New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-22
THE PILGRIM FATHERS.

| p,yNoUrH. Mass Dec 21.-Thc Hon. Robert
G. winthrop delivered Grafton to-day al noon IN 'ns
city in honor Of the 20h anniversary OF the ndns Oh
| the Pilgrim Fathers.
After adverting the Landing OF the Pilgrims ana te
wonderful results sprnging from their venture inc
said There have been, and Will he, other occa-
sons for boastng If any one desires to boast OF what
Nav England has accomplished directly or indirectly,
for herself or tor mankind In later times Ihere nave
been and will he. other opportunities Tor genera s"'
fcation OF New England principles New EngHanu
achievements New England inventions and discoveries,
mat r nre.ent remote or recent We recognize them All
,odaya at least that are worthy Of being recognized
nj ALL as the legitimate result and development vi th'o
davis dongs We count and claim the progress oi our
country i'm It's best and wOrthes sense, as the fHgS
Progress AS the grand and glorious advance upon
line of march in which they were the pioneers ana TOT
which they in their own expressive phrase, lteray -
well IA meta phoucay. were the Instruments u oio"
| the ice for Others
THE RECORDS OF THE PILGRIMS.
Since the last celebration OF the Jubilee OF the III
grns fifty years ago, antiquarans NJ nome ana aorou
have investigated with zeal the traces Oh our f
grim forefathers One. especially, recall, Veherape
antiouary OF Old England the late Rev. Joseph Hunter
who having diversified his routine OF service, IN Her
Maesty's Public Record Office. by tracts Illustrative OF
the great triumphs OF his country in arms ana III
Observation-Disclosures by the sword OF Henry " ~ Agh-
court and trmphs by the pens OF Shakespeare ana NIL
| tOuiu fields
the Pilgrims Of Plymouth and to the Puritans OF Massa
chnsets for the and best themes of his unweaea
Investigations To him primarily it that we can
follow hack that little band, to which the name OF
Brownists had been contemptuousy given, To the very
hive from which they first swafmeh-that hVue
| circle in Yorkshire and NottinghanShire' ana
| not far from Lincolnshire, around which
| he 40 fifty inscribed the legend. MaXimfe
| centis incunahula the cradle OF the greatest
nation BY the light Of his antiquarian torch We arc
able to fix the precise locality aud surroundings OF the
old Manor Place Of ScrOOby-a palace of the Archbsho
Of York which was occupied refuge for many weeks
by the great lord Cardinal wolsey whcn having vcn
tlred In sea OF glory hut far beyond his depth ne
had at last been left and old with service 10 'he
mercy Of a rude stream" which was forever to hide
him; and which not many years aferward Henry
With himself had selected for restingplace during
one of his royal progresses 10 the north, hut WHICH, nan
n centnry later had become the home of one whose o.
cupation Of H. even for hour, would have given IL
celebrity and sanctity in remembrance ana regard
which neither archbishop cardinals nor kings could
have impaired 60 it in q lifetime
In the "Manor Of the Bishops" william Brewster. one
of the noblest OF the whom we are here 10 com
memorate retired disgust from the poms and yaniiies
of the Court and gave himself up to religious meditation
At his 6ouse-ths very "manor OF the Bishops, which
| Mr. Hunter helped to dcutify-we learn mat the
members of the church Of which the saincd Robinson
was the pastor, tho church OF our ilImOuth llSris.
|
he entertained them when they came. making provision
for his great charge; and continued 50 10 40
| while they could stay III England
TIE NSEAs AND ASCANIUs OF THE PILGRIM EPIC.
But il is not only the residence of Brewster which the
researches OF good Mr. Hunter the very Nmrod Of
tiauaries have revealed TO us. There, within that
charmed circe-t The cradle Of the greatest naton-he
helped us TO discover birthplace which, owing to
laundering mispTint, had long baed the most eager
search; the. birthplace of one who might almost
4, a., I,c ,pol
first at any COMMUNICATION Of the Pilgrim Fathers
their Governor for 30 years. their historian, Their
no of them nm first to last in the fidelity and de,
yotion with which be sustained ana mus rat rat a a
circle, in the recOrd-book of the little church OF
tinct entry William. son of William, Bradfourth,
baptized the XIXth day OF March, Ammo Dni 1882
Bradford and Brewster If mistake not, are the only
of Pilgrim leaders who can be distinctly identi-
fed with that little church At scrooy Of which ne ven
cradle Richard Clifton and the Jealous John Robinson
were the associated pastor and teacher and out Of which
this first pcrnancat settlement OF Now England
period, hardly more than 10 years old, an orphan
boy and must have hes ike son to Brewster Who was
40 years his senior; but he boy who seems to
known little more OF the state OF Childhood but us
even then Of rendering no feeble comfort to his
maturer leader and friend Together they braNo1 pese
cutiOn Together they bore the taunts aud ScQs o neigh
bOrs and relatives. Together they embraced exile. To
gSngIT enc ro wg r alter bef Brad
ford Vas liberated mt on aeco, 81 hn ms y
the MaylOwcr Together they associated for three
| and 20 years-for Brewster lived in vigorous old
age till lG4in establishing and ruling the Pilgrim plan
| tatiOn here at New Plymouth.
Brewster and Bradford the Hneas and Ascanius Of
| our grand Pilgrim Epc-I might better have said, the
Paul and Timothy, be it Titus of our New-England,
plymouth separ@i.s unepoth % ,m ab Syaen o'
showing forth the great doctrines OF Christ their Sa
w S NAVE br S" enyed by any pastor or preacher
lordy prcate Of that or any other day Forever hon
England hearts! Alas! that no portrait of either OF
them is eftf indeed, in their simplicity and nodesy.
their image, as well as their names and their example,
might be held np TO the contemplation OF our country
| and OF mankind for endless generations!
THE FATHERS HOLLAND.
The story of the flight Holland and their dreadful
suierings familiar 10 need repetition. Not a
left Of their residence in Amsterdam. We only
know that, finding they In danger Of beng involved
in contentious about and starched
bands other such vital matters which had sprung up
another little church OF English Separatss which had
fed there before them and thus of being robbed OF that
harmony and peace which they priced above all earthly
things which they had abandoned home and Kindred
and country 70 enjoythey thought 1t best to remove
more and establish themselves at the noighboring
II was great epoch in Dutch history, when the Pill
habtuate its strange and uncOuth"
toms and Language IT was the Pre.ise period at which
for liberty ever waSed our own Motley has ter'n
Lands to begin it sgsu We trust, at distant day
and then to show precisely what going on in that
and partaEers OF its fortunes About the time the Phi
grims landed her shores also to Holland
10 longer q colony Of Spain.
| sIASDIsH.
At Leyden tho exiles were Joined ny Miles staDdlsh
the intrepid soldier and famous captain Of New England
who having served the side Of the Dutch In the
mics OF England IN the against SPAIN and having
been released by the great truce from further
pagning in the Old World, united himself with the PHI
| grims, and though not member Of their Church. fol
lowed their fortunes and fought their battles calamity
20 tue end A little man Enthusiastically more than five
feet high-the grand army with which he performed
his most capital exploit was probably the smallest
which mustered for "a serious conflict In the
mails Of human warfare-Ony eight men besides their
larRn henri inclnsal ~ he