The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-10-08
THE PURITAN OUT WEST.
Secretary Foster on Influences Of
New Englnad.
HIS SPEECH FOR THE PRESIDENT
AT WOBURN'S CELEBRATION.
Woburn is the Town in Which Settled the
Ancestors of Three Presidents-It Has
Celebrated Its 250th Anniversary with
Great success-Thfrty Thousand Visit
ors Enjoyed the Occasion.

Celebrated Its 250th Anniversary with
Great success-Thfrty Thousand Visit
ors Enjoyed the Occasion.
WoBURN. Mass, October 7.-WoDurn $
great quarter millennial celebration
closed this afternoon with banquet in
the new arInory. The tickets for sale
were limited to 500 and every ticket was
taken. In addition. there were nearly
$50 guests, making a total of about 650
present, a large proportion of whom were
ladies. Ex-Mayor Edward F. johnson
presided and introduced Rev. Cyrus N.
Richardson of Nashua, N. f., descend
ant of one of the original founders of the
town, who invoked the divine blessing
During the banquet, the Germania Or
chestra of Boston furnished music. At
4.30 p. sm., Judge johnson called
the assembly to order with an
Introductory speech, during which
he called attention to the fact that
three Presidents of the United States,
Franklin Pierce, Grover Cleveland and
BENJAMIN Harrison traced their ancestry
to families now, or formerly, residing
in Wobnrn. Hon. John w. Foster who
Responded for the President
Of the, United States received an en-
thusiastic reception.
Secretary Foster spoke substantially
as follows: sit is not for me to
respond for the President in his
relation to you as son OF We-
burn. can boast of not II drop OF New
England blood in my veins. But as the
early inhabitants of this ancient town
LOYALTY honored their king beyond the
sea, SO may we all, as American citizens,
with even greater propriety, pay our III
butte of respect to the Chief Magistrate
whom. by our free choice, we nave
placed in the suprelnest post of authorl-
ty Of his nation. 1t was not desire to
escape the domination OF royalty, but
rather an earnest longing for religious
liberty which brought your forefathers
to the shores of the New World. The
early citizens of Massachusetts were
loyal to their king. But the principles
of liberty and self-government incorpo-
rated in the town orders of Woburn and
put in practice through its town meet
ings $50 wears ago, were the seed. planted
bv earnest, God-fearing men, and sedil-
louslv cultivated by their descendants,
which bore the fully ripened fruit in l776
when, under the inspiration of Otis and
Patrick Henry. and through the courage
of Adams, Ben Harrison and their col
leagues, their allegiance to King George
and royalty was forever sundered.
Chow Wisely Our Fathers Acted
.,..,r I,o ;,,do,oJ bv tho limo nf Presidents
fr,,,, wssb;noton tn Harrison. and bv
~ " ~. ..,,.e,,.',s,,. ,,1,o
hove IN tho mast century r,led the ma
t;ons Of Europe NAV be pardoned for
saving that 7 and NV neighbors take
pride in pointing to the President as
typical son OF Indiana. ans aliuslon
.eaas Us " IG0D the "o nbarac+ar If ths
present and last generation of the men
of TIE broad region of the Ohio and
Mississippi valleys. Inc Northwest
Territory was forever dealcatea 10 jree-
dom NANNY through Inc lnhuence WHICH
emanated Ifom the 1olltical aiia Ieiislo,us
sentiments OF new EnSiahe,, anu which
iiau lle woiIiy "a pm az - ~ -
son OF Massachusetts. NO Portion oi
the seaDoard STATES mas Deen more ae1ive
in regulating TINS territory IMAM New
England, ana whlle MASSACHUSETTS SEM
its colonists III great numbers, no parl
OF it made more worthy conti1oution
than Woburn. The Puritan, VINO maze
this second journey IN search OF new
home, carried with MN the cnurch' es,
tabiished the school mousse, instructed
local self-government ana S.l lnculcatea
morality and sobIlety. Inc essence OF
his political creed was hatred OF slavery
and opposition to ITS domlnatlon. Inc
present generatlon OF that vast region Is
Indebted to New England
IT,,
more tian all oeieis Solhoinou ioi' 'no
Influences which mould the character
for good citizenship. The Free Soil cru
s.da which y,ervaded the Northwest was
s"''o i-o'l - ~
pfeeihlhensiy NO" Nii i''n' ino,oiio,i''
"hei 'i
=. 80 ~. a,ds 80 M,ss.cbnset+s,s ,nos+
aionnent Son, sLiberty and Union. now
and forever, one and inseparable,' which
found expression IN a popular manifesta-
eion nevei !, peioio "''ne'''U - 'S '5
Mr. Foster cited the example of Benia-
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