. enconomical, in
quisitive, energetic. perseverlDg, Intensive
knowledge seeking honor getting, liberty-iov-
ing, God-iearing race. Her institute, ne !; their
fret existence was with intelligence; their lrst
breath the inspirations of liberty; their first
principle, the truth Of a divine religion. Be-
ing framed by men they ars peculiarly incu!-
ca; ed to produced men. Her ,Itluence may
be compared to her own beautiful rivers,
whose waters gush forth from her green hill
sides AID flow on in their pristine purity until
they widen into the beautiful Connecticut, on
whose surface the steamboat plays az her
waters flow on to the mighty ocean ; on whose
he .ying bosom floats the ships Of all nations
Her Influence is world vide. We know not
whether most to love the New Englan Of our
nativity, or the Iowa Of our adoption. We
love them both because both arc worthy of
our love. But We love not the latter the less
because shs is feeling in her youth the mould
ing power Of hands, minds and hc-rts reared
and trained among the green hills Of New
England. And the institutions of the State of
our nativity are being reproduced in the State
of our adoption. Mr. President, allow me in
conclusion TO say, We are the descendants OF
,h' truth loving pilgrims The principles
whi.. beat and burnt in their bOsoms are dear
to Us, Thoy left their homes, their family
honors. their hereditary distinctions and the
graves of their fathers, and came to the land
OF ssvayes, determined to clear one spot on
the lace of the earth where it might be said
uan is free. There they planted the tree Of
liberty. Ihey watered it with their tears;
'osterea 1t with their prayers enriched the