New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-23
THE REVOLUTIONARY HAT.

At the close Of the dinner proper W. A. Hamilton,
a great gra ndson Of Alexander Hamilton, presented
TO President Talma1ge the Revolutionary hat, mod
elled after the famous one worn by Mad Anthony
Wayne. saying that the head that wore such
crown could not lie uneasy.
President Tallmadge responded gracefully in ac-
ceptng anew the emblem Of his office and then
proceeded TO Introduce Spencer Clinton, OF Buffalo
who responded TO the toast "Washington's Fare
well Address and Is Timely Warninge."
Charles y. Hubbell. School Commissioner. spoke to
the toast THE Little Red School House Of Revou-
tionary Days" Mr. Hubbe spoke in par, as
follows:
| shall use the red schoolhorsc in the generic
sense and include in It the educational forces tha,
preceded and accompanied the devc.opment Of the
Revolutionary spirit In those days the preacher
and pedagoguc were found in the same person
oftentmes and the thunderlngs OF Ii, pupits
OF Yale and Princeton and Harvard were echoed
from schoolhouse to schoolhouse from the White
Hills OF New- Hampshire 10 the Blue Ridge Of VIZ
elnia until the youth OF the country were fired
with an enthusiasm that added Il the
luton Then the geogra phical doctrine was pro-
muzated that the boundary line between America
and England must thenceforth be a watery line In
the Atlantic Ocean. and that England must ever
remain TO the eastward Of it-and she Will. and in
a peace firm that no forces can ever break it,
and this in spite OF the Jingo dervishes who are
shreking and dancing for another war There can
be no war between these nations. because e1uca-
ton Christianity and civilization have made IT
ItShod the great seal OF the United States as it
was adopted in 1881: The figure is the American
caQ,e-glOrous bird OF FIRE .1On-On whose breast Is
Inc cscutchcon bearing the stars and bars we love
so well; in his dexter talon-mark you. dexter-s
c!asped the olive branch of genie peace 80 silence
enyious tongues II is in his sinister talon mat
arc cuiched the thirteen arrows OF angry war.
rea1y for the conflict when defence seems neces-
sory Is this not significant? This very nizAi In
Phiiodelphia in the very pace where that sem
was adopted Sons OF the Revocation are gathered
sor The purpose Of Gevising means that VIII Tor
ever make war with this country Impossible
The tr;liy patriotic American IN whose veins
corrses the blood Of heroes who fought IN every war
from the Colonial struggles down 10 the awful
norH,ct OF The sixties Is not yet ready 10 subsi-
tvte for the bird the who.c world admires. the
inc hancock with Paffs on both feet and en-
n,,,a ton 10 battle streaming from his beak John
j. sullivan had upon his visiting caro-, Bar nom,
i:,clc sam does not need it, The nations o! me
e.rth concede IT, II single National right - m,
vsded The old American Revolutionary spirit VIII
stu he found 10 be part Of u ana IS II we vey
air we breathe. The o'd patrot.n Is e 81" 49,
o. orr vouneest children with Their irst Ic.soIls
in the primary schools and the sons ana dansn ~,
80 ,he foreien-born citizen learn the hngu ise thtr
Ta,bars know not in the beautfu sAlu'e /" '"e
flag. ,,o,ca N my nag and the Rcpub-
a., ,op which ii stands; one Nation indvisp'e WIN
Np %T w ni hear in nearly every public schooi Of