New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-25
NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE FRIDAY 25 1sSa-TEN PAGES.

its limits more than five millions Of people,
VIII the right OF sctgovernmeut rave oc 'i
viii people have learned how best 10 cHrrcl1e9
that right VIII The progress OF np,% 3 Ee" and
trade and or the con iors ~ nome Tor po,r ui" -
r ye civ fy XII th e cD Of lie eyae paris
win e uu,uberl,i- grcca of art which NJ gladden.
the eve aud rlise the -iandar4 Of civz on have KEPT
abIea.t win t5 growth IN wealth ana nlIuotisl ,;ch
These Dut few Of the prrtii ent questions VIII
mus Ice by the Jealous and honest acts al te
tenorauon 81 men already III active NE htFe 81. .,o
iut the rcsnits must depend upJn the wisdom ana
pItrlot!siu and energy OF hose who snSI lcdd ia l
al -. Ma, tncy bee cioth Il with spirit o. wisdom
aud kuoyi,d e. tln 10 tnat whici inspired those Wno
ce.ve at oul ,uids and dedicate to-day
GRAFTON OF ADRIAN :. HEWITT.
Mr. straualan next announced Con-
gresham Abram s. Hewitt, but he
fore that gentleman began to speak Levy
stepped forward with his cornet, and amid grra,
cheering began to play the "Star Spangied Banner
wh:ch he followed with Yankee Doodle MI
Hewitt was a little hoarse, and read with some
difficulty. lie was occasionally cheercd. but only
a small part of the audience cuuld hear
hrm, and the rest began to get inpatient MT
Hewitt noticed this and said he would gladly give
way. but under cries of 90 on he continued lew
minutes longer. Ills voice then broke down, ana
he omitted part of ms prepared address, which he
said would be found in the newspapers. The fol-
lowing IL the address, including the part not de-
livcred:
Two hundred and and seventy years ago the
good ship Tiger commanded by Captain Adraien Block
burned the waters edge she lay at anchor just
of the end Of Manhattan Island Her crew thus
forced into winter quarters. the first white men
who hui and occupied a the land where New
York stands; then" to quote the graphic amgungc
OF Mrs Lamb Ia her history OF the city in prmeyai
solitude waiting til commerce should and claim
ts own Nature a hardy countcnance as wild and
as umtalded the savage landholders Manhattana
twenty-five thousand acres of rock. lake and rolling
table land rising places 10 height Of one hundred
ana thtv-eight feet covered with sonbrc forests
grassy knns ana dismal swampS. Tho lofty;
and old decay and ~lthered limbs c0nrHstcd with the
younger growth OF branches; and wild flowers wasted
hrir the dead leaves and uncut herb
a 5e at their rons. The wanon grape swung
c,sv from the topmOst holgh- Of the oak and the
sycamore; and blackberry and raspberry bushes, like
!ckri guard, presented bold front in all possible
nucs OF approach The entire surface OF the island was
bold and granite ana m profile rcscmhcd the cartilag-
iun. back OF the sturgeon" This primeval scene
the Product natural forces wording through uncountcd
erioi. of tiue the continent slowly rising and falling
in the sea like the henving breast OF world asleep;
glaciers carving patiently through the deep c@tu
ares season, innunerable clothing the hills with alter
nate bluuiu and decay.
The shines 10 day upon tho same earth yet
how transformed. Could there be moro astounding
exhibition OF the power Of to change the face Of
nature than tie panoramic which presents itself
to The spectator standing upon the crownng arch Of the
Bridge whose completion are here to-day to celebrate
I'm the houorcd presence % tho President Of the United
states with their fifty millions % the Governor OF Ia"
state Of Ncw-YorL. with it, five millions. and Of the
Mayors Of the cities aggregitng two mil
of Inhabitants H. the place OF stiffness aui ,,Itllr.
the footsteps OF these millions OF human bcIu-- 'i al
o. the smooth waters unvcTcd by keel" highways
OF commerce aazc with the Maya 81 all the nations, al
where the mOGotOny OF fosc-tc hills. The
piled and towering ~Plcndors OF vast metz p"!s, the
countless homes oi industry, the eoonc nrs ~ TIA e..
the Gorgeous palaces OF luxury, the cnt "i ticadfa't
spires of worship.
10 crown all the work of separation wrought 50 surely.
vet 80 slowly by the hand Of time. rcycfscd n
own day. and MauAhaiti" and ~scawauhaE4 are
Joined n-A they were before the dawn OF he In
far aAuir