New-York tribune., 1874-12-23
RESPONSE OF MR.. BEECHER.

celebrate and The Heros Uho ndde
GENTLEMEN 1t has been my lot both in po-
l,ical campaigns and in pursuing my duty to New-i.ng
land during OF the TO meet with many noisy
assemblies but will do you the credit OF saying that
you make much noise Tor few men as any assem-
blagc have ever seem lL1ughterl l thiuk that the
old Puritans OF Engla were especially fortunate III
thisihat they born at the time they wrrc-n the
ago they were II does not seem to ne that Prov.
idcbce thinks 1t safe to trust great deal to any
one man, and by consequence tnerc arc
very few men who aTrd TO be inspected
aonc-what they are. the magnitude OF their nature,
and their own soul power. Most mon are srsrS as
m,l,s are by reason OF the stream that moves their
wheel ad the in wbich men 1--we, and Tic Gr'at
nrirrul,. when possrss them and them iat d. =
their m Ii udcS and therefore II H. 10 SIN al
ydoi to br born at unie when great Questions
are no aud wi men hccoiue possessed hy tho irIt OF
their age Nothing makes u man 80 much hero. 50
worthy represent the feelings pi poses ana neceSSl'
trs OF tho times IN which he live. Wo make gieat
mistake in surprising that such aud sucn rn lead com
muuItcs. Communities mJid men aIli press them
,Tr~i" and :" n the Inus t are the in1, cuucmt and
conc"ntrlie IN IN r men nhd rAF.'.s ihch,
selves t IN; hu ty are hc pijdoet Vi l"c race anu
age. ana not oi the iniii' 'iIual .
ip :i natIons Whoever undertakes to mike wrong
right Puritan and there have been strngga OF tins
kind going en- snpp4s", Flhc' the G"y tat horalin
walked the Osi'n.ai plains lut b'iri me IirltahH,
cur ANCESTOR, to live At nr VIII u the world Was 50
far advarcrd IN clrI.z tinn, hnai'' rriGIr 10 u"
scIrncr Ot human rShi' lIla' th' N'i''s my Mt'c
born TO discuss aid s"tuc were th' last drGrr OF n-
rottlurc. They were Iuhddln"Ii'al L" every inter-
erl buo~u To hLmanti. JU't at l.rir tIn', t.rre
WAS an attempt made 10 DO Two ilnpo->l"io Things,
with atcny has Tot been given up a"h viii nos oa -
long mti i0Vc p"F an a. 'h'' ."'" on o,"'i
&C. ,ic 10 p,uIUcc un| n'| 'i'i'-' t'ih% vail G'd
Al igy never c1ud do n'NVr ht, G1nr, ic'cr "i'i tic;
anu umfJrniN-:s iIll& 'Ad, rcNer Z u i'Pi - Hh.
there is '~,aid Il unly: W." c!"AhrI h@ai- Hlil
untred oi!c rs saIr "M'n stall inlH aIhc. believe
alike, ami inca Thinking 'i he!cvhI ,lHo 'htt stall
cxricss t,oi-nt rnG;Ion ia IN" Haii" "Hy,' t"o
mon ,;rOuS mi,u,sItIh.irs W;ir p.Vi"u""cI I"r"u=h
t%U"c Two n,-ii,b.o tu.,ipl,, tLIo"-n wm.ch
could pass aid pe MAJ, II Was atttnpc0 10 press the
whole Auglu nation. Thr at"iupt was "i coulse
il, A era, lty an uuLat', IL o!c 100 al - line Whch
,oras were very low, wnrn nothing h,lrished tut ar
rogdnce and pIIir, aud al frns VI upprcsNlOL was
rr>.,tcd with nisut ana mann ny 'uo "hoie D"Ld of
PH1lns. =, , ,,, . =,
ply tnat when undcrst"nd IL 10 h,th in Ne" El.
rianG. /; was sect II belonged to 90 sect l. Ms
lot word tnAt designated tue iteaH ttth no! u; Ia
dependents OF the later i*c Iai 1,''Ii oe2' Ia te
Cnulch OF England, IN TO Kro:nei hom"n ntur, IT, u,
herc should reclamation Of morals, OF nihhrIs OF
goyernmtn,, OF every thihs thdt lct,aihtu, 10
prresons which Puri.ns suIi rcd iot the na"c oi
compiling thei to unIiorLiy Bet TINS need MOI re,
hcarc in your presence. Say the Puraus represented
the best spirits among the nobility OF Egldnd, INC best
statesmen in tho Court IL Qicrn l. l|:netn thc Dt't
lr,t James They were the a-cr, srraMny. IguU-
vulgar men caicaturc has relrosentrd c 10 De.
cessiye regps and OF culture, gentle manners Of
purity of life. OF The love of rrlnenrn'' lat mas seldom
utcp eQualed the Ang Saxon race fhppliuscj In
tins eudcayor TO put them sep hy step dis,
In order to rsist the oppression o tno o'atc
rS6ts of The citizen Insiead Of attempting resist
the rights Of eccesastca g1'rrnrn % mry were
tue liberty Of conscience aud its rights TLey went
certain way alons ~ this discovery ,,o n,
Now you mu, not cOnfound tno Puftan win the Pl-
GRIM We praise the Purtans; we have come iignt and
lille in them bat TO- night we 1Sn' @ selsGrsis taS Pnri
grims. Aud who were they ThrY were Puritaus Dut
all Purltans were NOT Pilgrims They have thr sainc
inllk daughter ami appau-tJ lhcy were tho nlsI
thu, England declared tue rsht VI tho nGiVIual
hafh 4 A u
were the first who not On, calhca or themselves
the right OF free thinking ard tree conscience nu Iey
were first who declared tbat others might tiluk
differently from them aud have conscience different
from theirs and yet respected and free lAppause
r, 9 remarkable thing about tue Pilgrims tna they
did not represent learning or tho gentity of
Engand They apranT 0.e ssoraos tTs
make 1t beautiful, companies or plau Iarneis hayng
1ny nfes a, or iGH 9ra ess 81 aud
that the Pilgrims aud went abroad after suffering
@ HARDSHIP ~ ner e TTess men
toieraton Of peacetuluess, Of true cordially among
troversy, but love ana good-eilowsuip. Ana, by
the way, l may say that On tho evening % GU
we'll. TO go from Englaud, they had to meet the
Mayfower aud sail win her. aud V,ry great least was
gwen to the aid the uncton with winch tue narrator
speaks OF tue Joy they had In that Ieas and festival
should take away all prejudice 0l those VINO mhu laut
with us for assembling under TINS r0oi. We sDrang
from the men whose last act foreign shore was
Tney settled III Plyinoutn and the Colony OF Plymouth
maintained long time It's separateness Plymouth
WAS the colony where there never was persecution nor
witchcraft where more than anywhere else. ireedUm
freedom Of under civil goyrinnents
was only preached but and tue eavcn OF
their fcass, Leir enlarged and mort tolerant beliefs.
went out af erward into all tue coony For when the
Massachusetts Bay Colony came over they brought real
aud genuine PuritaDs but OF different stripe ana not
yet advanced that degree 10 winch tho Pkruis had
BEEN And the Pilgrims held the doctrine that any man
may worship God he pleases aud that every church
is spiritual Of b:ileviug themselves quail
fed by iudweling spirit form their Own beicfs
Thus lhey began that career winch trust will never
end aud yet lake possession OF al the nations OF the
esrih as 1t has so largely Or this. tAppaiisc
has been said that nese were nen Of no culture 90
TASTE no sense OF the beautiful GrntleDep Ia regard
great body OF Purtns Ia England. Ia respect
Is this true In regard 10 one part OF them-namely.
those determined that there should bc reformation Of
vestments aud Of the ordinances Cf the Cnurchthis Ia
sense was true. But We have only lust emerged