New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-07-30
ALB-Y0hK'S CEATENNIIL.

LETTER FROM IX-GOY. EYN'UE-BENLII'iAL -
FiUENCE UroN TUE NATION oF THE ptIlH
StIILERs.
Ex-Gov. HoratiO Seymour has written letter
in reference the Centennial celebration o e ''"f
zuon of the STATE Government o. NcW-l ORR, ""'h VIII
pc held AZ ngsjon to-iay to justice T. Il Ne>i'rooh'
Chairman OF the Comm Tee Of AuanSc!nelis. fo'
Wtng are some 81 the interesting passages fei1l
ln- 10 Tho influence al tine Ddtch character apo" ' Nv
iization of the new country:
When NewYork framed its Constitution, anna 'ut con
uon %. civil war, gave proof th1t 'he Do. @ lns
state wcyc Thoroughly Fer.'Il 10 "l ~ ~
and eOOl government. IL was halieu thi"u-it'"' ~
country ~ triumph 0r tie cause ~ lAucp renee AZ
Was bctfer than victory upon p.i'' li ~, -,
N,i, EXPRESSED the opinion, ut GA" t",t "nH great >
men ot daI when hc wrote 10 J"i jay i"" a. -
ccLed al others ln ~ "i'' s az ,e,
a. MI. was a. Il ,l,iva Dutch colony, tie char ter ~
til people ANA their influence upon our institutions,
demand particular Hvh''r -, $50 i..,. f,r
M. heroic age col lilo land. Holland Was tL' atluh I'r
80. urrscut,d Puntsns. constitutional liberty W'- luf9'
,luccd ..t0 Great Buitn 10 tde i.'o.u,io" WIS 90
nDon tne Brush throne tAu Prince III - aug "i" ''u
recently commanded the aIlh y %, ii''.',, go ,,
oi Eagtu.. Iuc accession oi th' btl,h l'..'i'.'
ia Ia mod lci the character OF thc Bfu'A p9Nrtln,H,
and myigoGh'd zen u,nlH OF u, .'W l,n.,,i In
colonies. TIE holan"i' h"' "he '"4'.-,'' y,
uyncd different nouonahil's am" ci'''"H'
tnrir sctd mcnt Aloto cn.-ie'i'a 'i-n 4i ,i S,
they HAD la great du1 "'t' ID CIV ID '.' .,.ir
a. Iury rcOl,ol u The Cosmopolitan caiii'. ~ ','
in ltOtanto. On Tie uthrl manu. hr 'i~v' y. & ,,
TIE appreciation oI cd"' anon a.. - r 81 ar
Ia, Puiiiaus, IN infested lu every plf.'' ~ ~
ana nfikait enter itiNNs- VNA N''t'
mir ana possessed tine characteristics derived Hya,
MN Of ta,e sources lie w0ld >cc" 10 deprive llo
Haulcrs co TIE purItaus oil thcit Just s.t' "' 'e'
ton. o. unworthy To De lht '.t-'' ',' gu '' r.tar
Inc world has never win ',~ti a. '.h' ~ 800 ~.
moral beauty t.u .he ldJ oi NeW o.h - ,, t.st
the DuvA GJNeiunrh,' avn ~ l' ~ ',,,,,iu =. y
Vtrws oi liberty continued 10 hndeh'e '"' ,ii
hal founded. ihrlc we're ,!ual'.. ua '''.'' ,n,
fui h.rlor o Ne@-Al't'' i'Hl t , 81, ,t c..ii lie
d.lcr.ut nation, tlrs ana cited,, lN."S In i-'',
,eirour,c. The hol.ncls a.d sTet, 10 ,, ras
tuo Walitnscs upon staten Island We '.'.-' 90 T. a
l.n upon lnus island, ana t"e hu-''u''' u.'' me-. n,
banks Hudson, found mere le'g-, %, - t, flrv
persecution. What c.NI% u iu." -. "A f,r.si. AMI
Som .li on rms spot, stli IA icd hN prh'N'
s made picturesque by the ending canoe oi -. o
Nine u.illc>, prominent ID .it '''.'' '.'i..r NJ
NUNor aud ihr Union. r-lres ~ the M n'hDe' ~
ualionaDtcs s,np 'e was oil n"'i"u" Union u
German, Jay 81 French l' in-S.uu 90 l \, descent
ii,h Morlls of Ne IL, and II hmah on 7''" td,
Hamilton born Ia one oi the Lh-..'" IN Of
IsilAtis. and Baron Steupeli, VIC D,'"mo "
NrN-Nork, WAS a Pfu sian. ,. .... -e.tle-
VIM, LnglisR character, AT tue time oi ipe i ,g.
ment OF as colonies Oh li's oo" % mi, , the
eNo ia then character, rc!rln- ra-ri ,"'h .' ,t ge
en- izcus 81 othOr nations, ~ san ieih.lS G Amer
40 them tue 'ls". 'iH mimi, mounted
can character. After t-c Dutch Mug Ni'. ,..re
tr Hfit Si throne. clyli pcity aud y hti,n -'s n.
placed upOu a broader ana hitit' i"'..No -, t tae
.ur COMMERCIAL SUPP, macy, Il dtdul,' h". 80 mas
wealth. ard power formerly hrid pN ~ b"'' =, rl
ito larger ana c"on'"lo"'a" -, ~. c,ilEa-
n, tt, otuer nations Jl me world To-Day ~ $50
non is IN MANY aspects more perfect thau lhd' " -
ota,r people but TINS must nor D.a 80 ,rr, nrst
tory low statc when lts America" Ss,t, t
planted on our shores. All must sec "a" 10, .,,es
Tor TIE usnro oI our evun,,S t,s' nj ,nrcw open
nrst occupied tie banks Of the hudson th" "a IA.
tn, gateway tho interior OF the continent ~ ,rr
tounlites aid 10 all rrcets Inc cosmopolitan si'
OF the population TINS state, gave u iI.u ,t IA
lar-c md liberal idea, Of 1urspfuicuce lneiN = M
me political records of hls Union iuct al
political rights than Was the act pa.su =? rb. and
f,p.lur~ nm 1921 "decarins what are lhc ri-" ,,in
prvilegen of their Aaicsys subjects nhaoiths ~ Snr
ihrir uroyucr OF Now York Az t"iN 10y ~.
lii, reli,dous intolerance has lost its worst as 80,
mi n a ain our duty to honor the founders o v
STATE IA the same loS al spirit which Snla'es es Of
80 ther sections when thct speak OF the Vntuos
hs,r f,thrfs TINS duty Is sacred WIN US s,nl
yiy,s due honor to people who have lOSl 'n' ~ NO
- .nai mir suuerior bower elsewhere. M.y y"
NOT fairly claim that the policy Of the men oI ys
before and since tho Revolution, has done uuo aud
our country the benefit OF all forms of 0lNlLa.,
ths ysor aud nbcrahty which spring rom u,,lans
sInona those who upon social and po.ili.a Pi'
| from different atandpointsf