St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-13
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'wide open' and even if you have to buy
water to drink in Boston, you can go TO
Fanueil Hall and see all about the rocking
OF the cradle of our liberties, without payin
tribute. Still there are numerous suggestive
little pacards about the door, intimating that
the custodian of the hall can be found in the
ante-room with register for visitors to write
their names and that there are also several
little articles of virtu, having historic
interests which could be secured if desired.
went In and registered and found that though
the visitors have ranked by the thousand
annually for almost or quite century past,
the register was not opened until May 10,
1852. From that date to the time when the
registry was really made famous, 0,243
names had been recorded. | discovered
monographs of Blaine and Logan in the show
case Tor sale and concluded that those were
the articles of ''virtu' alluded to.
As medtatively passed down the fropt
stairs at the rear of the building, felt that
lhad seen the spot where, more than any
where else, the American revolution had its
inception, and where the fires of liberty have
burned for more than a century, and lessons
in free speech by free men have left an i'm
press not only as lasting but as progressive
us time itself.
1t was here that every important agitation
from the revolution down has been con-
sidered. 1t was here So years ago Daniel
Webster pronounced his memorable me
mortal eulogy over John Adams and Thos.
jefferson. 1t was here that Boston's famous
dinner to Webster was given. 1t was here
that the great anti-slavery agitation had Al
prominent portion OF its work performed.
1t was here that every prominent orator of
Boston, living or dead, for more than a hun
dred years, including such men
of recent date as Andrew, Sumner
and Phillips had been heard. The last mem
orable meeting in the hall was held last
April as the memorial of Wendell Phillips,
with Geo. VIM. Curtis as the orator. l felt
that had stood within the walls where more
patriotism had been inspired and more great
men had been listened to, than in any other
building in this country, and, stranger as 1
was l felt patriotic love for the old hail.
and trusted that its continued career would
be as marked and historic as the past.
l do not wonder that the Bos-
tonese reverence old Faneuil hall. They
are justified in so doing, and Rome with her
seven hills has nothing of which to be so
proud as have the Bostonese in their Faneuil
hall.
THE OLD SOUTH.
70 7 ,I1+ olJ
corner of Washington and Milk Streets is
the patriotic center to which the Bostonese
make their patriotic pilgrimages. When
Faneuil Hall was too small to contain some
patriotic NEE ting, the Old South servedsas an
annex and second meeting would be in
augurated. The building was originally a
wooden structure, but in 1929 that
was torn down and in 1880 the brick
building l visited was erected. 1t is 81 feet
front by So deep, 'and has very tall spire
AS l entered the vestibule l was confronted
with the legend
"Admittance twenty-five cents''
Here is another display of Boston thrift I
thought, but learned later that what might
be styled par excellence, 1.-THE Old South
Church society" had split off and erected on
Boylston street, within the past ten years,
another cold South Church'' at a
cost Of half million, while
little handful under the cognomen of
''The Old South" with the word church
omitted, are struggling to raise 100000 to
buy the old church property and permanent
ly preserve it as patriotic oasis in the heart
of business. They are holding fairs and fes-
rivals, giving the usual thin church soup at
high figure, to secure the desired sum, and
then forgave them for their seeming at
tempt to speculate on patriotism, and hope
they will succeed and keep the historic
building clear from the ruthless clutches
of "business." In the great fire OF
1872 it had charmed life and was preserved
though the flames swept all about it. The
city took the old church for post office for a
time, and the wealthy members went over to
Boylston street and erected the building |
have mentioned.
The interior of the building is now used as
q museum for the display of historical artl-
cles, chiefly connected with the revolution
People interested in aiding in the purchase
of the property send in articles to be
made up of these voluntary contributions.
l noticed very old fashioned and very
clumsy wooden cradle among the collection.
Here, l thought, is the cradle of our liber-
ties and l approached for closer inspection.
| found it bearing the following Inscription
Cradle belonging to Samuel Grant, father of
Moses Grant, who threw the tea over In 1873
So it was the cradle of our liberties ''sure
enough" There were venerable
clocks, and venerable chairs and
venerable fire arms, and veneer
able pictures, and venerable commissions,
and venerable pottery, and as l wandered
about inspecting the articles l felt rather
venerable myself. There was the announce
ment that when the British troops held Bos-
ton they had torn up the floor and burned
the pulpit and converthed the old edifice
into riding school, in mockery of the re-
igion of the men of the revolution.
1t was here that Benjamin Franklin was
baptized and Whitfield preached. 1t was
here that an indignant populace gathered on
the 22nd of February, ITO, when a little
eleven year old boy was shot down
in the street By a British informer It was
here that the funeral Of the little
Martyr was organized and marched to the
historic ''Liberty Tree" where five hundred
school boys and thirteen hundred people
gathered and marched with the little coffin
and mourned over the grave Of the first vic
tim of the revolution. 1t was here that
a few days later on the dark day of the
"Boston Massacre on the Sch Of June, 1770
the people gathered and demanded the i'm
mediate removal Of the British troops from
the town so that they might no longer shoot
down citizens. The British lieutenant gov