New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-22
SONS OF NEW-ENGLAND DINE'
THE BROOKLYN SOCIETY HOLDS lis AN
NAL BANQUET.

..,,rprxc; IroNoRs THE MEMORY OF
,,ceru Fathers SPEECHES bf
,oerpu II. CHOATE. FREDEHio lNiA
MAYOR BooDY AND OTHERS
,o ~ the New England SOCIETY
=, proot,vn was given last eVsn"1 l., that city
~, roo,ns ~ the Academy OF Mus'o ~ guests
c ~ we're laid for about 200 meHoe .,a,v SAT
49,. ~ nonedict president or the oo' D.,
Robert ~ D. ,he table OF honor with the Hev
at ' -, g c,orrs on his right anu 'ooep" "
- 49, h,s left Others at the sah'e ~
,ha Roy A. p Putnam. Frederic iay'y , oom,s +.
,,, u r. Rraine L. ;. NJ Co'o" G r
Iorgdon t. s. A.; John Wlhs'o"' 49, n, v,d
t.u.ha, professor H. g. Sprague, May, ~" ~.
Straha','' ,-,ca w Bowen, representing tue
~ -, >,,F England Society and H. ~ ro'
- .h G, Nicholas Society Some OF ''"ee "
ne'' .h,o. uere George H. Fisher, Joseph ~
DR. tr William G. Bryant, H. d. N.Y. n, w
:, Moore General Stewart H. Wooni''', ,,u.
C1r,ch w IL Lyon, George W. "ihsa'' 100
uoou'' No., George r. Alex lnder Judge Ieorse
AN, ',.. Toh, { Frothngham. General H. W.
Go, ctenben Condit. Horace f. Dresser. mar
w pratt Edward II. Kellogg George ~ ~ -
coor,a y Merrill. John A. Twcedy Julian 49, -,
chud lanes w Ridgway, Ethan Aiien Do's, :, ~" =,
:. ro,, Judge George G. Reynolds Juuse ~ -.
Clement. Richard . bai"'''
and + Spencer Turner. "a
n,,ant renedict made the Introductory au
dress and announced as the first toast Inc S,
| dent OF the United States, which was So.
| standing Some proposed three o"sr -.
| ,bere was TO response. The next toast i"e 20
| We Celebrate" was responded TO py 'osep
| chcate who on this OCCASION was H'oie 49,,
| a., ,,,., though he led off with some Bc"''e
| u,s,ors IN the recent election in Brooklyn a"o
the result Speaking OF the solemn ci,ai -,
| IN. purtans he said that II 'hey couiu '.'e a hou,
,he,r graves and come to Brooklyn 10 see aionx
! pIant
and could look into the cody iacts u ,beno selves
sare in Brooklyn though he was no, 4 o,e Isl
that they would think IT SAFE 70 S,s' The sunday
| and and Gravesend. however famous ''e
schools In those places might ee; "a. sailing OF the
| MIR Choate drew picture OF me 1 pinr3ns and
May 70 the grand results which had IN iacs
sprung from the expressions wn'Ir who came after
them but who would not believe as ,mes 70
MIR Choate closed Win an anon eat the nrmtes OF
| Inc Pilgrim fathers but rather 10 ornI memory
ana nod them fSTsvf SPOKE * SS Of The
EncInnder in brooklyn" After the singing oil .ts
hymn ,1nnyS rnbe-nacie Frederic Taylor de-
I'LL an Entertaining and eloquent speech on IRE
Puritan and His Mission To-day '"'''''
Mn Paritans mission to-day is prefseiy wn Ihe
! u va w" dsck-to advocate TO eluciate 10
vindica,a one idea the sacreines Oh .amgaio n
ser rr ' r1r himself and for his the right, ana no
privileges youchsafed to Goa ere aahich the rest
tha nnle
Of mankind may pass TO enjoyment o. day ia" ,s com
| risb,s and privileges And that glad ia! ~ ~
| coming perhaps. sooner than W. 'isnond
ra,e nearly all the nations OF the earu, a. .
t"S ~ he pressure Of the Puritan dea are 49, "a
rr.y thoi,gh IN Instances slowly moving ,ba,r
| S .rger liberty and better condition lo' '"
'ftl.fest among the exceptions OF couIs', 70 III,
| nar,yb,nd land wherein men ana women al 80,
,nes,'i..l under foot wher Tor crimes ui.3''
49,, iorc consigned TO living death III priso'' y,
s,,,I ti-, cattle on bleak and barren "dsty2 10
lin ~ IN. knou,. And yet that power n,op a
80 ne storm of Indignation whlch Du. ,nr ~
,ou. v.ars since In the outburst oil ina SN -,
q, irticrn,.on was most exhiaraunS eN.u,,unN z,
% ION OF the Puritan idea IL you ~ ~
,,,Ict.rsI conscience everywhere anu pcl,s' Iii,
! I'm il proved the irresistible power oi puo"'
Then Mayor David \. Body spoke ior the ~ ~
! ~ Rr,ollyn lie made some WY a.,,u,,r,ris, IN.
o. t,o~t followed by A defence OF ms Auihnis,' a.
ms u't, tyinr the conditions which eNsied IN IN
rr',l l,,n owing to its proximity 20 NV
| Ia ,b,t ~ was the impossible that va ~ 49,
~ no now administration and II IL iheh h, ~ ~,
I iyo,inn II the results hoped TOT Vusis ~,
| ~ nrs,ice 10 be blamed. lie closed win an tits
rassion Of Individual opinion that tne tmo er
h',lT become one and that bill should ps psS ~
~ - legislature permitting the commune -,
,.ra,.l in the question to vote dlstnctNeiS -
, IL ,isn urged the construction OF olhrr y. "s
-, ~. n The East River. and more Closely unle ,hs
- divisions II the greater inetropohs Vi '"'
| future -, p.o,assor n II Sprague on
. - In IN, Mayfower the festivities WI
brnurht to A close by the singing OF the DoAo'oss'