New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-22
SONS OF NEW-ENGLAND.
THE DINNER OF THE BROOKLYN SOCIETY.

lHE DINNER Of lie DAOOhL1N cOClEl l.
LARGE AND PLEASANT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. BY
GENERAL GRANT, MR. BEEC TER. MR.. DEPEw
AND oTHERs-A LETTER FROM THURLOw WEED.
The second annual festival of the New-England
| Society of BROOKLYN, concentrating the 261st an
DivcrsaIy Of the Pilgrims landing took place last
evening in the Assembly Room of the Brooklyn
Academy Of 5iusc. 1t was largely attended and
| very successful At o'clock the guests began to
arrive, but 1T was not until 1880 that the
doors OF the dining hall were opened and
| the guests were admitted from the Art Gallery,
! Uhcr, they had assembled. The Assembly Room
was decorated with drapcd flags surrounding the
coat Of arms Of each of the thirteen original States
| New-York being given tho place OF honor Parli-
coloreI strcamers extended from the central chan
| delicr, and gigantic dragon-Ay hung beneath it.
| Contcrno'S band furnished music.
| The invited guests occupied raised table at
end of he ROOM The president of the society, B.
d. Silliman occupied the middle seat. AT his right
sat General Grant. Governor Long, of Massachu-
! setts sat at the left of Mr.. Si,iman.
Other invited guests at the right Of
! the president were President Chamberlain.
! of Bowdon College, the Comm .iorcr of
! Agriculture George b. Loring, Chauucey NJ. Depew,
General b L. Tracy Henry c. Murphy Mayor
Howell aud X. J. Regain. On the let Of the prcsi-
dent were Bishop Carkson, the Rev. Robert
! CO!lvcr, Mayor-clect Sch Low, Judge George G.
| Reynolds aud Judge c. l.. Benedict. Mr. Becchers
entrance when the dinner was half over
| was the signal for loud app ausc Among
Others present were the Rev. DR.. A. p. Putnam.
! Ripley Ropes, Simeon b. Chiucnden, General 5. l..
! Woodford. II. B. Ciahn, W. II. Lyon, \. A. Low,
! General II. W. SlocIm, John Wnslow. Professor
! Willard FiSlc, Charles Stous, Thomas Kinsclla,
! William c. Kingsley Joseph T. Knapp,U. L. Pierre
| ppnt, Augustus StorrS j. VI. Van Colt, DR.. J. G..
johnson. j. T. Howard, stephen Condit. DR.. II.
James, W. C.. Bryant, George II. Fisher, l. II. Cary,
| jr., and W. H. Maxwell. In all 2so persons at
the nine tables
Before the dinner grace was said by Bishop
G @ ' aecro TSn TIy acncia
President, or private citizen. honorcd and loved BY
| the people" was proposed by President Siliinan.
REMARKS OF GENERAL CRANE
When General Grant arose. three cheers were
| given. His brief speech was as follows:
| GENTLEMEN OF TIE NES-ENGLAND SOCIETY OF
BRo9&l1N: / have on my right aud on ny lcii here
States aud propose 10 DIVIDE the seven minutes OF the
Time allotted 10 me between these gentlemen TO be al
YOU with any extended remarks OF my own. The
only thing that have 10 say IN regard to Your
been hIte at a. los TO understand
Ey landing of the P,os When ' a W. iy ~
per, however, and the OF tn" speakers, Avn
no lon ger NJ to understand IT, as there no doubt
at all that your celebration OF the event will aot through
part OF both Of these days iGrcat laughter Gov
ernOr Long and Governor Chamberlain, who here.
are both uDadulteratcd PuTitans. Unlike of you
they nave never Lett the original land Of the Pilgrims
citizens OF NewEn -l.nd, simon-pUre ana yield to
them the remainder OF the time that have gwen TO
| me. lApplause.l
LETTER FROM THURLOw WEED.
The second toast. "Our Colonial Fathers, the
Founders of city and State; diverse in nation
ality, but united in purpose" responded 10 by
Henry c. Murphy. ex-Mayor Of BrooAlyn aud for
mer Minister to the Hague. 1t expected that
| Thurlow Weed would respond to the next toast,
| THE Homes OF Now-Eng!and' but his age pre-
| vented his attendance AT the dinner The follow
| ing letter from him was read amid applause:
Ew-YoRK, Dec. 81, 1851, o'clock ?.
have struggled haru ali day 10 keep my courage mp
10 the sticking point" with seriously impaired
vision aggravatng other intrmes dare not venture
sion so interesting Is almost Irresistible. An my rcco
lectioDs OF and associations vita England and with
the sons ana daughters OF NeWEngland are intensely IN
terestng Eut there is not time 10 dwell ugon those
ii permissible should be happy. to pay tribute on
this occasion To surviving friend who represents the
Truman smith victorian in whose life and character the
highest ana brightest elements OF lawyer, politician
statesman and II citizen are found harm0niou-ly
blended. Very truly yours, IHURJo" WE'D.
The next toast was The State of Massachusetts"
and TO this Governor Long OF that State responded
His speech was well delivered and well received.
SPEECH OF CHAUNCEY n. DLPEW
To the next toast THE Pilgrims in Holland"
Chauncey NJ. Depew answered. lie was received
with loud cheers. He said.
/ have discovered from long observation daughter
the material interests o; himself AID the ardent discus
sion OF the social political and re ious questions Of the
day, there two things New-Enganter Onits
out OF his prayers or he prays at alb ana they are that
he may die in his bed and may always have an oppor
Day. lJ1aughteEl j nave in my time at
~ Prn charged by malicious cnyious pcoplc tbt il i,
for economical reasons iLaughttr But that IA not
true 20 because the "noblest study OF mankind ~
| me-
! anywhere else in world tLaughcrl On ST. Georges
Day found my English brother with the taste Of rolet
beci sonew ytated 10y discovering in the gravy the
irish question. [Laugherl on st; Andrewss
assist tie medical freleT9ity in ,T ira
70 the Irish dinner and listen TO their lamentations over
the lack respect and reverence Tor the ruling classes
in this country (Great laugh cr And then 20 10 my
own St. Nicholas and rejoice in the lact that II Is more
blessed TO give than receive aughter and that ia VOL
yIdng Them business and our lands, our pros
perity and weliare have inlneasiTaby Increased. ,
listening hear T6r New Fn"iander with native mSdesty
interesting manner that all that there Is Of glory,
Strength and prosperity and everything there in this
world have come from hir. Laughter.l There il no
doubt that FOrefahers Day II quiet day The towns
men OF Governor Long celebrate ittoght IN pork ana
! hcans and puukin pie 10 such an extent that they
will be thinking in Their steep that instead OF their
forefathers having come over IN the HlayHoHef' Ine
Mayhower came over on them lGreat ianghterl me
in Boston OF which he seems to have an onlon
will be tonight nurmuIing bat III Nal to can attention
TO their festival beyond the rIoynclhisn OF thcr eur.
will boldly call TO them the attention OF the state,
the country and the world. am pleased TO be
| hero Tonight because subj bs have IN them such
elemental principles as are found m rhuDarD
| Iiaugbterl-they send out all the ideas that
| Won ind elsewhere in YankcedOm. My astOuishmeut
Wa as intense that which expressed by tue tee
eTaph operator when be read certain ssage under
These circumstances a man received an order IN tie
morning 10 get up panel for Hew1 ear lie "as 80
usy ali day that he fO got the details and teegraphed
10 Ills wife them. Inc answer came back TO him.
Unto this day child Is born, nine feet Ion. and
three feet wide" lGrCat laugAtcrl
'' Eat TO speak good word or Holland. It was she
that sent the fec which PIT the Armada confined
until the aud other vessels succeeded III destroy
ur H. Otherwise England would have been kept IN in
teiectua and moral darkness, wuere the Puritan could
never have lived. The Purtans have the peculiarly
that they cannot with anybOdy-and scarcely vita
tIcmselves; and when they reacned Amsterdam they