The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-19
CONCORD GRAFTON.
Mr.. George William Curtis Bril-
liant Review.
The Revolution Began in Blood and
Ended in Glory.
HAIL TO THE HEROES!
Lord Percy's Zeal for His God
and King.
"Atlantis Hath Risen from
the Ocean"
5 T O 1 8 Z 5
From the Colony Of GeOrgius Rex TO the En-
pire OF Freedom and Power.
MR.. CURTIS GRAFTON.


We are fortunate that We behold this day. The
heavens bend benignly over, the earth blossoms
with renewed life ana our hearts beat Joyully
together with one emotion OF nlial gratitude and
patriotic exultation. Citizens Of q great, iree
and prosperous country, we come hither 10 honor
she men, our fathers, VINO on this spot and upon
chs day, hundred years ago, struck the first
blow In the contest which made that country
Independent. Here beneath the hills they
srod, oy the peaceful river on whose shores
they dwelt, amid tue nelds that they
Bowed and reaped, proudly recalling their
virtue and their vslor, we come to tell their
story, TO try ourselves by their lofty standard 70
know II we are ,helr worthy children; and, stand
Ing reverently where they s-ood ara fought and
died, TO swear before God and each other, in the
words or rim upon whom IN our day the spirit or
she Revolutionary fathers vsloly descended, that
government OF the people, " the people. Tor the
people, snail not perish from theearth.
This ancient town, with IL neignbors who share
It's glory, has never iaIie1 nsly 70 commemorate
shis great day OF It's history. Fifty years ago
while some soldiers OF the Concord light we're yet
hvinR-twenty-nve years ago, whIc SIN few
venerable SURVIVORS nngered-with prayer and
eloQuence aSd song sou renewed INC pious vow.
But the last lIving link Nltn the Revolution has
long been oxen. Great events aud mlghler
struggle have absorbed our ON genera
Son Yet VIC VITO stsnd here to-day nave
Rsympathy with tie men al the Old Norm Bridge,
wnlcn those VINO preceded Is here a. earlier cele-
bratlons could not know. Win them war was
name ana q tradition. swift ana vast had been
the cnange and tue development oftne country That
tue Revoluuonary clash o. arms was ALREADY vague
and unreal and Concord ana Lexington seemed
60 them almost as remote and historic as Ar0ela
and Sempach. Wnen tleg ass'm0led 10 celebrate
this day they say little group q iotteung forms,
eyes rom which the igat was iaIing, arms nerve
less and withere1, thin wnite mars that nutiered
40 the vInd-tney saw iee venerlDle relics Of q
vanished age, wGose PRIDE was MT before living
memory they bad oeea minute uen Of American
Independence. But Win us how cnanged War Is
no LONGER tradition, nalf romantic and OBSCURE.
II mas ravagsd bov many q our homes i mas
wrudg nov many u nearis before me North
ana south We know the pang common no
ery 10 consecrated bT a common sorrow. We do
not count around - 4 lew eeble yeteraes OF the
contest bat We are grt VITA 4 cloud or Wit
nesses. We are surrounded every where " multi
tudes 10 the vigor ~ taeIr pume-Oehold them
here to-daJ sharing 10 these pious ana peace
fu rites, the honorel ciAzens, legislators, magis
traies-Jes, the Cn.el Ml.istraie pr tie Republic.
whose gorJ 4 that they were minute men Of
American lloerty and union Inese men q to-day
interpret 70 = with RESTLESS eoquence tue men
and the times We commemorate. VOW, X never oe.
lore. We understand the Rev0 ti1n. 40 We Enow
the secret = moss 10 hearts aud homes. We
can measure fhs sacrifice. he courage tie devo.
non, Tor y lave soen q L al. Green Ai.ls %
Concurd, bfosl Cells q alIdlesex tal. heard
soc voice o. hans9ck ana Z. Adams, you heard
also tue ca q Lincoln and 4 Andrew ana your
Ladd and Wal ne, Jour Prcsc0t. and RIPLEY aud
Melvin. have revealed ~ more truly tue
DAVIS snd the BGrrIck. the Hosmer AM the Par.
her o. a hundred years sg1.
ne story u this nid Town / the history 81 sew
England 4 shoss d tee , 1pie aud the insritu-
uuns Ibat nave mlue H. Am-rcan Republic.
Concorl vas tie fret set emeas IL New LuglauI
apsye ltdewate. Il Tds planted directly from
the mother c0ontry aud sas what vas called a
mother town. the parent otner settle.
ments throughout Inc wilderness. II vas
Q mill AIRY post ii KIM Paiip's war. ana 100 geaTs
ago-luss 4 century before tle minute men whom
We commandments mlluA d Nl1dlesex were
ORGANIZED - minute men against tne fn7.
nns. u 4 concord radi.io tnat j. those
stern days, wnen he farmer TILED these Dalds AZ
the risk u nis lie, MARI sIeparl. i f!r - aiteen,
was watching one 81 tue hHs the savages,
whne ner brothers tRreshed ii the barn. Sua.
denly the Indians appeared, sew tHe brothers
and carried ner away La the nlgGt gnne toe
sayages sept sic ua.ied d horse whicn they
had stolen, slipped q saddle rom under me head
o. one o. her captor- nom 81 ned, swan the
Nashua River ana rode through tie forest n01e.
MARY Shepard was the true ancestor Or the
concord matrons VINO share m lame Of this
oay-of Mrs James Barrett. o. tne WIDOW Brown,
OF MRS Amos Wood ana Hannah Burns, win the
other faithful women whose seltcommanl ana
ready Wit and energy on TINS great morning snow
snat ne mothers Of New England we're Ike the
fathers, and mat equally 10 ootn tnelr children
may reverence their Own best virtues.
ntue later than Philips war, lss years ago
last night, while some 81 the frs. settlers q Mas
sacnusetts Bay sui fingered, wnen tne news came
that King James the Seroud uad been de0Hroued,
a company marched rom thls lo1R aud Joined
that general uprising 81 me colony wHicn rue next
dsy-tns very day-wth ola simon Bradstrcei az
10 nead, deposed Sir imund Andres. thc Kings
governor. and restored tie ancient quarter q