New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-23

with no thouSht Of suggesting the intrusion OF poll
ties upon tins OCCASION may say that we nave nan v
party and survive the victory OF any. lApllaue,
And O. lit loyal cltZrns we give the healh Vi
81 the Pre-, Int of tL< United SAFES
TY,e b,nd pl.yed Hall to the Chef," while the New
Englanders drained their glasses General WoodioTd
continued
There some things upon wsich all New. EnsandSrs
agree III cordially hOnoHns the fTeslutht tO'n- ~,
ond one is tho strong words that ne, sPuAe
IN n assertion of the right OF the general Govern
the President Tor the brave. strong wOruT WIN
dollar dc S 'tI Gat ho the wage That snail
measure value and sustain Ihe U'"yi Snr,a nVo
Gentlemen. should not think myself worthy 10 Dc
Iepublcan Ii undervalucd the true temper that Is oc'
casOnally found within Democratic steel. .r
We are glad to you Our friends. You recall
Ssra sv. veal Tfen our n fathers landed at Plymouth
Rock You recognize that because they 5eeye9 IN Coz
truth this Nation has grown 10 Tea n' saH come
%Ra sHs s STREET orsei the story ''o Of e plymouth
days shall rush toward our decadence ii we
iS e @gG o in the naw Of
day. the future shall be worthy or the past 20
you Forefatners' Day and All Who Honor it, lLoud
applausr.l
Before sitting down General woodford read the fol-
lowing letter from President Cleveland:
E2ECUTIvE MANSION, !
WASHINGTON, Dec. H. 1881
l. P. HrBBARD, esq. Secrstarg ETC ,,o invitation
OF the Kew. England society in the City of New,Ycrk
TO attend It's annual dinner GA the 22d instant II tne
exactons of my public duties at that time w0id Prs
my attendance the fact that the date nm the peu
desened as ne Oh "et -, fre dof the testivi
ties of the With thanks To the society Ior us
GROVER CLEVELAND.
ADDRESS OF SENATOR HAwLEY.
When the laughter aud applause which greeted Gen
era WOodfords remarks had subsidized ne announced the
toast 1.-THE Purtans; the people who beeYe-some
thing and called upon General hawley VINO sat al us
right hand reply. Senator Hawey was greeted win
NJ he follows:
Mr. President, GENTLEALN or THE NLW-ENGLAND
SOCIETY most gratefully acknowledge the renewed
festival of the Union confess an embarrassment upon
being called TO place so copspicnoSS as thisl me
di.tey the dessert and long before my desert
owe IT, suppose, ia a con siderable degree 10 my MN
tarV and nolrIrai friendship with the gentleman upon
my lett the and nosp'ab!e neiehborho0d OF
ancestors fora hundred or two years more OF e5s
This is about the only organization, sir In the
enter tla2ghterl-uO resident of New England-ahd
therefore value the invitation the NOR hiEhiy, .,i,
My text, sir. is "A people VINO believed something
my poverty OF invention IN this matter alter ALL naf
Brother Reed and self have been participating IN anu
thinking about you hear every day from the daily pa
pers. aud what can Dern sad on an occasion y; .nIs
sort veterans have been hearing Tor the ast tht
%ins.d G o or She the SewEnsIand skipper spoken
of by Emerson. coming home from long Ioyase ma
TIC Gee an three times through this vessel" laughter
In the oasn %e hat ySa
ten something good that was said the previous year
meeting before you here and three separate entries
upon my brief memorandum received snihelrnt
and YOUR chairman has taken one or two
Others. lIaughter Mr. President wherever there
has been great power In men and great movements by
them il has been that there was profound talh
in scne!hng Now Gon propose to deaS1 the Pr prG
destination in Heaven. in Hell, or III any one OF the
again that wherever anything has BEEN done in the
world, wherever anything has been done worth repeu
honoriLg it has been done BY people
Who profoundly believed something; and, therefore
Ia rio i'm
going say last nigh-that PurilanlSm Is not new
Thing but only name Tor n S cnr others tba
ancestors, and, happily upon ths c0h.lhehI aSO
men Of Sew. England ana Pennsylvania and North Caro-
lna and the iiusuenots OF south Cafohna' now IL
Loyola as well as Luther Nothing mas been
done etesnt by the msn NE% % II Was
character that came over here and not a partcnlar
banda certain type Of ch acter, aud character that
remains with us though the Puritan mas gone ana me
outward sembldnce OF what was supposed u De the
ibe b nnS Of The pro,perty Of hs counlry aud
whatever hope IN its future has descended IN
similar characteristics. Nor was element driven
P,1rims need not have come They could have
stayed very wen at home aiier some slant d,rfee
of compromise-just little bending and eonchlaton
little yielding OF stme Of their rccuiaiiucs.ol Dene,.
They we're great believers IN mdvdnan,yi IN tnesa
strong personal ptcuharities. They believed IN God;
They wanted no mediator yer poc or
other organ cations. They knew that Wheh me ume
alone in the universe. each man for hpSe; nut whhr
they looked mp straight TO the God ln-e when they
They are charged sometimes. with ensiaving mankind
to The idea OF Galafous Coz In YET ,ner @ NAV
IIoclImed Themselves the soldiers ana the servants O
I'm II dust with tears ana Cl0ans vet they exut
snty dec red then selves the children ana he hcs &"
God They oxen OF often asv-r ~ solemn; practical
aud material mem Indeed they were. but they were
full OF visions of the Kingdom OF God Cd Garth
Some Nriter-I have forgotten wnO-tbough | have
quoted his wods here-say.: Every great and com
nandng moment or movement Is the triumph OF some
great enthusiasm" Solemn, serious we're ihrse men, in
deed, but with a melancholy doubt and uncertainty
concerning everything, concerning whether lheIe were
or were not a God. whether there or were not a
heaven: wheti er there were or were not nell Noth
and notable IN the worlds history mat Is not TO Dc
found somewhere Irophesied by these ee ana was no
of their creed. speak for the profound sincerity o.
subordration, who believed IN discipline moral and
mental and. If you choose physical ihe mrn VINO DE-
lieved IN command aud In Obedience They believed ll
organization in that thing N glral 10 the M
sort that set them upon renee 10 c's' sheor anu
doubt upon the movements Of the world. Ihey were
down among them with coats on ana sleeves rolled mp
TO make the world better II it was not right and not tC
doubt the possibility Of dong 80. --..-,
There some things very peculiar ana interesting vi
the New England history; Philosophers. moral ang
political. have commented upon the peculiar towI
organization. Let me indicate st another peculiarly
OF It. Each of those communities, was tht
church with the clergyman at IT'S head. III was
the school district. 1t the military company anG
when old Trumhul, OF Connecticut during the Ffncl
war and Revolutionary War, desired To- address The
strength. which tremendous in proper ion to theiI
population he might be said almost to have addressed
clergy the state of Connecticut; Tor the leaders
the educated. fearless br We men WHO led each c0mmu
nifty practically the cergymen OF that land IL wa
their belief shat man came INTO inns wOfio
bar burdens and to perform laDOfs, moi
TO beauty aud culture
he might enjoy this world alone but he came here u
% something. These eminent 10 the assertion
OF their rights, but-auticI atng what was said over
aud again by of our political agl atcrs. who
might thought 10 be a sent monta nd visionary man
talked less OF rights than of duties for the acqu
sjtion rights brings with II the assumption Of duHs,
ne
words which have partly quoted here, that we must
not make a mistake With the free governments OF tbs
world for that liberty is not release from eXerton
Liberty release; liberty l. a burden 10 every
man who atains II In Government IKE ours IL Drlng
sddinnal responsibility. do not paltculary sympa