The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-10-19


Thy overrulng Sovereignty and Provi-
Dental care. SanctifY, VS. 6eseech Thee,
with Thy Inspiring breath. this monu-
ment, which records the faith aud glory
OF the past, thar, as q living symbol. iJ
may teach our people, as IL points up
aud that it is 1 hou alone Who givest or
withholdest victory. Accept. o LORD.
this dsy our offering OF thanksgiving for
all that Thou hast done for us and Tor
our land, aud grant to us Thy blessing
In the Name OF the Father, and OF the
Son, and of the Holy Ghost"
GENERAL sTRYKER's ADDRESS.
General William ). Stryksr, Prasi-
dent OF the Trenton Battle Monumsut
Association. then delivered his address.
his subject being the ''Vlctory &C Tren-
ton" He said:-
"As students of history. we hnd In all
the annals Of warfare no period more
weeks OF 1776 and the early days of 1777-
Washington and his army 10 those won
derful days In New Jersey. Having
placed river between his retreatiuR.
his well nigh demoralIzed army aud
the British foe. flushed with victory
on the feIds and In the forts around
New York harbor. IN thirty days he
reorganized little force, sur.
prised an entire post, took prisoners and
stores and cannon and banners, sustained
an all day contest with British light
Infantry as skirmishers. made q soldierIy
and strategic flank movement. punished
the English grenadiers on Princeton's
classic grouu0, and from the hills of
Morris county looked down upon the
beaten enemy, virtually abandoning the
Jerseys. But for tho success gained in
the apple orchard of the village OF Tren-
ton the American cause wonld at least
have been problematic: The term of
enlfstment OF the best of the brave men
from the Hampshire Grants, of Massa>
about to expire. A victory mad to be
won. or the difficulty ,of cre-
ating a new force would have been
appalling. The Continental Congress
had fled, and they were about to throw
upon Washington all the responsibility
the second in command. had, with in
subordinate heart, not as yet. however.
developed into treachery, been taken
prisoner Gates. ignoble, puffed up
with sense of his own Importance,
had left his division. In, that hour,
with the best Of the troops he had.
although i'll clad and suffering intensely
crossed the icy river al midnight, and
In the sleet aud rain OF December
morning dashed upon the Aessian
revelers, and In brief hour broke the
Gordon of winter cantons aud counter
acted the effect OF the reverses on Long
Island. at Fort Washington, at White
Plains. II we would properly appreciate
the full force and value Of this surprise
we must picture 20 ourselves the Conti-
mental Army reduced by expiration of
term Of enlistment, by heavy numerical
capture by the enemy, by the loss of guns
and military stores. by sickness. by sur
ferinE; by desertion, to the lowest
ncSfh ntY1f han Nvrnp
gallant dash surrounding the In
vading forces, led by officers skilled
In European wars, and In one
short day stepping out OF the darkness
of hopelessness into the bright sunlight
of assurance OF victory. Nothing could
surpass your Excellency's achievements
in New jersey said the solderlg Corn.
command on the ramDarts of Yorktown.
How bright and auspleious appeared the
cause OF. national freedom and unity in
the light of the vaior display ed upon this
spot on that bitterly cold morning In
December! From that hour we may,
with confidence, date the beginuing OF
the triumph of free government, Of the
power of democracy in the hands of the
educated, the Industrial, the liberty low
ing masses. That influence. that power,
in no far distant day. will rule the
world"
SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI
The next on the programme was the
unwilling Of the bronze tablet presented
by the Society of the Cincinnati OF New
Jersey. The tablet Is a magnificent work
Of art. The inscription reads as tol~
lows
THIS MONUMENT Is ERECTED BY
THE TRENTON BATTL z MONUMENT
ASSOCIATION.
TO CoMMEMoRATE THE VICTORY GAINED BY THE
AMERICAN ARMY OVER THE FORCES
OF GREAT BRITAIN. 500
In THIS TOWN ON THE BOTH DAY OF DECEMBER,
AMMO DoMINI 1776.
THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI IN THE
STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
The presentation address was made by
Colonel Clifford Stanley Sims, Presijent
of the Society. He said:
COLONEL SIMS ADDRESS.
"MR. PRESIDENTIAL the close OF the
Revolutionary War the officers of the
American Army. desiring to perpetuaie
the friendship formed during their mill.
tary life. founded society known as the
Order Of the Cincinnati. 10 create the
each contributed one months pay; to
continue its existence, 1t was provided
that the membership should descend to
the heirs, male, of the origi nal members.
'"The institution OF the society reci ted
that success having. in the mercy of God,
attended the American Army and the
Colonies Of North America having
thereby become free. independent aud
sovereign States. the officers of that army
bad formed society whereby to per-
petuate the remembrance of the attain
ment OF the political freedom Of their
country. and to continue the mutual
friendships formed during AN eight years
war; aud that those officers, having been
taken from civil life, and being ABOUT to
return to their respective homes, had
designated the order they had formed as
the Society of the Cfncinuati.i
'The institution further racited certain
principles as the basis of thss society.
They were to the effect that the members
should give an incessant attention to
preserve inviolate those exalted rights
and liberties of human liberty for which
they fought and That they should hold
and cherish between the respective States
that union and national honor SO essen
TALLY pecessary to their happiness and
the future dignity of the American en-.
pire, and that to render permanenI the
cordial affection subsisting among the
officers that the spirit Of 'brotherly kind
ness thereby dictated should extend TO
the most Substantial ACTS Of financial
assistance; and this custom continues to
the present time.
Representatives of the society from
several of the States are present here
today; the ancestors OF many of them
were here with Washington on the 26th
OF December, 1776
lit Is meet and proper that the monu-
nlenJ here erected should have some ref
erence TO a society as ancient. patriotic
and honorable as the one described, aud,
accordin I have been directed ON