New-York tribune., 1897-12-23
WHAT SENATOR HOAR SAYS.

We" He shares Sag It with tie others.
WHAT SENATOR HOAR SAYS.
A.. ,o.,,.r ,ben introduced Senator Hoar Of
,,a.s.o,veetts who had been so instrumental in
oh,a,r,ro Tho return of the bradford Manu-
1T. A. the venerable Senator arose every
.,o..o,, IN tho room stood up. Speaking upon the
.,h,oo. a, .The Bradford Manuscript and It's
Gracious Return" he said:
have been asked a good meny times IN years
o,a by n attend these dinners ana those ot yo"i
Lindred society in Brooklyn. nave al"aEs i'"u
GOOD honest reasons. growing out OF puohc uuHes'
rhv couh not accept. But, after all think 'he
,xa,,,Da reason was this: I account myself the
oret or,er-dinner speaker on this continent NOW
q "a great honor and distinction to De invited 10
q dinner Of this society. When oechheu 'no III
v,at,on had the honor indeed. II was quite he'y
that II would be repeated. and az the saihe uiu
90, orY without being detected But this year the
suee+ and innocent lures OF Mr.. Beaman nave
caught the wary bird and suppose shall never
no Invited TO dine with the New England society
again. Q.aughter)
The president asks me to say something aoou'
the return Of the Bradford manuscript Ihere Is
little 10 be said that you do not already know Inc
Bradford manuscript has been placed. ny order OF
Governor Wolcott the lineal and most worthy sue
cessor Of william Bradford in the archives OF the
State House at Boston. there to abide until the
children of the Pilgrims are unworthy TO keep IT.;
or, what hope and believe 10 ne the Same '"i"s'
until time shall be no more.
II Is the most precious manuscript on earth. un-
less we could recover the text OF OF the Gospels
as written by the pen Of the evangelist. DO not
think Of any other single object OF human posses
sion so precious TO the children OF New England.
or unless possibly were except very Few OF the
great paintings and statues. to the world The
story of the successful attempt to get 1t back. after
MANY failures is suppose. familiar TO al OF the
gentlemen who sit about this table. We were fort-
unate that Mr.. Bayard. the representative not so
much Of the diplomacy as OF the goodwin or the
American people at the Court Of ST James hap
pened then TO be in London and TO contribute his
great influence TO the result. After all. our graft
tude is chiefly due 10 the two lustrtous prelates.
Bishop Temple now Archbishop OF Canterbury.
and his successor OF London. tho present Bishop
Creighton. II want any better testimony that
the spirit OF the Pilgrims has become for us the
spirit OF the age and Is pcryading the English
speaking world 1. is TO be found In the fact that
while John Milton said that our Pilgrim Fathers
fled from the fury OF the bishops" this great act
Of international kindness has been accomplished by
the successor OF Archbishop Laud and the sue
Of Bonner and Bancroft.
WHAT THE PURITANs DID.
This society tonight celebrates the memory OF
the Pilgrims on the anniversary OF the day when
they came ashore at Plymouth. We not. at this
moment. doing honor TO Purtanism We will stand
by. will defend against any antagonist. on any
| fitting occasion. the name and fame OF our Puritan
forefa thers--planters OF States. builders OF con-
stitutons and preservers OF English free
dom: who found the English House OF Commons
the feeble and timid instrument Of despotlsm little
more than the register OF the Kings command. and
left II the main depository OF the national dignity
apd the national wil-the strongest freest. most
venerable legislative body the world had ever seen
who brought TO the bar and the block King and
minister and prelate who stood In their way: who
! ed hal I'd N x la nd
In one hemisphere. and made the great name OF Old
England terrible by and land on the other.
[Appause)
But we are thinking tonight OF the Pilgrim. the
consummate flower the swee; and gentle and fra
grant Mayfower OF history. He is as different
from the Puritan as a Hebrew prophet from 81.
John II Is not unnatural uncommon to fnd such
diversites among men OF the same nation. or Of tho
same generation. or Of tho same faith. Indeed. We
do no: always remember how many men. near
kindred In spirit to our Pilgrim Fathers. even in
that generation OF bigotry and persecution they
left behind them IN the Church OF England Tho
difference between John Endicott and Nathaniel
Ward and Cotton Mather. on one side and william
Bradford and John Robinson or Roger Williams. on
the other, is not greater than that which separates
or and Henry Vaughn and George Herbert and
his friends. whose lives isaak Walton wrote.
where
with mostened eye
We read OF Faith and purest Charity.
! FELLOWS OF THE PILGRIM FATHERS.
| These men were kept IN the Church OF England
by the venerable traditions in which they had been
bred as well by their love OF order, OF art and
! architecture and music. sentiments TO which she
| has always so well known how to minister. 1t is
| not strange. John Winthrop has left on record. in
nat cry OF the heart, the farewell letter TO the
/ Massachusetts, Company, how terrible even TO him
ana his stern companions was the parting from
! that dear mother, the Church OF England from
whence we rise. ever acknowledging that such
! hope and part have obtained In the common
/ sucked from her breasts" There were many
men OF that time. whom our Pligllm FATHERS efi
1 behind In the Church OF England. whom that
Church to-day rcveres her saints and lights who
/ were OF the near spiritual kindred OF John Robin.
! son and William Bradford George Herbert was
born in l5ss when Peter hIkey was three ysaGs
that so much disturbed the censor
Rc,igon stands a-tiptoe in land.
Ready 10 pass to the American strand
In Is32 the very year Peter Bulkey silonced by
/ Iaud for onformity. and was gathering his
Later 1t seems almost as If Herbert Were yearning
for their company. The year after, the year OF IN,
founding Of ia ward. Jeremy Taylor won his fel
still obey the well counsel OF John Robinson
as reported by Winslow. II is the Pilgrims dec
thc worlds declaration Of religious Independence!
I'VE are, iong to part asunder. and the Lord
again But whether the Lord had appointed 1t o
not, he charged as before God and His blessed
slg bist and II God should revea anything to us bS
any other instrument OF his. to be as ready to re-
ceive II we were to receive any truth by his
ministry. for he was very confident the Lord had
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