New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-22

OF the Provincial Congress- Concord. the Deighb9T OF
LexinRon the Concord also OF Emerson, OF I" rn
for this occasion stones all ts famous spots
On the site OF the hut OF tho sachem FROM "uo ~ -
Peter BueRieys house the rst settler the
site OF the first church. and Of the first school v %
which the Revolutionary stores were h1ucn @
field in which the Minute men gathered tne go dre
where the farmers of Mddlescx teil win WILT III these
upon BritOns retreatng from that bridge ana an
memorials OF patriotism OF courage i w. No,ns
about Jupiter, around the statue OF the Minute noe
Man that stood upon als A. command to
rre mon the Brttish trooTs; statue Of noble mag
NATIVE power figure OF the old New-Engand iainel,
but the hgure also Of the young Pilgrim grown i"o
Tue never knew town so proud as Concord; and never
knew a with better cause for PRIDE lAppauTei
But let remark thai the cause for that prle was @
In the Older NewEngland alone IL was also IN tne ud
day do not see why the foot OF me he English
he turned to Boccaccos Garden IN Italy or 20 te
haunts OF izaak Walton or to Gilbert "n' Uawthorne's
Old Mansc. Henry Tboreaus Walden Inc mar
admiration OF herosm OF the Concord farmers st te
bridge. triumphdnty maintaining anu hanhs in
reverence before the equal herosm OF the scholar al he
other end Of the village as triumphantly ~ io
Emerson. the corresponding political inteliectnaI anu
moral liberty and independence so Is ever vpry
His words are the motto OF TINS hour anu u o'
meeting OF New Englander:
$50 nien is grandeur Dust
v So DSi :, IS G GSh '% man inw r,ou must
The Jouth replies, Team"
That was always the reply OF the Purltan-yonr
fathers When duly summoned them from EnGiahn t 70
Holland. they said, We eau When the same uuty
beckoned the young Pilgrim across the pathlcss
ocean wilderness, to meet exposure slckncs
V whom lie ard love and this warm quite
as dear they TO our children Inc youth repeu
Now gentlemen as the Senator has said we are told tha
New. England has lost Its grit; that the later New-Le
event i'm this country forward movement IN every
department OF human activity and interest, from tne
~ fha Tn
marched in the From the first campaign ags'usc
senator prefers the suppression OF tho reb-Ilion
from the earliest federation OF Ncw-tnHGhd oa'.s 10
the reconstruction OF constitutional government from
the morning gun OF the Revolution to
William Lloyd Garrson's answering shot. 81 VIII not
ain e inch from Nathan Danes Northwest ordinance
to Thomas Allen Jenckess Civil Service Reform Dill u1r
not Nathan Dane the father OF freedom n 'o
Northwest is Jencks OF Rhode Island the iatner
OF Civil reform; from william Bradford. The
and Pafrey of to-day from tho old Day Psalm Book
Of Ann Bradsiree-the first notes 81 New Engm" JpF
Of our poetry; from Ely whitney, cotton gin TO bell
telephone; Dr. Frankn's lightnngrod to the sew
ing machine and to Dr. JohnSons anesthesla; ,To wv
gray -hared Brewster preaching upon ly inIEutm
Rock to the srayas sirS, beeCn'f in every
movement which Is forward. charitable religious sceh'
g inventive ~, gpc eEeT ertv new
land old New England. and the later NewEnIl M mas
Engander John Hancock wrote his name on the Decia,
ration OF Independence The Golden Age IL not nenlnh
pearc. are the aud women that we know To-Day,
ndhave known 1t is like the dawn when seems 70 w
i'm the East but the golden light Of the morning Is
around us. tADplause.l
RESPONSES TO OTHER ToAsTs.
Frank r. Lawrence Of the American Yacht Club, spoke
for The MayGower and her evolutionary successor the
YACHT Puritan" He said that the discovery OF con
uection between the ship MayOwer and the yacht fur
an reminded him OF the story Of the naturalist who do
scrbed the crab as red IN color which wed back
war |; to which critic replied that the description was
quite except that the crab ~ not hH nor
and does not move backward linen nc uIt"
contrast between The MaynOwcr freighted WIN gloomy
fanatics and sad memories. and the gay Purith W th
youth the helm and pleasure a. I'll" prov. sun ~
thought that the old Puans cond have seen TIC run
tan walk cad OF the Geuesta they would have emerged
Tor once from their hahtual gloom. tnrnwn mp their
antediluvan head gear and made the WeIMh IlhI VIII
their plaudits. a.,
Mayor. elect Daniel D. Wuitnoy smoke briefly for the
City OF BROOKLYN. aud followed ~ Mayor Low VINO
std think few erer occupied any once IN ths
country who could approach the end OF their Official
term under deep and profound sense OF Obligation
TO the community OF tie place IA AIN der TOT Tue
cor,hal support that has been given 10 me- Mr. 10"
extended his acknowledgment OF Obliyations 10 INC
Board OF Aldermen tho reporters ana Senator Dagsett
Pilgrim Way" which was listened to atteutiVely ana
heartily apIlaudcd. ,.---,
The "SI,ter Societies were next toasted. General
Stewart L. spoke for the New England society
| In New YnrH, John ". Hunter for the ~. Nlchohs
Society. and william Sullivan for the ST. Patrick society
After singing the dOXOOgy a. became FlOus Iurthl-
The New Enganders and their guests turned hOweward