New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-23


anct society csewhereindeed from influences OF any
knd-thsn any other part Of the country For her eN
emptlol from them have TO be grateful "' -
should be Of the chief aims OF our citizenship 70 "
pctuste this exemption.
You represent her here in this greatest America" wy
social organization whose purrcsc II Is to pTe'"f'
perretuate what Is best in the customs manner s'
character Of her prope." and at h" same time 10 AZ "
every way your power "to pro~c'" tho hono' anu VIZ
nifty our common country" What higher aim cou'" ~
association OF citizens possibly chcr,hl In what p'f' q
United have higher character ana better -"
ncrs prevailed than in the South 7 (Arpau'e)
You. who represent her here are not tne represents
tlves only Of best In the South ou' OF "hs u
best there to-day people who look NOT monrniup "'
the PAST but wisely improving the itesehs anu '
tlclpatfnr win confidence future OF oouhuess p'o'
psrity. As have hat occasion to say oh 'o,''i %
sions. there /. phrls" In common use "'O" "
teprced bv r:aa people is false and misleading Sucn
persons speak 81 her The New SCUM III INC H'e
that some transformation Of character ana ia~ h'S W.
cured under the tcncnccnt influence OF hieh cN,I1lo
with which the people Of the south have oeeh orousn'
into contact There ore new conditions there nut such
an Interpretation Of them Is for from true hAeep' '' "
is longer slavehod!ng country Vo' VINO" iva "
pal,.d) (applause) the South OF today II te Sou" "a
Tho past chasene1 ond strengthened by snch on eN'
A. would have emascuaed and destroyed any but
Great ard heroic people. To her own sons ana IafeeN
% those the stainless banner TO victory Oh
hundred bat,lefeGs indebted for the tremendous
energies with which she is thrilling, ana "hich VIII
Mace her IN tho forefront OF She Is the
sane whose fertile womb sprans the giants
q American history, which in the olieh time gave W
humanity the example Of Washington (app"uSr! au W.
rched the records Of with the names OF Jefferson
and Madison and Marshall and Lee, ana lnndoiph anu
ptncknev and their comparots. and In later days mas
ursNd some Of the characters and some OF the
erandest men who walked tho e'fth tAppAuse'
DR. LINDSAY FOR TIE PARSONS.
.rho Tronsnlon,cd parsonp was responded TO by the
Rev DR. John : Lindsay. a native OF Virginia, ana
no,r a preacher in BOSTON These are some OF the
things DR.. Lindsay said:
7 ,h,nk YOU for giving text as well a. topic.
Il is dircu however. TO speak upon eNt that Is as
signed bv another and sometimes It is dangerous re-
- an. AZ the dangerous casos. A clergyman under
,o 70 nreach on text by friend, to be written
on folded paper and not read I'LL the preacher sscha'u
the pupit-hon he read 1t aloud to his own osHsy ana
amusement Of the sudiencc-"Am not thine ass"
(Laughter) . .
lke nv taxi better than that. and trust IL IL
mora snproprato To than might seem to be Aush'
ter1 Certainly l am a taasplanth Clergyman "'
was born and brought up in Virginia. seven miles nom
jamestown. and am now living In Mssachuse"S Su'
mornings ride from Plymouth Rock
Whether or my brethren can claim to be much Hke
St. Paul Is another question In one thing we are quite
uplike him Soon after reached Macedonia he was ar
rested and thrown into prison. None OF US nave o'eh
visited with any such hospitality as that uAuehterJ
Now want 70 observe that transpsntd clergy are
very numerous that they h promnent places and MI theA
well for the part aud that they sustain the mos, Ay
relations 70 the native clergy ana AiN s"o"s VIM" '
live (Applouse)
In mi. erea, city Of New.YoFk In most Christian de-
nominations there ore nr Southern Clergyman IN
p.ltlons o., influence. ana Brooklyn Is not unlike IT,
First OF IN. number be named The chaplain OF 'ns
society and the Nc,;or of the uanspahfu cierg!-
Nc,bodIst o, the old North State. applause but
Roman Catholic Baptist Presbyterian, ana E~seol''
churches and some Of the most prominent "a "'"' -"
under The successful leadership OF Southern cieigy'"
In New.Jerscy ard IN Pennsylvania they are hau! rS
than
vo may and them on tie Pacific Coast In wyoming anu
Utah and other Western States and Territories eneIa"y
-, ~ b.,d q, ne column. Boston has two southern
cIercvmen IN the faculty Harvard University ana erA
o,,e,s IN charge o. hor leading churches Appsuse'
nut | cannot mention half u the Southern clergy
mon who nj places dignity and Influence In Noih'fn
cities Among them there IL one-or here Wa Wv
ve,rs aco-who lowered Ike Saul above MS pf''''"' %
only in the high station that h t"'u' b'' ~ ~
his .loquencc his power over men. aud h' spl'"o,u
h,-,,,o, When the wsr began ne scarcely man III
years though then at tho lar OF the STATE OF N'9'"
For four years no oneer IN the ooniuera'' "!
he wa, oyer with charactensc courage. he cam" u '
gent city and began practice OF law have oech
oid bv LAWYERS who him Ia Office ond IN court "''
hcv knew Of no mao Of his at the NeN-folA bar VINO
gave better promise Of brilliant career than ne
put he believed That he hoard ho voice OF Tie Lora
calling him into ministry. lie obeycd hitFd himself
for hi. new calling returned Ia the South a. an hnrc"
nal clergyman. ni- talents and abilities were quickly
recognized. lie made rector Of The hf't po"'i'"
mar .h
lie was called 10 the largest Episcopal chureh IN
Chicago I'm one year this eN.Con'ederste soldier was
elected Bishop Of Noitht-n doc'ses lie ac''p,d
Die call Of one Of those doceses, and 80 great was S
ability and winning was his chsrseer ua' acc''u"s
TO the testimony Of the world In the state In when
n. lived A. Bishop nothing but his sacred Office pre-
vented his election the highest civil once In the gTa'
c Common wealth o. Michigan tApplause)
When he died prenatufelv in England few wears aRo
from oyerwork. Distinguished Northern man who knew
him we'll wlo. q letter FOR a NowYork paper in when
he said OF thi, man: 1t has Gene u i~|s That -
cons,rucod southern soldier is the nobe't type Of On
American gentleman that have ever known. H'eh
YEA. samuel Smith Harris. late Bishop Of Michigan
Cheers. ,,, -..,
Inv FIihu Root. who in pleasant way r"pned 10
,pn roiaindcr was 80 gently made and In such IA
kindly Spirit. rs to call forth much applause
MIR wILKINsON FOR NEW YoRH.
rosopb T.. williamson. ir., Of New-Orleans, spoke
H., ~ay, Work. Our Home and Charles Leighton
-,orr,s ., Texas talked about "Anc-B eum stores.'
Mr. Wilkinson said ,, $3.50
When | was growing sugar In Lonl''ahA ! ""' -" NY
ho,-,ang an old colored woman named MATTE ,"' vac
somewhat vain and had the GIT oi tongue p"""" w
uncommon In her race. G.aughtcr) On one OCCASION
m ,,.,ing IN me OF her merits. she said; boss i
good cook and good washer, kin cut via ue o's' '
m dc field. and sh" exclaimed as ei'nNN ~ nv
complIshmcnts II Kin talk I'LL Is par'iy@o' NV
Ar Chairman / am not built that way. Caughff)
, t,.ninc 10 81 much eloquence. and in the presence
~ such distinguished orators am almost prayEeu !"
the attempt 70 talk. ,, w.
Uo,,co Gte,ley said: young man. 60 West foGhs
men and old men did go West They LETT inc fugseu
farm, OF Ncw.Engond. they eft the old hon''"''' !"
min and decay and the once well.t'lcd hed' !" gro"
nm I'm wood, and brush. They left virginia anu tn'
Caroinas and Joined by Mood ot imi"p'''o" Wv '''
c,1 ,,estu,d with the sun. Thirty year, ago Kansas
vas the western boundary line Of our CIVILIZATION Now
the boundary l. the Pacific Ocean. From Boston 10 Ia
coma from Jack .onyilc TO san Diego possession mas pee"
taken n almost every spot Of fertile soil ana capitalists
, ,e,, world. TO connicr are converting by irrlei
lion the great deserts Of Colorado. Arizona Ne"'MeNco
and California into xuraut fields vineyards ana orange
groves. applause
IL j., therefore. not surprising thaJ au''"'u''" sp
a. the south now turn their faces 20 the eastern horizon
and that In NewYork, The focus Of the rays oil Inc sun