New-York tribune., 1878-12-24

thought thar the blood OF the New-Enelanu
one present 1t was transmitted through the
Sas.y 9 OF and Sphn cOu1sed the veins of Bens%n
Franklin. Daniel Webster, Chancellor Kent, Wen1en
Philips Ralph Waldo Emerson. John Lothrop Motley
and many others WHO had done their ancestry
In this connection and referring 10 the death OF 'he o
We are stunned to-day-we have been in these last
daysby the tdngs that have come 70 us o, Ine d.an IAN
OF delightful essayst author lecturer ana poet tna
charming friend and noble man who has been recently
representing this country at The Cour' OF Berlin Ana
here tonight in this society where we have hafd Ii I'm
in former years, we cannot b 'lp. i think out
express our sadness at the early close lose OF OF
promise But while think may sorrow, as we oil do
remember that there mas oeen one EeWlorK mnis.et
born in NewEngland and residing for seven years,
private citizen merely at Berlin interpreting America
to GGr@any inteTpTeHtng Gslmnnyd Sn@and pvS.s
and international ambassador; aud whoever may may
true aud noble minister there while Dr. Joseph r.
Thompson remains.
SENATOR BLAINES ADDRESS.
"The New. England character: : adapted to
every requirement; 1t fits her SONS nol
only 10 I'LL, but TO adorn every station"
was the next sentiment proposed. 10 which
Senator James g. Blaine responded. In introducing
him. President Appleton said it seem 10 HIM that the
best proof Blaine's ability and merit was
he had risen TO the highest position in NewEnga 3D.
although he not born there. Mr. Blaine then SAID
The President has kindly relieved me of Il personal ex
TPIeX are ns%fnl in families and. In a New
Engiand family, where modesty is the pre-
vailing quality, and where you rarely get
of direct blood descent TO anything in prae
f6a % ms TaSa ri by IaS ay Of @
sOnal p.qdery, | can speas my mind rrrn freely
ife on r its soil and have SIX cndren who represent
Colony And am not ashamed 10 saw Mr. President in
anv presence aud recolIectng, as I always do with
Il ashamed
@nee that IN the settlement of this country
and Ine spamno and moulding of its
nsffutOn the chirf and great merit belongs to New
E%gahu i1ry s Fonee small humber came in ie2o
there 70 WAS mo- .mIsraiInn to sneak of unn
lsgs was e., IsiS 9S sSo
of that embraces one-third Of the people of
tb uroSe"i,ors Of race of nenule twice ms numerous
Mr. President as spoke the English language in the
fother said 70 hrs tutr Instruct this young boy IN
history don't dweiI mocb on the anceuts but let nun
know everything thai happened the last hundred
and fifty lenrs And submit 10 you a Mr. L ffra,1n1 ss ~
years-n9t TO go back to 1920 The of which
planted then-has been ne process oi he AngoS 1on
race race ~ 100 nS nno %0Ilu, tn rvhsn ,be III
grim Fathers landed at Plymouth. Not I6.O0OOOO
II whrn the American Revolution was fought and
" tnlS huuueu h baan i%a nposress With othor. Tne
German Empire has been reformed III grander proper
tioDs than 1t ever ex sted before Russia has come ont
foymsd and prdnises tomeihine OF its ancient gran
ana risen once 9rs Ana n 3e & Wilt a., ft i
hundred years is thai when the ReyOution
can Colonies was frauGnt, there were not l6O00O0O
Another fact we are in the habit OF deploring the
9ardsps Of .ae men TSS settled % hab qnd @
ailuding to them as a poor, Outcast, friendless
race Of men; They we're anything else. They
class of men the ike of which has or since
erHSroted TO any land They were men of
culture. They were men of property;
Inc Sl,uUp nicu VIM Cdme u NtN-EHElhHu
Bay New-Haven, Connecticut sno Providence brought
with them, according to authentic history; S25OOOOo
~ mnch as II Is To-day The nr"nerTv thew brGirbt
vita them represented Sl5,0OO,OOO OF our
money at this hOur. snow me any Zl,OOy
SIHSaan 600 IN onr,v @ Win Ibs Show n ny iown
In tue United Saes Of 81 900 people that represent
more than S15,oOOOOO OF property t0day. They were
np Tbey yere men w6o had IN liic,atnre A. that
day Milton They were men who had IN the
ministry of which our distinguished and eloquent friend
mas asspoAen' IonD hoplnson' -
r,, D. r.. DE-. Ii. ., a., o.;
Inc heV' Dr. o''er, Liking up the sehu-
that he too would like 10 see the typical
d,nnor ~ winch ,Jues stapdisb and tohn Alden
"i"no' =" ~ ~
Sat down; he would also be interested IN comparison
OF the sentiments upheld at this banquet with those
u.rra.an.a1 br rho puritan fa,b.rs u. ,rou,d
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nnu anem, ns sa,, unv S iom
or,,or -, Cbprcb and state os well as unon the oues
"i"'ion Va NH"' ''N anu N."'. % - w" 10 ~" W. H'''
ton OF Democracy which they did not altogether be-
laya r, regard In tho great ends In he accou.
fs6d nv rei1on he said that the church should exls
Tor use aud not for ornament. It should exist to
make our streets cleaner to make tenement
houses better built and better drained !;
and 10 respect the rights of the Door In
fresh air and light well the rights OF the rch
man To accomplish this there Is better
way than TO have in ITS pulpit, men Of Sew-Englsnd
ancestry; and in its pews men OF Hew-Eugland views
and sympathies and Catholic generosity.
pFuApKs OF ppEsJDENT SEFJyP
hH'"n"n" ".
The wisdom OF our f0refathers, which We
or ant IN he.r an conous,v extolled and of winch
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nt ana frequent mehipn mas oecn ihaue 'ohBnt' "hS
iu no respect more manifest than In the sort