New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-01-27
TOBERT BURNS

The 109th anniversary of the Ayrshire plow-
mans birth was celebrated by the Burns Club o. New
York OIL Saturday evening at the Pacific Hotel No ia
Greenwehst Tie char was occupied By MI John nm
Haggis was delivered 10y Mr.; Thongs Nicholson. VINO
rsnd9Ssa o noy the racs Keen epPrecs
OF their hUuor. The President then read Telegram
FROM the Caodonau Club " London dated at 1856 p m
aud received at the table 600 o'clock or is minutes
before it was dIspachod The regular toasts OF the
evening were then announced by the President as fol-
lowe: ,.. Gil, 3
The Literature # Greet ht'D I'D Ireland T. The Press Our
6,ier Societies. O. Tie La''ea 80, ,,,,.,,.
E0eety, who paid eloquent tribute 20 the memory 81
Burns TO tie second. Mr. Hosea H. Perkins responded
Ne fa hs emdd & he ssaSt bSId Of scotland the
hrst rank among modcrn poets. MI Perkins SAID: In
Shought, in depth Of feeling burns has but few. II any,
superors re was me poet OF the people ana his rep0,
Sehievemeuts And 4 is Neil That Il docs rot because
such distacion is nor, or less cpheneial Fat the fame
OF poets sculptOrs TantcTs and worldwide beneiaCtos
tic stream. finally mugloS with the mmeasurale ocean
of eternity lie loved the wild scenes and merry SPORTS
o. Od Saie9onla e CHERISHED egrG Tor heT
tions wben founded on the eternal PRINCIPLES of truth END
Justice lie abncrred oppression wherever ana In Wh9t-
Door and oppresscd-jle hnmbest peasant that ever
praver FOR ertv Was ar earer IL the heart of Burns than
whole OF tiiicd and tnseled pensioners or the
poet q his great genius. 20 ms Kindness OF heart ana
oosed with the remark that while there lives single
being whose heart beats the transports Of true poetry
r. ne An r,lr Is ..,he Iiier,t,re 81 Great Bri,
DIN aud Ireland" Mr. Robert Crawford. member ol the
Am resnonicd M CrawfofI Was rtrodnced bv the
President friend Of John Bright grandson Of Gavin
hamilton tine friend and patron of BuTusl, and PREDICTED
that Nj. Crawford would SC3n represent Ayr Buinss
native county in the British Parliament. Mr.. Crawford
alluded 10 many distinguished pcreOns connected Win
ehe Neratu OF Great Britain during the last century.
who enjoyed exalted positions. First Ia age as In fame
was the noble and venerable BIougan whose carer az
statesman author. orator and friend Of humanity began
with the present century Then there was Dickens "O'
whatever else be sid Of the Americans declared what
was most tue that they were ny rhoc lIn1 sr'
hospitable kind. aud ahectoiate There Wa sIael.,
great as Td ana IySb sSay renowned as author
orator and statesman; the speakers od COLLEGE IlelI
monthly to all the wOsd-gcOd words written by himself
b. the Duke Of Argyle, by william Ewart Gladstone, by
writer's He could See IN his mental vision atabie IN
6coflaDd surrounded by the most eminent ana Gs.ih
m sT6HSg dq ' The hastrioas bard There Was
lOrd Ardmellen, ore 81 Tho Llgne.,,souea , JuI6e5
ar poert Tie bocrauber of Burns has been pioneer
OF oheap use AID eevatng literature; Russell OF TIE
trofssso Mason aud Backie Peter Fraser, the unriv
sed wit and genial humOris and James B9 t9
eble editor and compiler Of the - SLroe s. % I m
Day Of Robert Burns"a book which: IN sos VIII e 81
most worth IL weight In gold t. the fortIhate
IL London, too, he saw, under the gehal W.
SoojetT Including among them band small IN numbers
SS un ~ - o hn ,ne"v Of the bard And in my little
village Ayrshire can see Todd poet IN n1oe H.,
promoted INlA nlKhl huplNIhO
with enthusiasm on tie genius OF the poet ana whose s
egaut speech at the Centenary VI 1872 it out t W
Balnutsne ia his Chronicle" And let me MOI olnlt an
slusion 10 our British authoresses Mrs Norton Miss
Mnlocb Miss Ridley lisa Craig Jean Ingelow and many
Others whose writings are known by every ntesae II
81 the land He concluded by trusting ihat ~ snaa Dc
bur eudeaVor to maintain tie same noble independence
and the same inheXbe honesty as our SCOTTISH para uu
despisiDg things ana refusing 10 NIhh az psc
ana hoping a. lie did that corruption may ever SHRINK
al your kndling indignant glance, and that tyranny ~
the ruler ana cenoGsness the people may ever ma
IA You an mex Orablo foe" App!ansc.l r, .
Tic Press" was responded 70 by Mr. Graham oI me
Ceoffisb 4meraQ, Our Sitter Societies. ~ Mr. Gibson
ETLe Las.cs," by John Reid; and the speeches were
enlivened by excellent songs from Messrs gs OiDsOh'
Anderson aud others.