New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-22

yoncement OF the Christian faith and the of their
King and country These words were mo
OF sentiments TO which their lives iaa Deen M
eonsecraed For them they had accepted the ulsag,n
ties o. separation from the Church of their country For
Gods glory, and simpler md severer Christian
thev had horne The odm of fanaticsm and the perscc
lions of intolerance Driven by the rgor OF nM snuy
first sought foreign home where consclenu ~ nd
ship In peace But an Engsan nSd loy NOT hear that
themselves and their children must Dccono .o re
ca o s%"s ana a hfr and snch patriotism they
to found home where they coud n r,e,oro ~ was
worship God and still be Establishment ~ htV in
that every word in this sublime compact Is wegni9 III
devotion both to faith and TO country !APplansc e,r
rnm men INV few pregnant words We do by these
presents soemny and mutually IN inc presence "a V
oSetber intn civil body polite for our better enduring
and preservation and iurtnera'co not causttmfe
and frame such lust and equal laws ana measures,
acts constitutions aud offices from time 10 i n 81 tbe
be thought most convenient LOT the geIeIdi LOU " ~
colony unto which all promise due oDedehoe g. .hi
No element of republican Is ater The Dee
laration Independence proclaimed the trntn te ~
the governed But the very genius OF that pivotal tre
is not merely embodied In the language Dut lusI"uou
" They covenant and combine themselves together
"into tody polite" Each stands on plane OF perinct
equality and grants the same measure OF 10 1o
new body polite; and each secures 70 h1heI t ~, NO
under equal recognition and protection mere ~ , Nv
distinction Of gradatons on rSrbmnded
men," bringing equal manhood into common l"nu
TO give energy to government voluntarily creatou "
And mark how clearly these discern and announce
the true ends Of eV sc6 ust and eo2a laws
and measures. acts, constitutions ana onces rom o
to time as shall be thought Ost Dbrase ia found in
the constitution OF any State " ny virtue heIsoI, 20
enact ETC. Tins all pSwer1s I'M hero og nu Withheld
aud whoever seeks to exercise authority must SNOW us
warrant In the written instrument Under H. al nav
measures acts constitutions and offices must he just
and equal and convenient for the general good These
ht tbav restrain: they consent they forbid What
ever laws, measures acts, constitutions anu pmCcs
but Justice and equality must pervade them and tue
common good must be their aim But WHAT Is mos
remarkable for the age which they lived this compaG
seeks TO establish no creed OF state religion II
recognizes the duty Of doing all things ior the glory OF
1od and the advancement OF the Christlan fatn Dut
there is no syllable that ntereres with freedom OF con-
science 1t dictates no creed IL prescroesh no rcb
which they brought fully organized from Holland one
cannot tell from the reading of the instrument whetne
its trainers were Separasts Dssenters Pilgrims or OF
any other sect OF reioniss On this subject It's abne
gaOn by silence Is sublime. . ~, . ,.,, - ,..o, 60
say was proved by deeds. The body polite was
SET in motion by free and equal election: eacn ih
Pilgrims disembarked with a government simple but
vigorous to which al men OWED anu p pam gcneroion
that government maintained al It's original power SIM
Pe and purity It made T Ss ana SeSt tbe
ana punished crime 1t levied war and raised ana
maintained armies Ana Snno rgb nrseTvcd free
dom of conscience and administered justice. Hearty
Ne are ant 10 forget that Plymouth Colony for
many years an independent body polite living under
its own laws and exercising It's own n1 eber o
grants who settled Boston and other portions OF Massa
For them and their acts the Pilgrims had no
responsibility. affirm against all corners that IN fy-
mouth Colony while it maintained its government I'M
der the compact Of the Mayfower, witch was ever
hanged but complaints OF withcraf rejected ana
condemned and Quaker ever executed For
after Roger Williams was driven lOr cOu-
science from the other Colonies Of Massachusetts
grins treated the Indian tribes justly but when
were brought upon them by the wrongs done by other
settlers, they fought heroicaly Through war; pestl
lence famine the storms of winter the heats OF summer
through hates contests of religious zeal and the
cruetes of superstition when ragged around then tne
Pilgrims OF Plymouth Colony walked the narrow path
Of their own religious faith but they kept 1n6roEen
It created pure but severe, III equal laws and even
To this distinction they are entitled as well TO the
glory OF having framed ana formed ana
than the world to that hour had evePknOwn. Applause
WHAT A. @. KEAsBEY SAID.
The president then announced that A. Q. Keasbey,
IF New-Jersey, would respond to the toast, " The
Pilgrim Fathers what if they had landed on the
coast of New-Jersey tradition says they in
tended p Mr.. Keasbey spoke in part as followsi
When my valued old friend the president of this so
,emby Of high. mighty, renowned and eloquent
atesnen, warriors counseors scholars and pre.ts OF
to come among them, could scarcely
believe him to be in earnest. He knew was
was as If a poor mortal should receive a ticket
to banquet of the gods by mistake. profess ed that
that 1 had New England blood In my veins without
wing It. that that hadn't dT9p bqt ygse
toast This august assembly required to be informed a.
TO What would have happened ii the Pilgrim Fathers had
struck Jersey instead of Plymouth Rock OF course
tall
better than descendant OF the early sonth
It Is very important question-somethiDg like those
questions on which the current OF human history has
come sooner at Waterloo, or what II William the
Conqueror had been wrecked on his journey
America or Romulus and Remus been starved Instead
OF being sucked by wolf on the site OF Rome. II in
and climatic conditions, and all the wonderful Ologies OF
modern scienceand perhaps little anc ent astrOogy
can readily tell you what would not have hap |
pened your ancestral craft had missed the memorable
rock and hit Barnegat Bay or PERTH Amboy One thing
which only and my family, can say for |
certain would not have happened unit in the hu-
Deraiely for Bay and salem in south
Jersey in the last half OF the seventeenth century.
that time and if my orefathers had found the Pilgrims
AL the Salem which they struck they would have been
theirs succeeding"
Another thing would not have happened General But.
Ter wOulu not have been Governor OF Massachusetts,.
Perhaps he might nave been successor Of Genl raj
Mcclellan ss Governor OF New gerssy another thing
intfe WCulu nave DeeI no nun MOnument. IL |
would probably have stood Snake Ill., wnere the
poor house now Is.
Another thing william Penn could never have
touched foot upon the soil, If he did
le would have been chased away Roger
williams and Mrs. Hutchinson were-and then
what would have become of Pennsylvania Who can
ell what sublime heights OF prosperity and civilization
he descendants OF the Pilgrim Fathers would have at
aimed II storm had not turned them from their des-
lined to that bleak rock and favorable winds had
borne them to the Salem where was bOrnl Under the
,on,Iitions of climate and soil which would |
hen have surrounded them-wIth no In. |
ans TO bother them and with the stimulus SUCCESS
ul farming ana mining 10 keep them from quarrellng
grace and works. and fg1tng about fate will
fOreknOw ledge absolute" or hanging Quakers and burn
ng witches-who can tell but the whole Of civil
zation would have been changed, all the
sylls that have afflicted the country |
AVE been avoided, and that New England
would have practically absorbed the whole country !
rI.rilI hI..o.n IL.