New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-05
trivial matter Unless some remedy be found, you
can expect nothing from the next Congress or any

public se9tment The people At larsG but once
who attempts it in the future If II wese Pos essoi oo
s the wealth. s nu 81 Iuy y b i Ss dismal Si sSS
be so over the small attention Congress gets That
fight of dogs must be cventess and that lady about
| TO shine as a star on the dramatic stage must be
pressing her divorce suit with great languor, II either
cannot displace in any metropolitan journal the
s SSea we %Sst ao the bitter with the sweet and
we are not photographed in s, our epec sans
others. so on tho whole We may saly hope the
people will attend 10 their business as faithfully as
confidence that after that there will be no chance
TO be scared
SECRETARY NOBLE MAKES A BRIEF ADDRESS.
! Secretary Noble was not down on the pro-
gramme, but he was presented by Governor
l}ulkeley, and made pleasing speech. He said
that the sight of the Grand Army men brought to
his mind the thought that the Gag WI .ch sur
rounded them on every side ought to be dear
to every American heart The blood and
the treasure poured out 10 its defence
had caused the plant TO grow, and now 1t Is
blooming supreme in beauty and endeared to all
true Americans. General Noble then told an in
cident of his trip to Russia year ago, when on
| July he saw a tree which had grown from an
acorn presented to the Emperor in 1888 by George
Sumner, a brother of Charles Sumner. That acorn
|
Washington. An inscription in French and Rus
| sian gives the facts as narrated. 4" l left that
| oak" said the Secretary in closing, with this
sentiment in my mind May the seed Of that
great tree which is now in full vigor at the home
| of Washington be spread abroad throughout all
the nations till they shall be redeemed like our
| own glorious country and dedicated to constitu-
| tional liberty"
| The applause which greeted this noble senti
| ment was renewed when General Tracy was in
| troduced. The genial Secretary of the Navy said
! that for twenty years he had read with interest
| and profit of the Independence Day celebrations at
! Woodstock He had read them with pleasure and
profit. He caused laugh by declaring that since
the President had declined all responsibility for
the weather, he presumed that blame would be
placed on the members of the Cabinet present.
Instead of assuming that responsibility, he wished
to throw out the suggestion that Nature was weep
ing in sympathy with the efforts of the Nation to
rebuild her Navy. Hearty applause and cries of
| Good"
| At this point recess of an hour was taken,
when the special guests were entertained at
luncheon in the cottage on the border OF the lake
near The choir of the Congregational Church OF
East Woodstock served the guests. At o'clock
the exercises began with the singing oil My
County, It's Of Thee"
Liberty through Allegiance to Law" was the
title Of scholarly and appreciated paper by Presi-
dent Merrill Il. Gates, of Rutgers College The
educational interests of this State have never been
neglected" said the Governor in announcing Presl-
dent Gates. :" trust they never will be forgotten
on an occasion like this. The ram stopped fresl,
dent Gates once or twice, but the people demanded
that he should finish. rain or shine. .,.,.
| of the amusing and entertaining poem by VIII
Carleton which heartily apphuded MI
Carleton said that before coming to WOODSTOCK
Of umbrellas met his gaze he had gwen up an
idea of dryness Before he had read i've INES les
the rain poured down in such volume that the
reading was suspended for ten minutes
SENATOR HIsCOCK YIELDS TO THE STORM
Senator Hiscock braved the clements, reading
| his address on American Political Patriotism
while young man held an umbrella over his
| head At last the storm ragged with such fury
| that he asked leave TO print his speech" In
his address the Senator said:
| In this centennial year of the Constitution and
of the inauguration of first President there has
been manifest effort upon the part OF SPEAKERS eS
and writers to make comparison -. between .ho
fathers OF hundred years ago and the men OF ne
present generation and in , many instances sreas
| 1, too, am hero,worshipper and when century,
men and their human frail,'"s shall not disentom6
the forgotten literature of one hundred years ago
the early struggles of Republic for existence and
the ambitions ryalries, motives and public or pIlva ave
responsibility for her preservation But hope you
viii indulge me If at this fetal TINE make ana
|
his ooworkers and the men Of modern times, ,' or
between the civilization and parionsm Oh the people
The civuzaHon and patriotism of the people Of the
present and their political ln9thods. .u,,.,os l.,
religion or civil government, the promoters are as
ISOLATED with it, and as ages demonstrate us value,
| lis constantly growing benehcenoe TO the world In
cIeases their renown adds new lustrc to their
glory, and affection, admiration ana ieNercnce
s GG SheR hs aS PeTod poyhem eHoned
men gods, later they were canOnzed as SAINTS ana
thew are now an inspiration TO wedong, 10 patriot
ism, 10 honorable ambitions and 10 worthy achieve
ments in public and private life ..,- 5000.
| 1t would be crime against the living to parade
their morality, IN order 10 dim the lustre OF the I'M
mortality of the dead Constantly Increasing IN glory E
may its light surround and guide us and those VINO
when the peesimist. in this day urges that our
Judges Representative Senators and the President
are not upright in their lives unsellsh in their
work as were those who preceded them, history Jus
thcs in dcnoncng the claim as absolutely I'M
Nations. like vegetation and animal existence have
bad their birth. growth and Perfection and then gone
| wade this people but 10 whoever with reputation
that should be preserved and Judgment enough to
guard IT, challenges our National growth, the progress
Of people In morals, knowledge and genius ana
the indubitable evidences on all SIDES that we hold
bond upon the future for brilliant and substantial I'M
gs work g by ibS a When they
nationalzed the colonies under republican form OF
! government. and / vencrste the Constitution The
Gathers e9ea Inc r~so5 nr %ans of peops
| scattered from Maine to Georgia and locabd
on 1000 miles of sea,coast line and the near
! towns and settlements. They were all pioneers
pervaded b. spirit of adventure immigrants IRON
the older towns and settlements pushing farther
] inward driving back the savages clearing OF the
forest, building new towns and making new Settle
ments. These four millions OF people had fed from
restraints upon personal liberty and freedom and Tie
tyranny Of upper classes or were the near descendants
of those who had. They jealousy watched the move
mont 20 replace the Colonial governments by fe1era
organization and to invest that organization with I'M
lmtel power TO regulate commerce, foreign aud inter
state as we1 10 levy and collect taxes, 10 declare war;
TO maintain an army and navy, that might be employed
against State well foreign forces
Lofty patriotism inspired the fathers IN the work OF
NATURALIZATION. They statesmen OF pre- eminent
ability, but they were obeden nevertheless; to tho
natural law upon which depends animal existence
sepresevaton against the savage tribes, against one
another and against foreign enemies; and we well
understand how the necessities Of the situation must
have compelled compromises, and might have com.
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