New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-09
CHEERS FOR SECRETARY BAYARD.

Mr., Bayard was then introduced by the pres,
aG dIsnd as Society ap whose had appeared
first on the first list of members.
and who had always expressed the s 1T Ststc
interest in their welfare. The Secretary o. 49,
was greeted ON rising with loud cheers. lie spoAc
from notes as follows: ,
When heard him who +, y called %H,S Mop ,Sa
read toight the excuses OF men IN s seI,acoussd
that hsd run away from duty 70 5,rs foow ra as
dictatc u my heart applause ana Fo ,n0 College
still as they they look pehiho'
they hear voice in every wiho'
And snatch fearful ioy. Applause
w eCp to ,h snd SO say has been my
not before to receive IT, applause Dus ho NC stays
away from any place. whom duty detained MN
applause / am riolced to come among my
conntymen whose homes are snd admraSms
n What IN thew term the PRACTICAL affairs of life forget
that obscure memories and vague traditions are all
powerful forces in our social fabric Appa sseI the
foundations of history from which Of Holland de.
scent and connection drew their TRADITIONS E', ~
mmber Of men and women o. individual worth that
contains. e. Good."l No sJciety, my friends can "
strong it is large for the more So O0 mc Or the
the strength Of country will be found IN the persona rs ea
list within its borders tApplauseD
TRIBUTE TO OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
There are few Americans TO whom we owe greater
debt for his literary charm, his poetic talent inc
gentle humor that blends wisdom and w.t. than 10
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes Loud applauscJ Some
one asked him while ago when you should begin 'he
education Of child and he said, About 100 years
before the child was born" daughter and applause
We of the Holland Society can see the goon dot t
and II may speak profancly go him little better
LAG hterJ We 20 back pretty nearly 800 years
before IN this room was born GsasS'sr rs
to come here. {" Good"l We claim for our god,
father Count Bredercd, in 1865 WsserocggarS we we
laughter but wster-beggars were the society that
he formed at that time po1 bis bsnS h fdr doing
It. applause He ,t ,nen' was our eouia'He'' A''u
Have we nothing today in LAYS o that
shall tell men . what they S lsssep a''H ns
tie value Of that edct three centuries od that
men daughter and applause
ONE OF HOLLANDS SOLID VIRTUES.
This was solid virtue and it made Holland the
asylum of men and women, from whom draw my
name and blood e good'l, who, after religious
liberty became impossible in France found in Honaha
AN asylum for a conscience that could worship Cod
Tr ec may o. The defeat q the Spanish
nriasda i wish they could find time 10 remember iter
! KIP. in nYn% s ''as g'ia he ser,,s: 2
s%% the Ike s ss seen GS n hOy Of &
who con iucred the ocean, II King Sanute had been
he could have sat in his chair at and forbidden
the to come Gat Laughter Was ,o 'ners
by mans power over the sea- An gentlemen, there
was simple, unproclaimed industry There was skill
there something even finer That ats sane me force
thar same skill had the courage TO call back ne ocean
when liberty at stake. and 10 preserve the nber-
ties of the men who had built the dykes, and the lib
critics of their posterity. Npplause)
WHY TIE DUTCH WERE SUCCESSFUL.
Can You suppose that men who built these dykes
for purposes of honest industry and destroyed them
for the nober purpose human elec alton and liberty
can have the horizon of their ideals narrowed by mere
possession of wealth by the easy satisfaction OF Nv
Ing at home in comfort ApIaau Same 9 6ree So and
the courage that gave these people land where
land was not and made the ocean their tpa.ay iSe
pioneers of navigation Of enterprise. OF commerce
nat So far as can read their annals the successes
of the Dutch IN commerce were not made by sharp
over the portals of every Chamber of Commerce. that
Sn %a mann e SC once e' knew well judge
Black, Of Pennsylvania, who. in euogy from the
bench upon Chief Justice Gibson No., said as s was Sc
L" a who had that negative honesty that it Is
honesty that enforced itself IN transaction and
every conversation of life" applause There is
that permits The fraud and the positive honesty that
strikes IT wherever it Is found loud applause,
ev mot bring WIKI them this positive honesty,
these solid qualities and Is there not today
man who lives on Manhattan Island the fact that they
planted the seeds the fruits of which now enjoy
in Weath 1t is vast in population and in It's material
its intellectual strength, Boundless are the business
ne amoTns that are embraced Within hem The
pulsetons of your vgor are felt throughout this con
iInent almost throughout this world Think over It all
and bear comfort in the reflection that so few Of all
these transactions are questionable Applausei
to honest dealings prolonged applauseJ
II a NOT be- a on1 70 %y o in ss Tens c @
Republic Ii IS safe 10 say to-day that honesty and
honor are d me Of The nv OF Si
not the business OF New-York could not be con-
Quoted for single week
THE SOCIETY TO SERVE THE REPUBLIC.
Physicians know and there are wise ones here
TIA, health has n6 IG wba n the a
ference between sodity d and sensa9nasmr We
| II is only when tho air is contaminated and inflated
hat we recognize that there Is some
s@s S SGS cause ppan nnd t fSy se GSa
tionalsm reoices in effect alone. (Applause.) Gentle
mon, unquestlonaby our lot Is cast in remarkable
understood, fairly appreciated, our institutions are
founded upon equities OF humanity. Applause) I,
with you, love them, admire them. seek to serve
a having the same end in View Con-
tinued applanse) Tho Holland Society i:
every society Tradition OPs worth and i"'' honor
no matter upon what soil # originated no matter in
what crum II first heard, To support this
very object (Applsuse.l And that object IS that
all that IS worthy and honorable and Just and ght
shall be brought to the service OF the great American
Republic. Npplausel would ask that its basis
be in solidity and not senssiionaiism May close
OF American life, Of American institutional May
take a homespun farmer from the state Of Virginia and
compare him 10 that meteor, Napoleon Bonaparte ?
one was solid while the other was simply sensational.
loud applause
POINTS MADE BY THE OTHER SPEAKERS
f. Hopkinson Smith next replied 20 the
toast: "The Dutch Masters The toast,
said the speaker covers as much ground rs n
pasture in Holland The Dutch should be mas
tiers OF the world 1t is true Tint
lilies. They haven't legs Of the French
hare, or the wings OF the American eagle, but
" they get there all the same" Nothing staggers
! The Iutchman Dutch masters masters OF what
! or the sea which never before kept In bound
! OF the soil {? a land which is now garden from