New-York tribune., 1893-12-23

changed in FORM and did not meet approved arch.
tectural standards and he asserting that 1t
had deeper meaning and trner 5 purpose, than s
changed: it is not slightly to the eye; but when the
troops went forth in 81 to ight i9r tner co9@htr. @
was something within its homely walls which spoke
70 them. Reverenty thev lifted their caps broke
forth in cheers. and pagsel on, braver truer men
1t was the character and soul Of the Common
wealth which spoke. reminding them & OF ner siorioHs
past. Their cheers proved that her honor was safe
in their keeping. | have but touched the life OF
the Gommonweath WISH a., ma hau course or OF these l
influences they have developed In GOOD works;
ity, in every movement for freedom OF conscence
ana liberty of action and IN The great aglta,ion non
anl welfare of our country; and then 70 dwell upon
The many lives through which she mas done her
work and exercised her useful influence
LEADERS IN LITERATURE.
would turn first to the fed of poetry. science,
history and .iterat ature / would point out the names
of Lowell Longfellow. Whittier. Holmes. Boyle
O'Rcly, Lucy Iarcom-poets al. yes. and poets
who singing the songs Of liberty. carried education
out into the world to DO its great and benehcent
In science one recalls Bowdtch. Agassiz.trans-
PLANTED ans yet own-Pierce; Maria Mitchell
colt and Parkman: and in literature. Emerson,
Hawthorne Thoreau. Higginson and Louisa Alcott 4;
These and many others testify to her leadership IN
letters Story and Parsons. Shaw and Curtis TO her
emnence in law; Edwards and Charming Parker %
logical movements OF National importance; Horace
| free education
kins Eliot and countless others show the constant
devotion of Massachusetts to the cause or educa-
Then II we trn to the broader field of public ser,
vice. find Everett and choate whose clnss,ca ,S
| Intellect laid the constitutional basis OF permanent
freedom whence through agitation and war came
9 @n9n ana dn Andrew suggest the influence and power
which Massachusetts through many great names
and illustrlous lives has welded in the heid OF
statesmanship.
| THERE WERE STERN >FIGHTERs TOO.
Then II we turn 10 the sterner work OF agitation
and war we find Garrison, Phillips. Sumner ana
Julia Ward Howe foremost in great causes lot ''s
benefit OF mankind, while Hooker. Sumner anu
| shaw Eartlett Devens. with many other names
| fresh in the minds of the present generation re-
call how willingly Massachusettss men when aglta-
tIon ripened into action answered their country
summons ard gave themselves to her on the ne'u Vi
Then finally we turn the gentler side OF the IRE
OF the Commonwealth and proudly ren1emptgr rnt Una d
scores of good samaritans. has followed tn1 Jm, ,
Ties which soothe and heal and bless anu Dr'"s
| Christ into the lives of men c..o
Through the work and life Of its citizens state
becomes great and glorious noh,s mon and
| women who have been steadfast TO the virtues Wy ne,
winch today "" or% yybo doubts that the world
Is better for her work and her message 'Appa"'e'
loud and long-contnuedJ
way as follows:
|
be modnstiv compares himself with people OF other
nativities is we'll illustrated by the story OF me me
had impressed upon him the Lords care for al ]
the works Of His hand b2th grsar az opd Inc truth
she had been intoxicating; whereupon h n
himself follows .rhe LORI Ges WrG mar of rrass the
! Lori who made the deem wide ocean Haue tne ne
pebbles on the shore: the Lord VINO maze ''e '''''
1t t's' is told Of Daniel Webster that stopping Gne
| day for dinner az a country inn IN New,tanpsnuc;;
| ed hp
appetite With whimsical notion Of puzznGs SInGsrn ner
MIR Webster said slowly ana soe'iliN, my ,oes ra' b,t
To be entirely frank that Is Of piece with ne
! ~ sometimes boast Of the character and achieve
ment of our Pilgrim Fathers more than we do at
In recent years however. we had adopted this
| unduv vain OF our dead ancestors and OF thelr
usIos living descendans to bN myde oes an not b
neve. preends that he does n%t @ IS,;,,i n
| nroSen,tors and of the controlling influence they
| exerted in shaping American institutions ,,,
unon n recognition OF their claim 10 share with the
| English the credit of these great achievements
LOYALTY 10 his own religious denomination would
regur him to say that no. pgDps m,chmer %TC" %
Now. Dutchman. however radically reformed.
would expect E0% ana % to IN FS & ii sh a Of an moern
historical research, that the Dutchman play, "a a
IL part in arm nsr iHe
in New England than was dreamed of by most Of
In Phillips I3rookss Year. Book lately pub
lIshed there appears under dats OF Decemoer
wort6v features of the beginning of New England
history is the fact that the Puritans came direct
rom he pilgrims who came by way OF Holland.
and got some OF the broader spirit OF that nursery
All Of us. I suppose would yield ready assent TO
the sentiment embodied in that last paragraph even
without argument in support OF II from the lips
Of our distinguished Brooklyn friend who is to
respond to the toast. THE Puritan and the Dutch
lie needs no Introduction. gentlemen. Within the
four or five weeks that preceded the 1th OF NOven-
Der last he won the admiration of the whole coun.
! try by his marvellous work for good government
cnntrSi @ f I1 name is as familiar as household words
in the mouths OF our brethren in Brooklyn 1t rs Is
present tho Hon ST Clair Mckeway.
MR. MKELwAY's FORCIBLE ADDRESS.
Mr. McKelway has come to be well known at
the banquet board in this city. Everybody
recognized the Brooklyn editor and were glad
to welcome him. which they did with great
cordiality. His remarks usual. were full Of
wit and vigor This is what he said about The
Puritan and the Dutchman":
Mr. President and Friends: True meanings are
broad meanings The spirit OF things Deter ne'ies I
scrbcs 1t better than its namely any other
| 'twould smell as sweet. The Dutchman means
Dnchman means force; the Puritan means fire
To each Is due all his belongings. Inc putcnnal
undergirIs all life which rolls in history from
| Flushing TO Stockholm. taking In contributory
| streams from switzerland. Germany and France.
! Morally he owns not merely William the silent
but (histavus Adophus. Frederick the Great. cal
| vim Luther. Meancthon-aye. and Servitus, too,
| as we'll as the IIuguenots and the Waienses.
| European Professionalism is the Dutchman Just as
| all the waters between the Alloghanes and the
| Rocky Mountains are tho Mississippi. In the same
| way the Puritan spreads himself from Land
| End TO John o'Groats and from Fastnet Light 10
Londonderry Professionalism in the three ,s islanGs SLANG
nent is the Dutchman. The divisions and SUB sub
| divisions OF both are manifold They are not with
| ont interest or value. They give to historians an
| excuse for occupation TO sectarians text or n
pretex for heresy trials and to National societies
| a Justification for annual dinners. But truth Is
| greater than the who carve II up Just as
| Shakespeare's head was greater than the comb
| which went through his hair. Truth Is the BODY
of Gods facts I'm the world History Is only man 8
| little operaglass focused on patches OF Y
Theology but the skin OF truth set up and stuffed
| So when we speak of the Dutchman and or the
Puritan. are speaking of likeness Of spirit In