Evening journal., 1889-08-02
ONE CENT
PILGRIMS REMEMBERED.
The Plymouth Monument I'm
yelled with Fitting Pomp.
SPEECHES by EMINENT ORATORS.


Extracts from Hon. w. @. p. Breckin-
ridges oration--John Boyle o'ReiIiy
Reads Poem--A Description OF tho
Work OF Beauty and Art Unveiled.
PLYMOUTH, Mass, Aug. 2--The national
monument 70 the Pilgrims was dedicated
with elaborate ceremonies and IN the presence
Of the greatest gathering ever seen in old
Plymouth. Rain fell IN torrents during the
nornin., but the crowd turned out to view
the parade with undampened enthusiasm.
Al half past o a. m, when tie dedicstory
orvices at the monument began, the weather
cleared. The exercises were carried out by
the Masonic Grand Lodge Of Massachusetts
according to the ritual Of the order, and
closed with the bonediction by the grand
marshal and the singing of hymn by Thomas
Power to the tune "Ameriean by the Pilgrim
chorus
The Literary EXERCISES
Ex-Governor John d. Long president Of
the Pilgrim society, presided az the banquet,
and an grafton wns delivered by Hon. VIII
inm q. +. Bfeckinridee of Kentucky, fol
lowed by a poem by John Boyle OReilly.
These were followed by speeches from Lieu
tenant Governor J. q A. Brackett Sena or
Honr, Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Hon VIII
lam Cogswen Hon. T. A. Morse, Hon VIII
lam T. Davis aud Hon. Frederick I. Green
hnlee
From 70 5 o'clock in The afternoon con-
cnrts were given in Shirley square, on Train
lng Green, ON Coles Hill and on Samoset
Lawn At sunset the bells were rung again
and aalutes fired AT 1850 p. IN a display Of
fireworks was given, followed from . o. l0by
band concert A grand ball at the arnory
closed the festivities.
DIR. Breckinridre's Grafton.
The Hon. w. c. r, Brfckinridge Of Ken
tueky, the orator Of the day, was then intro
duced and spoke as follows;
Il has been urged that one Of the honors 70 be
| given 10 these reverend Is that they were
"at the beginning OF our institutions; that they
| left behind them the old forms and institutions
| of the other continent and started new instiu
| tions. based upon new principles aud protected
hy new governmental modes But institutions
are growihs. not manufactures AS the growth
continues ceaseie=sly there constantly recurs the
necessity for new choice the obligation OF fresh
decision Thus Il is that on the oAe hand each
generation must meet and solve ts own prob
lems, and yet on the other, each generation nuds
that what has been dune before Il came into
power he's hmlted w action and shut It up IN
I = Nfaibhtened lines of choice No historian hns
given 90 those who first suffered Tor the sublime
truth. that human freedom was impossible ex
cept hy The separation ~ church and state, that
piace OF emneuce which Is hy right theirs This
Is the truth 20 which the Pilgrim Fathers testified
. This truth they FIRST hroaght 10 America this ia
their true honor ttis fhcir fadeiess crown.
The company that came over ln the 1layhowef
was Of the Cairlnistic Protestant church. Ia
peculiarly that IL was a separate church. II
was purely English lt differed alike from the
Catholic and English church., including the Puri-
tans IN the English church, and the differences
was wide fundamental and irrecouclable 10 In
yolved nothing less thRu She whole question a
enforced or free relision--the difference which
\ separated and stlll separates the state church
from The free Tie honor due to the plymouth
fathers Is that they first brought that truth as
y practical vital principle Of governmental life 20
= this continent 1t immense stride when
Z this separation was won The next step was more
safely taken. that churches voluntary
= gsnizatons. No man can elect for himself tho
doctrines he viii believe, the fncts he will accept,
the forms he prefers and the communion he
yearns for until be Possesses mental freedom.
4 We fail 20 realize how small were the vessels
q which bore the founders Of states, and how
meager was the largest preparation for such ven
lures. Aud when try % weigh the necessities
: for successful colonization 10 such a climate and
, country MS ours then was THAI all such ventures
| did not fail Is the marvel But here, as every.
whrre, the ia the enterprise is the factor Of
prime Importance.
II The central point in that sad days event was
/, their reverend pastor fa,iag ON his knees and
all on them with him commencing them with
fervcut tears 90 the Lord II official act
. of the pastor the selected part of organized
q church then ser apart 20 the task of establishing
a new home In America. There was civil gov
l. ! ernmeni IL was necessary % organize a form Of
u civil government anu out of that necessity sprung
\ that noble instrument known a The social com.
| pact 90 the forefathers True emil rants do not
leave their country behind them; they carry it
with their faith and cu-tem. Men die. these sur.
n yivr These foretathers brought with them their
3 conception Ut Eurlaud They brought no titles
y or ranks. priestly hierarchy. no ecclesiastical
4 ranks aud orders; no complicated system of fees
But they di0 bring with them the mouoramic
marriage, with It's individuality Of home the
rights Of the subject 20 the protection Of law the
3 sacredness OF Individual property. the precedent
y consent before the ievsnG n tolls and the right
Z 20 express ga some legal and prescribed manner
their viii tor those who 70 represent them
IN legislature and church,
. I'll not true except 10 narrow sense that they
y were freed from the Institutions OF the old world
4 and al liberty 70 choose What material they
would use IN this new world, No men were ever
\, as fully committed by the prepotency of blood,
race training, life and convictions as these grave
earnest heroic pilgrims and the highest
9 praise 10 be awarded them Is that they were
r. faithful to those convictions stead4asf 10 that
le faith, unwayerng IN their devotion 70 these
III beliefs.
\, But this immigration was peculiar in that
church. as a church. should found a settlement;
peculiar 10 that il was the first colony, because
N II It's belief OF the freedom Of the church from
I state regulation; peculiar in that IL landed on
territory not Included IN the permission granted
to il and where there was NJ superior, except the
somewhat uncertain rights Of the king, and there
r fore Il had to form government for itself Dur
D. ing the first year the compact made on shipboard
=. meetings had been held and some laws and
= ordinances enacted These meetings were tho
: first town me tiugs, which perhaps is the pc
y culiar political feature OF New England develop
O. ment And in the Congregational form Of
le church government the Congregational meetings
10 are simply reirious town meetings The infiu-
RI ence educationa political and religious OF these
"a town and dtongrsgatonal mcetiRss the desei-
= opment both Individually and politically Of the
!, citizens Of the state cannot be oVereStnated.
" Ny countrynlen, the chiefest merit OF those to
whose memory that monument has been erected
u was their loyalty 10 the truth as they saw the
ID truth. This is the nohlest attribute Of man. that
10 he can love truth supremely-the truth as We
10 see Il, 20 be loyal 10 that truth supremest
a duty. Reverence for the fathers means constant
, progress. not stagnation. To DO ard 70 believe
- a. they did may be the worst and most unoviug
return Tor their toll To be snimated with their
spirit. controlled bx similar emotions ana intent
90 noble objects Is true reverence
Description ~ the Monument.
u The monument Consists of heroic sized
, granite figure OF Faith. thirty-slx ieet Elgh,
st.,ffr~ an q rr.os,ffa uoaaafal fnrtv ftva feat