The Tucson citizen., 1902-02-15
THE PILGRIM FATHERS.

grim Club Is composed of New Eng
landers and Senator Hoar presided at
the meeting to which we refer The
general trend of the oratory was re-
Providence had made New England
ers superior to other men. TWO hun
dred and eighty-one years ago and a
little over the Pilgrim fathers landed
at Plymouth Rock. said their prayers
devoutly and proceeded promptly to
rob the aborigines. The Unlted States
would doubtless never have grown
into the great nation 1t now is If the
Pilgrims had remained on the other
side of the Atlantic. But that Is inn
material. The Pilgrims came, and to-
day there are millions of Americans
who claim direct descent from them.
proving beyond question that if these
claims are we'll founded the Puritans
were a marvelously prolific race. The
very superior gentlemen who belong to
the Pilgrims Club of Washington are
convinced that each had an ancestor
among the Mayflower's cabin pas
sengers. Hence their pride In them
selves, their contention that they are
the salt of the earth" and that the
rest of mankind are made OF an in
ferior article OF clay.
Among the guests of the Wash ing
ton Pilgrims was Mr.. WI Nng-fang.
the Chinese minister. and of course.
he made a speech. 1t must he a very
dry dinner. when WI can't be in
duced to speak, and let 1t be said, he
always speaks well. In his address
last Saturday night, Mr.Wu delicately
minated that the New Englander.
despite the fact that he towers above
the rest of humanity in intellect and
morality. might sometimes. in COM
ing in contact with people of other
nations. pick up one or two good points
from them" or course. the eminent
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New Enelqnders never admit that they
have anything to learn, The inferior
races" which inhabit all Of the globe
except the northeastern corner of the
United States. would be guilty of in
tolerable insoence If they were to
presume to teach New England any
thing 1t is highly probable, therefore
that the Chinese diplomats unfortu-
nate suggestion will make him per-
soma non grata in the land Of the
Sacred Goldfish and the wooden nut
meg. 1t is true Minister Wu's ancestors
a thousand years ago were enjoying
a high type of civilization. while the
forefathers of the Pilgrims could not
have been introduced into what we
now term exclusive society. For this
reason Mr. WI might be pardoned.
during a feast of reason and the flow
of soul. for insinuating that the New
Englanders are not the only people
who have ancestors that were highly
endowed by Providence. In any other
but New England gathering such an
amiable blunder would he condoned.
The descendants of the Pilgrims. how
ever, will never forgive Mr.. WI. They
know by indsputable revelation that
the Tribe of Worthy and Honorable
Ancestors did not exist until the Puri-
tan Fathers were specially created by
Providence to land at Plymouth Rock
and confer everlasting distinction up
on New England Minister Wu can
never make a satisfactory explanation
of his unjustifable attack upon New
England's supremacy in ancestry. He
may not be recalled to China. but he
will always be regarded with disfavor
by the Sacred Goldfish.
The Chinese diplomats blunder was
not the only Earring note at the Wash
ington gathering. A rude Californian.
with a boisterous sense OF humor,
shocked the elect by the statement that
while he was not a New Englander he
had the proud consciousness of having
sprung from Connecticut. Il sprang."
he added. las soon as got enough car
fare to take me ont of the State" This
was a gross abuse of New England
hospitality Everybody knows that
from the land Of the Pilgrim Fathers.
whose institutions are so perfect that
even the angels cannot rival them,
there is never any emigration OF the
natives. except under compulsion.
For how can the New Highlander be
happy anywhere except on his own
sacred soil? The civilization of other
parts OF the United States IL too coarse
and crude for his cultured and refined
nature. New York Is mere sham and