New-York tribune., 1889-12-24
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tApplauseJ There come to my view t3ihgn. % n Two Two
different visions The one t16,cht rs Gt o out TACT
that beyond the horrd ,oc Cceafi there lies vast
ana beanf possession land full of the wealth that
makes nations slncws strong, ana WHICH, IL !, nay ny
be obtained, will give power ana 1I'S ~ was conn
age sublime inspiration. that led columbus out upon
the Atlantic TO seek IN this uhknoWh h iT5v he th
universe either the Indies whatever meht DC 1ere
There is another vision another vessel sans a NOT TO
sock nbysical possession not to subdne TO lhe pos
session OF any sovereign the wealth OF the nes mn 9us
that ser and ga1Gesr Whatever there may be Of
wealth freedom and liberty to serve God according To
the dictates Of ones own c0nscehce, &c bere t
oight fo say that The discovery Of Columbus which
yonr are soon 10 celebrate Cong continued applause
epplause1Dthe discovery Of Columbus. wlthont the
landing of the Mayfower would have oecn ' 'iI 'v @
eliminate from American history that eraina nn
element of moral force, that ,ano granu ot;Ipc tgp
OF New-England that organized the townsInp;. tnat %
made possible the county and spread D over wouIS ,G
have not possessed that grand line OF states Llat
reaches now from Plymouth Rock 10 ,'I ,h text
Gate Ga o ApPTIg6t @s6t beteT gOg' sav although It is in
New England dinnermy country depends a. haSe M
eared OF 9e at cnubcS IN TicwT That M are accmmaang under
the grand domain Of the Grand hepubllc-uepenus
believe and ms here assert to night mos upon h ,e
town meetings of New England than upon any other
principle within the whole compass OF prlvIlleges anG
powers established by your ancestors ana iornulalea
In your laws Did you overland have no doubt
YOU have. but I am not thinking for you am
marks in resnonse 10 vonr high compliment to me to
be here~but do YOU recollcct that. as the west
was first Plymouth Rock, what mighty West that
Known nS was O the west that tho Pilgrims sought That
was West TO them unknown, untred full OF danger.
bnt loved and dared because there was liberty And
next the West where your old General Putnam
Of Webster
was the limit then Of wour power and your Influence
lie depicted as y9 him in aSJ a. great re- o orator
as he became the great statesman OF New England:
The limit of your civilization between Lake Erie and
the Ohio River
THE INFLUENCE SPREADS.
And next the grand step Of England. the
giant of liberty and of freedom won't from the banks
of the Ohio to Lawrence and Topeka. in Kansas Gap
plauseJ And then, as has been alluded to tonight
so eoauently and appropriately the influence of New
England spread abroad, over the grand continent that
Columbus had discovered, the principles that before
the law all mcn are equal and each Is eh,ltled m 10
conscience and that there should be upon this con
tincnt church with Bishop, ana no state WIN m
a King (Applause) But the West, my country, has
gone on still further until recently there has
come into your dominion, not state, gentlemen not
Territories although might so count the four great
republics that have circed in your constellation, ana
under the sublime influence Of your representative
principle have easily found their place ana circle
aIonpd the great Of the Republic applause, but
there has come into your arrangement a-what shall
| call it? Territory without Government a
series of cities without foundations and supported only
by the principles Of the town meeting that you
esa3H he'd upon the borders OF New-Engiand' ZAP
In the Territory of oklahoma therc are today
twenty two towns one OF 1000 Inabltants, ahothel
others descending to thousands and hundreds but
them there is no government there Is no Terr err.
torial power there is no support elther In tile ute
to the land to the organization OF their munich
palty, except the one principle that Is born Of New
England and nducted through this land by your
example and that Of forefathers that there Is the
right in the American people frst' to establish
every man to obey it. applause And that is at
the that Is at the very centre Of this whole
a high compliment to be Brought to your presence
and to speak Of the fact Now, since yol have re.
suranco that l was on your side (appause(. will
With Tie thought that over this vast continent.
this grand discovery Of physical land II was necessary
eliminated in the Constitution that regulates tho
affairs OF It's people: and | viii that II YOU do
and don't know whether yon will or not-but " You
do get (eres Of "we yil) the Exhibition here Ccres
Of We will ~ want of the products 70 be- this.
that facing that grand figure in the hart3r o Liberty
the figure of Columbus welcoming that spirit to this
land that he had discovered prolonged applause)
DR. BROWN ON NEw-YoRK
The Rev. John W. Brown spoke of The City
said that being uncertain with re-
gard TO whether the subject referred
to the city or the great Empire
State of New-York he would confne his remarks
to the city in which he had made his home. lie
believed that better response would have been
made to the toast had somebody connected with
the city in a commercial or professional way been
selected, hence he would deal with the subject
on general principles, and TO make the matter
apprecable, from his point of view, would con-
fine its treatment TO the present as ln'lcatIng the
future, for TIE future must take us character
only from the present. After enarglng upon
this point, he declared that for good municipal
government in the future there must be a good
government IN the present. Tlat there should
be good government in the present the princi-
pies of truth, honesty and high morality should
be at the foundation Of its administration. With
out criticising any department Of such admin
lstratlon and without reference to any past dis
tory, he believed that all were actuated by the
best motives to improve and advance the inter-
estS OF the city.
Continuing. he spoke in part as follows:
1t Is not difficult to relate the New England Society
TO such principles those TO which have adverted
In behalf Of the present and the future interests Of be
city OF New York, for one, not the essential Of such
generation who are 10 assume the Offices of trnst i
the administration Of the affairs Of New York / re-
an historic fact that with the exception of one small
school in Virginia, the common free school edncai
Han
OF It's first Introduction Hes between C0nnectlcut and
MASSACHUSETTS The education Of youth should com rn
prehehd all the preparation essential to "A nronnr
sequence OF our natural life, and It's cbara,tovyPji
evolve, evolved from within and is not created BY crcum
s,ancf 80, therefore, Is Of paramount Importance
should enter in through the public schools I'm formin
the future character Of our citizens. (ApDamsnt
And While am Of the opinion that as the law r,a e
education compulsory no distinctive religions tenn,
as such should DO enforced IN school currlcmla S
assert that proper religious influence on simnie % W.
grounds should be admitted at least permissible oai
win this view In mind conceive no nos.,,.,
objection TO the Introduction Of the Bible as Poic ,
book whether 1t be OF the st. James version ~ eAt N
vised version or any other version now In Ic
because simply book OF history II mnsi usc
structive at least affording information fr 10 IN
earliest days upon one Of the most important n 'ne
this cartll-and affecting II does and bas
favOraby, as think. all civilization and enter most %
the progress OF every natiOn II certainly Hto
dispensed with In this day Of enlightenment De
hesitate, therefore, before admit 10 the wor,a
large that we are to secularizc IN such sense t a'
cation of our young and by such influence ~ ro
lariZe the idea that morality hased ~. .POp