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

10 il. The quotations we've
You shall find me apt enough
An you viii give me occasion.
Romeo and Juliet, Act III, Scene l.
In the reproof Of chance
Lies the true proof OF men.
Trolus and Crcssida Act I, Scene 3.
Mr. Isham's remarks were as follows:
1t is an inherited honor that is accorded me to rep
resent for moment In this assembly The occasion III
coHhcmoiallOn OF which II has convened Inc Two
hundred and siXty-cipbt years now gone would have
been long time to liee ana during tAeEi one would
nave seen range OF development impossible IN any
equal time since historg began. But u Is because
somewhat is SIN living Of the few score persons who
iOucbc" the hocA OF ny mouth in 100 thai this great
society Of New-hnglahd exist" at all and celebrates
that event H. great historic dignity ought never to
DE- in The least obscuitd. This f. not the anniversary
VI battle that stunned mems ears when It occurred
OF the tunultuous stOrming Of the Ha,tile OF
the jubilee OF sovereign IL - The alnN elsary of
an event that occurred In Obscuhty and silence. 1t
was an event Of profound peace. IL Was OAc whose
great significance dawncd slowly upon The intellect
and appreciation OF men; but IT has TO ouirank
dignity and importance the LOST s-cict die
lion u Eomc. and has found It's own cxponenis in
battles unnumbered n statutes ana lfntiOs and
In the shining standards of STATES and Nation. ZAP
Mr. President, we are not in New England to night
This great representative assembly * gathered out
side OF New England, ana parity nom that I'M
Ames said that when It would be settled or how Ii
could be governed was past calculation" And
that immea,uraDle wilderness Seems not to be- loo
well known yet ! have large globe made upon a
sprcal order I'm London In 1873 expressly 10 be- sem
central Africa. about the head waters OF he Nile
bat there Is Chicago IT, Its site called Fort
Dearborn. There is Illinois, Wisconsin o. Iowa
The region is marked Northwest Territory OF Huron
Auptrny hc Geographical society docs moi face this
way. OF Us may be even from that remote Oregon
which the Senator from Ncw-Jcrsey In 1925 de-
mOnslrated was impossible to be represent in Con
ercss, for the representative would spend the whole
year thirty miles day IN the journey TO and from
The scat OF Government. lLdughtcr) suspect tho
majority OF Us domcilcd outside Of New ENGLAND
But until within about 100 years the New Englnndsr
confined himself closely within his own borders. lie
Now bis descendants assert his principle,
Now his descendants assert his primo plos In principles
In every Northern community throughout that saa-
tO-sca' territory which made such figure In the
Colonial Charters.
so 10 l. IN keeping with the truth OF history that
New England 10 represented outside her borders But
things AS they If those Mayilower
Pilgrims, whose graves on The old h J. were concealed
the waving TO protect them from the de .ecra
ion OF savages solemn n dcmcanor bee the burden
OF selfsacrhcc was always upon them aid tho 81 adOw
Of their conservation was always over them. to
here, what impression would BE- theirs at frs,
Let MS not disguise H. From this splendor OF light.
and apparel and BabylOnian luxury they would ecOll
They would think may be sure Ol a.. that Erdcot
and standsh had but half done their work Merry
mount and that Maypoic But would time and
acquaintance bring them to recognize anything thew
AT home among usi What could and would We show
to vindcate our meeting here I'm their name and the
name OF their baldi What special elements I'm our
conception OF citizenship would tho Pilgrim hold 10
What In relations 10 his principles OF society and
government would lead him 10 SIT down and be one
Of u.s. would anythingl Mr.. President believe So
TIE STRENGTH OF THEIR CIVIL LAW
Underneath the entire body Of civil law in New
England lay the Scriptures Of the Old and New Tesla