New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-24
THE PILGRIM FATHERS.
ADDRESS OF MR.. RALPH WALDO bnEh1"'
BEFORE THE NEw-ENGLAND soCiEI''
Steinwov Hall was crowded TO its utmost


on Wednesday there for their revenge ana many
more "a whom the omen doors were temptation.
The platform vas occupied by large numpfr o.
notabes, among whom noticed Messrs JoSepp
H. Choate. Vim. NJ. Evsrts, VIM. Cullen Bryant
George Cabot Ward the Rev Merrill Richardson tDe ke'
Dr. Deems, and the Hon. George w. Julian tn" meetiht
was called to order by Mr. Joseph IT, Choate Who after
a prayer by the Rev. Merrill Richardson, introduced
Mr. Emerson in a few fehcitous phases o. a prophet
honored not only IN his country, but in all others
He was received with great manifestations Of regard bJ
the audience and at once began to read bs address
There never was a speaker who depended 30 little upon
the grace OF delivery. He spoke in low and somewhat
indsnct tone that had more OF the character Of soBl
oquy than Of oratory. Sometimes though too rarely
his voice rose with the theme and rang out for an In
slant with an admirable eIearness and force. But
lie never for @ moment lost the entIre anu
eager interest OF his audience. IL IL pro-"
not only OF the power OF the orator. D"'
also OF the culture OF the crowd that these
thousands Of people listened with the most rapt atten
ton to an hour and half OF the pures and coolest his
toca and philosophical discussion, delivered without
gesture and without single passionate infection OF
voice. He frequently applauded, and toward the
close OF his address, when, according TO his custom he
began fumbng with his bulky manuscript TO see what
he could omit the entire house protested nosy against
his deprying them Of any portion OF the discourse
Mr.. EMERsoNs ADDRESS.
the solstice the remembrance OF this day. and TO con
slider the past and the present Under the thoughts of
these days, we meet friends though we may be all
strangers each other. What destiny has that little
patch Of territory by the seal The sands OF Plymouth
prove not castle in span but the immense mistake OF
their charter expressing the territory OF lands gwen 70
the grantees as extending from the oreth TO the forty
eighth degree OF North latitude and in longitude from
the Atlantic 10 the Pacific Oceans-th immense mistake
incredible then, had they guessed s meaning Is literally
correct to-day out 1t has taken $50 years TO make II so
The growth Of nations not for the most part connn
Gus, intermittent by successive leaps but this nation
is exceptional 1t has moved the does; here are
Gains and there storms but the great tidal wave
never stops until reaches the bounds Of the Continent
We have, In the two and half centuries, outlived the
rise and fall Of many dynasties.
Great destines grow Of their impedments correcting
their faults and drawing new might out Of them lea
great work this people has accomplished. These men
these citizens, these planters at sandy Plymouth tried
the crucial experiment after many failures OF great
nations-of France OF SPAIN OF Holland and OF England
some OF them under renowned leaders, and backed by
kngs-to get footing nearest to Europe on this CONT
neDt These poor English outcasts without the aid Oh
their Government, nay In spite OF its Jealousy snd
enmy by the might OF their virtue and by the diligence
Of their hands, and by the blessing of God have to-day
carried their plantation 10 perfect and showed
mankind how the work could be done. IL was on small
SCALE they few in number the land on which they
lighted sandy desert it has never grown toa large
population or TO Q fruitful country but all
the more praise to them that against these
disadvantages, they did by their good sense
and their sublime virtue teach mankind how 10
overcome all the evils that flesh is heir TO, and build
FREE honest, and happy republic on desert shore Jap
pause] Their example fruitful. exceedingly. As
the Of their settlement and success reached Europe
new colonies arrived. They built Salem and Boston
they peoped Connecticut New-Hampshire, Maine, and
Nj and IN ha apu
and posery from the arhest East to the farhes West
THE sEPARATIsTs
Gentlemen and ladies' you know that atey careful
study Of English history has shown dis tinctoD among
those earlier settlers which adds TO the honor OF Ply
mouth. The English reformers In Queen Eizabeths
time we're two classes, called the Puri'ans and the
Broypists or separas After the death % Henry the
Eighth the Brownsts separasts resisted tie EstaO
lshed Church. and held that the church was spiritual
association Christ being its head The Purans return
ing from exile after Elizabeth had settled the Establish
ment were disappointed that the principles OF the Re
formation not carried further but most OF them
| Royal Supremacy and uniformity OF Articles OF
Rego1 These men remaining WITHIN a9eut hf in
with the form prescribed by law ana the separ
Thatcher was executed Bury Edmonds and great
was bravery OF John Fleming weshmaD. executed
t6e ognaors aud settlers OF Plymouth Colony. There
was nothing left for them but flight; their death wac
sure If they remained in England. john Robinson.
Pastor Of scrooby; William Brewster aud william Brad
| ford Governor OF Plymoutb-these SeparatislA
| Later, under Archbishop Bancroft, the Purans also
came under persecution and then they formed the com
pact TO go America In 1929 the Purians said, 1--WE
OF England though but separate from the
ruptions The fathers OF Plymouth were not Pun
| tans, but BrOwnists and separatists aud commonly
called by distinction Pilgrims because there wac nothing
but pilgrimage or flight before them, while those WHO
settled later for instance the settlers OF Boston, Gov
winthrop, and Dudley, and others, were PuIltans.
the s6 OF November 1910 The 9th OF November they yet
sail The Maynower came In sight not of the banks of
the san od o Ose and Seuds% arm Of
Massachusetts, They seered TO the south but fearing
the dangerous shores returned aud within the Cape
two DAYS later and anchored N the halbor OF Proype
town Their arrival was only the first step Inc repairing
shores in the snow FROST many Of these necessities
detained them long. Their survey 10 find suitable
December which in our calendar is OF December
$50 ago, the exploring party OF corbn BRADFORD
TO plant themselves the plymoub shore. and the men
people (which did comfort their hearts" II took
i've days 10 bring the ship and Its company into the mar
praise they had fixed on the spot where 10 build. tcy
still delayed by storm until sacred Sundays then they
laid out their little town on this anniversary which IL
the 2st OF December and began their WORK Oh Christ
mas, which was Monday. the 25th Of December
| PLYMOUTH COLONY.
Then We went there some tO fell timber, to
saw. carry! and rested ON that day" Is
took long gather materials Of every kind lay
the loads public and for the individual tamrs.
You know the endless Affections that followed. out Of
l0 hich the company counted, half persisted il The
first year. when recruits they scani II
bread for themselves, they forced TO
Mott buy bread and the ships that fishing
compelled 10 live clans, mu.sels aud lobster
! The In companies OF six and took their
/ turns M The boat, went out with the net and
hshed, and L" returned tin they got some, though
they b i've OF six days out Tie rest went TO rsnge To.
forest for deri. John Smith this country " Of
all the .ur parts Of the world have yet seen aud
plea If had the means To transplant colony, would
rather live 10 Massachusetts than anywhere and II t
1d not lnslntsn itself. II but iDdiserentiy we
lifted, let US starye. Massachusetts he calls tie Para
dse Of this forest. IL bs BigD mountains. Perhaps ia
Massachusetts. then, he the peaks % the White
Mountains. Like L@rton, the moro lac looked the
| he liked the country