New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-23
RTTIDERS or THE NATION
An INTERESTING Lecture ~ pR. SroRRS oN
THE CAREERS or pR. 81 TIER DIR WHIT
MAN ANp EIENzER wHEELocK

An INTERESTING Lett RE ~ DIR SI"''RS "N
THE cAREEHs or DIR. CUTLER III; WHIT
Man ANp EI.EAzER wHEElocK
The Rev Or Richard :. Storrs Of Brooklyn,
delivered ar address on som" lhr'cosnized
u,,.i.,s 81 m, Nation" that delighted the audi
ono. completely Ming the Young Mems Chris
,,,, Association Hall In brooklyn. last night.
The address dealt with the biography OF three
m.u-p DR. Manassa cutler. Or. Marcus whitman
and El.szer Whccock The first. he said, was
chiefly responsible for IN" creation OF IN" states
Of ohio. Indiana Illinois. Michigan and Wscon-
sin. the second for the States Of oregon ana
Washington. and IN" thlrd was the RUNNER
OF Dartmouth College.
judge, Van colt presided at the meeting Inc au-
dence took most delight. To Judge from the
frequent applause. In the speakers mastery mar
rotly. Of the career OF Or. Cutler who conceived
th. idea Of relieving the struggling nited states
Government from part OF It's financial embarrass-
r,ert bv buving public lands In Ohio Indiana,
Illinois Wisconsin and Michigan lie said that
when tn. Continental Army dlsbanded' the conh-
try was saddled with a debt OF NO"@V"' paSao'e
In specie and that the Issuance OF paper money
had been carried to such an extent mat the ra.o
I'm Virginia was 100 OF paper 10 OF specie. the
o,,,. ,btp, left for the country the sale OF
Western lands 1t was this juncture. In l'Nb'
that Or Cutler. "A Congregational pdrson' came
fora,rl with his scheme He applied TO Congress.
and despite the fact that his plans precIuded the
q
northwest even Southern Congressman were pro-
,ourdlv Lnpress.d with his ability and charac-
fer and gave him the necessary grant whi'h
consisted of 100000 acres. one ana ohe-han
million went to the ohio Company formed In Bos-
ton and the rest of the Sciota Company pio-
necr colony settled Marietta In APRIL lI%. what
sp.ciall, Interested the thinker OF to-day the
Doctor added was the foresight OF DR.. Cutler In
providing for the preservation and proposition
81 every American liberty. His scheme was so
tod u
gress. the speaker said that opJeo'' %, Wanhing
ton two days afterward that what pollticia ans
could not accomplish in years OF legislation, III,
~ HE ahiiiv and character. The benencent effect
of Dr. Cutters work had been feit from tnat u S
comforting Statehood upon them py ra ,an5
nearly locooo soldiers. ana Grerais Hrnn' ana ana
sherman besides presidents ch'e' JUSTICES anu
DR. Marcus Whitman who was commissioned as
a missionary and teacher 10 ,ne cavnd o e'lo~v
from the speaker The cary history OF oregon
was sketched; It's Joint occupancy Dy 'fe nnl.aa
States and Great Britain: Us w9nderiu! resources
etc In speaking OF the Hudson Bay Company Dr.
Storrs paid a kindly tribute TO John Jacob Astor'
Ills narrative OF Or. Whltman's wagon Journey.
accomnanled by his wife. overland from -. Louis
across the Rookie to the wilds or oregon was ro
mantle and beautiful. lie told Of the rdicue heaped
upon the claims OF this pioneer missionary by sena-
tors and Congressman quotations. Irom ,nel. .
speeches treating great s M hn massacre S ee Of M
~ DR. Whitman and his family. and the carrying
captivity Of whltmans ir nsH ana a ne asps
ing in the MALTA Walla Valley. was the best monu-
men, to the memory OF the man, ~ o.os,a. ..s
thai the temper OF these men may be In us; that
we may share not their fame but their moral
Tor the United States had been done by plain and
inconspicuous men ,,. T.. MAJ. enthusiastically
nnIa ,ne fna and ID Dr. Charles Hall moved vote OF
thsnka, which was unanimously given