New-York tribune., 1889-12-24

OF indivlduaI liberty and the highest cIVzatOll ~.
God gave the commissions to the Puritan Pilgrim
from Holland. (Cheers)
PRACTICE AS WELL AS THEORY.
They practical statesmen, these pilgrims.
They wasted no time theorizng upon methods, but
went straight at the mark. They solved the Indian
problem with sotguns, and 1t was not General sher
man but Miles standish who originated the axiom
that the only coed Indians the dead ones. Iley
were bound by neither customs nor tadltions, . ho.
commlttal to this that policy. The only quesuOh
with them was, does Il work Jhe success ,d Oh Io
Indian experiment. ded them 10 Try similar het%iious %
with witches. Quakero and Bapusts. Iher Idau1V
taught them the difference between mind and na'.ct
A dead savage was another won uh1er srounu' s Dus
one of themselves prosecuted or killed Tor cohseeno
sake sowed the seed OF discomfort and dlsDehei la,
effort to wall In creed ana wall out liDery wa & a.
once abandoned. and today New England has more
religions ana not less religion but less 6gotry' tnsn
any other community III the world. lChecIsl Ill, sn,
Gladstone in his broad and brilliant but not always
accurate CONGRATULATIONS. said that most interes.hs
thing about the pilgrims was tlst having ielt bns,
land $50 years ago, and brayed the hardshlps ana
perils Of the and the wilderness, 10 ENJOY .Ia
privilege Of worshippng God according TO the dlciaes
of their own consciences they had impressed upon
their children their own intense piety that @ u.e,
descendants after lapse OF more taa Two i've nSanS,
with the single purpose OF revlsltng tine eraho W,
eathedrals n which their ancestGrs worshipp.ec .S,i
him that though having a larger ACQUAINTANCE thah
any person in America had never net lhat pSSnr, S,
had their way, would have torn down the cathedsb
the sanctuares of Anti Christ. and that while the.
little reverence than their ancestors for religion
symbolzed in stone. A. .u
grim invented in the cabin of the Maynower the mos
powerful OF explosives. The declaration an,,rs m us
ard consolidated classes, 1t separated the eoIons
fiom Great Britain. and created, the United sanc
(CheerS.) 1t pulverzed the chains OF the slaves az
gave manhood suffrage. (Cheers.) IL devoved lys
the individual the functions of government and "a
the car Of liberty for the Royal crown in Franc a
by bloodless revolution has added TO the conw.,s
ton of American Republics the star Of Bnis h,
cdent to free government. the Puritan's talen, :,
a political mathematician will never rust Prooes' Proas
OF the utmost Importance press upon him for s0ianss
When in the effort TO regulate the quor traffic he ~ &
advanced beyond the temper of the times ana '~ ~
sentiment of the people in tho attempt TO enact % a.
enforce prohibition. and either been dsastrousy w. w
feated or the fagrant evasions OF the statutes n
brought the law into contempt, he does not despsr,
but tries to find the error in his calculation. iAV
plause)
THE PROBLEM WILL BE SOLVED.
n gubernatoral objections block the way Of hs.
license he Wilt lombard the executive Judgment s.
conscience by proposition to taS' me des'ruc"Os,
Of homes, the ruin OF the young. the increase %
ponnerlsm and crime. the added burdens upon the
taxpayer. by the evils Of inempeance appeal viva
resistiess force TO his training ana trleaslons;; "a
the power of the saloon r ana ,nc ensn thai
some time or other and IN some way or other nc VIZ
uo h NAY Soon tires before such obstacles and
takes his ease Tho heir of three generations ss "a
Dchmen at Peeksk 70 Nv m'o ms .s n me nsu viii had
been going on for year This fight gives ne 80 mass
dsn9hter1 But the further the Puritan got IN tnss
conis,t the more he would enjoy IL. lie would nos
cere 81 much for the principles underlying the coa.
stmction ~ wills as 10 settle the question, even u y
toos his whole property, whether a man can do VIVA.
he likes with his own. In the meantime he Is ~
distrhed by any unavang regrets over the SAD eNe'
rhich gave him hs Opportunity. -.
Corporstons and individuals with the Ameriestss
talent for affairs have settled satisfactorily the 49,
mon which employment yields the greater happlnes
in The employed and the larger returns 70 the o.nn
rIe ntell gcnce and admirable service of the 'ov,s. m.
men on the pay rolls Of the railway companies o. "a "a
sountry have been demonstrated. tChcers.l lM
tenn by which they are appointed ana promoted