New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-17
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Of the difference between the old Navy anu iie new
times vessel was taken out to sea say on one
tack Moving out Of the ose the
something like this: All hands make ss ,od
sail oosersay out ana i3 folay down y from
| aloft!-sheet home and hoist away the topsalls -
hsst hS Se ne hoist aTSs
jack!-all taut!-brace up. and 50 WIN much more
"The captain OF a modern n-of-war may stand
in a coming tower touch button ana IN , rev
He may stand there on the day OF battle touch a
button and place the vessel where he would. toueh
again and the ponderous proiectiles or the great
guns will speed forth on their mission of death h
touch again and the small guns Will belch forn III, ~
track behind 1t like monster Of the deep IN search
Of It's prey.
Then Senator William Lindsay Of Kentucky
made an exceedingly happy and entertaining
address in response to the toast. Kentucky in
the War of the Revolution. lie u"ei'
especially upon the George Rogers Clarke eNe
petition from Kentucky for the reclamation or
the Northwest, and the early declaration OF lts
inhabitants against the British crown Sehatoi
Lindsay received hearty northern w h ma
| warmly applauded during the progress oi MS
remarks at their close.
GENERAL PoRTER's SPEECH.
General Horace Porter always witty. enter
tanning and eloquent spoke Of THE Teachings
Of the History Of the American Revolution.
These are some .the things he said:
naturally supposed that the M ndee IN
Considerable talk. From time immemorial. ttea
parties have been inseparably associated IN our
bratng W the ANNIVERSARY of ea Party which
the patriots of Boston threw oyer the Tea prepaia
There are certain forms Of tea parties which are
called "ketledrums. We celebrate lo h ,oc sie
of alarm which awakened patriots to sense OF
' rhe Roston ATea Party not only was a pre-
liminary step to the American Revolution: Sut ,be
Participants in that event was man named speSn o
GER whose fondness for the beverage made Of the
to secure proprietary interest in the result Of the
sS as eoaa na p % Mh a butt
luck would have It, there were some of his com
pressea %U %h s gp Ssef that
the price Of liberty and they cut on me into the
bay He was left standing in a skirtess GOAT -,
garment which has ever since been KNOWN ny ,he
know that some photographers are laborng under
the belief tia, Lord Spencer wore Wns ven to
1t, but ! prefer to stand by the old Boston 'raui-
and 70 &c as this syenns in doing honor
to who has given us nsS o beaf upo
their their face the impress OF undspued truth People
naturally sksptieal about history ~ h and s
tory is that in the characters are injurious
and the story is tS o %Rs n
Is supposed TO have preferred 10 %T tha hstor
best adapted itself the purposes OF the Romantic
drama, because it contained SO much ingenious
enera as we are look upon sausage~the more
know about how 1t is made the less we are apt 10
N ! admire Mr. Fiske especially because. after his
of ne history sas Of the
Revolution No better serve the COM
mnni5y than in the eapaG OF Tord tban when he
said Our school hours are all The days and nsrs
those derived from history 1t teaches by example
tbe %oTlds events and the best teachers Of hu
manty the lives OF great men, for people follow
II is Noteworthy fact that men engaged IN max
ing history seldom succeed as its chroniciers Ma,
labor seems to ordain that the men who make his
tory shall not be the s,d men s 10 rgco Teaz he hs
toric Importance Of the events which take place
curate notes taken at the time and few relics pre-
served. Some interesting relics of the war OF me
dent han Design has been espe
Gag or soers Of e Aecan an %
luton. but 1t was because Massachusetts gave TO
ceipt or if he owned an overcoat which would pass
muster he received Communication price Tor IL IN
eq and pr fT Rs a of & has
a most interesting collection OF autographs to be
No relics Of wars are. of so much value as the
handwriting Of the principal actors IN view OF TINS
modious room in the Grant monument in this city
the signatures Of the surviving veterans who
nation Of the organizations in which they served.
written by their own hands suen names ana facts
1t IS believed that this will be priceless boon TO
os reens e Which, as in the
Of other wars, has been too common In reference
to the collection and preservation OF interesting
authentic documents.
Then Amos Parker Wilder spoke of Men
Who Think" He said in part:
gatheS rs Of New It Contains q" spr
Killing of sef-made men: Any one can talk TO great,
But the Fiske dinner and its intellectual CON
conitants were calculated to make man thought
know of no better antidote for pesslmsm than
to come into fellowship with thoughtful man who
human destiny and reflects the highest things in
his personality. Let no man. musing on hid
low his gaze to rest long the weak. the depraved
the inferior physic s,9 mentally sprtuay That
rather fix his eyes upon the men and women who
who have climbed the rugged mountain SIDE of
achievement or have laid firm hold on the posi-
blities of character OF virtue Of self-sacrlhce
rying down the corridors Of human destiny. The
s Of the The Dyns sne s In d
bright in many man and woman near at hand
who have the intellect to think great thoughts.
They are the sources OF Nations wisdom:
Our eminent guest Tonight labored quietly for
years in the production OF his American Itevolu;,
patriotism into the fl, 81 blaze whose kindjing
warmth we all feel The message is TO you men
Of action, 1t was Tyndall-iat.ly gcnc-who re-
minded US that the brightest flashes in the world
nroved 10 have their counterpart in the world of
fact" Tonight for thought; tomorrow for cotton
WHAT JAMES II. HoYT SAID.
The last toast Of the evening Now and
Then" was responded to by James II. Hoyt who
said. among other things:
II Is frequently said that living Americans are
inclined TO be forgetful Of the past Even If this