New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-22
-. rrrr rnteh states Senator from Maine He said :


me text and will preach sermon" Now; your presr
The PilsTims aud the Purtans The Poets OF New.
Eugland The Heroes OF the Revolutionary nsraiIv
IisToss OF the last CiYl War; and have found geneIy
mai the unseshness Of presiding oihcers on
?? this kind is IKE the morn o. acecptnS these texts
n al undertaken poleiuc discourse on tne "a xan
and an Irritation too for am radical IN religion au
politics Applause. have profound req U,er'
That Old Pilgrim householder who. ON cor" tnr
sunday. went TO The unwarmed Ill, meeti a,IG
tho hin ms snS sat Ep npyny
and never showed sign or satisfaction wIeh ne healu
fbe solemn amen" lLaughterl Ana II / had u u
,pe ro netnre In words tue presented by the
,noern worshipper IL would have given oHehce lLauE
much OF the boasted beraty of these days in religion
Ia only a thin veneer. through which the snSn''s
knew we'll when in The House of Representatlves
one of The latter in his opinion. speaking, tho Ola
Conmoner salked out OF the hall, at the d0or net
is soonnirei" says the friend "You are miStaAen
very much mistaken lie is respectable gem
In fact ,a ne Stevens; What. pray is rs
rsligionr' The friend named popular ana ngh ay
cali that religion Why IT is nothing but the damned
varolod OF religion" Laughter Now sm E ap3
eyen soms ministers before they converted we're
e1ecipa the next toas-to harmonic the
Pilgrims and Poetsjust thnk OF H. Inc rHgEGm
Common sense tho plain o. eduoSs-lf may
use the word-of the is hardly suggestive OF Ine
ie1ttInacy of the other. Some learned tedrer aunt
Of m. doctrine OF evolution might possibly trace tho
Enshp The heroes OF the Revolution wonG not nave
son of Massachusetts less than five minutes In tho'e
Old DAYS Maine was kind of colony OF MASSACHUSETTS,
and shared the fate of all coloDies-furn.hrd
the and the money, ana me ,n mStnrr
Ani in the war of 1912 Maine endured all the suffering
and Gd al iGS a When
the president offered that toast had SUPPOSED Iat
cursed he the hand OF the man en here to
the dying embers OF civil strife a rei%hueI nrs Of
night that it is thought well In these iPnnk Inystv
or treason. l reminded that II Is wei
even on memorial days. to scatter beautiful nowers on
am reminded that 1t might he well to luri inc
battesgs that our brave boys won ana put 'ne ny
in dark hidden. places reminded that neither III
the puipt nor the platform II SAFE 70 TALK % o
rights of citizens secured ,,i ana Se a1nauSel '"
am thnkf that the president ren 5ict Inc from
1t" sbaH "fnd no man in talking OF her, Tor it is well
settled principle that 1t Is mean uan that won ooN
of his own. love the state OF Maine better than any
spot in the wide wide world. This may seem STRANGE
to uxuriOusy fed and clothed ana housed sons 0
the Empire state. We have some disadvantages, Out
there is magnificent law OF compensation hOu say our
climate is cod our SHOWS anu long c9nIhueu' irue
hut our homes our hresdes dry our winter
evenings long, our DOCKS piehty ahu tno irs.' IA
Thoughtful earnest &elive r o !. hard ana nm
productive. Yes; No poet wlth any plac'icai INV
10 make 1t laugh with Ia vest. no Licalg ProtcS
will do BUTT responds gratefully 10 haiu Moh
NcFuriand together We last raised three million
bushels Of po,atOes-thA peachcropoi Maine LhuHIteT
l,IO
cur own borders. owned by ourselves ana made nelh
into starch 1t Will do 40 harm TO make practical sug
geston to an intelligent audience Ike TINS You take
the DUTY of of starch and every one OF tue thr
starch mills IN Aoosto3k County VII o cross 'S
potatoes Will rot In the cellar 1Ou say tno
surface Of our State sed hily mountainous Yes
ftis bat every mountain has fertile valley and there
are 5000 rivers seeking the sea- fed d! -ooV SQUARE
miles OF magnificent lakes You say our coast IS Inch
bound; but every year 600 fishing vessels sail out IRON
that coast equipped by 10000 OF the most cOura2nns
ana skilled sailors. And let me say TO you that
the 1sneries to-day. Of New England are Inc
only nurseries for Amerenn sailors ,csoy cnTrrinr
lie American ~ in trade 373 shlps ana Zo3
0I rs W6eR YOU here in XeYork talk about tie
beauty of admitting ioreign-built ships TO Amsiican
please or a part Of Administration, which breaks
down man Ike John Roach, the leading shipbuiider
Whether or not, in the hour OF peril. you may
not need these same slip-yards Great applause o.
in Maine in centre of which you might pant the
whole Commonwealth OF Massachusetts,. and then the
Inhabitants would be compelled TO hire guides 10 hhd
their way over the lorder. Laughtefl . M,
trious in the Nation Last summer sa~ IN country
village a cradle in winch one mother had locked one one
members OF the National House OF Representative
four Governors OF stats ~, 1--WE ird SITS APmy ana
one CAPTAIN in the Navy. Laughter. ana thrtr cheers
for that mOtherl Last year saw trns Oh tnosanus %
the citizens OF NewYork Brooklyn march for hours
peliGg rain ana their refrain was M oy acked
one thing for success. He was not born III Maine
Let me close with a kind Of benediction: Sons OF
New.EnglaDd speak think not, lightly OF the religion
Of m. fathers Let 10 faint of bgotry make for
getnl of their sublime faith in Almighty God and their
bright hope OF blessed Immortality. Emulate tHelT
virtues rather strive be their equals. IN devotion ia
human rights IN fidelity to liberty. in the words Of
Lincoln. this Nation shall havea new Dlltn OF freedom
that government Of the people by the people, for the
people shall perish from the earth" tGreat ap
pause.
The next toast The Influence OF America in Europe,
was responded to by william Waldorf Aston "Our Coz
erhment" said wisely adheres 10 the od-tnc prin
cipe o, aonneryenton the affairs OF other countries
Our diplomatic agents abroad take no part in the III
tricate mazes u politics. We make no alliances ou
ever srce the OF Civil War We have presenter
foreign eyes spectacle OF vast community tat hvh
advanced safely through tremendous conflict dsinlsS
its forces and sets TO governing sell III an elulidDI
way year by year mcfearmg ,i ~ H w. de-
tiny tnis confident la Italy there IL teit genu
interest i'm The working OF institutions. She Is a
once the oldest aud the youngest or EuroDean state
anc she iutrequently for Inspiration ana iii
pulse 10 the civilization of our America.
MR. cURTIs's SPEECH
George William Curtis responded to the toast; tn
older and the later neutrality-suspicious. sires an
worthy sons" lie said:
Tins 10 the day OF the Maynower; and 1t seems 10 m
that have never seen tna Hover III nnef DiOop tnn
ceved that Its perfume IS wit. wisdom ana eoqnehet
We know Of old conviction. courage aud constanc
are its inperishae seed ana wherever to-day from III
Bay OF Fundy 10 the Golden Gaze, from inc nome o
faith and "a brighter hope OF American liberty
of American Union aud Of american patriotism, III
Maynower blooms again. and makes glorious summer
this winter day. think that tue hardy quality OF Una
papt IL by nothing more than thiS thdt ever.
year puts itself forth with marvellous tonetity ia Ia
very face of excellent brothers. the worthy childre
of the old KnickcrbOckcrs, among whom we nm
ourselves at this and must confess mink
as good Yankees that although there Is our MaYh0we
In that face is still undaunted and their chee
Is always equal to emergency. II eloquent an
intrepid fienl Mr. Chauucey Depcw, at TINS momtn
at this ablcas doubtless IN times past lie has been
he would again prove to you. as with reslSlltS
urbanity he proves once year, that Whatever IN
Yankee may have done. the Dutchman did 1t grea
deal better and great while before that the 1anke
is after ali kind Of secOnd-rae Dutehman and tina
the decline tail OF NewYOrk began with the transle
of the Province To the old English Crown, but was no
fully completed until the arrival OF the New-Ent
land Yankee.
Rat whatever the opinion of the Duichman may be
the Yankee this dnher OF the Brooklyn Pilgms OIL III
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