The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-12


uulyg the exercises il a very crrditahle manner
hft.r PRAYER by the Rev. Mr. H0g.iugs, the report
Of tEt Society @ hhOrs during the past year WAS
read by the Secretary. Speeches were then made
hy several n,cmon, after whi. b the Row DR..
Adams introduced Captain window.
ADDrss or CAPTAIN wNsLow.
The hero Of the hcaysIrgc is pbrtIv, herd.
some man, who look every inch % sulJr aud Ga,
gallant patriot he Is. A shout OF applause greeted
him as he MrCrty took The door. Mlen the
Cuhusiasm of The audience had somewhat suJ-
sided, be spoke aB follows :--
Mr.. President aud Ladies and GanAomen:
Il ON deeply thankful to you for y8ur wlrm
greeting; hut it reminds me that am tr-ading in
asphcro which have been unused tJ--thas of
pubic speaking. IL may he expected Of "a sailor
that he will talk 70 sailors, and when squat
comes upon the ship that they may 20 al ft and
roll ny The fllaut sails, or sOUetbjlg OF that
Kind; but it Is not the custom OF sailors % stand
before 20 many ladies and gentlemen. Therefore
/ Hm reminded that, like 1be sailor uu5gring or
CmharkiDg upon q ncH Held, in novsst, ba is
without GOTH compass sud chart TO show him the
path be endgaVOrs to find.
But, Notwithstanding all this, could not resist
the app icatiOn Of this society, When th.y pressed
upon me their desire aud wish that | should
appear before yen, at .he same time stating tnat
my appearance would have 30 graat a moral
effect aud sway, sthar y would benefit this great
and noble cause. Now, la1it, and gentlemen,
there is nothing In the world more interesting To
me than The sailor; for we are MI selfish. and
?
since FIid 10 som, good people, who vary friends
Of mine, and who were int.rcsti1g chem elves
aboutthg homes for the destitute aud ,le orphans,
/ maze the remark 70 thom, "Why IS IL thRg vOu
don't do something for ;hC sailor? We'll, their
reply was that they had just CDnu11cal the
work, anu sec now that the vol. dIi CJnlaGca
then, and Is is q ug on, and This sJr,cgy is eyi-
denCC Of their work.
Now, when my predecessor here, vino Is IN tho
navy captain HrONnD referred il,t uDE 20 his
experience upon the Mississippi river was re-
minded Of The fact that was Al OH ,1r a. tue
commencement Of the war, az which time / was
ordered 60 proc ed TO 81. Louis to take pat tuarc
with my lamcuted friend Admiral F1O.s. We
went down TO Columbus and finally to SiCls-
burg, where lcl, the 5luadrOn. B1r my pr2de-
cessor Epys that llls experience has beau tlat on
no ship has he seen Bibles or Prayer Books, no.
have they had service on board. Now | wish
thGt lie had tCcn in my ship; for it has been my
pleasure ever to have soryioc-ald no. only
tbat, but my enleaYor has been 70
worm myself around the sailor 50 as to make
him my friend, and | balcve that | have -lc-
Ceeded; for | ,Onunucd not only The service with
him, but 1 continued from Sunday 20 SGadlycX-
planning 70 nm parts OF the BOiS, ard Nking the
greatest pleasure in it, and received my eTard
alwDys in his thanks. Such has been my course
ever sinCy. During the period Of ne tha' l held
command Of the hsGyS0ygc-aud / would re-
mark that our friend (Dc. Adams) who hates the
sea 80 mr. b, Illustrated his hsfred something IN
the same manner that Dr.. Johnson did Rheu
be said lat he. saw nothing IN the sea ont the
y
chance of being drowned in il; but whether it
blew lgh or low, whether 10 WAS calm or
tempostuuus, believe that, with the exception
Of Two occasions, no Sunday has over passed ,
away in which have BOT had service II hls
been my custom, usually, TO haTe tdc bell iOlied
for church, to allow any to come 10 service who
would. Indeed frequently the executive Oil,or
woS'd say ONE, "Wtlyou have service to-day !"
lreplied, Eyes, / will have service, and let those
come 10 my cabin WHO viii" As the result l
found thar NV iit.ie cabin was always dilod
with sailors. NOW human nature is so cOus.i-
tutod thst there is Il soft spot in the heart Of
GvCryhCd dy, and IL is more particularly eXemDlliud
in"Jach" tnan in any other constitution that have
ever seCnin my life, and assure you ii you only
touch the right chord you will find response 20
you which will more than replyyou for anything
that yOu can 90 Tor the sailor. The first thing
you have TO do with sailors is 90 Instruct them
TO snow them that you have an interest in their
weliare-to make them believe that you aUe their
frioud-Hnd you are sure 70 no rewarded. do
not mean 10 say that on BOARD the RearSar9e they
are oil men who are fond of going 10 church, and
sil that; but they know and feel that l have not
only been friend but father TO then; and were
/ in any part Of the world, l am sure were | TO
call these men, they would, every one Of them,
come 10 me like chldren-fOr they have that
confidence IN me; and, without being egOus-
tCRl, would say, with oil humility, they have
that confidence in me, whether In the tempest
or whether under fire, in action, any
where else; they felt, as long as the captain was
or Geek, the ship was always right. (Renewed
Epplause) Now, ladies and gentlemen, it was
great plea uTe for me 20 ondeayor 10 illustrate
Scripture, especially the points in which the pro-
phecies were verified. 80 long as the interest of
Jack was awakened upon these points, new
scenes were opened 70 him. He began 10 reason,
snd avn sure that in the end he thanked me for
the instruction / had given him Now, then,
when L come TO consider what Obligations com
mercial cities are under 10 the slilur-when l
look back 10 the past, even in tho history of COM
meTCal cities that have risen centuries ago, such
as Tyre, Carthage, and Venice, and in later years
London, Liverpool, and New York, aud see
wealth Hud oil the comforts of civilization and
the products of the earth aboundipg, | beg you
TO consider that were it not for Jack" you wOuld
not posse IS any of them.
"Jack" brings the products of other countries
to you, and carries them through the storm
and tempest. 1t does seem 10 me that
gratitude should induce you at least TO give and
do something for "Jack," since he has done so
much for you. Now, ladies and gentlemen, | do
not wish 10 enter into this subject 50 fIlly 20
branch OF upon this war; for 10 dwell upon
subject of that kind would take up the whole Of
the evening. All will say Is, thai | desire that
you will all go in with heart and sou. into this
work which the Port Society has been instituted
for, because il is simply the gratitude which is
due from one individual to another. Let us re-
member the Masters words, that tho harvest Is
plentiful, but where are the husbaudmeni
Without even following his instructions, tho sim
pie gratitude which is due from man to man-ot
good works done TO you by him-calls for a re-
ward In your doing something for 4" Jack"
Therefore, ask you to give your assistance TO
| tue Port Society; and would have wished that
| my lameuted friend Admiral FOote we're on the
platform to solicit your favors more earnestly
| than can. beg that you will pardon me for
| speaking so lorT, for am not speaker.
Captain WinslOW was frequently applauded in
the course OF his remarks, and resumed his seat
amid three more cheers for the American Navy,
which, ii is scarcely necessary 10 say, were given
| with due emphasis. After another hymn by the
| choir, and benediction by the Rev. DR.. Thomp-
y on. the mealnR alinnrned.-N. Y Iriballe.