New-York tribune., 1866-12-24
NEWENGLAND FESTIVAL.

h, occasion always calls together The hall was CHARACTERISTIC
ally ornamented and the tables were embeshed with emblem,
acal pieces In confectionery representing the lie anu ~ VI
Senator Morgan presided and at his right a. the III Pat
form table were Cows Bullock OF M HaSs, ISd ~" I Ben and
George William Curtis, Cyrus W. flel2 aua , P Pcbc ~
lanes T. Brady esq At his left were Henry Wau Deecne
81T 1 d tSers They took their places ye o'clock
After a blessing by the Rev. MI HepWonh o Mass1 INC
culinary portion of the entertainment was examined Win great
subtraction After nearly three hours Of dining the ohenIah
offered some appropriate remarks upon inc Ahnc't'i' ~
closed by proposing the fret regular toast
Inc ray "f RTsFossR BY GEORGE ". CURTIS.
WHY do we celebrate this day As New CHAMBERS ny oa
We naturally cherish annVersay but s true glory ls ho
sectonal but universal The little MayhOWer tossing uouVu
ON the Wntr sea 26 years ago the seed Yesse oil mar
t that now waves over the world dropping its golden grams
into every civilization. lApPagseJ plymouth rock o vUa
ner stone of American aud OF all modern elao because
the history which begins there shows that the ~es|
poy rooted morality and as the hercest ocean storm 9o
or nganet poty planted upon tho eternal rock 9i justice
the very gates Of rebeious hell shall not prevail
goddess roysterers OF Merry Mount who insist that uah
means all that is malignant cQncelted ana meuuoe
against the Pope-s only grim Pope in peaked hat instead
oi trpe crown who hates grace and taste aud beauty aud
prefers be psom9dy 9 hS own nose TO the breathing q W
c choir Or they leave details and eopfenate their wrath
In one word exploding IL at the Puritans as hhae hy
certainly weES RS' R SI SS of oS 10 dance Gs at Merry Moa
hardly have waited the Now World INTO te in We see
qTs of S & wG i d9n0 Just mpS n Gns%eg vi devon
tion TO purpose lApplau1e n itself II has has no more
EnsclsS r IKE Ere which you may tenement house
and burn all It's occupants or 20 steam hIe eht"e 20 @ ~
natcism of Columbus that discovered America as as e
fanaticsm Of Luther which purified Chrsianty. 80 TWO
wears ago you might have terrible fanatic rdng az noon
day up the valley Of the Shenandoah far outsppng bis com
panons and sanng forward his whole soul intent upoh one
burpose blazing from his eyes he will not nor hear nor
believe is hs army he meets reeang lie reaches he
fonthe leaps to the ground Tho commanding ocer WIS
beaten This army is not beaten And prngng INTO o sad
die this arch fanatic Phil sheridan ong eppaas9
enemy and sends hun whring up Tue !aet APIlaussl
So through the black smoke Ils Of tle hg W oDG Day d U
directing the storm Of warthe sturdy fanatic faFaeut Loud
YsasS Sf nc Yankees Who Ghdanted BY defeat
undsmaycd by delay dcrded as visionary ani foolish y per
sisted u not tosd;5eI ia5iPs % h.ead like & @ Of S sea-
weed which Ne widest ocean fury cannot snap IL We get
messages from London In p minute W s 4 ~ r.t SlS "
Therefore 70 call the Purtans fanatics simply TO ea them
devoted 10 an idea and any chooses 10
hnk OF them as most charactescay represented by Cotton
Mather preaching lniermlhbe sermons oi burning lV ul
women as witches prefer to represent them by Roger
Williams preaching and pracucng religious liberty iroin
which all other freedom springs Ana he ia u hoi because
he was worse Puritan than Cotton Maher eut better toI
Puranism was but logical Proestantsm aud the most perfect
protest against Rome made down 10 ms time was mat o
Roger Williams His fellow Puritans Of Massachusetts BAY
pushed him into Rhode Island But when tie rugged old tree
Of colonial puriansm shook on Roger Nlams " ost s
soundes and sweetest fruit Applause 10 u man chooses
cropping Of Quake and the hanging oi Mary Dyer ana le
ant which every faithful son o. the PuTaus lives in chronic
rebellion Iaugherl Yet prefer TO itf spirit in tho
energy which tanes continent cheers with churches and
schools sets the spndes Lummiug and the shuites flying
which dives into the earth and into the sea runs over we
prres and talks by lightning from the Atlantic 10 the Faec
unt the whole land where intelligent Industrious
and free gang and smiling az It's daily work Applause
know Sir that you will remind that this Is niher too
large cargo 10 have been brought over IN the Mnyhowcr
while honOTel guests whose misfortune not "A"se iit
il that thew we're born elsewhere viii think only another eou
on OF torabc Purtan couceii But let those laugh that
will The historical fact remains that while various pat OF
tic country were settled under impulses our political
that Of but TWO NnNfNtlH iHt
and the Cavalier IL hns been conunehthl c"ntet
tween the stead, God fearing Puritan citizen aud those eced
Inc rovstcros M Merry Mount Without gnkudncss may
say that Virginia and New England, ancient allies ala "
Gods blessing be future allies also represented me Two e
dencs thcy strove Tor the mastery Of American civilization
Virginia sent brute force into the country New seu
brain force Therefore the InoTc men virginia sent in, %
she was for ignorance and degradation uoud moesn any
land But the moro men ana women Sc" hng9nu h' w. w
ter than gold The conflict Of this Puritan aud Cavalier
tendency grew hercer One the other Nhs 20 rule the eoun
Try and ske the key Of IL civilization II was hcohci9 9i cse
and equal rights 10 arms neither would yield For
be fire Of heaven has prevailed over that OF hell Applause
Now the Yankee Is the Puritan of ihe nineteenth century 70
pose which no knife cut Gre burn nor water
drown nor Rebel resist which will vet make Virginia
ER%' R S'WaasG 5o ss, 9SS say The r. %old o3 YSnEcs
broad country and when the quality Of the tendency
so1n u Kesgev @ and had never seen New England BAT twice
Yet oil ncn nat lived in ont Of New England Abra
Sir the triumph Of Puranm does stop or shore The
principle Of the Mayaower Constitution begius 70 hrob in
in England to-day who !, well called ip future govern
mont is politically the child Of the Puriten, At this
With which le leayes the imperial public 9Pnion
Of Britain The electric chrrent bcn s heat and ours
ssle Soa9 Of 6e iRSs ws TGi' % was & in ne
through the stormy debate over the e 'pure rsng IKE
buRe cry want ~ confidence In Yankee honor We know
HI, name We love hs No living American is more be
loved than he some day may this true Iu,an come among
10 welcome the man who maknga New England out of Old
England. the British Yankee John Bright Loud cheering
ti.aa aytfra auffa
ThGs $ @ % s',s " 7 6 "a 94s Scrc gaS & "A Az '9f 9ni
we NAV have be boarded FOR ourselves bot 20 be given
the family to the great commonwealth We leave % Greece
peculiar charm But tonight II is ia feast hearts be
hold NewEngland clad in her sparkling snow crowned with
1Iendor OF eye liberty the strength of her hands IN
dury and her a6oundng bosom shall noursh endless genera
tions. lloyd appausel = So
aI' rsi; ~ isas1 ,s%s". %h a..j Light I'd TS2s Ia III. s' "
an: S9: .:s. .:s. .a .a3 isSSi % fysI'a % aaSo
IN erowding ranks on every side 'r,e
Demanding le impatient for your sk!ei'
The fourth regular toast The City Of NowYork was re
sponded the absence OF Mayor Hoffman by three cheers
The fh regular toast Kew England" was responded TO
by Gov Bullock Of Massachusetts, He said New England
the country during years Repubcahsm had nov
spread 50 and he hoped he could ray - States OF
Gen burnside called upon for speech but he de-
clincd making any extended rcmark, -,
claimed that this largely Connecticut gathering
lIaughterl To hear Gov WOodford speak nobody would
think he inch Of here while tie fact Is that the
town OF Avon Conn Is full Of highly respectable Woodfofs
His father from that townstTeet known Hawleys
Iauglter and his mother lives in Connecticut now Loud
Mn Hailed from MassScbuset, This was taking an unfair
advantage ar 1t was well known that his worthy parents had
only Just e Connecticut when noble child was born unto
them rea laughter and applause Connecticut brought up
his paensand himself too for that matter Why be used 70
tend down Safest Hartford Prolonged laughter
Then there the famous gentleman on the rhtth eAcseni
NJ Eed ad Old GudfOrd Laughter
He can't deny IT, for he likes up there himself
Laughter Then here is hr Beecherborn IN Litchhied
and his distinguished father used TO be blacksmith IN the
aforesaid Gudford lLaughterl II Gen. Grant will 60 uP
int nhnve Hartford he will find Mhere bis faher lived