New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-23

Tor tlc enthusiasm kinded in your faces. would
hardly have dared to address YOU for M.d nothng 70
ties y 90 the earnest seriousness OF the ye and char
accr Of those from whom we sprung sGTa mot mot aa wS
faith, gratitude and affection. God bcSs tho memory
OF the Pilgrim Fathers! Extend their influence, widen
their sway and unite this whole land from east To west
in a perfect recognition Of what this nation owes
20 the Rock out OF which 1t wasshewn Great appiause
Secretary Robson response to the toast The Presi
don't o. the United States" spoke as follows
SECRETARY ROBEsoN's SPEECH.
Mn. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN OF THE NEW ENGLAND
SOCIETY AS member OF the political family OF the
officer YOU have Just toasted thank you Cor the senti
ment and for the in which II was received The
sentaent is of course formal aod oicala trbr;e TO
the )aoe rather than the mana mack OF ordinary and
decent respect for the Chief Magistrate VI great
country. OF which New-EnglanG forms so important
prt but in the feeling with which yen have received
Il personal tribute to the man. such comes only
10 him In whom the sure instinct OF the popular heart
has discovered and recognized the qualities OF true man
hood For the one, thank you, officer OF the Gov
eminent for your compliment to the Chief Magstrate
but for the other there out 10 you the warmes feel
ings OF my heart for your tribute 20 him whom am
proud to call my friend.
You aware, MIR. President ond gentlemen doubt
not-and may account for something OF your great
kindness. for like oil people who deserve appreciation,
you appreciate yourselves and your own peopc-that
President Grant though not lborn within the limits OF
NeW-InSIdnu, YET scion OF your ny IlSht VI
blood. "a Hebrew Of the Hebrews" He claims the
proudest ancestry an American should boast he is
the grandson q rovOlu 1onary soldier Connecticut
captain who. at Bunker Mn and at Yorktown drew his
or free government which his grandson has
country, and to the world Sprung In part
from such ancestry and drawing many OF his character
iStcs from the pure fountain OF his Puritan blood, lie
was born in Of the settlements of Ohio then in
me van OF progress sweeping to The West westward
history as well rs philosophy which doubling Down
East even VIII venture 70 deny Its true believe.
thdt the material world rolls ever from OcCdent to
orient put the giant intellectual moral, and political
70 sss T w ever aGnst the sweep strides onward
earlier waves OF progress rolled 10 the shores OF Western
EGpe SO each succeeding surge sweeps further west
From roekGound coast from rugged mountain side from
Itself NewElgand pours Der migratory hordcs along tho
path 0f every progress from the eevatng influences
from her teening schooihouses, from her free town
meetings they carry the trails OF their New England
origin education and character, into every Held which
human enterprise dares 10 invade or human energy
moral qualities Of their New gland origin develop them
In scenes OF more intense vitality aud amid the struggles
of larger elements Of natural force Thus produced
race uniting almost every condition Of physical intel
lectual aud political development. What manner Of
men these are, who born OF Puritan stock and inherit
ing the energies and capacities of Puritan character are
developed In the free air aud under tthho
activity and vitality of pioneer and frontier life
make new and mighty element of power, which
the attention OF the world ard viii command
Its Tie President is OF the class OF thus
produced. Thoughtful yet recent; quiet yet energetc
astute yet direct calm yet vgorousthese are ehaIac
large views, yet wh clear conceptions OF liberal ideas
yet with fixed principles; OF high aspirations yet with
broader fields aud amid te struggle OF more elemental
forces. Add 10 them, habits Of thought aud action bred
ziug with profound conviction the great principles OF
equity and Justice, heart open as day to every manly
faith which falters, simplicity which tells OF
honor, aud courage which Is born OF freedom and You
have the Character, "full-orbed ot soldier statesman
You will have easily perceived, Mr.. President, that
am not without just appreciation Of the qualities
which she produces and nourshes into strength and yet
10 press the idea that, great New England IL at
home she Is in reality greater beyond the pej that
strong as Is her natural growth, IL bears ranspantnG
without injury, ana in soil with reer ar and wider
openings, 1t oton atas richer stronger, and lOfter
on the far frontier in the commercial capital of the
beneath the orange gSyes OF 5he f S%@In anq
eyes look toward the shores OF 90 far Catay her sons
%9G sTSSss the ana q e to So
feet The old mother has thrown them of from her
teemng BOSOM as the northern cage soaring ron nea
cyrie shakes in ml-ar, her frightened hedglngs from
her back. To try for themselves tner phys
in the upward flight and dare alone te sehnor nm io
danger Of the sky once escaping from tile immediate
influence of her strict traditions winch sSetnes re
champions OF every broad Idea the cOnqefors of every
large success Before the sweep OF taedr daSs sIed
and the earth subdued, until material nature
Continent to the shores OF either ocean and from this
great commercial metropolis Of the country when tney
,Hanneis Of our countrys greatness Now, Mr.. Prcsi
dent il Of the nature OF to rise 10 spirit 10 tho
dwindles in contact with small things and narrow in
terests but when brought in harmony with great IDEAS
striving great ends with strong feeling excited and
pouring the altar OF success the most cosby ana pre-
cious sacrifices, then the human hear aeVel4pag te
Oest dea and enarBcs To The compass or the bfoauest
yc movements are themselves nberalzed and Gle
waited by them aud then II comes 10 pass, tht deahg
world and charging the narrower horizon OF home to
the broader horizon of man, tho children OF New
England alien to the homestead develop thef larger
therefore Mr. President, you, who by right Of birth
proper WILL am sure, permit me, an outside barba-
lin, TO propose health with ever increasing
Her sons are ever the past aud the pres
ent not only but to the futureon the I Pac,no sOe,
in the frontier wilderness, In the young ara gp0Wa1
West on the teeming nts of the great met1pons Of
commerce and OF trade, they realize Tue ore eres
our common country, only In her glorious @
on Tie past and GRAND realities OF The present. but In her
noble mission and splendid destlnles IN the lutuio
The CharsnanTo the noxt two toasts there VIII DC o
resnopse except nat which wells up from your own
oval hearts: 'aThe state OF New York-Inperia IN oil
mat elevates mankind All who dwell within her Dor
dors will sustain with loyal hearts her hohor anu Der
greatness" ,-... 81, o,,,,i,o.
.sTbe City of NewYork-The headquarters Oh 0i'iNN"
ton" -. 4. -. 80, hord
Afr Cboate then said know that 1t has been nara
For Won 10 restrain the mpstenoe that preVehteu you
from drinking tho health and paying Que homage " INC
Of this anniversary and here our toasmaster has
neep sadly at fault. When he prepared the oasts on
sunday or he did It, he could not prophecy the
A. mat took Mace at Association Hall last night, and
nfe Iae AZ rbe orator OF this AnnversaryHis clas-
SIC H hand has decKed the shrine OF the Pilgrims with
q wreath Of everlasting lapplanseIi put nmep
Tor when you think Of Mr. Emerson and oil that he
has done aud said appause will you not agree WIN me
o. .Sth the toast that his whole life and all his great
thonghts and all his pure sentiments have been ae "a
Ssbsd eyen the rugged rock Of Plymouth itselff zap
nIause take great pleasure In presenting 10 you MI
Raluh Waldo Emerson. tApIlause.I