New-York tribune., 1886-01-09
THE REAL SONS OF HOLLAND.
DINING TOGETHER FOR TIE FIRST TINE.


A RoILICXING SPEECH BY cHAUNcEY NJ. DEPEw-
REMARKS OF JUDGE VAN WORST AND OTHERS.
When the hardy forefathers of the people
seiea to run this country without the law of pri-
.,,,,re they laid the foundation Of all the great
MSS of the banqueling society and the family reunion
Tho man whose mothers mothers mother was
4 Smith so 10 tho ehith iahh!
reunon though his name be the more or less arlsto-
cratic one Of Jones' In the way man who SPEAKS
English with Pennsylvania Dutch accent can DO AZ
honored member of a New-England society," II HIS
eoually remote maternal ancestor came from Massa
rhusetts ..,
The Holland Society of tho City OF New-fork Is youhE
or .ani zation which frowns upoD that SORT VI
thing 1t had its first annual dinner az the holei
Brunswick last night and only the descenun' VI 'n'
Kmckerseckers by the direct male line. with the ae
.., op te male" were allowed to partake thereof TDe
stalls of the big banquet hall decorated with scores
az non,ngs and engravings, forming species OF loan
lee;ou furnished by the members AT the heao Vi
, centre tablo cleaned wonderful, fat ana praZon
lk-can, brought from Dertrect by Il. Hopknson
9TH 1t WAS q glitefing reminder OF the
hand where the pump is not con
MT factor in the milkinan's calculations, where
cows live IN clover and sleep in porcelain stails
er The presidents chair were draped the hass OF
erIca and Holland, along with fac-simile Oh the
gars' sack that noajed over the eonquerng Oahas oi
evrars" on sea and land, the face of the Spanish
ulars.
he " spiiskaart" was a linguistic work OF art ana set
IN the list OF decacies in the most irieproachaOe
uppronouneeabe Dutch. 1t was the work OF MISS
rie Verhrugh, OF Mddlebnrg From "oesiers
IN de halve sehaal" to "pjpen en- tabsk
there was nothing outside Dutch vocabulary The
following guests of the society were present: Johh H.
planten Consul General of the NetEerlands ex'Chel
Jnstice DAY. Judge Bookstaver. William C. Van Eloh'
Mr. Cazaux Judge George NJ. Van Hoesen, D. IL Gum
ing E. b. Merrill, W. L. Vandervoort, william b. falen'
Charles r. Rickerson. Joaquin Miller, Kruseman van
Elton and Hopkinson smith.
Among tho 200 members present were: General stew
art Van ylie Philip Van yOlkenburgh, jr Bartow W.
Van Voorhis Judge Hooper c. Van Worst Edgar b. van
Winkle James B. Van Woert, Iohn X. Van Wormer'
Aurust Van Wyck J. Leonard Vanek, Dr. Mans H. Neu-
der Dr. Benjamin F. Vosburgh Gerardus H. "5hhoop'
william De Witt, W. A. Ogden hegeman' the Rev. Df'
Heury j. Van Dyke, jr., Dr. d. b. ST. John KooSa'
A. Bosarlus, william L. Brewer, Henry 7. DsGraal'
FreA J. DePeyster Henry c. Dewitt Dr.. Arthur NJ
Jaco,us Jere Johnson jr., Andrew Joseph Onderdopk
Johp " /. Pruyn, William Van Alstyne, Samuel van
geuschoten Frederick I. Van Beuren. Corneius van
Irunt John c. Van Cleaf. Joshua NJ. Van Cot Aaron d.
Yanderpoel DR.. Albert Wander Veer Frank F. Van Der
yeer A. H. Van Duesen II. s. YaDDnzer.H H. Van Dyck'
Ianes W onackenbush Charles II. Roosevelt, Augustus
schoonmaker Garret /. Schuyler. the Rev. D. Howard
surdam the Rev. DIR. william ii. Ten EycE, Johh W.
Van uoesen Russell Van Ness, George NJ. Van Mort
David Van Nostrand Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Aorahan
Van santvoOrd, Henry Van schalck' ueorSo W. va"
s.clen, Adrian Van Sinderen.
Tho .uv.r .tarkard presented TO Sarah Rapeye, the
Arst white child born In tho NewNetherlands and writ
ten over with Inscriptions in archaic DUTCH maue I"
trumnha progress from its rcsngpace az INC ioot oi
The hall 70 the place Of honor at the head ;
and then the solid portion OF the al =
per having disappeared. the order OF proceeding
lsid down in a document headed "Heil-DrOnken" was
4akcp M An old Dutch motto. whose aptness was
never called question was appended TO each toast
rhe first was "The Holland Society OF New-fork' ana
Judge Hooper c. Van Worst president OF the sOceiy
replied as follows:
gentlemen of the Society 1t good thing to be pres
eut AT the beginning OF any us'ful institution Men
who thus avail themselves OF these opPortupiiies ye
IN history as the sagacious OF their fellows Ihe
Holland Society WAS formed during the as year D1 py
the faces about US we see 10 wa M o are
erons ana iiegiyng As oG motto says ag sPrDo Do
only Leaves % Dat %dne ffu't we'll II tonrht. You are
snces at the festive board Tue Dutch always excel III
social and hospabe duties or oejeGIs are 70 Of b
butch In this land, to foster the principles
:. our DGs SstTsSS sr a
Now. gontls%sn greatly eafnsst fSssG
In our daily cOnnct for existence we Overlook Ok
ihe claims Ot the past Anything taat takes ms us
mind conclusion If ever comes to Question ot e M
the survival of the test we iDtepoSe our cniln 'o'
tile endur ug life OF the DUtchlnah.
The toas 10 the president OF tile United States was
drnuk standing and in silence. Letters OF regret from
him and from Secretary BayaTd were read Jndgc Aug-
pstus Van Wyck answered The question ny aLS we We
here 2" follows: our one text 10 onlsht 10 @ @
and Dutch ancestors but we are not VAN over our
Drot toplasmic ancestors But why are we heiei Is
IL vinef [Confused cries or mo-, aha 1es
late our ancestors ana celebrate their achieve
The chairman then read telegram from senator Vor-
lees who have spoken 10 the toast Inc states
General of Holland" which said that the Senator was
unable 10 come. He added that the only man able To
answer two tOasts-Mr Depew-had kindly consented
TO tackle that and his own to the Fsthsrand IhIee
cheers for the Hugueuot annex y! shouted someOOdy'
and Mr. Depew bowed profoundly. There is one
Thing" said the speaker that the philharmonic SO
cety will regret and that s that the Dutch song
can boast OF ia our city. As TO the
question frequently asked here Tonight Nsat are
we here forF We know what we are here or ana we've
rot H. Those fellows in D-lmOnicOs tonight Will
never know what they there for Until the prizes are
distributed then they will discover, as many better
inen sc0vered before on January day OF
reporters have kindly gone out doubtless came to
hear Senator Voorhees, speak the silver question and
Secretary Bsyard our diplomatic relations with
Austria When / said TO them. there will be at least
pIisd: .Chaunecy, we've reported that speech
about seventeen times daughter what are
we here for9 We have the ST. Nicholas Society Why
form snoihera will tell you. Because that society Is
not Dutch society. IL is society of old New 1ork
why has not distuctiveiy Dutch society been formed
beforel Because there two principles IN the
wrong; the other. that II Is so natural TO DO
right t,at there making fuss about H. Mod
esy is the reason While the Yankees and Scotch and
Irish have been claiming everything that pest III our
1he Rev. Dr. Van Dyke replied TO " Ihe NlItnes OF
Our Dutch Ancestors" and William c. De WIT to
"Dntch Liberty OF Conscience"
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