The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-10-15
TO THE REGICIDES MEMORY
4 BRONZE TABLET NOW MARKS
 JUDGES CAVE.

1t is the Gift of the Connecticut Branch of the Society of Colonial wars-The Park Commissioners Accepted on Behalf of the city-Charles Dudley warner's Ad dress.
 The Society of Colonial Wars, through it's governor, James Goodwin of Hartford, presented yesterday after noon to the park commissioners for the city of New Haven the bronze tablet which the society had caused to be placed upon one of the rocks at Judges Cave, the traditional refuge of the reg-' icides Whalley and Goffe. The exer- cises at the Cave were of an informal character, at which the park commits sioners, the selectmen and members of the society were present, The formal exercises were held in the Historical society building on Grove street, where Charles Dudley Warner delivered an oration on the "Regicides."
 At o'clock four carriages left the Quinnipiac club, containing Mayor Hendrick, Judge Simeon E. Baldwin. Henry T. Blake, William w. Farnam, General E. F.. Bradley, Henry F. Eng fish, Charles Dudley Warner, the ora- tor of the day; James Goodwin, gover- nor of the Connecticut branch of the Society of the Colonial Wars; l.. D. Brewster of Danbury, Rodman V. Beach, Eli Whitney and Charles H. Trowbridge. Town Agent Baldwin and Selectmen Farren, Ludington, Stahl and Cunningham met the party at the Springside home and proceeded to the Cave, where the presentation was made. MT. Goodwin said:
 MT. Mayor and Gentlemen of the Park Comnission-It- is the purpose of the Society of Colonial Wars to mark the historical places of our state with permanent memorial tablets. When its officers looked about them for these historic spots one of the first that sug- gested itself to their consideration was the Judges Cave, known as the home of Whalley and Goffe In behalf of the society I present to you this tablet
 Mayor Hendrick called upon Judge Simeon E. Baldwin to respond for the park commissioners. He said:
 "Gentlemen-As vice president of the park commission and in behalf of the city, take pleasure in accepting this memorial tablet which marks the spot reputed to be the home for some time of Whalley and Goffe. It was in that Cave where, tradition says, these two men hid from their pursuers. It was at it's mouth that they saw the flaming eyes of the wolf We do well to re- member these traditions and keep them ever bright in our minds. In behalf of the city and town of New Haven, we, the park commissioners, accept this gift with thanks"
 The tablet placed on the rock at Judges Cave Is of bronze, 41x42 inches in size At the top it bears the scroll of the Society of Colonial Wars. The inscription is: Here. May 15. 1861 and for some time afterward, Edward Whalley and his sson-in-law, William Goffe members of parliament and gen. eral officers in the army of Cromwell, and signers of the death warrant of King Charles l., found shelter and con- cealmert from the officers of the crown after the restoration
 ssOpposition to tyrants is obedience to God"
 At 4 o'clock there was a large audi ence present in the lecture room of the Historical society's building to hear Charles Dudley Warner's paper on "The Regicides.
 Judge Simeon E. Baldwin, president of the Historical society, introduced Governor James J. Goodwin of the So- eiety of Colonial Wars as president of the meeting, and the latter gentleman introduced MT. Warner as the speaker of the occasion. MT. Warner read the following paper:
 Upon the Connecticut Society of Col onial Wars has fallen the duty of set ting up memorial tablet at the Judges Cave at West Rock, New Ha- ven. The reasons for this action are found in the constitution and principles of the society as a patriotic society.
 "One of it's chief objects is to culti- vate the historic consciousness of the republic by studying and elucidatins our colonial era, by tracing the infiu- ence which made us a nation by hon. bring the men and by marking with en, QuIlHS NlAC pldCCS cnI events which are significant in oul colonial era.
 ''The exile of Goffe and Whalley was one of the most picturesque and legend creating events in our country in the seventeenth century, and was attended by popular sympathy with the prin- ciple of resistance to tyrannical and ir. responsible monarchy and because from the restoration down to this year o1 grace their names have been held ir obloquy and contempt in the land tc which their effort largely contributed tc give free and parliamentary govern ment.
 Tt is time that their names were publicly honored Tn New England.
 History agrees in the part they en- acted in the death of King Charles I and we get valuable material regarding their exile in this country from the history of Governor Hutchinson o1 Massachusetts, who had the diary ot Goffe in his possession. These valuable papers were destroyed at the time ot the Stamp act riot.
 ''The regicide judge, Richard Goffe was a staunch Puritan soldier an6 leader in the revolution. He arose tt be major general in Cromwells army and later sat in parliament. He stood by Captain White when Cromwell