The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-12-24
Nor hseds the skaptic-s puuy hands,
white near her school the church spire stands;
Nor fears the blinded bigots rule,
" bile near he church spire stands the school.
spKfoH or REV. DR.. HrcHcock.

Nnle near he church spire STANDS the hchool
sPEEoH or REV pR. HITCHCOCK.
70 this toast the Rev Dr Hitchcock, of this city re-
sponded. II" saidMr. President and gentlemen ot ne
New tngnLa society this Is The great anre festival
yauleedom 10 our European cons ns al Amsrlas
Yankees We know better. We are the only Yankees
We are IN" ''enress q tne h.nr.ws r. oe sn,s ,s
sestion oi the country j. charged with being
The hive Of all The radcalisms ant distractions nat are
destrnying the land. But y will - remembered that
represent not merely that httl" province II sixty hye
thersind square mills, which i top1g;anhic fansecdm
but that by the charter :. PymoathCompany of 1920
fmtcth and tort, nth parallels Of ilde baltng the
coast from The Atan,c tho Pacific This ~ have
been sort ofpopha c forcshadowng ol ianhesionl, r
pre sely This "trip of country the c0ntlnen
that Is nov peopsd BY descendants oi those men
From n.foirh 70 one'hird y IN, working force Of this
North Amerran continent is Puritan. We VIII not say
whether New England has adhered win cntiro iclity 70
the IDEAS OF The fathers wpl as 10 their principles Yam
keeion rcpresens IN history iha true idea ~ the state
We have had any pcril ~ ths masnisen, ana fertile
continent Il has been ths.--hat We should idoze the
material con.i,i ot prosperity hat W II md
beast Of mountain rahgcs, magnificent N ,rs
ela-png he continent ii tor shining arins our broad
and fertile prnres; finding il ,ies physical
dto.s and causes n. secret Of orr NATHAN
prosperity and strength. lhIs idea hs4 been rcoased
again and again ny Providence. let to
YOU ny brothers not only i not cotton king corn Is not
kng-ihorgh, = king. (srphuse Ih,s = the New
in material interests and 4 government commits IT,
sof t. this material conception Of soccty Y viii s,lgsr
into The very grave whore lie rottng the of the
Old dead cmmrc5 q Tho world. (hrrlause) II L the
character o the old Aiac civilizations that they smack
nature, and 50 they sh)rtlNod ali of them. When
civilization shifted its theatre fom Asia TO Europe i
shifted also It's method On oaa stcrner soil civt.
zaton was compelled TO take ITS nutriment from
the air from thoughts from ideas and not from material
interests. This significant Of the Greek civizitpI
Its career short becansc II had only ~ intellectual
aspect, without moral culture The Roman empire listed
much longer, because the Roman civilization a,s morally
sound What was the the fall of the oil
Roman empire? There three cau-es-trst the in
herent defect in the Roman constitution Cesar found
only one million OF citizens. lie left -four millions but
1 NOR a IN a.
eagles OF the empire and more than half Of iholn were
empire. (Applanse) Another grand
the want Of ideality Tho Romans God only
public functionary aud had only personal existence
The Roman did not for God idea Thus re-
vereDcc for lava magnificent sentiment inleed-was
divorced from reverence Tor right, and this brings
very easy when the Orient offered her Dclilah lap 10
Rome, she had offered it 70 Greece, that that empire
foud dissolve IN luxury And so these boated clrcascs
went into the grave~en into the grave because OF that
inherent defect Of their political CONSTITUTIONS and In their
thing IN history, IL means this, that ideas ere The lis
OF states not the idea Of the true only not intelligence
only, but faith in Is largest sense faith
faith in that infinite Proyidenc. that gathers all these
ideas up into hnlsel-iaith in Cod Therefore reve
not the rod schoohouse only not the white sprcd
church only, but the schoohodsc aud the church. Let
New ENGLAND have only her church and she will become
bgoed modern Rome let her have only the
sch ohouse and she will become ratonalIstc GER
many viii not say here whether there i or not Just
now little too much Of the rcd schochouso in New
England and rather little ofe white church. But the
old ideas OF the faberswere the church and the school
house side by sde balance each other and to strength
each other. let carry these ideas the
tncnt and throughout the land IDEAS aie the life Of
states.
Tho seventh regular toast was
The Courage and consancy q ocr FOrra hssfhe best
Inheritance Ut their childrr.
SPEECH or DAVID DUDLEY FIELD.
Mr.. DAVID pDIE, FIsIp responded Ic said
Mr.. CHAIRMAN sNp ussSnKMEI--lt would III become
of New England to hesitate in rCpy ing u this toast
any time, and mos; u all in these days. We should
render little homage t. the memory ~ our ancestors aud
poor service 10 our country, We failed nov % hoi up
steadily before the examples oi constance and courage
which illustrate the page. of New England annals From
the hour when the Pigm iahcrs arison away BY pcr-
secuon sought rchugo IN the wilderness of the west
through All The coonial period through the storms
Of the Revolution, the spirit Of the people never
indian war;9To tho hate OF sects the ntrigos of
princes turned them mol aside from their great parposo
q establishing commonwealth upon the foundations Of
civil anu religious Freedom And they dd establish them.
There they stand the siN Comnonyc oi New England,
iecming with people, prosperous rId happy calling no
master, unicr nttitutisns which they VIII never
surrender, for they have them by blood and tire.
We may feel honest pride IN them We may bo.-t Of
them though cur 1T has been cast IN other Common
wcaiths We have, Y = true, hzeer duties elsewhere,
but not alters 20 them for Ne bound 10 them,
not only by the kindred but by federal Union
which no man may break-a nlon stronger than human
compacs for Il created hy the hand of God himself
in the sashonng of The continent. loud sppl,usc)
Little do they know Of the Purtabs who think there
nyhnl suidld in their hearts lhsy were frugal, be
cause they had ragged climate and st'r" soil; bat
when the time of trial came ihcy freely sacrificed every
thing property ard ic 70 their sense v right and their
convictions 0. duty. Let the story Of the Revolution
bear witness Their foot weary and often bare trod the
soil ~ every state aud their hcodhilowed Southern
well Northern nges. The states of New England fur
nishsd more soldiers n the Continental army than sll the
other states together. whole towns we're drained oi
their ahlc boca N - thcnl. in the county of
windhan. Connecticut, there were not enough LEFT e.
raise the irlne ~ dwelling: and the woner, heroic
wolneu With the AID 0. man, the clrcnor raised
themselves. There u long strsl and mere il stands
there stila affecting monument. ~ my thinking,
than any that stands the borders Ol the Ale the
Tbcr. Nc, Mr. President, Il there be any people Of anv
rrce Who ashamed Of their ancestors, count not ~
tic number W. glory in our forelsihers-wc honor all
their VIRTUES, and not the oist among ihem ther con
siancy aud courage. 10 these sovereign virtues arr
chiefly due their safety, their prosperity snd their fame
Men honor consancy ami courage they despss ucon
stancy and cowardiee Ever snce thc day when the IA
tfarch, IIoIhsyng the future u his sons uttered tho
feproach ~ ono a them unstable ~ water, thou -hat
not excel down 70 this hour the s'me quality has
brought the coue mnaton and tho same misfortune.
The ndomabe vii, the infeSblc pu~fsee, looking for
future good through present cvi have always beco' con
ndauce and commanded SUCCESS, While the opposite quail
have truly led u tmId resolves uncertain councils
alternate cNaltaon and depression, and final dappOint
ment and II would not bent society orascrno
like tins todscoufse pa ng political events partisan
sense Nthing be said mere which might not be std
anywhere II any company o gentlemen lui am sure Il
mot uubchting this place md hs occasion to dwell upon
tho heroic virtues 81 our ANCESTOR and t. remember that
these times which more thsn other are proper for
laying them a. heart. (Appause) IN the roubous days
uon which have fallen, whatever may be tho cause
and whoc,er may b. responsible, there l. need q all the
nrmncss ant courage which we can command and W. can
better command them remember the virtues of
fereishers. \ vasisng policy irresolute counses, nm
II
efforts to relieve ourselves from existing trouble without
PROS ding against w. recurrence, may bring mofncniary
quiet bN UxIssc " greater d~quici than ever here
after. 10 not With those heroic men wh~e
virtues COMMUNICATING They thanght that
4 there we're things worse thAn defeat, and that
smong them uncertain ~ mglorous peace
Z They did not quail before threats or run away
from danger, Place them anywhere, and thcy stood
I 10 the last. lmagne any ships company oi them on
the open IN thu caIkcst night that was issoG
a h. through the blacknsss q the over
hanging clouds and the storm howiing its errcst, tho
heluaman struck dumb with terror, aud the ship surg
ing the trough OF the sea, what think you thai
i pany would dN woali they cover ia the cabin ~;
iLey would sIfing ~ the deck they would the rig
rng, they would put seaman at The helm, and bring tho
shpz strais nj against the wind They would
we al may know, that with stout hearts they
thcr the storm. and that after the longest ngh, gh
bo ever dark and tempcstuons, there viii come ~
f last clear and tranquil morning (LDud arpause.)
4 The next regular toast was
4 The Wandering sons of New England-Thcy nns home
every continent and N ~ the Islands of The -May they