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

in religious belief; to The absence OF a Ger,
toleraor of what is sometimes called amos
ucism; and therein | follow my Puritan Ancestry:
Literally the word know-nothinsism. gr th
many OF the cultured and eminent gentlemen Vi -" 80
world, who confess themselves agn0stcs; prO , diI
the Puritan differ them. There is false ind
vduay aud independence prevalent ho"aph! in
Individuality; would if were his moral governor ,or
s man o s 10 aTSnGlao1 whatever bpt
apprehcnd that from the beginning to the e9d; WIN rSe
nothing Is 10 bedone without conbn'd eh"ft In
Tcion; u msh say nm an ndependemt sit
the fence" II doubt eternay not the uouot vi -"
cener as discomfort. which is uneasy Of what Is wrong
and swears that iC viii make rights bu this easy ana
ndsen doubt for nothing this fancini ahs
iux6fious doubt which INDUCES ITSELF win sen ~
cultivation aud declines its share in the rough hS ,
world These men hsd faith not alone IL lou pu The
faith in man. They called themselves tue chliurtn, tio
heirs OF i-hty. when they rose from th' 81
making this world like unto the knguom Ui him
They belle, ed IN the possibility OF man
! perhaps than we do nOwadays) that all men
! together know more than any one man sov,e
thing and therefore they did something in the wor1
And they have not vanished IN hnt name the ana force
T TaauS WITH u.s. and You shan Gnd At. you you
ariac When yom find the strong mon of the town com
log about you you meet them by change ~ business
and remind you that their father their Grandataer
thence They went from the hss a and
purpose; and they are the men VINO Ls'0 cn"ti
Their mark 6io@i t nst T ma.t disngushed
of them from the Pacific Coast back 10 ASSIST
But this is long text and involves great variety Of
considerations. thank you for your az 70
courtesy, for your Hospitality ana iea'e the nooi "
| Others.
GENERAL PoRTER's RESPONSE.
Mr. President The Puritan sometimes prayed anu
| sometimes fought. His descendants have possibly
prayed less and fought more Tonight reversing tho
order OF toasts we give you those great forces that
| the lilo in ia
ask YOU to drink to "Ihe Army and the Navy OF the
United States" This Will be responded to by Geherai
! Horace Porter
General Porter was received on rising with enthusias-
tic applause. He said:
Mp pprsInrvT AND GENTLEMEN: Now that the sky
roc kets have aughter the fact that nave beh
So frequently and yet gently ed form mere 10 MAKE
an assault upon this same toast convlnceS me mat IL Is
intended 10 be plmentary TO my style OF rem rks
AS was the OF the man from Vermont don
mean Morton llaughrerl-ln regard to his paint eofnS
that he was peddnE when in advertising tao attrdc-
tveness his to the people he sald on once
you will never afterIard have "cy whiCh
you have gwen me Tonight is about Az
in It's dimensions as space iisei lLAugheE ~ 40 n0'
Ii were TO say One-la OF the thinEs tn"1 I,
said the head OF this toast Tonight should herp
ie%gtnen Your nights, but perhaps shorten your
days laushter. and know mat the gentlemen OF tio
lark, but prefer TO stay up at night 10 20 OH QUE
Sow there is always OF consolation 10 tho
speaker Who is assigned to this toast-he j.
E%Ts'y .S GTT,@n HEAT viii ne the So''D audience
Laughter l don't suppose 1t was intended .nat
should entirely compass TINS toast tonight IN all IT'S
msgnItude / have been generous enough to suppose
that II only given TO me In the spirit OF thtt srh
he had the old hriudlc hen on two dozen csss.
Why sne s1iH' yDI d u3D 6pI lust wanet to see
! the darned Old thing spread herself. ll@ntnlerI
other states ana even Of other countries arc. IN
moment of courageous Eayey, invading THESE ple' wv"
or Barcnanaan festivities. thiny disguised under the
name society dinners that these quiet Dhichmen OF
but have successfully reslsir II lhuEhtcl uust
feel like saying Of u what mat ,ap'"h 81 cThPn"y -"
dT4iing III Washington nj the "u'oI'"A Vi , ,ro
C wnr Wso was from Nantucket lie was always
talking about being from NantuckeI-ap"aIeG 10 pune
himself particularly on being from NnntlehtL Ina,
man not exactly lazy but he came mo we worm
Born tired. Laughter Every lhlhs ' H ri n.'
that man kind OF struck l!m or" 'Uc W'f,
lie never knew his night hand hom ~ irIl
drll and never by any accident 'Icr'eu"a In [
patience nearly exhausted hal hts mr.i caaon Dy
! tours gave The comaDd. "ldsht face luiS lh'n
sprane three feet from the rank ara IA e@
two waysat one time ana men pG' Ia aud nd C,1
! tain where ought TO DO now lLauShter WY,
Renewed saushtcrl 80 suppose these quiet New
Workers.. this period OF the year nreI 10 "h ""
Ousnt 10 be reegateo back to thc STATES whence Wv
| came. .... l.. ann, ,,,. h, foe.
NeW.EnsandcGsa speaker never knows eA'o'y no" no" ~,
| gauge the length OF his REMARKS thVuSIt n"t
! letr ed a
point from who had been up IN Now Ing ana ''l
| year lie q said he had attended one 81 tAcse
Lee You have probably been mere Iht,e. Laugh
teri They begin about the time Olher pc 'le are Lo'nE
given III the world. They are the most lInsh r'p@stS
ever set outside Of LIBBY PRISON. man Fenorn.y
hn"r nIthont lelms helped to auyihin.. and
iD WAS gazing upon Tie alleged disncs laugh
teri and he was . eoq'rp'4'nf be tue prc "r
of The college who doing the carving, hn'lIy at
tackled the desccated looking saddle Of mutton ana 10
gan newing OF pieces OF volcano oIE'l az, anu w -,
TINS gentleman II he would nave some saddle Of mutton
lie said ono" he world have liked to II II had h'rh
birdie OF mutton, because then no hI.Ent s'"n. '.o
chance of getting Bit (Ldught-rl lh.' man tod rue
when / was getting point from him That very az,
tinVulsned man had made speech a. ma 'i'hiI' "'t
naturally asked him what IT was about ne siiai;
eaage Of the Sew.Enrlandcf ms ratiye
h1I don't suppose NewYork can strike 80 broad
snG. For tear of this mad hoped here al least
for once tonight aud remain "a listener to behave
myself with all the prOpIely and decOrum OF an Iish
the only trouLle abont Irish echo
being that when once 1t begins there Is no
regardless OF the question which calls II forth know
oony echo IN the world that supr"r TO the IRISH
echo. aud that Is he Boston ech" tHe rrnp "c re-
neccd from the reyerheraing rocks IN Boston harhor
forIt stated autnOratvcly. aud never contra
dcted to my knowledge, that when man RON ths' De
nghted region lying just outside ~ NrW ENGLAND goes
Boston and uttcrs sentence III boston hdr"oi 40
matter how uncOuih or ungranmaticdl that sentence
may be- back reflected TO him 10y mat Boston
lLaughtcr.l
But is often embarrassment AT these ann crs
because speaker doe, not know whether MS remarks
airs so much intended 10 keep people ~ the room as To
give them convenient opportunity To get away
| IJauChtrr1 lie gets befDggcd ia las mind about ds
Innch that station on railway nos Thousand
miles thIs city. He was new nHn ana the as
sI,taut superintendent took interest Ia him that
he down instruct him In person ln regard To ms
am how he NUT get down very carry
in the morning and tidy up the office aud polish mp his
lanterns ana get his red flags all ready to
sion train full OF passengers instructed him how he
must try aud get more than the tdln rate Tor
ticket from passenger and,nOt Dy any accident be be-
into giving civil answer 10 any or the pd-s'l
and that If anybody IN an accident got his leg or
his broken and demanded damagcs lie was To say
20 him, You have got them" tlau@htcrl This new
began think that II the assistant superintendent
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