The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-02
HONOR TO THE PILGRIMS
oHAEr TO THEIR MEMORY UN-
= vF1LED AT PLYMOUTH.

ridge OF A5AtuSAS ''
.na Dsv - Several Other Distin
euished Speakers.
pIvvorrH, Mass, Aug. IA grand
-..,rel monument in honor of the Pill
ms was dedicated to-day. The sons and
9onrbtsrs of Plymouth were here in great
...,-,,ars and also visitors from far and
= Tba weather Of the early morning
- rr,ronitious 1t was necessary to
--.,,, tbe Darade from beneath umbrellas.
m, Celebration began at sunrise with
.oIr+a bv battery A and the ringing of
bells ,,.A -. -.
bers NJ strangers and great throng sur
r0,,r33d the new monument at $3.50 o'clock,
,,bsn the deiicatory exercises were carried
o,It bg tha Masonic grand lodge according
30 tba ritnal of their order. These exer-
cfss, we're very interesting. The band rem
dsrei a choral by John K. Paine, follow
ing which song Of praise written by X.
w Thomas Power was sung by the
+snnle Ouartette Following the
so9g came the request of the president
of fbe Pilgrim society, ex-Gov. Long; the
response # Grand Master Henry Endicott;
ire PROCLAMATION by Grand Marshal George
II Rhodes the reading of scripture selec-
t-ons by Grand Chaplain Rev. Charles A.
skinner; prayer by the grand chaplain; a
report on the examination of the monu-
msnt. and ibations of corn and wine by the
Junior and senior grand wardens respec-
lively.
THE LIBATION OF OIL.
TIE ibatlon of oil by Deputy Grand Mas
ter Samuel Wells was followed by an invo-
cation by the grand chaplain. Grand Mas
ter Eldic0tt thea delivered an address.
The assembly then sang an appropriate
closing hymn, by R. w. Thomas Power, to
the tune Of America" The exercises closed
with proclamation by the grand marshal.
a benedction by the grand chaplain aud
the spIgrim chorus by the band.
Meantime the procession had
been forming and II o'clock
moved over an extensive route in seven
divisions. At the completion of the parade
the officers and members of the Pilgrim
Society with the orator, poet and invited
guests took their places in a great dining
tent, and feast provided for the occasion
was discussed for an hour
Mr.. BRECKINRIDGE INTRODUCED.
Then Gov. Long, chairman, arose to in
troduce the orator Of the day, Congressman
i Br5ckmridge of Kentucky. The governor,
IN introducing MIR. Breckinridge said:
The celebration of the completion of the ma
Fl t2na monument to the pilgrim fathers would
Mdeel De dWafed IN Tue grandeur of its pur-
pose, If every state in the union and every race
ani color that is an element of the American
people we're not participants in person or in in
rest IN It's dedication, for the pilgrim
sui lives wherever the American
h25 floats. He shines in every star of its con
steAatlon and waves IN every stripe in it's foda
his stock has spread wide across the r-public
ana ms cnaracterlstics and influence molding
hQ QrtAg Il
Inc great lederal union the mightieSt among
1ne nations OF the earth is itself substantially
al expansion OF his compact in tine
caoin oi the MayttoWer What then could be
more iltung than that the orator of the day
SAouid De tue son Of q sister state? Let as call
mIi IRON the south Let us call him from Ken
tucAy, the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln and
ION ION AehJ1cKy whom else shall we call than
AsF most eloquent orator, who represents in
congress the home of Henry Clay. and who re-
oelly on the hoor OF the national House spoke
@2.us OF graceful and generous
taic;r.e aiDGle . 70 M9ssaclusetts. Always sus-
Nluus ule hlgh reputation of the orators
Us vi A.s native state, he will to-day sustain ths
loyttaIloh Of the successive orators of plvI1
QuVH ROCK, And yet, when Won look on his
f ,f'T, & as nave So often looked on it with ewes
81 taf il sa, aLlenQsh!p and esteem. you win say
St tI@' st seems Ike the face not of stranger
Tu. u d Verta0le descendant of the Mayfiower'
Present. 10 you and bid hearty old colony
Tyotconte 10 Hon William c. p. Breckinridge of
kentucky. hili4 i"se oA
NIX BRECKENRIDGE GRAFTON.
NJ. neA B ToY. Long had finished speaking
for.,' i'i ldge arose, and amid applause
herewith given: -0A' -
IL has been urged that one or tho bo,o,. =,
W gwen these revered men is that tba,, 80, "
,t av tns beginning" of our institutionSy tbat
h,oI v5 lelt o9nlnd them the old forms and ipsti9
Institutions besag bo.agr continent and started new
Noyected by new governmental rlpPda anu 1
onti lous are growthS, not manufacturas Tn
tina - ,itai hsiS!'utlonal material at any given
taTro! i.tIlIeu the choice left to statesmen is
ysa1S, yt,oS eae margin between the lines Of da9
n.y. ,5eoPieht Is relatively small and 49,, " Ii Go
havs - Jo " nohor among the immortal who
critical go I,'ote seu Wen OF mankind that at a
ols 6a+tIa tl' perhaps amid the din of nsri
and as the aro3 SrlTy Gnose wisely and heroicallv,
Ieoussanti,- stoNVu continues ceaselessly therS
be oSiiJ !ecarS The necessity for a new choica
lon one 49, ol fresh decision Thus il is that
soye its s'0'nu o, edch generation must meet and
each generafinr taioolem, and yet on the other
before II H [rasioH llnds that what has been done
snd Sbnt ii 'le ne INTO power has limited its action
up /" Strengthened lines of choice.
voh;- NOT YET GIVEN THEIR DUES.
fere] forybas iau mas given to those who first suf
Nom was 'I0 i suonne truth that human free-
Church and st9fs ssiGe ,l except by separation of
he nh ~ Uaelrs. This is the truth 70 ,hiob
t I'LL IN fathers testified. This trntb thoI.
8 honor. tL9 ~ TO America This il tbair trIs
Company I've awbioS tnelr fadeless crown. The
: SNas thS cwiliCh came over in the Navfov,ar,i
tecuJart Cavlnistic Protestant cbnrcch r.,
- was ,,,0 vas mat 1t was separetiqt cb,,-oS
be CatSoiiey Enslish 1t differed allie froII, IN
lrtans in tS ana English church. incLdin- the
knce was wiz 0 eEhgush church, and the differ
nyovs%T %TiIe fundamental and irreconc'iatGa
enforced 1IS less Than the who q question
nee which SCI W tree religion, differ
e q tate cbI,rch sepalates, and still sanarates
this beiefs On yi the free. What is involved
{ary Spiritual mat the church is a voIun.
The laws of 'S9yg"C.dtlon to be governed only
g irch from ~ " Ghrst and entirely free as y
onor dine ~ tiIe tl domination OF the state fTba
st broug6+' no 10 Flymouth fathers is that tbav
ncilal Of yo'ItV .tV truth as a practical vital
was an 1,n,y ninental life to this Continent
"s Won. SOflae when this separation
The na.. THE NEXT STEP.
8 i lrches wers 9sep !. vas more safely taken that
Consent of ~ tlhIary organizations "IYhan
Es T its nelnba.nH9 .H9 governed gave authority
snt TO unite yvift AS soon as it is a matter Of
ogauize or a. AZ or withdraw from church
81 eedoln uesIroy church, then religionss
81 untarilv 0ocOmes permanent FoT 0to 10
M eSupD,5, unite with anv ob,,eS
ll with AM vHe right to refrain from
q III Sler r reason t3is rielglous body. But for
G 15 rsht Of Ilioso - also true. For it is based
sslectua PIIyate Judgment and this is
| Crimes ba ' -N0 man can elect for birnseIf 1s 10
So 4 pt or tba IN III believe, the facts he will an
be yeanrs ''is 3 lie prefers and the commun-
elom. We faiI ipt : until he possesses mental
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such v6er was the lar5est r,stlooo1i1S "a eos
~ q lecessitias =. ana when we trv to yysiCyb
y d Climate IL III successful colonization in
- ventures dId u country as ours, that an
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