New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-23

| ments Every system OF philosophy has social anu
poIIt.cal as well a. q religious ana theoloslcH sue
From Aristotle to Locke politics. ethics anu
are departments in a comprehensive scneme Oh pnioSo
phy Below the Mosaic civil Code lay tho Mos~c
cosmogony and origin Of man. Under other systems
ome wete princes because descended from the stars
cresiod from the common Mother Earth, Dy the breath
az the Almighty, stand equal Mr. Pfesldehi, VIC
men before tho law l. not impaired but Is conhrmei.
If endangered at all 1t Is by the celeSs eAiiS'
that has put the Jewel of citizenship into the cOntOi
Of persons unit for II, and unable to cOmpchShu IT,
Equality before tue law does not mean inc Hoons sI
| Of the Faubourg ST. Antoine. All men arc cqual
before the law If the conditions OF citizenship are 5uGn
every Sss @ay saS noi ths Of
every one Wealth In considerable amount nn 70 MOI
a iii basis of discrimination But reasonable lnte4l-
gcnco and education and moral character are. 1T Is
an abuse OF power when political party makes a
party vote but no party In this HepuDnc can throw
serious Problem n Of our citizenship today may be
solved and the deepest reproach to our public honor
Of Il the ms Esy Y ero is Hoc and
way for State 10 protect its dignity and security
Society has a right to require that every citizen,
every enfranchsed person. shall have some stake in
success that be shall place himself as to under
stand that he has more to gain by public order than
Mr. President, have you heard New England charged
with lilbelallty or bgotry, or Intolerance OF opinion
that in Massachusetts sought to establish a community
of gentlemen aud clergy and commoners' etc, and
used the dungeon and fire In old European fashion,
never represented New gland any moro than Cal
hOun represented the Declaration of Independence.
Tho scrooby and Ieyden minister, John Robinson,
the exponent Of the ecclesiastical and moral
was the embodiment. Plymouth was always con
splcuous among the New England colonies Tor the
brotherly tenderness and hepulncss Of its citizens
between themselves, for scrupuious morality In deal
ing with all the world, and for the absence of IA
versles of Massachusetts allowed for It is the
ninehce ana Spill OF dhe rignm tpe uat ha
bitterness the voice of Robinson Is heard alone In
the spirit Of peace lie rose above all other men,
philosophy OF soclety's growth and progress. when
he charged them not to think that because they
10 break with the world around them, that they had
rounded up the sum of available knowledge, for the
the sentiment of those who could not beyond where
Luther went, or Calvin, and who stuck where they
ready to receive any truth disclosed by any
instrument. Rational literally cannot be broader
among the founders of new civil society ApplauseJ
THE PURITAN PRINCIPLES.
And. sir, New England has kept abreast of this
principle Of conduct Never people more alert
to seize upon any invention, or any new fact Of
science, any well-founded principle or theory OF
politics or government Even In theology the crust
was continually breaking up There Is SITTER Cal
vlnsm In kentucky than has prevailed In New Eng
lana during TINS century. IIeJ never loI niOH,cal
thought to drop an anchor In the stream OF Ine Anu
refuse 10 yield 10 the current of human thought
ENcryWhcrc the descendants OF New England ADVANCE
with it, ard adapt themselves 10 IT'S conditions. lney
never obstruct r. bur 10 test It's quality ana rum
They created society mobile in every part, in when
the particles may move a. freely a the drops oil Hact
In the sea. They made the development OF knoWIeuP
a vital factor in the conduct of the civil State am
theit descendants everywhere believe that citizens
should know all they can learn OF he constitution .
man and society. 4 Republic will be successful IN
which every man acts we'll as he knows how ard II
a man knows enough, he will steadily tcnd 10 lclSo
tho administration II poison TO his moral and socia
nature as rcsoiutely as to his physical one ZAP
have gone by. Historic events reccdng In time have
been lkened 70 the stcrn-lgts Of departing vessel
away, but her colony is but light rising on The horizon
and COMING on Theorists and historians hay d%eh
ration about 1000 years ago for The Introduction and
m Tod or n. a. a e n nn ny be one 50 1 OF
the Roman Empire. But what shall be said Of That
which is conspicuously going on now. The great
empires mentioned by Hcrodotus lie in rrcdeemsble
map Of the ciote be parted rom pole 10 pole along
at Hne and expanded. this which is silll called the
New World IS shown 10 lie between the great civil
nzatons, old and new. Of tho earth
On ore hand are all the races of Europe with their
PHILOSOPHERS and traditions. On the other IS that
Mysterious Eas %svs mysterious G,so now .a as
Ssos o, There he world are of witch rnrSSs yet S6
ie There are the great reIigons of confuclus and
Buddha and Brahm, and intellectual people trained 10
thought And all these surely coming here The
ideas Of the Jordan and of tho Gauges, the political
are all to be poured into the Grucbe Of hs sew
World and fused there In all this what IS to become
TO human Happiness and the best Development of man.
Their crusade Is yet in rs beginnings. They do NOT
the certainty OF fate there Is dark night setting n
Or now dawn IS to rise upon fun noon and the issue
VIII remain with the descendants Of New England.
Continued applause)
The eighth toast The Financial Admin
istraton of the National Government and was
responded TO by w H. Trcnhom. The following
thoughts followed the toast:
Money Is a good soldier sir, and VIII on;
1t IS noised he hath a mass of treasure,
Let US make the assay upon him.
1imOn of Athens, Act ", Scene 3.
The Electoral Problem in the South was re-
sponded to by John S. Wise. The quotations
were:
Let desert in pure election shine
And fight for freedom in your choice
Titus Andr0ncus, Act l. Scene l.
Must have their voices; neither viii they bate
Corlolanus, Act H. Scene @
GENERAL PORTER on PILGRIMS ABROAD
Pilgrims Abroad was responded to by General
Horace Porter The sentiments were:
Will 60 loso myself
And wander up and down.
Comedy Oh Euols, Act |, Scene ..
III, ever ,oluou
That merrl~St when they from home.
King Henry Y, Act /, Scene =.
General Porter spoke as follows:
Mr. President and Gentlemen: Again has This
society assembled TO commemorate Folelathcis DAY.
Another instance OF that courageous gtycty PECULIAR
New Englanders, who IN spite OF the passage al the
Anti-Chinese bill sil venture TO celebrate the landing
OF car 90 Of foreigners. / congratulate you upon
yOur increased numbers In this hall to-nis1, YOU
annex has come down f. ON up stairs and uuoaded ts
passengers here Your president has b ca a con