New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-27
IN HONOR OF JOHN MASON.
MEMORIAL OF THE pEoUoT WAR
PRESENTATION CT THE MONUMENT TO THE
sTATE-ApDREss Oh ISAAC H. BROMLEY.


tBr TELEGRAPH TO THE rSBUSE.i
Mystic Bridge, Conn, June 26.-The monument
erected on the site of the Pcquot war to per-
nctuate the memory Of Major John Mason and his
comrades who by their heroic achievements saved
the colony from destruction, was to-day unve'ied
With elaborate ceremonies. The statue was pre-
sented to the State by Charles L. Dyer, OF NOR
witch. chairman of the commission that haa IN
charge the work OF erecting the monument.
Tho statue was unveiled by Governor M ".
Bulkeely, who in accepting 1t in behah Oh Vho
State extended to the committee his hearty tnahKs
for the fidelity with winch they had hlscharseo
their trusts a..
The orator OF the day, Isaac II. Bromley, spoke
in part us follows
For fourteen years, beginning with tho ieth .t on
April 1873 anniversary OF the ars ,ontb o with
fitting celebration OF tho Inauguration OF .aS dnsh
President Of the Republic we haze O'G pns this period
tho minds OF 60 900 900 people have peen ytbsrs
memories Of those whom they fondy cal Ear ggures
stand Out coar cnt massive, dominsns larger ansn
human on tho skyline Of our history ,,smSied in III,
balance against their fortude AMI faith ana IN na,
knowledge have said in The pride 81 0a hese wos
Pluarchs menS II is not who have id.sli,sd
them but that SILENT ccaseess process IN the crcio o
6o q msn RSo neatly 'ss Of dos:
OF human fraity leaving only tho pure soo VI reai
boring and that only is dead which has pooh ''
It so happens that at the close OF this seses OF
centenary anniversaries OF tho formsuVo p r to
the Government we are c,rnssset 70 review some Of
the events AMI consider tho character OF Inst bsre
ptsShs NON o. ss s1 tnrned that with gather
ing force threatened overwhelm the sms rna,
| Of that New England civilIanon ~n' n.tion And
II was he whose memory honoring to-day r VINO
in the crisis Of tho fight gave tho decisive woa nds
criminals slaughter but II said Thus far no iartn ths
10 tho rchucnt waves OF barbarism. and cleared ''
way 10 forty years OF peace .,,
character and career traced tho history OF tho coonS
down to the time OF tho Peqnot war and showed Inc
critical condition OF affairs whom Mason sol out WIN
his handful OF troops. He then described th' oa'o
and tho complete victory Of the colonists, ana coh
| unuei
Clearly, this was bloody days work Gay OK OK
fro and slaughter It is not altogether pleasant 70
think OF though 800 years have passed. AZ Is nos
AMI sIIrromTdIngs were almost forgotten and civilLa
ton had begun TO smoliorate in some measure rns
no criticised and the humanity OF Captain Mason
called In question. 1t did not occur 20 Mh'on no
,r,"S' hat thSrs was any occasion for criticism
| Mason male excuses or explanations nv ,,n nm
hn'G Win T ,ho cS eD Court raised no Com
rI,tce on The Conduct of tho war; but signned JUS
approval thereof and its confidence IN nmsDd Of the
Colony Roger Williams. who would surely h1 ~,
heard from had there been any " ,oh"manty
af,erw Ard spoke Of Captain Mason win wnom n.
as GsTDs seT tn % nj W
II /, moi impossible that there are those T,ms
within sight q hi: cGrsocSscdd nT. T Of the sS
cxcndInr causes conditions and rosuIrs. and whose
anoaopos @pa' SD,y ar re wsH here s
thcy merd out who can sec nothing IN ths SasSs gS
carly history upon which N S we ,haf y @' Of h
chict actor II 10 awaken our enthusiasm or .a
ADM sh, morSnss work ON This Hill they may
urgc The confession. admit that the @ ma
ryllitatIon from the hcos OF barbansm. has bcen Of
some service 70 mankind BUY they ~CMn gnas
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fs Sos, 4c'G TSS n nsrord ioSnst es,os
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q: ssapan s S Ss s p
cS, E and lie assure us oven II his calling had
not forbidden It. hat he would not aPpr",s WeasSs
aci, whose husbands aud brothers had been tortured
.Hne G.P %Sa n T ss little fo had
S 9a,d %sn s s saS
Pearc ',ardinc In The midst OF Overwhelming odds,
wh!n the very touch OF their tomahawss. every
S s %omsntary panic nom bursting forth In stream
r Sssa HIM and b.: GS%PsnIO99s ArT na
hard ria rsa ,. TS Ss aSUa II. rc"d nt
Tho sccns n;s the s s1na .M 81 a n %ssc
S De. your nrscs,on sim lag my pe:c g"sSnns
out before you upon these grassy hiIslaes sopn. 70
tho river and the sea- upon field and meadow waving
| har
rcwart Of ioi and thrift, upon towns and village,
with tG and nSmm snsm %s iS.t nscs tbs
| worl"s rcmotcst shores In constant tOuch. Slowly
ySf the ye P,cl n So t'?A gather Of
interesting spaces reclaimed from savasery ana wsSIe
no note OF sixty KY R Fa@H ssHa
y; M, nation, lis bcncnccnt influence in tn" march
Zen s,,o q STsH %or al la,
aud cnnoblcs man Al this had no, bo"n h "a, JONI
ali i' the existing tondions that Influenced his acton
b" has been aburdanty vndlcatcd ey the process o
n nmG; ,So l hundred years earlier similar r,ssdA
kai hrra enacted on much more tcrrole scale whrr
:Sf E s Of GS5 The 'RG rs tnS fSf 70
and in the ashes Of their capsal s1Tsshea .a an
ior the conquered subiugstlon AMI slavery. Th
triumph Of tho English Puritan meant freedom "n'
To the story of Mason, lte and public services
distinct %tr Is ar. 3cced 1I IN Sn Of the
There manlier Or moro heroic fsnre than ,, mr
| in all colonial history. As ploH.er
sta,csmnn We cannot TOO greatly honor his memory
40 her, today. on tho sp3t where In mo crisis a, o
csiyc nctIon determined tho destiny OF an unhnnrl
nation. raise he hgEe that perpetuaess r IN ~
| Scad eyes he endowed with litr. and hc mute y p
clothed with language, looking out upon the pe3p
Continent and reading that wider trbnD 20 DIS iae
he might we'll say: lot this 10 ms monument
Thomas s. Collier, OF Ncw-London, composed
md read n poem written by him for the occasion
At the close Of the exercises the invited guests
were escorted 70 the Hoxie House by the Cover
nor'S Foot Guards, Of Hartford, the I'd Regiment