New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-05
THE FOURTH IN WOODSTOCK
SPEECHES AT MR.. BowENs CELEBRATION
ADDRESSES BY D. J. LOSING AND oTBEEs-JosEPH
COOK ON CULTIVATE AMERICA"

annual Fourth of July celebration was held here
to-day with much success. Tho address of wei
come was delivered by Charles Il. Searls, OF
| Thompson Conn who introduced the president Oh
the day, General George b. Mcclellan, as tho sol
| der and statesman who now returns, after many
| years of public service for little sea-
| son to the familiar paths of bis youth"
Benson j. Losing, LID, delivered an address on
| Columbus: His Place in History" He told the
story of his several voyages, dwelt upon the i'm
portance of his discovery, and closed by saying
His place in history as the peer Of
the grandest hero of any age is assured.
1t is immovably fixed by the fat OF Truth
and Justice, tho royal attributes of God
THE NEED OF AN AGGRESSIVE REFORMATION
One of the most interesting features of the day
was an address by tho Rev. Henry A. Stimson, of
Worcester Mass. on Aggressive Reformation"
Mr.. StImson began with the statement that the
life Of the Nation depends upon Che continuance Of
the forces that called it into being Those forces,
lie SAID, were the trustworthncs, of the common
people faith in the honor of principle aud truth,
and the power of individual character. Tho agency
that was needed to-day for the preservation Of the
Republic was a widespread spirit Of aggressive
reformation. Whatever said tho speaker
threatens to corrupt tho common people, and what
ever tends to dscrodit principle and truth must he
antagonzod, and in order that their defence of the
State may be Aggressive the people must see to IL
that their own lives arc clean. their own records
clear as the day. Mr. Stimson continued his adj
dress as follows:
Why is It that men OF unquostonod personal courage
are so loath to lead the community Ia suppressng as
eyi-doers Many absorbed In their own
concerns many arc indifferent many do not realize tho
danger and many, alas afraid of mud" They
know that the moment they speak they VIII be tue OBJECT
OF q counter attack which they fear There Is oftea
deed In thor past which they do not want again To
face present practice they would not have exposed
or doraant suspicion they fear TO arouse Ihey Know
tho mud Will stick therefore they shrink from encoun'
ering It, oh Tor tho men who can look their fellows In
the eye and smite evil with their might, LAD
erty that used 10 fluid her refuge In the mountains now
that In the progress OF o'nA.on, Tue mountains are
seek nor eoode In the hear, Of men, i: you. man OF
erty betrayed the house of her friends The dagger
OF the Nihist, tho dynamite or the lnVnclOe the pc
International Immolatng the liberty they would dc
fond. TO shores have como tho children OF the men
and at Novara who followed Gu8tayus and Garibadi,
who let in the at Lsyaen and watered the Vendee
them to in comminsled life that tnrobs in
our veins, has her brightest hopes Here she
requirement. to-day and always IS that YOU the
erazo citizen you OF the common people. believe in the
honor OF your country and live 80 true and pure lie
that you can couraseousy mslstaia IT,
Dr. George b. Lor ing United States Commits
siOner of Agriculture, spoke on Parks, Forest. and
Hghways,p and General james Grant Wilson, of
New-York, delivered address on Memorials and
Footprints of Columbus" Ex-Governor John p.
st. John, of Kansas, delivered a short address on
Prohibition"
JOSEPH COOK on ULTIMATE AMERToA"
Joseph Cook of Boston, who was the next
speaker, took for his subject "Ultimate America"
lie said in part
On the British Empire the sets In the short
summer nights ii never sets on the American kepuoc
san Francisco is inc middle city III our territory IL
ia literally that in August the sunset has not ceased
t. Hash ON the spears OF the fishermen III Tue Acutal
Islands before begins to CLINT aud Ddlo on tile axes OF
the wooimen in the forests OF Maine: America
will know itself Europe thinks, until it Is as
thcky populated Europe. Crowd the MY millions
ana east OF Gdrlelds and they would yet have
more room III proportion TO numbers mat Tue ory mil
ions OF France Crowd five times our p0pllat n INTO
the region east OF the Mississippi and they would not be
srdghtcned Tor space as are The 200 the lana
In cultivated circles that the amount arabic in
North and south America is greater than that Ia
Europe, Asia and Africa taken together Although less
than half the size OF the Old World the American CONT
nent contains greater extent OF productive soil a.;
world and the lJ,OOO0O OF the New, all mountainous
frozen aud aud regions. The remnant OF productive
soil scholars say, is about 100000 square miles in
the Old World. and 1000 600 in the New. In America
il this estimate reject "a frozen all territory north Of
hue running through the straits OF Bel isan the sohh
exclude the ranges OF stcry IN the Ikocky Mountains
and the Andes omit the dry regions east and west OF
Colorado, and on tine coasts Of Chl and Peru exclude
the sterile portions of Patagonia. In the old World |
shut out sahara great paris or At@1,a, Fersla ana
TUE REPUBLIC YET IN THE MORNING OF ITS DAYS
Here then, bursts upon the greatly suggestive and
organizing American fact that the Now World can
tain greater population than the Old II 1t can, prob
ably it ultimately will In this majestic circumstance
hear the footballs OF Fate with which 1t Infinitely be
hOoyes the dim stir OF present ages to keep step Amer
lea Is yet IN the srstlo The New word Is YET new:
Republic is yet In the morning of it's days Her soft
young ce not without some stains OF bloody dew, have
wandered little inlad on tha continent Of nexporcd
American time that theeeruites breaking on tine shore
kiss them yet with spa9 out Of pity for their infancy
. England ana Prussia, two OF tho most thckiy
populated parts of Europe now Increase AT the tate OF
than per cent Annually But let our lnmgra-
ton fall away let wars storm over our territory rom
time Ia time; who shall say that orr rate OF increase.
hundred years not be at least equal TO that OF su0cated
England and Prussia toayi Call it less. or only ono
cr cent annually year 1000. Even at that
CCnage of increase we should Coube once each hundred
years. Even at the iar 100 cautious estimate
that after the year 1000. population will increase
only per cent annually or less rapidly than that Of
England aud Prussia day ana thll IN the year 600
all America having. or soon to have lOOOOO.OOO
Will possess only 00O00OOOO OF Inhabitants we should
nave IN Zoo. 4OOoOOUO0; IN ZOO, SOOO0OOOo IN
1900 / 900 900 900; In 2I0O 100000 900 The ca
pacty OF the continent ia supposed To be equal 20 tho
support OF 3,GOOO0OOOO. 1t is certain that these
calculations fall short those which German.
scottish and English scholarship Is now making "a TO the
Withdrawing our attention from the continent as u
whole and concentrating II on the United states aonc,
lot asks what Is sober estimate Oh The size 0i our
future National pOpulaOul We Judge OF our future
growth only by ON past II Is certain that for more than
two hundred years tho populations I'M what Is now our
territory have doubled ofoner than once every thrV
years Tho cOOss al circumstance concerning our futdlo
Is that I'm time shall double great numbers
almost rapidly ~ In time past we have doubled small
Granting that tue beat land will then du 1910
I've taken up and that the period ot Our doubling may
fall to forty years. we should have 200OOO0OO IN 1890.
4 date which many IN lifo's morning may live TO
behold II the period OF doubling should then TALL 10
ity years. should have 4OOODOOOO III Tho year 1000
solemnly believe that this estimate Is not eArgagant
and that for this immense portion OF the human family
you aud stand I'm trust
WILL AMERICA RULE THE wORLDf
In our day. patriotism must DO only national but
The sky is the roof OF hut family In
what relation will the 400 600, 900 OF the future popua
ton of America stand the OF tho Engshspeaking
wordl There only about 100000 Brltons
outside the British Islands. Adding them to their
30 900 900, find tue English-speaking population OF