New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-23
John WANAMAkER
rrsrv Stewart g. Co., Broadway Fourth Avenue

exc it on, with poor potatoes and wormy apples.
and by their fruits We shall know them laugh
teri | am going 10 a better place; have been APP
nolnted chaplair to the penicntary. whittier
go present. YOU cannot come; put ! go 10 pre-
pare a place for YOU" Great laughter)
Thor. are some of these Influences that are con-
necred With carly IL, in New England for which
canno, feel grateful 10 either tn" Pilgrim or fu-.
tan Father bat on the Sthrr hand aney haI SUI
pcrhcial traits are forgotten. and we BIO" IN rev
wonderful decds they wrought
THE GERM OF THE REPUBLIC.
TO the Pilgrim Fathers We not only owe our re-
licous freedom in this country. but we owe TO
them the germs OF our constitutional Government.
I think II Is conceded to-day by. all those who
have studied the matter that the germ Of our Re
public was in The compact entered into In inc
cabin Of the Maynower. . Mr.. Herbert Spencer.
when he in this country few years ago.
said. Wiz philosophical kcenness which has no;
been apparent on the par, of any other critic or
pendcnce Of the Pilgrims politically was happy
accident He said II was the natural consequence
expected TO land. whether we call It,. with Her
tribute 1t the rascalty Of Captain Jones, Of the
Mayhower and supp9sc that he was under me
landing where they intended to land. or whether
We shall call II Providence and believe that they
W. know MAT. instead Of landing in the northern
parts Of Virginia rs they had intended TO do they
The cogairy moi cosercd by the patent which they
the minute they set foot on shore there was no
government In existence whore they landed. They
met that cxgcncy by consulting together In the
cabin OF the Mayhowcr and drawing up that IA
Ouih. the germ Of political Republic
We are all immigrants to this country first last
Gently taken steps to restrict and regard the poo
pie that are coming to this shore. believe in hay
over TINS world only conditions Lee.
have anybody come here who is not good raw mate
rial out of which to make an American applause
am tired Of hearing the talk about the German
vote. the Italian vote. the Irish vote. the scandna-
thing but the American vote. Applause)
NEW NNGLANDERS IN GEORGIA."
Colonel Richard Malcolm Johnston. of Balti-
more. in speaking to the sentiment of Some
ew-Englanders in Georgia. said in the course
Of his remarks:
I remember well the time when the people o.
Georgia were ~ fond OF Now England achieve
TO their hearts were the Green Mountain Boys as
those who Fought and fell at Kettle Creek. when
OF all" tApplausc)
When she was prepared for It! the State OF
Georgia appealed to New England. and II is yet
wonder the number and the sort of young men
who answered 10 her call and became founders OF
our earliest academies. The Oldest OF these was in
my native village. Powelton. Here before / was
time back daughter Salem. OF Massachusetts. FOR
many years had n school OF more than hundred
and nfty youth OF both sexes In that school. be-
sides mathematics and classical studies he taught
orally what he afterward taught In textbooks that
hay" been sold hundreds OF thousands OF them.
throughout the country
have not time 10 mention others who came first
as teachers and afcrward became ustrOus Mt the
bar and on the bench. such Cone. and Warner
end Epson from Connecticut. but yet must dwell
for moment on another name from that State.
Ahram baldwin, Of the town OF Guilford, after be-
Ing graduated from Yale. was chaplain of Con-
nectlcut regiment in The War OF independence. and
at Its close accompanied General Nathaniel Greene
TO Georgia. where. with Lyman Hall another Con-
necticut man. one OF Georgias signers OF the Dee
aratlon of Independence and one OF the earle st
Of It's Governors he most prominent In the
drawing OF the Constitution Of the State. and was
It's greatest delegate to the convention that formed
the Constitution OF the United States. When he
died at his post In Washington. the people of
Georgia mourncd their most illustrious Senator and
greatest citizen. who as a law-gver. was the full
equal OF Jefferson or any other of his contempo-
raries. (Applause)
NEW ENGLAND MEN TO THE FRONT.
These are some Of the men whom New England
sent to the State OF Georgia. Their descendants
there and they remember with affection
the homes OF their forefathers. All OF them had
some part In the between the States and some
persisted on battefeds or In hospitals For like
contend for their opinions In discussion or In war
fare. when such contests were to lead to SUI
ferinR impOverishments and bloody graves. Their
survivors there to-day striving TO rehabilitate
what was shattered, and there IL much that Is pa
thetic and some that Is heroic I'm their varied ex-
periences. The temporary anger OF the war has
yielded before inevitable necessities and what they
recognize having been brought about by the VIII
Of God the God OF both sections and Of all peoples
The people of the South feel that they are again
In their fathers house along with the elders OF
their family ready TO cooperate in whatever acion
may seem promising OF good things to all since
the war they have been essayng 10 Initiate U.ess