New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-21
4 MEMOKIaL TO THE PILGRIMS.

be also marked by a suitable memorial Inc
suggestion seems 10 have been acted upon al
once By the Hon. Samuel Il. lha!er' the lie"
Minister of the United States at Inc Hague
lie repaired to Deiftshavcn, and looked over
the ground and water, and wrote TO his chief
in Washington making appropriate sugGeN-
tions At the same time in the Boston IOh-
r,ecational Club the motion was made which
has resulted in the appointment OF pcrma-
ncnt Delftshavcn Memorial Committee 1t
consists of the Rev William Elliot Grihs
u. D.. the Rev. Arthur Little, ID. d, the Hon.
Hamilton A. HILL Thomas Weston, esq" and
Mr.. Frank Wood.
II is a little curious that ii was At the Ply-
mouth celebration of the two hundred ana
thirty third anniversary Of the cmharka'ion
of the Pilgrims at DelitShayen that the propo-
sltion to erect a monument at Plymouth. Mass.
was first definitely proposed for public con-
sideration. II is now wholly fitting that an
other be raised to commemorate the stay ana
training in holland OF the Pilgrims. " The
two should Stand,' says the Rev. Dr. il. =.
StorrS. who warmly cOmmendS the enterprise
"as answering tOwerS-Nlartcllo towerS-Com-
memorating hearts that were as resonant iron
and words that were hammers between which
the unfaling wires Of reScrcnt remembrance
shall bind moi DclftShavcn and Plymouth
alone. but all the hearts fearless of man and
s,cadfast for righteousness IN both the con-
tncntS'
The movement is to be catholic and not
sectarian. National not local. Heretofore, the
attention of the student, orator and even his
torian and patient deliver ia research. has been
too closely concentrated on the theological
development and ecclesiastical poltY of the
founders of New England. Mat part llol-
land had in developing tlrSc Ncrooby farmers
and Nottingham weavers into builders Of
free commonwealth has not been yet clearly
shown. The old theory thai New ngland
and the United States grew directly ont OF
COngregatOnaliSm will not now work well.
Certain it is that men living under the Eng
liSh semi-icudal manor system. and Tcarnlng
also for liberty of conscience, found II in the
Netherlands during the great truce Of 1909
1921: hut they found more than asylum
Growing up or living during twelve inhu-
ential years amid the representative and fed
cral institutions Of the United states of lIol-
land. they must have been dull pupils in
deed not to have mbibed much during their
absorbed in writing theses to controyert prelai-
i>n and 10 uphold DoIdaccnc Calyinism the
Young men Of his congregation were more
given 10 Dutch politics and municipal meth
DDS. Hence, the MayilOwcr band was not a
herd Of deer led hy lions. company Of
forty mechanics led by an intellectual giant
OF Two. The Pilgrims had been educated in
Statccraft, and knew how 10 begin a nation.
/ Once on soil that knew not the ecclcsiarch
| or the emperor. they showed what the self
! ruled democratic idea in Church and state
/ could do BY a noble rcvcrsion they began
| anew 10 improve and develop the ancient
| Tcutonc ideas Of ordcr and freedom. 1t j.
! very evident that in their enthusiasm for the
men and their principles. Americans " have
T failed - notice certain important and iunda-
mental things in the origin Of Plymouth.
, Underneath all the phenomena Of Pilgrim zeal
and suffering. moro enduring than the Pill
/ GrimS noble compact. unncticcd like the up
/ holding power Oi earth. lies the primordial
| fact o. the local settlement Of the Pilgrims in
( . form Of civic community Older than Saxon
England older than the primitive Church, and
older than he classic states Of antiquity That
form o. community was based on land Sc
|
Of Ncw-Enclandcr> in his "Germanc Origin
Of New England Towns"
Tha, the Pilgrims were nj least stimulated
in Holland TO some o. their nolest purpose,
in education, tOeraiOn and what may now
be called the main features Of the American
Commonwealth is hardly to be doubted In
decd this is now generally recognized by New
Enthusiastically those living beyond III,
~
Congrcga ioralsm. whether Of the liberal
or the "orthodoX" sort. II is these New Eng
landcrS abroad who will probably Ice found thu
most generous contributors 10 u memorial tina
is intended 10 do equal honor to both host an,
guest. Holland the little republic which
! however defective in principle and detail gav
our fathers and Revolutionary sircs, rs Franz,
! lin says, their great example" What sor
Of a memorial shall be erected at Dcftshaven
and what will be the cost?
It Is proposed 10 erect on the Riuce PIaa
; an island that has formed in the Mas River
2 opposite Dclft>hayen, since 1919, and whic
! is now faced with heavy granite seawal
> and covered with greonSward-cither a satu
Of heroic size on lofty pedestal. or a towc
l Of suitable architecture The sum ncccsSar
; is $4,000, which cxMinister Roosevelt. q
l New-lork, asserts is equal 20 500, 900 who
e expended on the other side of the Atlanti
j for labor and materials. Either the poin
e round which the Spcedwel moved off on he
5 voyage or the more commanding site opposit
n on the island, is open to the selection Of IA
s committee. Such a proof Of the willingness
: Of Americans TO acknowledge that their IL
y public lad roots and that their kinShip wit
j. the TcutOnic nations is gratefully felt woul
Is be strong influence for peace. It woulH ais
t. he mighty otjcct-lesson to Europe of IN
a power Of the democratic idea Of Church an
Al STATE, of which the United States is so sign;
: an example. Most truly Teutonic, more Enl
= iish than the Englishmen left behind. ha,