New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-23

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Following are some Of the addresses delivered
at the annual dinner Of the New-EnelInd society
last evening. Owing 30 the great amount Of
space required 20 give every address IN iuI ana
the pressure of other news natter upon other
pages IT. was necessary to give some oil the HloS'
able and important speeches in these columns.
The reports are verbatim.
DR. FATTON'S WORDS
How i, serm, 10 an Outsider" was the toast
ASSIGNED to thc Pev Dr. Francis H. Patton. Dl.
Patton spoke as follows:
Mr. President and gentlemen of the New England
society. II Is pity that tlS TesPo,nCi'hf IN"
pleasure winch honor confcr,. II j.. assure yon no
rinary pleasure that experience in being guest OF
tban ordn"TT possibility when remember that an
Invitation speak al TINS table ma CONF I'd w a.
asrdcsi a, In itself the blue ribbon OF posi- praula VIZ
c0ur>e have called my>elf an outsider III inc '"t>I
10 which | am expected to respond partly De- s1'e
my ,h moh nonr nf he1g Iew England man partly.
also wanted plenty OF room APPausv
As | may refer topics In regard % "hloh VdilhuV
clam 1iie sG'h V VI -. Ino fricitnis pa1 of my
speech With the abundant sea room that nay '
allowed myself however confess that my couisv -
not clear It uNually is at The alumni u,ern
10 assist al the apOthc0Sis Of atccisn ana my uun
are defined by the solcmne~ OF ne occasion cr
tnrl NAV remark pafeuthetically though ia Ie!e e
enoe to coming banquet in I'M, cty. unoer Inr
auspices Of the college over Which ayv me eyer
cises for the present year. u.auglter ,,
II would be in keeping with The char T ep;c n
should say a few word, on business Sh3"ii i'm, Inv
to outsider why. with the rdoSD9 nav de- de-,
messed and the bond market i'm CONDITION Oh sNni
pathv Is it because investors are timld or tnan.V
II is pleasant. however to thlnk una, ths i ~,
only local after ALL f W WITS Street and the area
tleuous thereto the colleges have been eno1nIs "a
say fair weather" alchter, 6u If seems q me "a
who has made such good use o. ms ioFo in
be spared such a bad use of his name VAPp""NV'
WORD FOR STANLEY AND M'ALIISTfR
Turning now from business To pleasure not''e INA"
tvo great hooks of adventure have recently appeared
In the one we follow Mr. stanley through p"iHeN'
Africa and i'm the other are told how MI hc-NiIS
fer found society. ] regard the latter a tlc "o'7
Important Of the two laughter, for while there ""
general and might say universal agreement "i,''"-
ms regarding the whereabouts Of Africa there ms "
great diversity OF sentiment regarding the boundary lines
NJ soricty II Laughter Il has been spoken OF IN terms
of sceptlcism by some a, though il did not exist Whc
others have INDUCED in view Of pesslmNllc az
Mysticism which stamps ANY one Of them a. Il" cm
Won outsider 10 bee i'm II. they said l. Ia nay"
position without any necessary magnitude an" w
Of il is % be IN possession of certain NngeI i,
tides respecting one, own Importance which lt" VIII
credit with objective validity. , All. ,;,.,
confess that DO not SFmpa'heze VIII, . Of
style of speech society j, me Of the Phea' nT and
civilization to be reckoned WITH acIGu,tH i'I tn ,5'
as the phrase goes, ,rFted III NE hI,5oT" I tIr
From IIeraclus 10 ieg@l, ana from he. LEI 20 t mc
bert spencer the idea of evolution heN h.ld ~ "mn
stream. All thing, are in constant n"A' we , HrNf
are but always in proce,- 81 ocGChHF and IN pintcr
10 their antecedcnt>. when, therefore tmnk "i iht
tact sagacty, wis adapt"uoh 81 mCS d t,H hc Nv
the gencral>hp that foresecN the emo RON inr "
ginning that necessary IN or-.tnZli. NJ" p"l'
Pn lGf my iI q ibnn hcv Knew So d the oundaon
"Socictv a. have found IT, here IIoe,u' a., "
small thing The little ono ha> not vet become q
thousand but We have good authority Tor '[lhE ''''
Tie figures have touched four hundred Appau>e'
NOT ALI, THE COOP IN ONE DEN0MINATIoN.
seriously. however thi, is only an illustration Of
the fact that every man moves in his own world The
outsider passes his ncghbor'- Co"G, looks IN al M
window and generally succeeds in misJudslns NM
The gift Of seeing Others they are Is qute a. "u'h
to he coveted that Of seeing ourselves o. o'heFs c
us. Vanity i worse than consciousness II l. "
mistake 70 ceometrze with self a. centre. This Is
another lesson. The iclisonist make tins mistake
when he thinks that all the good IS In his denomha
ton The Bo,tonian ma75- it when he foFge' that
the centre of gravity ha, shifted and declines I" Vbl
5 intake. NfT n aIrS he Sdcr. the chor a'd the
scholar make, it when he -uppo'es tmt ne can con
struct a tariff bn out OF theoretical economies
We are all more or lee> provincial. ana Ilc me- H',
obvious lesson suggested DIS COMPANY o Ne" IN
thrnlG n"t be provincial Lei u, b. sew Fu-anecr,
snS S a'' i@nrmber tIat Amerc, it, the larger
% Word let ~ be- Americans. and at the sam,
time MT forget IT, bond Of common ,icc-l
SGakc,pcare and Blackstone The outsider >om.iime-
saTS tt,t the New Enlauder ], provincial Ierlap
he is That is 10 10y. New England la great mc'
great universities she ia, originated great ideas and
contributed great chapter 10 the history Of opinions
and the most casual observer i apparent ta' t
New Highlander nIly aware Of H. N'w sir a. ta b,
best thing We can d. i, . Gniver -alze me Ne" Eug
lander When the New England merchant eGe' West
when the New Eli gland capitalist zoe, south "a ~
will for the railroad will make more ~ 'icN on u
New England farmer sell, ONT to thc Fren,h rusdHn
he steps INTO larger mi, ION iN ',f >'' MN, ~
man who Ia, the spirit OF the Pilgrims, no matte
where YOU find him: and iuilian~'o Is ''e SAT- VI ''
Puritanism Is indi' idua-m. II ahirmN me rgnt, -
personality 1t va and e 9C ", a a@ t5a ST the Stat
Socialists to natonalile ne teleGmpnr al4 n m
The railroad ,o aaa P hSr Vii protSs aean ~
plausel Puritanism emphaSlze> ne II, i'm,i,nt vi
The individual. The Puritan Is often H>uo'' 30, LCu
II i "ad that he i, worldly. because j. 80 o'nGi
worldly That he give, poNHGlW "ctre." I. siuc,n
The sweet By and BY II is said Mr.: I'aN 1al. IT
pleasure has no place IN 'hr r tc,H o M WhS
I've makes the sister to her brother, CO. s'% W.,
Gsoy irntE in hi; is that The Puritan has sron
.nosc ~ RESPONSIBILITY. and that :, what we need 70
oaNi & - Sclety and therefore should be bcnc'
olcnt Put enforced bcnevo!eh'c j. '"A"uo"' "'' Y
cessve taxation is tyranny
TRYING TO IECONSTRrCT SOCIETY.
nh, .,I. ~ accur,S ion are obvious: the difficult
4, 70 crro them IL is amusing f. see how men uhde
take to reconstruct society authors se' re" pN VII
ing Utop!as. in which they W""iG Ee, no '"pSt'S
daughter. and where thcl W"ulu De ''e c"'I'
The government. Men ind fault with The coh'oho
49,, -, o.ni,ol lint I notice that they buy the noh'
90 the strong companies They advocate lesS"u
umi, 10 private ventures but always ORA" the me
On advance OF their respective acc'n"i""'
uauchterD have no desire to zee wealth even
distributed That would only destroy "> Po'l'
an.rry There is enough wa,crpowcr wasted III l
o'. ,,ot,o IA RIM all tie RAILROADS In Ne
England There is enough money wasted III New ,o'
suppose. to run all the colleges oil Ne"hnS "a" '
Emf IL is better 10 the rek OF waste mi'u M
~. .ense Of individual responsibility. am WI"
hat wealth shall be piled up. am wiIhht 10 my NV
80 - whether it, waters shall De hoII ~"
ICh - ou,n Measure and menace 10 society
Whether they shall be reservoir to ieeo the moran !"
intellectual life Of the nation 49, ia ,,,,uo, A.,
rho pnrltan believes in the idea ltc 'Shiot u,
,5,h CONCRETE issues without seeing thai MS h.tl"
W. . rerer5l prinCiple. Corporations hhNt w
"a i'd INT they have their good side TOO. me ~
road king NAV dissgrccaoc thlls Hn'a, wv -"
,,,,Iiio tsef t. sometimes dlsa%ift't r. 4