The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-01-15

widest ocean lsiN cannot suAr, ~ Wl
get messages from London n % min-
utes. 4 Is all due 10 ihat restless aud re-
sistless fanatic Cyrus VI Field Great
anplausa1 Therefore 81 cali the Pun
tans fanatics, IS simply to csn them un-
saeryeringly devoted to au ilea and i
any man chooses to think 81 them as
most charactenstically represented hy
Cotton Mather preaching iutermAablo
sermons. o. burning poor old women e.
witches, ! prefer 70 represent them bs
Roger Williams preaching and practle-
inc religions liberty from which AL
other freedom springs And he did
this not because he was W0ls Puritan
than Cotton Mather, bat q better For
Purtauism was but logical ProtostTn
tism and the most perfect protest
against Rome ever nude down To his
time. was that Of Roger Williams His
fellow-P -Puritans of Massachusetts Bay
pushed him into Rhode Island But,
when the rugged old troa Of colonial
Puritanism shook of Roger Williams,
it lost It's saundest and sweetest fruit
(Ap.) So il man chooses 80 see the
spirits and results OF the Puritan prin-
eiplc IN the cropping Of Quakers and tho
hanging Of Mary Dyer, aud the blue law
which forbid man to kiss his wife on
Sunday q law against whicheyery faith
ful son Of the Puritans lives in chronic
rebellion. lLaughter) Yet ! prefer
to see its spirit in the energy which
tames a continent, cheers it with churc-
es and schools, sets the spindles hum
ning and the shuttles flying, which dives
into tha earth and into the sea, runs
over the praries, and talks by lightning
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, until the
whole land, where men are intelligent,
industrious, and free, seems singing
and smiling at it's daily work, (Ap-
plause.) i know Sir, that you viii re
mind me that this is rather too large
cargo to have been brought over in the
Maydower, while our honored guests,
whose misfortune, not whose fault, it is
that they were born elsewhere, will think
it only another ebulIition Of intolerablo
Puritan conceit. But let those laugh
that will. The historical fact remains
that while various parts Of the country
wer settled under various imdulses, our
political aud social story has been that
Of but two tendencies, the Puriton and
the Cavalier. II has been a continental
contest between the steady God-ioaring
Puritan citizen and those seeding roys-
ters AZ Merry Mount Without uukind-
ness, 7 may Fay that Virginia ana New
England, ancient allies, and by Gods
blessing to be future allies also, repre-
santed the two tendencies they stroye
for the mastery Of American civilization.
Virginia sent brute force into the conn
try New England sent brain force
Therefore the more mon Virginia gent,
the poorer she was, for ignorance and
degradation would impoyerish any land
But the more mon and women New
England sent the richer she and the
country were for entelligent industry
is better than q gold mine, The con-
dict Of this Puritan and Cavalier ten
dency grew fercer. One or the other
was to rule the country and strike tho
key Of its civilization. 1t was a conflict
OF caste and equal rights i came to
arms; neither would yield For four
terrible years II was fire fighting fire,
and, by Gods grace the fire d heaven
has prevailed over that Of he'll Cap
plause.) Now The Yankee is tho Puri-
tan Of the nineteenth century 50 il IS,
for the word Yankee describes that
masculine moral purpose which no
knife can cut, nor fire burn, nor water
drown, nor Rebel resist. which viii yet
make Virginia what New England is,
and say to South Carolina, Friend
come up hither," The word Yankee is
as broad as the country and when the
quality Of tendency was to be tested, it
chancod that its representative man was
born in Kentucky and bad never seen
Now England but twice. Yet Of Ill
men that ever lived in or out Of New
England, Abraham Lincoln was the
ideal Yankee (Great applause But,
| Sir. the triumph ofPuritMmsm docs not
stop at our shore. The principle Of the
/ Mayhowers Constitution begins 10 thr0b
in every form Of government The most
powerful man ID England to-day, WHO
is well called ITS future government, Is
politically the child Of the Puritans.
At this moment America u hi88trength.
| At this moment America is the lever
with which he heayes the imperial pub
| lie opinion Of Britain Tie electric cur
rent between bis heart and ours was
established long before his friend laid
the cable. In the darkest hour Of wai
be was true5t to his faith ii America,
through the stormy debate over Tie
Trent capture rang, ike a bnele cry, his
want Of confidence ia Yankee honor.
We know his name, We love his name
No living American is more beloved
than he Some day may this true Pu-
ritan come among as, aud tins country
viii rise from tic seacoGst to the prai-
RIGS, ID welcome the man Who IS ma-
king Noa England ont q Qld England
the British Ianke6, John Bright
Loud cheering. the entire audience
rising and greeting tile aentimeut Sir
aud gentlemen Such is the mother
and such her influences whose birthday
we celebrate tia tlle mother Wlo has
taught az lhat whatever uit o. wealth.
Or idea. or poHer If apy kind we may
have. y rot 10 be h9afdeI fgr ourselves