New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-07
THE HOWE FAMILY GATHERING.


clan here to-day; Jney nave come from near
and far: from neighboring hills and val
leys; from far off States and Territories, and
from foreign lands. They are cookbook
ing, robust-appearing set of men and wo-
men clearly indicating their sturdy New
England origin.
A band of music is in attendance, dis
coursing good music at intervals during the
day. The grounds at the grove and the
mammoth tent are finely decorated with
flags and streamers. The weather is de-
lightful. and over three thousand persons
are present.
At ten o'clock the exercises of the day
were commenced. After prayer the presi-
dent of the day, Colonel Frank E. Howe,
delivered a neat and short address, after
which song OF welcome, written by Julia
Ward Howe, was sung to the tune of
"Home, Sweet Home"
Colonel Howe then introduced the orator
of the day, Hon Joseph Howe, Secretary OF
State of the Canadian Dominion.
The honorable gentleman, after referring
to our native orators, said they were not
present for a parade of eloquence, but to
spend day in holy brotherhood and sweet
communion; to grasp each others hands,
and to look into each others faces. Family
gatherings were first suggested in New
| England, and in Britain the same family
| sentiment is in vogue. He referred at some
| length to the old ancestral homes of
| England, and the veneratiOn in which they
| are there held He traced the history of
| the Howe family from Henry the Seventies
| time down to the present hour, showing
that its history was one OF honor and
| probity.
OF their ancestors he said they were God
| fearing, worthy men, sprung from the sturdy
middle class of English civic and rural lie,
| who left their native country because they
could not stay there without mean COM
| ii; md n
| authority. They were men OF intelligence
| The women of the Howe family have been
| fruittul-the men vigorous; and this au-
| dience. where forms of manly beauty and
female loneliness abound, shows that IN
physical proportions and feminine attrac-
tions the race has been well preserved, and
in these sound bodies there are sound
| minds.
After further interesting remarks reIa-
tive to the antecedents of the family, the
| honorable gentleman concluded by saying:
If ii be wise to gather the Howes together
| and renew old family ties, how much more
| important will it be to bring together the
three great branches of the British family,
and unite them in a common policy as in
destructible as their language, as enduring
| as the literature they cannot divide. Out
of such a union blessings of perpetual peace
would tlow-no foreign power would ven
ture to assail us-ships to keep the peace OF
the seas would be all that would be re-
uuired; CAPITAL would eDb and flow freely
over the whole confederacy; our transports,
instead of carrying war material, might
carry the surplus population TO regions
| where labor is wanted and land cheap;
ocean kilograms would come down to
penny rate and our national debts would
| disappear by the gradual increase OF the
population, and the growth OF general pros
perity.
On the conclusion of the Grafton a song
entitled 'The Name We Bear" was sung
TO the tune of "Bonny Doom" 1t was writ
ten by Caroline Dana Howe, of Portland,
Maine.
Colonel Howe then presented Mrs. Julia
Ward Howe, who delivered finely appro-
pirate poem.
After music, Judge William Writ Howe,
of the Supreme Court of Louisiana. deliv-
| cred an address, containing a mixture OF
history. wit and drollery, that was highly
appreciated and warmly applauded.
Judge Howe was thus introduced by
Colonel Frank Z. Howe:
The orator of the day, TO whom yOu lis
| tened short time ago, came from the Tar
| North. | have the pleasure of introducing
| to YOU now another member OF our family
who comes to us from the far South-from
the city of New Orleans. L knew HIM per
| sonalI in Louisiana during the war, and L
can testify to the honorable part he bore as
an officer in the army of the United States.
Returning to the practice of the law in New
Orleans, he at once attained such eminence
that his appointment on the bench OF the
highest court in Louisiana followed almost
as q matter of course, giving the 5lncerest
pleasure not only to his immediate friends.
but to all who are interested in the admins
tration of Justice in that State. Allow me.
then. to present to you, the Hon. William
Writ Howe, of the Supreme Court OF Louis
lana.
The Boston Transcript says:
Judge Howe stepped forward and was
heartily greeted. He commenced by an al
fusion to the Darwin theory as applied
to the Howes as well as to the Smith
family, and whether Darwin was right Oh
not, vet, ike the ape, the Howes are ar
boreal in their habits-they are fond OF
trees. and their natural places of meeting
on such an occasion as this are the coo
arcades of the New England woods. The
Judge then in very witty strain referred
to his ancestors, but could not anege, with
Tony Lumpkin, that ''his mother was al
alderman" nor was his aunt justice o.
the peace"
The Judge said that Tony Lumpin Nigh
yet prove to be true prophet, Tor this Is al
age of progress, and he should be careful II
proposing as a subject of mirth female
alderman or a female justice of the peace IL
: | Massachusetts. IN 1dcI, IL "HdC Cue ut VIZ
papers say is true, one of our own family
has been made justice Of the peace III Dos
ton, and she NAV soon be uttering the Del
phic thunders of judicial decisions. lii
would not further digre5s, but would re
turn to our ancestors. Without lnvadln!
the Garden of Eden, nor even stopping a
the more modern deluge, he stated that hi
S great grandfather died in the revolutiOnar,
. army, and then proceeded to trace hi
family down to the present day, the recTta
being quantity made, to the great delight
| his listeners.
After rehearsing the public spirit ant
f great honesty displayed by his grandfather
e who settled Crown. Point on Lake Cham
t plain. the Judge said: To those tinancla
5 Jews who think Wall street is little heave1
/ below. sort of Jerusalem the Golden, hi
. life would be an absurd stumbling block
l. to those political Greeks who hope to go t
: Saturn when thev die. because there ar
f such magnificent rings in that planet, hi
6 life was the merest fOolishness.' Of tn
L "great men" of the present day the Judg
e drew the following picture: Tie Hor
J. Jabesh Leatherlungs, being quite unable
o earn an honest living, rushes into politics
d PLAYS the demagogue, gets on by tiatter
h and bribery, goes to Congress, print
n speeches he not only never delivered, bu
l. never composed, skips along from one falls
5, pretense to another, and is CALLED our EN-
e nent fellow citizen"
He did not think but that it was a mis-
take to say that Mr.. Leatherlungs, or an
|. other man like him, is in any wise til
!, cause of our national prosperity; he is onl
an accidental concomitant. The cause {
Il - ,o+;opol Drosneritv Is TO he fOund /