Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-12-24

the root, and while there 10 enough OF Ply m-
outh Rock left to make gun flint, We viii
,.eten1 it. and New England shall continue TO
be a. che has ever been the home Of the
free, an asylum for the oppressed.
The Genus and Scho!arship Of Ner England
Response by d. ;. True.
"Tne Genius ana Scho lai ship of New Eng
land :" Five minutes are allotted me. cir, BY
YOUR Committee, wherein 10 travetts this wide
field wherein to range from the nvention of
OF wooden nutmeg" to that ofthe cotton gin ,
from clam chowder Up to baked beans and
pumpkin pies from the +" Blue Laws to the
treaties OF Green!y and Story; fr.n the srell
iny book in her thousan school houses b. the
way side TO the learT ing eIbodi d in the vol
umes Of Bancroft, oilliman ami Ev,rett. The
subject Is vast indeed for the time allotted
should need faster than womans tougue, sir,
TO efer IN words to tenth of it in as many
hours as am all wed minutes
But would you see the evidences OF the Gen
ius OF New Englandi Look where you will
70 wherever civilization has reached, and YOU
viii find these evidences there. Wherever in
The present day. barb r!sm is making it's way
to reiin ment il. whatever facllita.s its cum
hrou. march, you will find the evidences OF
New England Genius and enterprise. The
home conflict of the children Of New
En- gland with the Disadvantages incident to
her coil and climate has fitted them for pio-
neers wherever a reward is promised to energy
and genius. The world is well acquainted
with her scholars In Theology. in Jufisprt.
d.nce, in Sc -nce aud in Belle Letters, no land,
no ocean bounds the fame OF Ed ward, Of Story
and Webster, of Hitchcock ami SiimaD, oi
Everett. and Longfelow and Bancroft. And
IN eloqueuce, to- how few in any land can
claim 10 be the peers Of Adams, AMI OTIS, and
Tristan urges, and Ruf@s Choate. All these
men have stamped their Irspresa upon the lit
erature and learning OF the world. And last
but not east, hr common schools must not be
torgott. an institution VIII cn recognizes 10
aristocracv in learning. but with its thou
sands of teachers, brings education and cul
ture home t" She million
For all these sir for what is memorable III
her history. for her living scholars and her
si.nstrious deai. and stil uore, because she IL
the land Of my firth, cannot cease to love
New England. Whatever the maj jority Of her
people might deem, on my part, errors and
v.gari.s IN opinion. hope New England may
never disown me as q son OF her soil ; and
whether ! may assent to- or dis-en; from the
religious, political OF social opinions OF u
Jority OF her people, my pride in her the
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50 long as can stand upon the summit OF The
monument Of Bunker Hill and look down upon
the spot where Warren fell. and To the west
ward the spires whlch rise from the sr ots
made memorable by the confiiet- OF Lexington
end Concord. and towards the southwar hear
the waves dash upon the rocks at Plymouth,
and though the gray miss which enclrcle the
e4stwar., fancy that see the graves Of my
Fatne's and the Till sides where my kindred
stlii reside - long, whatever may befall our
common country. | shall not fail 10 say of
New England, (as was said Of Oia England. by
a man whose greatness, and whose eioquence
| may not hope to emulate that d" nth all her
faults. / lore her stiH"
9Th. Our Sister Societies.
Response by Wn II. lIIldreth
Mr. PRESIDENT, LADIES AND GEsrLEMks or THE
NEW ENGLAND 81 CIgTY II rise with pleasue to
speak to this sentime mt, AID 10 behalf of the
Excelsior Society, which have the hotor this
evening 10 represent. tender Its acknowledge
m nts for the fraternsl manner in which YOU
havs been pleased to aIlude to "Our Sister
Societies"
The organization Of these Societies Mr. Pres
ident, is Itself an evidence of the progress of
civilization. New Eo gland reErerenied by her
sons ard daughters, her beauty Intelligence
surrcuu led by this dazzling array, where bn,
a lev Years ago the yell OF the savage and the
cry OF ,he Wild beast were the only voices
that sa.uted the ear OF the startei trave sr
and !, myself, witness Of, and particlpatof
in. these scenes | think, s'r, | have a right
To eay that this is truly one OF the evidences Of
the most remarkable speed of intelligence
and civilization upon mere agricultural basis
that the world has ever yet seen. Was |
called upon, sir, for the solution of this phe
nomena. should go tack to the fifteenth cen
tury, aud picture to you the form OF the Almost
inspired Columbus, standing firm amid mutiny
and encouragement upon the Irow OF his
barque peerng with the eve OF a seer into the
effu gence of this unrivaled continent, AMI
breathing upon its soil the spirit OF his own
indomitable perseverance, and enterprise.
should recall to you. the character OF the pill
grims landed on the now cousecrsted rock of
your own Plymouth, band Of rersecut.d
christians, resolved to achieve the glorious
privilege If worshiIing the God Of their faith
ers, according to the dictates OF their own cor
scierces. | should refer you to the Father If
his Country" George Warrington, achieving
Ar erican Independe C. in the face Of unpar.
alleed disaster and iscouragements,r re ying on
the justice of his cause, his wn perseverance
battles. | would tell you of Robert Fulton,
the great emsr c ator of co I.merce. standing
before the American Congress, IN the attitude
of suppant, in ploring their patronage AID
favor for that astounding effort of his eeni, g.
excee ing in it's results, any event ever record
ed on the pages Of material progress.
| would point you to the fathers and mo,h-
ers of the Revolution. to the s'riot Statesmen n
now sleep ng beneath New England's coil, AMI
above all, behind all. and underlying all, pro-
ducing ali other enumerated cauees-to the
Csristian religion, preserved in it's purity, and
transmitted to the cons and daughters, throug h
the examples and influence of praying New
England mothers. and ask you, Mr.. President,
which OF all these ajjuncts Of your greatn ss
could be spsred, and leave You wha, you are,
and where you are
They are standard points in history, sir each
one of which has it. reflection here this eve
ming, AMI altogether form elements Of that
character AMI agency by which this great
Western empire is mainly to be developed.
They are a combination of the perseverance,,
resolution enterprise, patriotism and genius of
u nation, where every god bad seemed to set
his seal to give the world assurance of progress
ing free !om'
Sir, We live in a time Of peril and excitement
and fraternisation for the perpetuation of our
princip piles and the principles OF the fathers Of
our liberties which claim to be identical, de-
manis that New England AMI New York shake
hands, here upon the prsiries Of Iowa should er
to shoulder, side by side, through prosperity
or adversely, peril and disaster, if need be. bat
tie for those great principles of freedom, edu-
cation and religious federation. which we re
ceived gra.uitously from our fathers. with the
single obligation, t1at We enjoy them cur
selves, and entail them upon our posterity.
The EYcelsnr Society Mr.. Preaidenf il Or