The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-22


axe and arrow-pont of the red-man; the
ancient homes of the fathers are slowly
tumblng down and soon there will be lit
tie but the bIaCkening stones i'm the grave
yards on the hills to point to the records
of the past. But moment removed from
the rush and roar of the busy streets of
Boston there rest i'm the silent halls Of
death the Bradfords and Dudlcys, the
WinthrOps and Endcottes of the Old COL
Ony, but their memory lives and Will i've
i'm the hearts of their descendants until
time shall be no more.
During the shifting scenes of years
which have followed. however. the New
England spirit has lost none of its force
and when the clouds of war have how
cred over us IL has been the natural sc~
Quencc that New England men have been
the first to stand for God and home and
native land. Who was II but the men OF
Boston who prepared the first afternoon
tea i'm the cause of iberty?-thc harbor
for cup pouring the grains from Brlt-
ish canister and sleeping 1t all with the
fire of patriotism. Wien Major Pitcairn,
on that misty morning in Aprii, stirred
his punch with his finger in the ola Mon
zoe tavern at Lexington, and vowed that
before night he'd stir the Yankee blood
in like manner, he little thought that
the country Yankees, av! among them my
own ancestral grandfather would before
dusk
THE FATEFUL DAY.
"Givc them bah for bali
From behind each fence and farm-ydrd
wall
ana chase his red coats down the lane,
that
by tn" rude bridge which arched the
flood"
the embattled farmers of concord would
on that fateful day fire the shot heard
round the world. 1t was the New Eng
land Yankee spirit which inspired Ethan
Allen to stand as rock for his loved
Green MoutJins and to shout in the ear
of the frightened pciIplaCc his demand
for instant surrender, 1t spoke through
brave John stark at Bennington when he
declared that before night he would have
the rCd-Coats or Molly would be "A widow;
1t came trCm Prescott. at Bunker HUI,
when he told his men to keep their fire
until trey could see the whites of the
enemies eyes; il was IN the remark OF
tn" patriotic old Quaker, stephen Hop
kiuS of Providence, when he trCmblinE-
ly SIGNED the immortal Declaration Of In
dependcnce saying as JOnn Adams offered
10 sign his ncmC for him. "NO, sir, !
will not have another hung for signing
for me. John Bun will find that il my
hand trombles my heart is firm" Han
cock and Adams and Otis thundered Tor
IT, Putnam and Glover and Lincoln fought
for II II was i'm the heart of Lawrence
when he sailed out Of HCston on the ChCg-
upcnke TO meet the shannon and dying
To- demand of his men mot to give VI the
ship"
came in the nerilous davs of 81, when
grand Old Governor Andrew, of Massa
cnusrtts, called for men. who was it hut
the boys of Lynn and Lowell, and Read
ing and StOneham, my own friends ana
nCiEhbors. who RESPONDED ON the instant
and formed the famous sixth Massachu-
settS which pushed its way through Bal
tmure and shed the first blood in that
memorable contest? And from thou
sand hill-tDpS of dear old New England.
where the first rays of the rising sun
greet them i'm the morning and where the
last lingering beams cast their shadows
at night ther" rest the thousands OF brave
boys who went out, not to reason why,
but simply To do and die. Ay! ANA later.
when year ago the nation was threat
cncd with the danger or untriCd measures
and unsound schemes and The country
seemed in imminent peril, from the for
eStS and streams of Maine, from the rock
ribbed hills of New Hampshire from the
grand old Green Mountains OF the north,
from whore the encircling sands of the
cape reach out 20 meet the silVcry sea.
to the lofty pirnaCles of our own Berk-
whore the majestic father of waters of
New England sweeps through the plains
of Connecticut there went up AN answer
of $4,000 for national honor, integrity ana
sound money.
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NEW ENGLAND Spirit
But although sweet peace nath settled
down upon our belivod country we still
have need of the same New England
spirit which has brought us down ma
tiOn of prosperity and happiness. Thdt
eternal vigilance which is the price of
success reminds us that there turks with
in our midst the dangerous venom which,
unless checked, will | fear me much,
pcrmcate every vein of our beloved Coun-
try. True We offer READY asylum for the
oppressed the down trodden and the
honest immigrant who seeks our shores
to become "A man among us. but the time
has come and is past when the flood tide
gates of immigration should be closed.
For years the uutcast, the pauper. the
criminal and the anarchist have been
pouring i'm upon us unit, We have come
to our senses and begun to realize tnat
self-Dreseryatiou is the first law of ma
ure. In the last congress 1t was a New
England boy. the grandson of Jefferson's
secretary of the navy. our Junior United
States senator, the gifted. brilliant Henry
Cabot Lodge. Of Massachusetts, who
couragcously pushed through his famous
Immigration bin. only 10 see il meet the
veto Cf him who has departed, shed not
a tear, But true to his New England
spirit ne has again placed ii upon the
calendar and it will again meet with the
approval of the representatives. of the
people and later will receive the sigma
ture OF the citizen. the solder. the pa
triot. the typical American. William Nc
Kinlry. and with the help Of your dis
tinguishcd townaman. the commissioner