The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-01-21

| fender of the colonists. immortaIized by Long
fellow in classic verse and by painter and sculp.
tor in enduring art; the rising slopes, sacred IN
| history and tradition: and the beautiful harboE
itself, all combine to make Plymouth unique IN
American history.
In the cabin of the May flower. Nov. II, Old
Style or Nov. q. New Style. 1920, the Ply
| mouth coionists formally signed the following
compact:
ain the name of God amen: We. whose names
are underwritten, the loyal subjects OF our creaa
soveragHe, Lord King James by the grace OF
God of Britain Franc SQd Ireland King. de.
| fender of the faith &C., haveng undertaken
for the glory of God and Advancement OF the
Christian faith and honor of our king and
| countrie a voyage to plant the first colonie IN
| the Norihern parts of Virginia. doe by these
presents solemnly and mutually, in the pres
! ence of God and one another, covenant and
| combine ourselves together into civile body
| poitick, for our better ordering and preserva-
tion and futherance OF the ends aforesaid; and
by yertue hereof to enacte constitute, and frame
such inst and equal laws. ordinances, acts ana
constitutions and of, ces from time to time as
shall bc thought most meete and convenient for
the general good OF the colonie unto which we
premise all due submission and obedience. In
witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed
our names at Cape Cod the IL of November, in
the year of the ragne of our soveraigne lord,
King James of England Franc and ireland the
eighteenth aud of Scotland the fifty. fourth,
No Dom 1920"
One hundred and fifteen names were ap-
| pended 10 this declaration of aims and objects,
and before the Winter was over half of the de-
voted band had persisted Of cold and hunger and
found their asylum from oppression On Coles
| Hill.
narrator of the period writing in March,
1921. says: "0f hundred persons scarce fifty
remaining. the living able to bury the
dead the well not sufficient to tend the sick,
there being ia their time of great distress but
six or seven who spare 10 pains to help them"
But the Pilgrims who landed in 1920 on the
historic rock aud survived the periis of that
awful Winter proved themselves, indeed, the
vauguards of true Christian faith, and, to their
credit be it said never dabbled their escutcheoa
with the blood of heretcs, dissenters, or
witches. IL was among them that Roger Will
lams found his first asylum when driven from
Salem for asserting religious liberation.
Burial Ground. ust above the town square,
overiooks the bay and the sea. Marble tab
lets mark the site of the watch-tower, or In
dian outlook, and the old fort The monument
erected TO Gov. Bradford, the first Colonial
Magistrate in 1925, with an indecipherable
Hebrew text and Latin inscription. which,
translated, reads, Do not basely surrender or
relingush what the fathers with difficulty at
tanned" is conspicuous landmark. and around
it are grouped the graves of numerous decend-
/ ants.
Among the Oldest stones are those dating hack
to 1851 and 1853. ALI the original stones bearing
dates of the 18th century were imported from
! England They are fat and arcbcd over at
/ the top, the favotte symbol being the head OF
q cherub with outspread wings. Every in
scription begins: " Here lyes ye body" ETC.
! An odd inscription is found on a stone of later
| date, reading: I'VE knew he was most rare
| boy; God knows what lie might have been"
! A memorial stone commentaries Rev. Adoni-
ram Judson. the celebrated missionary to
| Burmab, and native of Plymouth, whose body
was committed to the ocean on his return
| passage.
The National Monument to the Forcfathers
| buiit by the Pilgrim Society, is imposing
work Of art, rising TO the hight Of 81 feet from
| the ground TO the top of the head of the statue
that surmounts it. The principal pedestal is
| in the form OF an octagon with four small and
four large faces. From the faces project four
buttresses or winged pedestas.
The main pedestal is surmouted by the figure
/ of Faith, represented by a beautiful woman
one foot resting upon forefathers rock ia her
| left hand is a Bible. while the right hand, up.
| lifted, points TO Heaven.
On each Of hle four smaller or winged pedes-
| tails is a seated figure cmblematic OF the prnci-
pies upon which the Pilgrims founded their
| Commonwealth. Morality is seated on one,
holding the Decalog, and in the right scroll
| of Revelation. On another is seated Law, with
Justice on one side of her and Mercy on the
other. On the third is Education. flanked on
one eide by Wisdom and on the other by Youth
led by Experience. The fourth figure is Free
dom. Peace resting under her protection on
| one hand Tyranny overthrown on the other.
Alto-reliefs upon the faces of the projecting
! pedestals represent scenes from the history of
| the Pilgrims-thc departure from Delft Haven !;
| the Signing OF the Compact; the Landing at
Plymouth, and the First Treaty with the
| Indians. Inscriptions are upon the panels and
the names OF those who came over in the May
| flower.
LOYAL HOME WORKERS.
L-H.w. BULLETIN NO. 40.
ST. LOUIS. Jan. q, 1897.
Applications: =. II. Howard f. L. Lawrentz
Mrs. +. L. LawTeniz OF Philadelphia, Pa,
sECRETARY's NOTES.
do not believe that the East is doing all
that il can do If a proper effort is made The
| following committee is hereby appointed as a
steering committee to devise ways and means
TO promote greater interest aud a stronger
| effort to increase the membership of the East.
| They viii communicate with the Chairman.
| and make their own plans TO further the object
of this committee. The committee will from
time to time report to the Secretary of the
| L.H.W.:
| Chas- L. Randall, Fredonia. N. Y; b. Warne,
! Hargrove. Browns Mills. n. j.; Loui Stockton
| Philadelphia: Mrs. Matte T. Gammons, Proyi.
dence, L. l., and Lenora Rivers. Bristol, VT.
DUES 1897.
| desire again 20 urge all who have not paid
up for 1897. to do SO early as possible All
members whose year expired Dec. 81, 1896, will
be suspended IL dues are not paid before April
| ], 1897, and no other than this notice will be
| given. The December receipts from fees and
dues were double those of December, 1895
Let january show as good record. Let each
member pay his own dues and then get in some
new members. This is the way to strengthen
the L.H.W
The larger the membership. the more effect.
i've our work, aud the larger tue funds will be
| with which 10 do something BE enerpe,i.
Americans Any member can obtain at Ieas,
one application.
Respectfully,
AMOS /. SEAMAN. Secretary.
| SING OUT YOUR LOYALTY
DEAR L.H.W.: Mr.. Gogaru's splendid motion
OF Dec. IL, seconded by Miss Eliot places GU,
noble 49, All in such light that there canno,
be The least doubt rs to the mission of each.
| Each one who sends his name TO be placed on
the roll becomes. not merely a Conversationist
| but II ONE Worker pledged to shine rs such