The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-21

dream of London, an obsolete city. may
come true: highly civilized persons OF
interior Africa may stand with map In
hand amid the ruins OF New Yorh city,
and then, like another Irishman, / will
be dead and won't be ashamed OF 1t.
New England Thought in the Re-
ligious Life of Our Country" was the
toast intended for DR.. Nichols. OF Bing-
hamton, whose letter OF regret was read
earlier in the evening, but which was
well treated by Rev. DIR. Charles u.
Robinson, of the Second Presbyterian
church. He said: what subject!
New England thought In the religious
life of our country / give 1t up; is
all outdoors, as wide as our country ana
as high as heaven. It's condition ana
not theory that confronts me. Like
the new wife who sewed up her nus
bands buttonhole because she couldnt
find a button, shall be forced 10 close
the butonhole of my subject, because
cannot make selection rom the niass
of material before me. There Is one
thing 1 can emphasize--this great Ne"
England principle of Righteousness anu
Freedom of worship. 1t has been the
salvation of our country. and we a.e
hound TO use some of it in making liiis
CITY. state and nation more OF the type
of C;od-that's my creed sehlic'''''
and | propose to tsand ny IL.
Hon. Charles d. Foster, OF Wi,Kes-
Barre, responded TO the toast III o''i
JURISPRUDENCE" In the carry STORY VI
New ENGLAND it's rudiment was Chris-
tianitv. The teachings OF our NE"
ENGLAND fathers have made this couh-
trv what it Is and 1t may, make the
,.nr,d II cave us a Blaine, for instance,
,yhou will stand against even biS-
,nnrcL and I think if we had him In our
n,osent little difficulty with Great Brit
ain we would not have to suffer the hu-r
,nilitv of seeing a necessity for having
our honor defended" Mr.. Foster was
Obliged to curtail his speech In order 10
catch a train. ..-.a.
Spccch Of A. J. COlborn, Jr.
The speech that most invited real en-.
thusiasm of the patriotic sort was tno'
of Attorney Al. Coiborn. 1r- IN response
to the toast New England in the His
tory of Our Nation He said:
Thc heritage of good deeds is mishtler,
for n nations defense than poWeriui
nrmier II builds empires and conquers
thp foes of freedom. In the dread til'ie
of war 1t makes soldiers ana nerves
them to battle for the right Inc I'VE
public takes pride In her great iiail,es,
Though but q century old, our tel'ple
of fame has garnered so fast ana SO
well within its mystic walls that ZOE
every exigencY we have our mentor anu
for every peril our inspiration. Among
the names there enshrined. none shihe
with more brilliancy, none WIFI iHole
glory, and none more worthy Oh re-
union than those of New England anu
her sons.
search the annals of history Tor cen
turtles past and you will find on an l.s
myriad pages no parallel to the coiohy
founded by the Pilgrims and the Puri-
tans What was the mystery of its
ever increasing and enduring strength!
What carried it safely and triumph
antly through all the perils. dangers
and bloody trials of its early lite? IL
was not military power, Tor sOldlers IL
bod none. save Miles StandisE and his
few. It was not monetary strength. TOT
wealth it had not. 1t was not COM
mercial greatness. for this 1t never pos
sessed. It's grand superstructure was
laid in deep and solid foundations OF
an unwavering faith in God ana an
|
tice and equality. A colony OF strong
men and brave women who cared not
for bitter grief. keen disappointment
nor throbbing pain--they had in them
the fire that always leaped upward,
and which in future ages. kindled the
fires of freedom for liberty to enlighten
the world. ,.s
Was More Than a Century Ago.
II Is more than a century since the
men, who went forth to battle against
tyranny and oppression and established
new nation among the governments
of the. world, returned to the walks of
peace. 1t Is more than century since
the soldiers of the revolution knelt upon
the soil and pledged their sacred honor
and their lives to the Declaration of
independence. and marched forward to
seal their oaths with their blood. The
tyrant's shot at Lexington marshaled
every patriot. They came down from
the hilltops. and up from the valleys,
the streets of the towns and villages
were deserted, the plows were left
standing in the furrows, the workshops
were closed, none lived for self. but all
were resolved on liberty or death. The
trials of that army have never been
matched. Its sufferings were never
euualed since the days of the great
martyrs. Victory for n time ceased to
perch upon it's banners. There were
patriot hearts bowed in the dust.
Everywhere were doubling Thomases,
unbeleving Saracens, discontented
Catalines. But as the Danes once de-
stroyed the hearing Of their war steeds
that they might not be frightened by
the din of battle. so the men of that
little army turned deaf ear to all
in the rear. and in tracks of blood at
Valley Forge pushed boldly on for free
dom's cause They fought on until they
saw their hopes fulfilled. They falt-
cred not until they saw their banner
| waving over Yorktown, and a republic
copsecrated to freedom, liberty and in
| dependence. A Just recital of the part
New England took in that struggle
| would rise to the sublmity of an epic
| without her. victory would not have
been won. and liberty "would not have
| been proclaimed throughout the land,
unto all the Inhabitants thereof"
a Conspicuous History.
The history of New England Is n
| conspicuous portion of the history of
| oui, nation, and the sacred scroll on
! which 1t is written Is securely lodged
| in the highest niche of the temple of
fame. The first to shed its blood for
| freedoms cause at LeXington-the first
| to shed it's blood for liberty and union
| in the streets of Baltimore, when trea-
| sons shot at Sumpter brought 1t to its
| feet. with the old revolutionary war
cry upon its lips. 1t gave to patriotism
a Hancock and an Adams; to Oratory a
| Webster and an Everett; to philosophy
an Emerson: to history, a Bancroft; to
poetry, Bryant and a Lowell; to song,
a Whittier and Longfellow; to states
manship. Sumner: to humanity, a
| Wendell Phillips and Lloyd Garrison,
| and to liberty band of freedoms
chosen sons. There stands it's bright
record-match 1t If you can-the world
cannot surpass it! New England's s
! glory is not confined, however. between
the st. Croix river on the east, and
the Harlem river on the west Into
i the great commonwealths of Ohio.