New-York tribune., 1889-12-24

Charlie TO be so good to me- want 70 get o,VSsI Ssn
nG 90 an tIe stage but he Is so kind cahho. neip
loving him. and that Is what makes nIe " 20 ncion js
when there comes the that some iar.on os~
,d ncn III 10 Ire ar flood or tempest. or pcslcnoc
ihe first thing Is meeting in the metropos ds ~ and
Engidna anu nd murses and the relieved sufferers are
| compelled to murmur, " On Gear, ~ y iet nSS CAD.
want 10 hate them and they went 'e' ''
one put With GnSFed
II 1T Is not too obrusIvc Inc,e Inc TomS and pred
now i'm the peaceful evening Of her daSs; s ~ sorSc
what IS called goodness Is often ony Wa' wv W q man
goSd man gst ip anybodys way But the restless
New Englanders not only have virtues sssrnS Sm1 them
scivrs In tbc most embarrassing manner hppT,uS,
D. u.s. over the time, two centuries ago, rho have
! WI aud Uampdcn those New Enghnders WIZ a,r % av
r' 'cn WcVy England made themselves exceedingly, ,
nr.slye to Charles l. and gave him at ilst apmn
lesson touching the continuity Oh tnc Sp''''
THE VOICE OF LIBERTY
| Later when our fellowcitizens desireo 10 "a"op
their own niggers" and to carry the pauia'o""' ="
stitution wherever the American flag went uey "e'o
naturally rritatcd at hearing that tbere was a """e
full Of meddling fanatics down In Essex Oouhy VIZ
in their misguided and malcvoeM ingenuity '',@ ahts
vented what they called liberty ana huniais ,aor
ApplauscI Presently when IL was proposed luilu,g,
the inspiration Of man recently deSc',o, ,,e,ry and
stand In history as monument 70 eG t breSk up
magnanimity of "a great and free pc0pie 70 oiS ~
the Union in order 10 insure the pcfpetg Vdosrended
then man plain Of SpeeGn ruqo nc !. It5mn County,
sounded ralIv for Union and Freedom tremendous
applause and hsTE s GTg S ' there ep are the
Connecticut boys from old Ltchheld ana ,ietr from
the ls Rhode Island and there are & te S oos and
from along the Onion River, their hedrts Do1.ls ncn
the enthusiasm Of liberty, while their steps Keep pc &
with the drumbeat that sautes the National pag
MpplauseD And see. is that thunder cloud IN
the North No. it is the 5ith Massachusetts made
by the best blood Of Suffolk and ut their head Robert
g. Shaw, going down TO die in the trenches 9i pei9,v
Fort Wagner And there Is tho man whom kniug
Providence vet spares to u.s. descended from tho sher
mans Of Connecticut preparing Tor inc narm h "or t
General sherman.) And there is the silent man, man
eight generations removed from Matthew Grant lwho iO
landed at Dorchester in 163Ol, destined 30 MAKE lne
continent secure for liberty and naugurate the New
South, dating from Appomattox with id'i0ns ions of of
New England n prosperity begotten OF the marriage
of labor and intelligence. Continued applause, ,t,ca,
campaign was under full Roadway, and when poll
tclans were outstanding truth with their wonted Iri
ishness there sprung up removed By only two
generations from the Lows of salem. who. IN the re.
he was pleased to call sunday school politics.: who
has had the further hah2od to be made e o.
signing no doubt to ifuse into the mind Of the ten
der youth OF the New-Amsterdam his balefu IDEA,
which, so far I can make out has as lis cSsencc
the conduct Of political affairs on the basis OF the
DccaloOue.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE
TIL, canraign over. when the victors arc rolling
nm their sleeves and preparing to dispense the
spols according To- the hunger and thirst of their re-
tainors 10 their amazed horror. there is heard the
voice of a native of Rhode Island who has conceived
a scheme almost too monstrous for mention. wcn ne
dcsgnates Civil Service Reform ana VINO WIN
Characteristic aOntery has got up society, OF WHICH
he is president. for the purpose OF dhusng MS blood
1urdlinC sentiments. DO we need 10 LOOK further
for reply to the question" Why arc the New England
ers unpopular ~ Almost amy man Is unpopular VINO
goes arolnd with his pockets full Of moral dynamite
But, perhaps, I have not yet reached the most es,
senial cause of the Odium. Men VIII forgive man
almost ANYTHING If he only fails; but we, alas, have
committed tie crime of success Laughter and lap ap-
plauSe0 II makes people angry when they see New |
England pros spering influential. the banker Of the |
country leading public sentiment shaping lesslauo.a'
tanned nv A happy accident. were the result OF |
favOring fortune; but it IS aggravating 10 see .ne
ing but rocks ice and weather-a great deal OF IT.
and Thermometer QaIghterg yet mining nnd goa ~
building railroads in Dakota and covering half the
continent with insurance. and UNDERLYING IL VIII VIII
mortgage success is the one objectionable crime
Renewcd laughter and applauscD -.,.,o.-,osro, |
IL is true when a man has so far Acknowledged
men begin to condone his faults; and by the tlme ne
Is dead one or two hundred years they hnG MN |
rs gnte enSSe eTTcS reeeny the greatest
the Puritans oliver Cromwell, the most righteous
Of the way we live in the home which he built
and are not disturi by the chips and sawdust and
attended its building. l will offer definition with
charge) to the editors OF the magnicent De' np
been dead a hundred years. canonized now, can
nOnaded then" daughter and applause)
PAYING TARDY HoNoRs.
We arc building monuments now to the Abolition
lists 1t is quite possible that when hundred winters
shall have shed their SHOWS upon the lonely grave
at North Elba, the Old Dominion will take pride in
the fact that she for little while gave home TO
the latest trust not the last, of the Puritans; and
the traveller in 1852 as lie goes through Harpers
Ferry may see upon the site of the old enginehouse
looking out upon the regenerate Commonwealth, cum
nngy craven in bronze, copied perhaps ron te Dus
in your Union League, the nndaunted features
of John Brown. Applause.l And the south that Is |
to be- standing uncovered beside the grave Of the
died and will render beside the tomb in the capital
city Of Illinois reverence AKIN 70 tlat when when sne
pays amid the shades of Mount Vernon (Great ap- |
The Car of to-day honors the memory Of John
Howard who died hundred years ago next January
and offers $1,000 roubles for an essay on his life
but when George Kennan, following in the steps Of
dering horrors in the prisons OF Siberia the Car
would willingly offer much more than $1,000 rouhles
for a successful essay upon his life John Howard
sleeps in nnOcuous silence at Khcrson George Ken
speaks through the everywhere present press 10
the court of last appeal the civilized world. GAP
There was not much money. there was not much
eRH there snfn not H Ge %mei po pt'i there 1 IS not
applause In being to-day son OF the Puritans, IN
standing as they did for great ideas and coRyctons M
relation TO age that they held to theirs But LET
pc satisfied G ~ rGTeh S1 dr nd amy sS
did theirs and let hope that when another hundred
years have passed. and when the ideal of to-day has
become the commonplace of tomorrow. another gen |
Grafton may write over your grave and mine, A Son
Of the Puritans"
The next regular toast was "Unsolved Prob |
lens" with the Shakesperean notices |
President Bliss said that it not necessary TO
introduce the man who would respond b this !
toast-a man who made but one mistake in his |
life which was being born in Peeksiill instead of
in New-England. No Ncw-Engand feast. how
ever. was complete without him; We respect |
admire and loye him, added Mr.. Bliss charming |
Mr. Depew."
CHEERS FOR MIR. DEPEW.
Mr.. Dcpew had TO wait for a minute or two |