New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-26
DIR. FROST ON KENTUCKY.
ADDRESSES BEFORE THE PRESBYTERIAN
UNION.

THE REV DR. DuFFIELp TOUCHES on THE
SUNDAY LioUoR-sELILNG QUESTION
The monthly meeting OF the Presbyterian Union
OF New York was held last night at the Hotel
Brunswick The president Of the Union. Warner
Van Norden. presided. and at the close OF the
speeches 22j guests sat down to a light supper.
The Rev. DR.. John Hail. OF the Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian Church, began the evening with
prayer
An address on "Amercansm' was delivered oy
the Rev. DR.. Howard Dufield, flrst fresoY terra"
Church In II he said:
The PROPOSITION to open the saloons on Sundays Is
an In suit and an offence to Amercanlsm mere are
abhorrence It's atmosphere is Ike the breath OF
death 10 them SIX days in the week this class OF
the air is heinz poisoned by these factories Of death
! say Is intoerable that these people cannot nave
one day In seven that they can fee. relieved
The Rev DR. William G. Frost, president OF Berea
College spoke "Kentucky's Contribution TO
Patriotism" lie said in substance
Kentucky's record IS too little known she was
born IN go1c% tina Se aS shs y has been twc
called upon to go through the trying orutai oi d
ton and H. savage and once IA the border be-
tween groups OF contendng states. o,.,ao,
with slavery and representing the reddest II not
the bluest blood OF the state held the tonI1oh,
strip o, on Lookout Mountain. They constitute a
grand reserve Of yigor and patriotism ana p mn
with education they are TO offset som" OF ", w
desirable foreign populations and oyerho" the SCUM
with a new clement. 49, a., ..-,1
These people have been Isolated from the World
and have lived on In the pioneer state. lhey A.
truthful. honest, hospliahlc. lt they SET Il tisu'
valu. upon human lfe II IL only a survival OF thr
old Saxon and celtic humor This valiant Split
vas turned TO good account in war time W" dld
not know that such people existed out "nrh .h@
Union IN danger they poured ivT'n NIX w
GAM oa a 81 ah3 ,d Wes Virginia secede from
sion They characterized the army Of the CqIn6er.
land. and that army was IKE the hosts Of hensl ,
and Iiorsa a terror 70 friends ana foes. IN" Con,
federaies had some regiments OF similar nlaterla,,
under Iongstrcct. and my mountain guide mas toih
m. OF the terrible day when these two hordes meI
Tell Won what. president. them lonsstreet men
was fighters They had been used TO lickin every.
thing they met. and whom they struck me Army VI
tn cumberland they didn't know what had hap
reened 10 more dli We They fixed their bayonets
and chargin mp the hill We hred IN tn.iI
down hun ranks ov EN-. but they KEEP a-comin A.;
Men what Was hit the feet got on their knees and
shu, oy cm TN We'd Killed en- dead .
Ladies and gentlemen. the hrst element IN Ma
'ional greatness. ~ vgor, and when We see that
quality displayed hy people who are OF our k'nnred
And tacsc people may perform "a great a service
IN .naclng sectional lines as they did In IN" saving
Of the Union We tire OF this southern problem
which has been with rs 80 long but We ami our
fathers have expended too much upon II 20 throw
something more than the race problem II - IN"
impac, y two -rts OF dominant ideas The estranSe-
mont Of, the two htly'' 81 america Ihese noun ,
tain folk less lmhued with IN" surviving feud-
asm Of the South. and they are ready Tor Northerh
help and guidance. I'm word, ihry are Goa : re-
serve forces II has been his wA$ 10 bring tor"ard
new families. new populations. This Vermont or the
South this Switzerland OF America ~ storehous,
OF vlgor and patriotism. Touched with education.
II viii oNse. some of our undesirable foreign popu
la,iOns ard overflow the South with a new clement
Led b. Gods providence ties" Appalachian Amer,;
the log cabin to the metropolis and the capital In
the great tomorrow