Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-12-23
WITH Wit AND WISDOM
Eminent Men Pay Tribute
TO Our FOrefatherS.
SONS OF NEW ENGLAND
Join in Expressing Their Love for
Tneir Ma i've Soil.

lu lnc bdn1utb utli Oh SHtFTJ = tuu us
cussed choice viands and wines to an or
ohestral accompaniment Of popular and
merry III lodies. Hon. Daniel G. Rollins
presided. aud at the same table with him
Nt Cnaancey Depew, Rev. Z. +. Hale,
Hon. Seth Low, Rev. II. L. Wayland. ID.
D., Major General howard and other dis.
tinguishe men. At right angles to the
presi ient's table were seven othera These
"a les were presided over l,y c. F.. Brooks.
!. j. Dudley. j. p. Townsend. Alfred w.
Bates, j. j. Goodman, Henry ~ Bridg.
mar aud ID. Rufus p. Iiucoln. Tue toast
list was rs fol ws:
"Furcfathers' Day" R.v. DR.. Edward
Everett Hal,; New England and Higher
z iuc,ton," Hon. Seth Low; "rh .ir Sell
fshnrss," Rev. DR.. II. L. Wayland; "The
New Euglandvr's All II Iund Capacity for
Good Citizenship" George A. Mtrden,
treasurer OF NJ Issachusetts; "rhe Old
New l. ,eland Home,' GrDsvenor u. Low
reg; "Our Adopted Soa," Chauncey NJ
DrEew;" The Pilgrim from New England"
David G. Robinson.
A few minutes after o o'clock ex-Surro-
gate 'lllns called those pres ut To order
a aud intro uced Rev. DR.. Hale, who was
greeted with applause.
DIR. Hais's Spssch-
In the course Of mis- speech DIR. Hale
said;
q these shortest days Of the year We gather
20 b fifty our honor for the brave men and
women. who, In the very day Of the beginning
Of winier, planted the foundations Of an EN-
pire. Why is IL that the s,ates lying side by
side are not querrelline together as they al
ways do in feudal Institutions. or In European
history The teu lal system pCrishes as soon
as every man understands he Is his brot hers
Keeper. and in the company OF men who know
that they live together for the greater glory
II God. II is really because from the day
hose men landed ~ Plymouth--from The day
ghen Winthrop sighted the Beverly sbore--
they and their companiols were trying TO
advance this work and make Il bet tor one,
or, as they said Themselves, 10 live in Gods
glory. II Is because OF this that Massachu-
sstts and New Englsni can claim any sue
cess which they have achieved IN four or Ave
continents or on the ocean. II 10 bscause OF
this that America Ia the first nation In the
world.
And II is 10 the destiny which awaits such Q
race tha; we are vii ing TO submit the future.
What that future will be we do noI know and
We do MT ask TO know; but we are Arm iu the
faith that ne long A. the children will bold 10
tbs funds n'nenta! principles of the fathers the
same success will crown their endeAvors which
crowned those Of the fathers II we live 10 tho
greater glory of God. II each man of US every
day resolves 10 set this world one STAGE for
ward. We are sure Of Infinite alliance and In
who has infinite alliance IL not apt to fail.
pt. Hale's speech was undoubtedly the
oratorical effort Of the evening. So i'm
pressive had IL been that il was some sec
onds after the lat words had been ut.
tored before the applause broke out.
Rev. Dv. Wayisnd,
who followed, made "A witty speech. lie
said that perhaps his topic would answer
ss well A. any other as hook on which 10
depend few moral remarks. "And
don't hesitate TO affirm," continued he.
that the founders of New England were
the most graspiug set Of men of whom his.
tory has any record. They wanted the best
ot everything and all there was of it.
The Nss England founders really believed
something They were not Of that class
who do not know what they really do be-
lieve, except that they believe what they
rlon't believe a great deal stronger than
what they do believe"
Dr.. Wayland said they were no less
less avsrdcious in reyar TO their descend.
ants Tney insisted on only the best.
whether IN the halls Of learning, Ia the
held OF battle, in art OF literature every
Sherr H. England they had long series
I
Sn aud which will not end with Glad
stone In America the list is short aud
raSily rrciUed Of those who are not their
descendants who have achieved creatures.
Dr. Wayland's speech was loudly ap-
plauded,
A Massschusetts speaker.
Hon. George A. Marden spoke next.
III, remarks were an unusual feature.
b,caus, they w,re in rhvn.. He sdl.
Nobody, not even the Hebrew. is m Dre In
iauilous than the New Englander. tie cer-
taiuly is "all ar "a l. and he has been ever
since l1,l. His hnger is in the pie. and gen.
,raiy 20 the Improvement OF the pie. II not
,aiy c,utors round the Hub, but he r. dates
through the spokes and peryades the feiloes
a. crcaiio - wheel The Hub Is never super
ssi-d, however, in his ahe tions-
The Fiuh speaker,
Grosvenor u. Lpwrey, described tie home
n tn av rage New England iarmrr H. the
later part ol the first hal OF tuis c,n-
tIrN. ,nl sad:
Man fe- ly. we do not all derive from our
Iuriau airrs an absolute spirit of Christian
charity. w, tlpk our human nature with is
s,onarS a ~ Ature Cf heavenly VIRTUES aud
ilferual wckejncss like otier men. ! hcNer
lLew coItent u exist among the youths with
, hom lived. Discomfort was In every New
hing more than the ordinary life for youth
tlr a venture. A fate seemed to sit on ea. b
young IN ms shpulder aud whisper thin -,
never communicated. And now the old home
Is chieh know not by whst Il Is or what 10 re-
tlius. but b. wat IL hss Rat forth int Nlls
iI.l oluntary. voluntary bani ishTnent
Mr.. Depew's Address
Hon. Chsunc.v W. Dspew was next In
troducef. He sad:
For more than quarter OF . century heve
been tns skeleton al the annual dinner of the
New Enxland society. Bot my twenty-five
years service rs mentor hss brought 70 me
The rare ani tinvuishsd honor os becoming
IN adopted son In thu capacity AN here.
IA forefat herS the Puftans have surpsesed
the record Of the people Of the ssss- Thdr
met thoix have improved With time Thsy tired
~ ssinilats the Ind iAns and when thAa wss
lund impossible they nassaered thsuE IN
sooordsnos with the fAshioa among ~ ss<t>
% the middle sgss and the succeeding EN-
turiss whom the nswcornsrs differed VIII
them In faith ~ crssd. they hung eAesA-
Thouch they left comfortable homes and
bYaved the hardsh ips and perils Of the inhos-
pitsbl- wildsrnessss To enjoy liberty of con-
science and freedom Of religion for them
selves II took them . hundred years 70 dis
cover the great truth that progress IL possible
10 the clash Of opposing opinions, and the un-
fettered practice and expression OF bclisfA
The pilgrims who came over In the May
fower were mainly squipped with ideAs and
household furniture, but the 2o.0p Puritana,
vho cams after. brought With them aosp
Jso1ia Thsrs vvrs no hlsrA nsx psapsrA
kf~ts ~.