New-York tribune., 1896-01-04


General Cochran was surgeon-genera of the staff.
and he used to tell the story of the effort made by
the younger members to break through this reserve
and bring the commander-in- chief INTO connection
ana ana sympathy with both the serious ard the
The novel method of producing this result that
proved the greatest success and then that Governor
Morris the most brilliant. audacious and best loved
back and say: Odd gentleman. how DO you like
that" Washington first astonshed. and then
q grleved expression came over his face; then he
slowly rose and with great dignity retired from
the room This was the first and last experiment
they made upon General Washington daughter
and applause)
century has accepted and nsstrates in its daily life
the importance and the uaesIof these serous ana
to It's close there is in thnhme5ropois Of the Re-
pubic long succession Orey Ners which are given
tory educational or matere OF the coun-
try 1t Is eminently fitting and proper that in the
American Revolution Our ancestors first the
unitarian, intellectual ard pa;riotc opportunities
and their wisdom in the council there would have
societies ana the organ!za:ions whose Efforts in
, ,heir several Departments 90 so mucn to nromG.e M
Nation.
PROGRESS OF THESE SOCIETIES.
AS these patriotic societies have Increased in
number and influence, they have aroused both
envy and criticism. II is said that We keep alive
the passions and the prejudices OF hundred years
ago Nothing could be further from our purpose
or more foreign to our ENDS We recall 'ne states
men and soldiers OF the Revolution mat their
Patriotism, their purity their unSelhsnneSs ana
be an Incentive and example for coming genera
tons We revive the memories OF their great deeds
shed their blood that ther childr,ns children may
to them through much Of sacrifice and of death
We search out the places which are not OF SUM.
baimed IN history. and by tablet and an moral pre-
serve the story which makes them sa, I, tnat T.,
for youth and for old age. ,
However much we may hSld up to me ngGms ioorge
III and the vainglorious egotism OF LORD North
denim the Hess.an monarch who sod ms FunJeC.s
by regiments and brisades TO nght Tor tne Ell
ment against the British or the German peoples
but VIC have for both the most cord 81 feeling o.; 9t
the fact enforce The lesson. that the American
and f the Toons o our French ally
the principles of civil and religious n5er,y Wn,cH &c
they carried back with them to the Old World an ana
planted the seeds in their several countries so ina
parliamentary instead Of despouc Germany a. !
republican instead of monarenleal ianE. & roaii, Ii
despite its monarchy and It's House of ;ords reaIE
democratic England are the fruits OF tae s,TuSS,
which heran with the Declaration OF nGependehcs
ana ended with the recognition of the Nepuohc o'
the United states. loud appause)
THE EFFECT OF AMERICAN LIBERTY
American liberty has been, more than anything
else in the nineteenth century. the motive power IN
forcing the recognition OF the Divine injunction Of
500 wears ago from Calvary. Peace on earth,
good will toward men," No couplet in our Eng
ilsh tongue has received SO much just rdicule as
the lines which have survived by Their aoSurd''!'
OF Lord John Manners
But leave US still old nobility.
The folly CT these lines is in their appl!cat'on in
such extravagant phrase. TO class which IS the
eStended to particular class for their preservation
superiority fail in the end 70 accolapnsh 'lest
stan,iy by fresh and new blood from the people II
becomes emlnate ana rorr"p ~ Is tf 1b hey
hold their own and keep their place IN the front
sns ws IN or eyS Wheh S not
properly Of eyeIybcdy oAPpa9s dongirv rgi W'' frea
from preiudices against foreigners they have wei
SOd % fHsez Ssr Szzehhp e f" and A Virgin for
ests and public lands the peoples OF every race ana
entail cash generation has been compelled TO take
its chances with ihe newly arriyed mmis,ant nm and
in the Nation. This healthy process and the spur
nrise and The indomi;abie courage Of the original
stock 1t is the most enerprsins OF the peoples pp o.
new states but Il is in these new States that
And the largest ana most successful societies of
the Sons Of tie American Revolution. (Appiause)
GOOD OLD STOCK.
The descendants Of the 100000 of people who
fought the Revolutionary War TO a triumphant issue
number about 100000 of the 7Ooco.coO Of the
population Of the United States and yet the
descendants OF those 100000 foremost in every
position which illustrates the dignity and the power
and the Development OF the country The Presi-
dent OF the United States is of Colonial stock 20
are most II not all Of the members Of MS Cabinet;
OF the world the Supreme Court OF the United
so Is the OF our Of own @ sae s covea a
ment compelled an uprising OF the people to rescue
descendant OF the same old Most of great
orators are. and have always been. descended from
wholly from the pens Of those whose forefathers
were in ths country WIN b gnEer
side eight-tenhc of the presidents Of banks and
so to the great railroads. which represent so much
OF the capital and employment and energy OF the
biits go back to the Colonial period The presiden;
o. he the central fsoaS nas M no w pTe
dent of the Pennsylvania system lives in the house
same n ns Of eight Or G nine to to Of Colonial origin
would follow through the executive officers OF all
panies Of the United States. applause
tory as tbe most con.picuous leaders in war and in
statesmanship in our country Of this generation
colonai Fi and Re l ancestry ppaus
Years have meIowed. ripensd ana cultured me ora
energy and power
FUNDAMENTALLY MEN OF PEACE.
II was the popularity OF the fathers OF the ReTo-
lu,ion that they were mon Of peace They exhausted
every effort to their rights before submitting
them to the arbitramsnt Of war. They recognized
that of all lands in the word none could be so
much benefited by the blessings Of peace their
country They that in ITS settlement and
siorons future. peacs was the factor for the sue,
cess. Peace ALWAYS with honor peace always with
the preservation Of the integrity OF the territories
OF the Nation and tho purity OF the institutions II
the Republic. (App.ause) No statesman more thor
ough.y sympathzed with the feeling following the
Revolutionary War against Great Britain than Cen
era Washington No statesman felt profounder
gratitude TO France for the assistance which she
had given or warmer desire TO assist her In
the solving OF her problems and the protection Of
her interests, IL the patriotism and the
frmness Of the Father Of his Country witch alone
saved us during his Adm 'nstration from n d.sas-
trous war with Great Britain in behalf of France:
which alone kept US from being embrolled IN the
wars which beggarcd EurOpe and left the legacy Of
debt that has caused UrtO.d missries to its peopc
for a century which alone brought about ard
cured for 100 years ago that bene0cent OF
JAWS which puf first among the principles Of in
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