Morning journal and courier., 1891-02-24

earth. Whatever happens, keep before /
the people the memory Of these early pa
triots and never forget the farmers Of 1778.
[Applause.]
A POEM By REV. DIR. PHELPS.
A poem, "The New Song of Freedom"
was read by Rev. DR.. S. Dryden Phelps.
This was received with much applause.
REV. DR.. PHILLIPS SPEAKS.
''The Legacy of the Revolution" was re-
sponded to by Rev. DR.. Watson L. Phillips
of the Church of the Redeemer.
The period of Fourth of July oratory has
passed, said DR.. Phillips. We no longer
glory in making the eagle scream or in
shaking our fist de6antly in the face Of the
world. Ny theme, speaking broadly, is
covered by three words-character, oppor-
tunity and obligation. Every battlefield
of the revolution is shrine to American
heroism. AS a witty old lady said to
British officer after the battle of
Bunker Hill, eyes, you've got the
cannon and we've got the hill We have
sifted the wheat, and we have the living
not have grasped the fullest import Of the
doctrines they preached but their greatest
courage was brought forth to establish
their principles. And that. glorious man,
of whom Green in his 'sHistory of the
English People," says, "No nobler figure
ever stood in the forefront of nations
life"-George Washington. [Applausel
Thank God, he was the one man equal to
his great trust! This, the character Of these
men, is the legacy of the revolution And
another legacy is opportunity. What other
hynfr
with such principles under its feet as the
Declaration of Independence? Step by
step we are uncovering the vast resources
of our country. We find land whose
vastness and resources are beyond the
power of descriptive language. We have
a land with opportunity which is beyond
our power to comprehend in its fullness.
There is freedom to every man under the
flag. 1t is a government of the people, by
the people and for the people. Applause.
But there has also appeared an opportuni-
ty for shrewd and tricky men, for social
ism, for a moneyed plutocraey, for, in
fact, some of those growths which cannot
but destroy our great free system. But
with this legacy of opportunity has
come legacy of obligation. Our danger
seems to lie in tendency of straining our
idea of government to make it mean too
little or too much, as partisan purposes
may demand. But it is our principles
and not our forms il which Jehovah is in
terested. It is time to re-assert Ameri-
can principles and their reasonableness, and
to maintain the prosperity to which they
have led. Applause It is our obliga-
ton to do this. It will prevent the grow
ing corruption of parties and their timidi-
ty in handling great moral questions. It
will prevent the boycott and give the right
to labor to place itself wherever and when
ever it chooses. Applause With this
chapters of American history such as have
never been seen.
PROFESSOR KNAPP.
Professor w. I. Knapp of Yale was in
troduced as an example that the most
classical learning of Europe was perfectly
compatible with sound American citizen
ship, to respond to "Yale University and
American Independence"
believe that the American people have
the great problems of the world to solve,
said Professor Knapp. The great Ger
manic people conquered England and
then sent their people over
here to extend their dominion. Our
revolution has passed. We have
severed ourselves from England. We are
a new nation. People are focking here
from the depressed nations of all the
world. And we let them in and put votes
in their hands. 1t is going to make us
trouble. They are going to have this
country, and they will have this country.
They will change your politics. Your free
dom is endangered. Look towards the
future. Believe in our educational princi-
pies. Believe in our Anglo-Saxon race of
which we are part o men of New Eng
land, believe in your Unborn principles and
you will still hold the gates against all the
world. [Applause].
OTHER ADDRESSES.
Rev. William De Loss Love responded to
the toast Neglected Names and Forgotten
Histories" The first President Timothy
Dwight of Yale was the subject of much
of the speakers remarks. The great COM
pany of our revolutionary heroes have
sunk into oblivion, he continued. As
Shakespeare says, honor too often forgets
the names of men. It was sufficient honor
to the Athenian to have an ancestor who
fell upon the plains of Marathon. There
were thousands who fought and fell for
our freedom, but no one knows where thew
fell or who they are. There are graves
somewhere in the dark forests of the Ken
nebec and in the depths of Valley Forge,
but no one knows of the heroes whose
bones are resting there. But their memo
rles will remain as long as the world looks
upon Marathon and Marathon looks upon
the sea.
John Addison Porter, the last speaker,
responded to "America's Golden Age
He told several stories and joke about
giving sick horse some powders by blow
ing them through tube, and where, I'M
fortunately for the would-be doctor, the
horse blew first, and applied them felici-
tously to the present general assembly of
the state. think, however, he continued,
we cannot take any patent out upon this
idea of the Golden Age" All of the
Golden Ages" of antiquity have turned
out failures, and the world has turned de-
spondent about them. But if it ever does
come to pass, it will not depend upon
area, or development, or intellectual char
acteristics- if we annex the whole
continent-it will only augment our op-
portunities but will not necessarily in
crease our happiness. If we are to have
golden age, it seems to me it can transpire
only through the efforts of such gentle
men as you present to help solve the great
questions between man and man, which
sooner or later will have to be solved upon
this continent. In closing, Mr. Porter ex-
tensively eulogized the POSTMASTER, ex-
Minister Phelps, and ex-Secretary of State |
Thomas F. Bayard.