The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-24

P,lcrim Fathers In 1920 ~ Tyno'sA 1890
last evening by banquet Al Delmoniev.. ne
attendance was unusually large, partly probably In
consequence OF rumoT which had been circulated md
which the event verified, that tho occasion wcu,d
be Rracsd by the presence OF General sherman
Among The moro distinguished OF the guests wer,
Rev. H. W, Beecher General sickles Rev. Mr. Gal
aghers Mayor Hofnan and Representatives OF thu
various benevolent societies OF the city: and laei
in tho evening Lieutenant General Sherman added
10 the number The festival passed or viii the bril-
lancy ana d.'a which have hitherto characterized the
snnGal Gatherings OF the society.
Al The business meeting immediately preceding the
hsnqGel de following gsntemep we're elected the
officer q the society for the ensuing year-President
Joseph n. Choa,e; First wee President Elliot G.
Cowdin, second Vice President Isaac H. Bailey; Coun
seliofs, Samuel N Slebbns John W. Quincy, Colonel
william Bofeen, Colonel Frank E, Howe; Assistant
Couuseilors. .Tao;hy c. Churchill, William II. Lee
cnaries 81 snaib CHARLES Z, Beebe, DR.. W. N Blake
man, william + Blodgett, William II Fceg, JOSIAH NJ
Fiske. Ircasgrsr Luther Is Wymnn Secretary, l.. p
. Hubbard.
Al about half past six O'clock The guests were ushered
into the dining hall and FOR the following two hours and
han sedulously employed themselves In the discus
Of the nnumerable ''sods" and choice Liquids,
furnished Tor their entertainment At nine O'Clock The
President Mr.. Joseph H. Choate called the meeting to
order, and tho more serious business Of toasts and
responses was entered upon. Mr. Choate, after few
facetious remarks proposed the nrs, regular toast
'The Day We Celebraie-a year abundant in blessings
brings sgasn 10 this festival OF commemoraton and
ssnds electric thrill the every true son OF
Fcw knsiAnd '-And called upon the Rev. Mr. Bsecher
20 respond
Mr. RrSyHrE who was greeted with very loud ap.
pause. re11crcd We. more emphatic by the waving or
Hospitality il had extended 10 him /. was true what
ever might be Their virtues and usefulness Yankees
hetOly purftaus of had
heved from the time when they landed on Plymouth
Rock oa that s,.., The most valuable part Of man
them everything ultimately ran to brains After
.smsrklDg upon the PrsdomInanee Of the moral
ceeded 70 say that wherever Yankee could be
lice, at right at intelligence, ut virtue,
and then, pendent TO these and sequsnt
spon them, at material thrift and prosperity. Wher
they found thoroughbred Yankee, worthy to be
called q son Of Purtan, they would fnd man that
sought TO build church and school house, that the
theory OF puritan,sm was that the top Of the
head asserting ts right to rule over the bottom Here
loud laughter and applause They had vas. popula-
iion here who were net Yankees, ana were not very
number OF Purians increased and their influence in
creased relatively and the result the splendid States
The regular toast President OF the United
Statee,n was thon drank standing Mr.. Choae explain
men used TO DO In England whom there dopbt
about too proper occupant Of the throne, ITO tho man Of
'yhe Arry and Nsvy OF the United s,ates' was then
proposed, and Mr. Gaoae called upon all that the havoc
soldier, General sickies man, too whom no
believed etood high in tho confidence Of that gallant
man upon whom tho faces AID hearts OF all the loyal
people of this country were waiting with intense
interest as when ne marched out striking those gigantic
blows which sent the rebellion rcelng 70 its last ditch
Central scxLEs then rose and said that i, was very
gratifying him, now that the war was whan.
sec army ana navy the especial tarss.s
niocs economists in Congress aa elsewhere who
sosbergs and sarsquakcs respond for the two ser
vices. ahey ali knewshat greenbacks had now super
sered iron-ciads and that the mRxns OF current
DIPLOMACY the dollar mightier the sword bu.
MON might.-r than bt'aions Certainly had At tho
As,e FOR strong errns 1t was hoped by some TO
ssrn our grievances to account, and to barter our
Alabama claims perhaps for Ireland Ireland ours We
could then supply places for all the Irish candidates for
ssicc, and redeem the much suffering city OF New York
from the demandsft could now hardly nl He thcn
Mat theeccupaton Of the recently had principally
sssa s a apon & c mUs :u s
Ger, especially for men, most Of whom had boon
Ssssf of ID. s.fve. so Thought nigh,
% said that IN these things men bred TO the
lows farming and that they had preferred 10 keep
steadily true TO the conscience OF the nation sm.
favor by any concessions to Executive preferences
General sckcs enlarged at length upon the quss
tios Of reconstruction and said We ought not TO allow
upOnthe into which the newly made freedmen
oppressed people and rscs, wLiCh had been en-
hanchised, committed cxceses in exact ntio
previously dominant over ~ General sickss concluded
- vudcatng General Grant from the doubts that had
been cast upon him as true 20 the Congressional policy
Lieutenant General sherman here entered the room
va Was greeted with the mos, enthusiastic applause
ir Choate az once proposed his health which was
Z 'unk standing and with all the honors Tho General
10 responding, explained that be had only received the
IN ni&ton 20 attend the celebration through committee
Nh scf had waited upon him that evening and that he
VA therefore wholly unprepared TO make speech He
sad &c life he had led for the last twenty years had
an extremely varied ore, having risonn the army
shros 'fk all the various grades from lieutenant 10
sral Part OF toe time ho had been banker In Wall
srs, .sd while 50 engaged As the President Of ne
bear itrssr he had at least always been punctua IN
his pay. nents Al last, however the war broke out
and caAleA for him in the capacity OF the profession
which thc government had educated him, aud lac could
NOT sns csd MOI. d, r the call Ana from the
fulfilled Inv part which lay 6esora him. General sner
conc sei by avowing h,s belief tba, the army OF
which he 81 tmed part sfl aciua,cd by the same
feeling az ~ od--.ho simple dosre do what MAS
sshs as hey sess snsw hoy. Sis,ly when they could
toast 'ThsI tate OF Nav York, which was briefly
responded to " 1aeuisnsn, Governor wooDrono, who
sad that hses ne before me sosis.! with double EN-;
be present TO W spsnd on behalf Of tho sias Coming
be the spels ~ had jus done from an autamuai
scourr the proved 10 him also snssI.
oaassmsnt ssh had not received his invitation 10 DO
present at the DIN ser unit, LAST eycniag ard he had
most delightful things connected with his accidental
elevation 70 tho tlcc which no bold thai 1
q New England anti1 vsran had discovered that he
1.-THE speaker happ nsd 10 be linee ocscendani |
q old John Tutts. Of tie pilgrims the uayaower
Ia alnson the progress OF America the
land at Ply mouh Rack, the rpeskss then reid that
on the occasion Of recent visit 70 Westminster palace
he found that history had al last done Justice iSelf
and that there ihera epshrined simple picture that
touched the America heart more deeply words |
could express--a picture ef the pilgrims embarkng
from the Old World aior voyage 20 the Sew Al /
the international Ezpcs.s also g was found that
American had bsen swsroA the medal for Invention
the invention Of The scwlsc machine There toe had no
found America represented N arr by Churchs Niagara
and Heart or the Andes" 0n tho Champ de Mars OF
Paris too he ieit when Gay thousand the brnan.
soldiers OF France swep. krevlew before repre-
, scn,ativcs OF ihe Hapsblts anu the Napoleonc
line that they had peers w the dusty and tat
tered soldiers OF tus Union soldiers who had drawn