New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-22


lated but that should be restricted The pauRSe s
and the criminal the diseased and tno vicious, va
Anarchist the Communist and the Mormon snouu
be Absolutely shut out while the general no" Vi M
migration should be wisely ana 1udicousiy ehocAeu'
ADMIT THE TERRITORIES THAT ARE READY toh
STATEHOOD.
1t is tho American policy to admit TO the Union tho
great Territories OF the West fast as they can Iu
the conditions of Statehood but II Is not the American
policy to admit an un-Amercan territory with popt
lation Of Mexcans who speak Spanish or utah w, WIN
a population which dehes our laws ana menla ,n,
hafbarous and corruptlng system OF marriage; when
these two Territories are Thoroughly AheIlo ~ &
Government but not before 1t is the American poiIcy
never NEEDLE in the affairs OF other nations, g ,
10 sec 10 IL that attitude toward the resi- OF thc
world Is digned and that our flag lcspeccd IN eVeIy
corner Of the earth, and backed by navy WhIcn men
shall be an honor TO the American name. Last ana
greatest OF ali true Americanism demands that tho
ballot box everywhere shall be invlolate, even ~
takes the whole force OF the United States TO MAKE
The peoples confidence In the decision OF the pao
box IS tho only guarantee we have OF the safety o 0l
II Is 10 these things that the American people look
fng, and while they have no ignorant contempt TOT tp
that they must settle their own problems In their own
way, accordance with their own CONDITIONS a,u ,o
light Of their own ideas and beliefs In that faith thcy
win move on TO do battle with the problems ana me
difficulties which they in common with all manMna
spirit they win extngsh the last traces of sectional
differences, and II they arc true to themsevs they VIII
people on earth 10 do
DIR. TALMACE WARMLY RECEIVED.
I'll. next speaker was the Rev. DR.. T. De Witt
Talmaae. who responded TO the toast, " The De
scendants of the Pilgrims. They are to be con-
graduated for preserving and cherishing the good
qualities OF their ancestors" Dr damages
eloquence and fund Of anecdote called forth at
frequent intervals tremendous applause, and his
listeners would scarcely permit him TO resume his
seat He said in part:
What an honored month is December, the month
Of the two greatest landings the world ever saw
or ever will see-lhe landing of Christ N the old
New World Until time shall be no moro, let the
two landings DO celebrated by banquet and song.
a rap on these tables all these beamins guests Of
tonight vanished, and the mighty New, Eng anders
of the past took their places risk II ana give
two raps, and no sooner have we vanished than me
departed mighty ones OF New-Engand come IN Anu Anu
first who enter are Miles Standsh and tho Robinsons,
the Bradfords, the Brewsters and their fellow pas
sepcers a little decrept from hardship and exposure,
leaning on STATE madc Of pieces Of the Maynower
that brought them across the sea, and they take
their places at these tables.
Following them James OTIS, John p. adams dams
and Increase Mather, the giant OF the New England
puipits, and the men Of Fancuil Hall, who started
echoes that will reverberate I'll the last chaln IS
snapped and the last tyranny fallen and Ianiel Web,
ser and William Lloyd Garrison whom all earth and
hell could ntimdato. And they take their places al
prayer ore Of them rises and proposes the toast OF
he evening Our descendants may they prove true
to the principles for which we sailed the stormy
waters Of the Atlantic or the rougher seas Of political
agitation; our blessing upon their cradles ana thelr
pon heP s sef snd e 1 upon
politics and their rel gion for this century ana Tor a
New Englsnders rise and click glasses with huzzah
that shall ring round the world thousand years.
sgs sad P nG Ss answer the sn ps OF ho old
faces. pledgng ourselves anew to our country ana
our Cod (Applause)
THE VALUE OF ANCESTRY.
Men of New England, am not surprised at what
you and what you have achieved descended from
such an ancestry. OF course, every one comes 10
be iud ged by what he himself IS worth. l always
feel sorry for who has llttlo character him.
self that he has TO go back and marshal lot Of an
cestral ghosts 10 make up the deficiency. II is no
great credit to a fool that he had wise grandfather
But It is nevertheless true that the way the cradle
rocks your destiny rocks The Pilgrim athels were
a chosen people 10 do peculiar work Pilgrim
Father blood, analyze II, is mixture Of courage
old fashioned honesty, ardent domestclH, respect
for the holy Sabbath freedom OF religious thought
and faith in the eternal God. (Appausel These are
the characteristics OF the New Enelanders whom !
have happened to meet, and If anybody has had
different experience he has happened to f-ll among
an exceptionally bad lot applause Notwlth-
through their cemeteries and see how many died
septuagenarians, octogcnaans and nOnogenanans, SO
Inappropriate. Passing up the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, the Irshman saw milestone WIN the IN
his comrade Pat tread easy around this place for
1
Miles, and he was from Baltimore" UaqghterJ -.
New Englan'cTs, know, have been charged WITH
q y more tr,c ~ tbdm Than Of pcople all
the world. That up here In NewYofk STAG whore a
man asked his neighbor 10 take drink the neigh
cigar and threo cents" That vas over yondn H.
Tennessee, where child had such wrong notions OF
each boy to present HIS contribution and quote
ton and quoted a fool and his money are soon
parted" qaughtcrl The most Of the stories OF
New England lOse-istednesS are tod by thoSe no
tried Sharp game Yankee and were worsted,
and the reiort was natural think the most cases
where men have been flung by Yankees has been
where the Yankee would not be imposed on any
longer Economy, OF course, prudence ana forecast,
When have been raising money ior some charitable
object and the critic of the New Engander has given
s., the New glander has gwen SoOO. tAppauseJ
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PILGRIMS.
Freedom of religious thought I rightly announced
as among the characteristics Of the Pilgrim Fathers.
Flying hitler for the privilege Of worshippng God
In their own way, they opened the door for such
liberty in this respect is enjoyed in no other coun-
GentIemen as descendants OF the who en-
barIed off Delft Haven for this promised land Of
America and stepped Oh shore in tho face Of Dc
cember hurricane, all Of these men foreigners from
foreign land, ash you to set yourselves against the
stupid and aslnine cry OF America Tor Americans,
OF course we want none Of the thieves and scOundIels
and Anarchists Of other lands for We have enough
Of our own But say America for all men who VIII
come and be genuine Americana swearing 10y atty to our
Government and working FOR the public good. Drive
out from our American merchandise and American law
and American theology and American art tho foreign
ers and you would set this country back a hall cen
tury And among the children OF those EnglshEen
coming America there viii yet be william J. Glad
stone, and among The scochmen ulcie VIII be JCnn
KnoXes, and among those Irishmen Daniel OCOnnelis
ard among those Italians Carloads. But J would
the gates of Castle Garden meet al those who came
and present them with copies Of the Constitution OF
the United States the Declaration Of American lnde
pendence, the Ten Commandments and the sermon
on the Mount, and then tell them 10 20 whercver
they VIII and do the best they can for themselves
and families. .
AS the governments at the South are gradually
melting into own. soon on the North all the tfou
bic between Canada and the United states will DO
amcably settled, and the United states Government
will offer hand and heart in marriage 10 beautiful
Canada And Canada Will blush, and, thinking Of the
allegiance across the way viii say, ASK mother"
And now. men VI BroOklyn. WheIher descendanls Ol