The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-26


power OF the sword; America was great through
ssS n.,s
had ITS corner stone IN the affections OF people.
Besides the moral progress we had made we had
Mr.. Herman concluded By reviewing the rece6i
events " Europe, which he traced 70 American IN
MR.. HOSEA B. PERKINS, sPsRo.. e..
Mt PERKINS, IN response to ''sco,..and,N spoke as
fo.ni4ht from almost ev,rv snarte, n the globe
tr2M Peyo9 the bro,.d Atlantic, where shakspeares
genius shonee with matchess splendor and Milton
TSie9 orlh ms majestic cadences, Scotchmen speak
the varied callngs OF ie they Speak, TOO. from the
heather crowned hills and sunny wales OF scotland,
shores; they speak in our own dear land, from the
granite nils OF New England from the broad sa.
vannas OF the south. from the slopes OF the far on
Roll down their golden sands;
from the frozen regions Of the North where the
hardy High ander, wrapped in his OF FUR, pur
sues ms game with reckless daring and battles with
lne almost eternal SHOWS. No Arctic cold chill
ms innate love for his native land. lApplause.)
Ia 80 brief response as that TO which lind my
sell limited cannot audc In detail to her geo
graphical features, TO her winding streams made
wen llgn sacred 70 our thoughts by those who loved
whose sublimity grew the inspiration tnat ilunlned
many Q page OF The poet ana the historian,
over which we llnger in GREATNESS admiration until
our own souls grow warmer and better and hOiler,
perchance, for the beams or moral and Intellectual
beauty That have thrown their regal spendor around
them. (Applausel Nor can ], save for u single mo-
n.ent, kneel with Burns at the tomb of Sir JOnn
Graham the gallant friend OF the immortal Wallace,
or recount the deeds OF yaor on the crimsOned
fields OF Fakirk and BanD ockDutn. snail merely
say tnat she has gwen 10 the world more than her
famar alike " "a the u Tn a naenames
They stand like beacon lights upon almost every
page o. Enc worlds history and the indellible I'M
OF civilization sheds It's brilliant rays; wherever
music song and literature are loved. or
Learning unrols ts ample page.
Who has not heard Of her Wallace and her Bruce
anu the neds immortali1el by their vaiorf The
Scottish regiments were the first who employed pla-
toon firing, and they have ever been noted Tor their
skill and bravery IN arms from the time when they
conquered the English army, under Lord Conway,
at Newbern-on-the-Tyne to the memorable period
The gentlemen OF the legal profession who have
honored us with their presence this evening Will
lawyers never admit anything when they can AVOID
~ when l assert that In jurisprudence no greater
names are to be found than those Of Erskne.
to more than bare.y allude to her long line OF
philosophers, statesmen and orators. MATURE says
and jewels in rocky ground;" and so we turn to the
wild and rugged hills OF bonnie Scotland, and gaze
produced Scott. Campbell and Burns, ana say
Our own country, too. has had statesmen, soldiers
liberal share Of Scottish Blood Fsir oGt Of our
eleven Pfesidsl!s we're Of Scottish exIactlsn. Our
But Us we sy are U
1y reason OF their poetic and entnus
sl.n for their iacs for wsSe snsens
time allowed me, i could furnish proof Of
Jackson's scotush descent, as I could also that Of
with pride to the Scottish blood in tie Veins or John
9. Calhoun, South Cardinals noblest son. her pro-
said, that Language with him was but the scaioid-
ing Of thought, employed 70 raise q dome, which,
like Angeles, he suspended In the heavens" TAP
RsaS ads s mssr an sSa vs.
can forgive our Irish friends these little errors and
siee when Ne ca Ito to mind Ills noble tribute 10
Scotland. IA natioi," said he, ''cast. IN the
happy medium between the splritless ac4uiescence
pampered wealth-cool and ardent adventurous
and persevering-winglng her eagle flight against
wlnks and wing that never tires-crowned, as she
Is, with the spois OF every art and decxed with the
wreatns OF every muse from the deep and scruii;
q her burns. tAppIause:l MiitOa's Samson
equal truthfuness, that burns ''Cotter's SATURDAY
Nlght' Is the most fellKe picture OF rural life that
has ever yet been sketched by any literary artsta
When we reject upon the briet but eventful life
OF her sweetest song writer-him Of Kyle-we are
astonished tnat he accomplished SO much. .'ScOts
wha' ha WI Wallace bled" viii klndle an enlhusi-
asm even In the bosom OF an American AKIN TO that
produced by Hail Columbia" or yankee DOODLE
IA mans man for a. that' will cause his name to
hive till Times last echo snail cease to sound while
his sweet lines to 'Mary In Heaven are among the
enderest offerings that have been laid upon the
pure and hallOwed altar OF affection. believe, Mr..
Chairman, that the fame OF Robert Burns Will grow
brighter and brighter as the ages increase and when
the language in which he wrote his immortal verse
snail have been lost IN the genera! confusion OF
universe. !Applause.l some poems saws q
and the crash OF worlds and be preserved in
celestial archives as specimens and memorials OF
surely one Of them must be the Cotters saturday
Night" loud and continued applause.)
The remaining toasts Of .'The Poets and Poetry Of
America" The Poets and Poetry OF Great Britain
and Ireland "1he Press" "Sister Societies" and
responded TO with appropriate remarks. The ban.
quet was frequently enlivened with vocal ana in
Scotia's national songs was given. At a late hsur
the guests dispersed conscious OF having paid due
aSdeageriy looking forward to the next r
celebration OF the Burns Club.
Banquet of the Burns Association OF Brook
lyn, Il. ID.
About two hundred gentlemen last evening part-
cipaed in the banquet furnished under the auspices
or the Burns Association Of Brooklyn, E. D
Mr.. James Q. Eadie, president OF the as.
ISOLATION, occupied the chair, and was gene
rously aided by the Rev, Drs. Porter and Carroll,
who occupied seats beside him. The hall was
decorated with TASTE and notices from the imper-
ishable pages OF the plOughnan-poet adorned the
walls. The banquet itself was snowy but unsub-
stantial One-a thing OF beauty merely. De Wits
Forty seventh Regiment Band ably assisted Willie
Celiand, the piper Of the New York Caledonian
Club.
The banquet on the whole was a pleasant one
the "feast of reason and now OF soul" more than
The toasts were:-"The Genius Of Burns"
Scotland, the Land o. Cakes" "rhe President
Rr,a .he nee mr aanfea 21esn q
Of Brooklyn, The Army and Navy "the Clergy,h
''The Press" sour Sister Societies." "The Bench
and the Barr and 1.-THE Ladies.n
1.-THE Genius OF Burnsn was most eloquently re.
sponded TO by DR.. E. =. Porter OF the Bedford ave-
nue. Reformed church, while scotland, the Land
o. Cakes" was responded to by the Rev. DR.. Oar
roll. Mr. George H. Fisher briefly responded to
''1he President Of the United Stateso and was fol-
lowed by the ''Star Spangled Banner'' by the band.
The other toasts were drunk with all the hOnors,