New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-21
A TALK ON EW-ENGLAND.
J EX.CONGREsSMAN HORR'S ADDRESS.
WHAT is THE PRODUCT OF THE SIX OLD STATES
AND sOMEruI NC WHICH IS NOT.


address on "New- England CHARACTERISTICS which
was In part follows:
"When your secretary invited me to be present here
tonight he Informed me that | was haDIe 10 meet
100 preachers and 800 ladies. 1t occurred to me al
once that such a rare combination as tnal was IL"
ducemept enough to compel my attendance
"Though born In New England myself, lett
,bere at "a voung an are as 10 have recollection
of NV boyhood days in that section OF the country
Nv youth aud manhood have been spent III the wet
Still have visited In the last fifteen years eNc''
nook aud corner OF the SIX NeW-bhgIalio 0'>'O''
That enables me to know something OF her pTesc"'
condition The New England Of to-day and the new
England OF 100 and 900 years ago are entirely dl'-
ferent Her people then and her people now presen.
entirely different conditions. The Census Bhileu" Vi
1890 in reference TO the New-England states n"9
lust reached me and from it have compiled lew.
facts that may be of interest to the Newb"gnin"
people gathered here.
1.-THE entire population OF New England in 1890
was 47CO745 OF these 1143339 were foreign born
Thus it Will I've that almost one-quar'er OF inc
present population OF New England we're born in foreign
lands According to this census the number OF
females in New England exceeds the males by '3-3o
l was about TO draw from this fact some more con-
clusioRs when | discovered that In Maine the mares
exceeded the females over 1000, and that In the
State of Vermont my birthplace. the men outnunDeeu
the women by 6232. The discovery Of that lact
ruined my Item and put an end to my moIaHHihs
In Massachusetts and Rhode Island only tWoifths Vi
the people of pure native New-England stock; IN
Connecticut not quite One-half. In vermont ana Ne"
Hampshire about twothirds; in Maine only three
quarters are Of native stock Yet in all New England
only a shade over one half of her people can claim
any kin to our New-EnGland fOrefathers. In all OF
New England, 69 per cent of her voters are hauVe
born and 80 per cent are foreign born, and "a per
cent Of her people speak the English language while
16 per cent Of the people now living in New'Engahd
lilo ppiis hmm ~ al all.
These facts show the difficulty OF getting at New
England characteristics by studying the people as we
find them there to-day. Vet I'm spite OF all TINS
foreign influx, the civilization of New England IS full OF
characteristics that have to 1t through her people
for the last centuries. The most striking feature
the that to TO have escaped the observa
ton of every thoughtful man, is the one fact that In
New England every man, woman and child seems to
be doing something. MpphlseD In the Ne"
England economy there never has been, and there Is
not now, any place for idleneSe This comes from the
fact that from the outset the people were compelled
to work in order TO live. Their climate is so severe
ther soil so stubborn nature unyieldng. that food
and clothing and shelter were secured except by
constant toll. know people seem always to be
seeking to avoid labor and yet without WORK lie soon
becomes not only useless. but uDendurable Ancestry
pedigree property accumulated by Others, rich legaces
ease freedom from anxiety and care are considered by
many to be most desirable, and by some as badges OF
fort, but they seldom lead up to genuine success
long line of New England ancestors will help man
very little unless he has tie courage 10 get up ana
get within himself. daughter and applause
"Modern society Is constantly developing new types
Of humanity. The real aristOcraI, the snob, the 10
nsious zealot who smiled, were products OF the
past The genus homo called the dude is modern
invention. daugLter) The word coined TO
meet a growing necessity. q.aughter) \ class
OF people came on the stage who banih de-
scripton. Q-aughter) The poverty oil our IAN
xuage seemed unable TO do them justice. now
word must 10 found TO meet such an emergency
existence. one might admit the fall of man. but II
REQUIRED such a succession OF cataractS from Adam
down. to account these beings that staggered all
computation. Great lauglter) II sought refuge
in Darwinism In evolution, the problem was no less
difficult That theory the survival of the
fttes OF the most useful-a constant development al
brain power-but here were beings who reversed that
order OF Nature More than that, Darwin tells us
must be careful and not make the mistake OF sup
posing that the human sprang from the apes OF
South America. He insists that our ancestors are
only TO be found among the ape tribes OF the Old
World. | never understood why Mr.. Darwin was so
particular in insisting upon this point. For some
reason lie seemed 10 be down on the South American
ape. Qaughter.D Being an Englishman, 1t may have
been difficult for him to any merit in anything on
this side Of the ocean. (l.aughter) However, If he
could have lived TO examine these modern specimens
OF humanity. am not sure what a change mght'havc
taken place in his estimate of The human race but
am QJ,ite that. after meeting with the modern
dude his opinion OF the south American ape must have
been improved. Great laughter. This entire family
Is a creation of idleness. With such people, TO work
with ones hands with ones head is vulgar. To be
useful IS TO be considered common. Old fashioned
New England society could never have produced such
class. They can only come from the accumulated
wealth Of the past To properly select the people who
should be ball to be given by Of the four hun
dred' may be an exalted calling; but to pud steam
engine to construct and a railrOad, TO span the
Mississippi the East River with bridges by far
more superior calling. The men OF NewEngland TO
day who accomplish these things are our real nobemen
(Applause.)
"There are in the New England States about 10000
square miles one half of this mother earth is In
Maine; the remaining half Is in the other five New
England States Nowhere near one-haf Of Maine Is
arabic land. do believe that In twenty
of the other five States be called tilabe. Hence
New England TO be great must Of necessity be manu-
featuring country. Illinois, with 10000 less square
miles than all New ngland, has to-day fully times
as much arabic land as those States In Illinois, Iowa,
Minnesota. the Dakotas Nebraska and Kansas the
hoe and plough the reaping machine. the badges
OF their prosperity In New England ii Is entirely
different The spindle, the loom the making OF leather
and boots and shoes. the manufacturing OF cutlery, OF
plated all these things the badges of her pros
peny. To successfully establish such line Of indus
tries. II necessary to have people possessing the
characteristics OF the NewEngland fathers. in New
England to-day there is large amount Of pcdgre,
piety. book learning and fodness for but better
than all these the pluck and push, the Ingenuity
and perseverance, born of their New England ancestry
As whole, 1t Is OF the men than OF the
women within New England's borders. The great ma
1orlty OF her people 10 live only TO be busy.
Il am not unmindfil of the fact that II Is by no
means an uncommon habit TO be constantly decrying
the character and ability Of the American girl Of the
present day. II one could believe the tak so common
The conclusion would seem 10 be inevlabe that the girls
Oi this generation were simply butterflies OF possible
Use in the world. such statement Is by no means
true. The girls OF to-day are just full Of courage
and OF seh$acrfice their mothers before them
II Is queer labt people get into OF always ignoring
the present and deifyng the past. There is one thing
however that may console the young ladies' OF this
generation will only De few years before the peo-
pie will be telling what marvellous women they are dc.
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