New-York tribune., 1900-12-01


aehieyements in Literature Art and all the hu-
II has done similar If not equal work in Australia,
so,,h n ihdia- in Egypt il the Malay Peninsula In
where il has carried the principles of civil liberty
IT has done this with practicsi sense that could
not be blinded by any distractions, however gilt
Of their while notorousy unfit for it, and still
ican Congress But Wherever II carried its flags
there also II carried safety the person. safety to
ily and freedom in the worship of God. Are these
small & BENEFITS ; TO the dark places G Of thf esI1n
race has done and is doing all this at the point OF
done il very often, the muzzle Of the pioneers
al nat Are ess r We're SeTo. DHg Of onrs Sn
subdued nature and fought wild beasts and wild
Meigs to be stigmatized or beiittied by their own
descendants? Are even the men who rediscovered
The empire Of the PsGc and deye2Ped b the .aS 6SckE g
the world and Guickened the pace Of every worthy
advance in civilization, to be arraigned as false 70
humanity? II 80 the principles of our Government
md the rights Of humanity would have stood very
progress in which the world rejoices il the men
who framed the Government had only understood
I too, Mr.. Chairman. have had my dream am
speaking people united under any sort OF com ON
mon government. federated or otherwise, ana rul-
ing the world in the twentieth century as Rome
ruled It in the first.
What do is a great family Of English
speaki1g nations circling the globe not II 1t can be
avoided, with cannon fire and bayonet charges but
ordered liberty. They must forever be competitors
but With these true sfn maxms Of The EnglshsPea
nd S rae ,1 as their IA ana er gt nrod
array no hostility 10 each other or to otner races;
yersal peace and only the primacy that belongs to
brain and blood and COINCIDENCE and that means
progress Of e5Sip the World VI ID '''''S'''"
The Rev. DIR. Francis L. Patton. president OF
Princeton University. delivered scholarly address
on the Literature Of Scotland ranging over many
of the great names in poetry. fiction. history meta
physics and theology and making many acute criti-
cisms. Once, he remarked, il the fashion Of
some people TO speak dispara gingly of Sir Waiter
Scott but pr. Patton said he would rather see
those tales Of love and battle read than the neu-
rotic erotc and tommyrotic novels Of to-day
WHAT EX-sPEAKER REED SAID.
When ex-Speaker Thomas B. Reed rose TO re-
spond next to the chairman's invitation he was re-
ceived with the greatest cordiality. His address in
the early part marked by pointed and good
humored witticisms upon the Scotch character
while subsequently he spoke IN eloquent commenda-
tion of the national traits of the Scottish people
Mr.. Reed said:
thank you very much for your cordial greeting,
and hope you will bear with me since ] have
no. speSca WlIICh Is %orIny 0L Eout .t b u
Of my namesake. expressing my personal hope
it viii be because the pTincpies Of the United
States have permeated England. rather than be
the United States
I see I am selected TO respond to the toast OF
The American in Scotland Unfortunately Mr..
Carnegie did not have the last revised proof Of
respond TO the toast of the American out of Scot
land When saw Mr. Carnegie last he was con-
man and Wherever You Meet Him said. IF I
am going 10 undertake such task that the best
thing | can do is TO find out something about the
subject and after the manner OF political people
6 6 sep p6SuS he an o H P b am q inn
martial I selected a French
all about your ancestors l cannot. Ike DR. Mac
kay. speak your language. and will have TO com
muncate with you through the imperfect medium
Of the English. Nevertheless. / shall tell you
cestors which you do not know l find them to
have been a pretty wild and a pretty savage race
They not content merely with fighting with
each other-which might have been a public bless
ing-but they proceeded TO sally forth and take
away the property of the Lowlanders as well as
each others property.
tian culture they wore phillibag (which is an
ARRANGEMENT that comes down to the knees and
man said yy! Were half trousers and and were concealed
oy th Pn6ag am s0TrX 5hat goP rs 6
given rise the injurious suspicion that they did
med p1 br the lines Of h fno scoch IS poe Thomas
Lord Erskine. the famous Scotchman, who said of
another Scotchman who had come TO London:
James Allan Park came naked stark
From Scotland:
Now he wears clothes and lives with the beaux
In England
POWERFUL TENDENCY TOWARD MIGRA-
One virtue the Scotchman has, like the inha bi-
tants Of the State of Maine, is that of powerful
tendency toward migration Now see before me
a lot Of perfectly respectable looking gentlemen
Your pantaloons cover your boots, you are bank
eTs manufacturers and rich people. and you owe it
10 your power Of getting away from Scotland, but
you carry your traits with you. Why. MIR. Carne-
gle sent me copy of some of mis- speeches that he
had made, about dozen in number. and he made
me think In each one OF them OF the Scotchman
who came 10 London and had not been there five
b io cI5rted 5,ir ,rtIes m patron has csIe
orated your literature, and would Ike to add TO
il that that somebody TO whom he referred
and who says that Carlysle has passed away. am
that that somebody has ever come on.
His wonderful power will not pass away for he
and the manly. He said his say in this world. and
that is something worth while. 4 man afford
10 die if he can do that. You have given the
tenderest poet Of any language. and il Is only
Carlyle who could say that Burns little
T2aitrf1saI fountain To me he is A great river
reaching from the Firth OF Forth. filing the
waters OF all the oceans that lap all the shores of
the world You have given us the greatest judge
that administered law in English courts.
don't care so much for Lord MansfeIds fame as a
etsteeTan Tor his ability as an orator hut !
day for the sound. sober Scotch sense which led
him 10 ind out what business doing and help
il instead of finding out what business was doing
and trying 10 stop it.
SCOTLAND FOREVER"
You gave Us the greatest advocate that ever was
stood often before picture that stirs the imagina
tion, a picture of gray horses with men on them
Scotland Forever" | have all respect for the
military fame and glory of Scotland but don't
done so much and well that will make Scotland
forever IT IS the Scottish persistence. dourness.
tRtSs'''|' e7eT. ma SDi'esS 'na' vi" MAKE 'o'''"' i0r
Bishop Potter's name was not upon the list Of
speakers which had been prepared. but it was
inevitable that he should be called upon address
tie gathering. When ne do there was
repetition Of the enthusiasm which had marked