New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-23

the conclusion of audience like tnis' or ths
faith CT an audience like this. You nave sesn
no occasion your fathers have seen no occasion,
i'm which in the end the sober second thous,
of the American people did, not assert ilssI..
You will not doubt that somehow IN soins
time these dangers too viii he successluIy ';
But neither will you doubt that VIZ, S
refuse to sift immigration, II we sun t1
fuse TO require from newcomers SOME ill'eIi
gence and some character and THRIFT before We
ask them to help conduct our own BONSi,,tt
ment; If neglect to hinder the plans oI Po oh
ticians for gathering in new states III eie
American Union from the Caribbean sea, Iioit'
the Chinese Sea or from Folyhesa' II w -
fuse to protect individual initiative ana ltIi 20
keep white labor free at homie II we Persi Iits
making this land an asylum Tor tne aiia ,s 20
and outcasts from every other elvlllIeu I5 , IL
the world the common sewer for CnrlslenuOni,
if we still persist in all this, then 10 the IN
perfect vision of the human eye the pain oi ot -
unexampled progress seems likely some uay 10
lead into hopeless entanglements, anu emu III IN
iInpasse from which advance is lmpropdDle.
Yet so the jewellers in the sun WioIl' -
fanciful astronomers have been lateiy i INC snots
must be hopeless as they see the ~ 90 - ~
which from time TO tine roll over ana en- 49,. -,
and must conclude. when buried III the9e oIl
shadows, that the END OF all Things - uPpi 80 ~,
ING AZ mat moment of deepest gloom from our
more distant point Of view such shauo" u tt,as
trivial and transient, and out OF I ffIgant
forth again the Respondent orb or day' eilusoit
benisnant without cloud to dim lts sIolS GU
radiant with the hope of the world ana the u.s. 81
Spots may seem to dim the lusIre , 0n az ~
Puritan prospect now, clouds may roll ABOUT tIe
national path; but where to us IL soIlle -
appears to narrow into pitfalls or lnpdssa I1
morasses the serene vision OF the men - III. ~
Mayflower, from their cerulean helghts, may go a.
ready perceive it broadening again INTO d hlsn
way-the true highway Of the Coo 0L UuI
Fathers, along which He led people ne nc 20
really chosen, from Plymouth mus lar "1iu' -
they but hearken. will lead them stili'
MR.. CARNEGIE's ADDRESS.
Contrasting Scotland and New-England'
which, however. he found markedly similar III
their most characteristic traits, Andre" Gar
negie smoke on Scotland and New-England In
Faith and Deed" In the stubborn struggle Oh
each land for independence, in the strong
natriotisr in the love of education and the
overwhelming desire for religious liberty MI
Carnegie found striking parallels ana str0is
bonds of union. Said he:
notice that to each speaker Of the evening one
subject is assigned. except that IN my 1roof
If a fSe eRtpee moGestv of the thai
instead of speaking for ms mes iauIosstic
eloquence-your chairman commits the tdsH 4hsre is
Who boast with Mr. Gladstone t 1 Ihac is NOT
scotch our distinguished dipomatist puDnftllsS,
Scot 10 speaE Of New England and Old Scotland
one in Faith and Deed and unfold ana eXtoI
5Tai excellences. wonderful in combination. .b0s.
Gentlemen, the curtain of history rises upon
independence of their country what S0eS DeIUiS s
IN the case of the new land though historical yet
only leads up as the swelling prologue. to the
DaraIlel No i The foe against which the New
England and the old Scotland fought. strange 10
say was the same-anOther parallel-the Englanu
which to-day is distinguished as the most generous
Of all mothers OF nations who gives , ne F ac
even when still colonies unlimited ireeooI %
zion, making Canadians and Australians pracueaiiy
masters in their own lands with nome Iule III us
It is one of the tests of real poet that in line
or sentence he describes a situation However we
may G soe as 20 4ing said to him once
hat Nba had al
Of poet in my opinion was 19e lime ne c %Gh 10 The
parent land. He makes Canada say, daughter
in my mothers house. but mistress in my own:
Il found that sentiment in little country news
PsPsF S61 Iay "Ta6qen Hp mention that but
it remains all his own for all that; there was no
radiaI activity in the jewel until he polished H.
COLONY A TEMPORARY CONDITION.
A colony is at best. however, a temporary condi-
ton. 1t is only through independent country.
with its own hag its own g3yernmSent that t men
6ood rise IN 10 Mo S tT he f OF Of 9 YOU viii
note a sentence which is destined TO hve-"Tht
liberty Of all the motives BY which men are sp
pealed to and lifted forward and upward, doubt
stir his blood and arouse his patriotism. 1t was
-Engiander. Nathan Hale who before being
shot regretted that he had but life TO give
generations has been proud to show like consecra-
ton TO the cause of his countrys independence. OF
all the crimes. therefore, which one people can
commit upon another, the deprivation of indepen-
II
people can improve the worst government OF ltSei1
being better than the best the destroyer can posi-
Scotland's and New-Englands histories run in
parallel lines the first great fundamental fact be;
independence and both it. and a
their children and make them worthy of their sires
and of their country. the surest foundation upon
which to rest hopes of future history worthy of
our past. The struesles refor'ed 10 were rot tx
say me ola land naturally preceded the new on
the other hand. the younger went further than the
ty perfection, because it established equality be-
yond which should we go, injustice begins
heTs mH eI be o8Td t from rem St to time
reached there reigns perpetual peace ScotIsn5
still had monarchy and privileged castles after her
MANS right which IS the glory Of % our Republic gf
f ReP4 i government was not yet TO be hers
the remark of that clever King. James l. TO
drews University, Andrew Melville sire said
the redoubtabe democrat in effect. You are Gods
we stand here in council chamber face to face as
marc man 10 man, but when IN your kingly robes you
De loyal and agree with monarchy" Agree with
with monarchy as the devil with holy water"
a f91rseeing knowing man was King James The
on the heather. There. "a mans for a
land an GDcTde Is one I9 New-kng
rulers with Scotch blood in their veins, and some.
what boundfully endowed with strenuosty. An
other parallel! There are no end Of such
THE INFLUENCE OF ENGLAND.
The influence of New-England, for instance Is
potent throughout our whole country especially in
the great West and the Pacific. It is from her
pTe-eminenty that the educators of the country
come; Her influence upon the destinies of the wide
Republic always has been. and is now out of All
proportion TO her size From her We must expect
in the future the highest examples of the new
movements sure TO come, calculated to improve
the body polite in every branch
AS New EnSlands ideas and examples have
spread here, so have those Of old Scotland yonder
a kind fate for England placed her under the
Scottish King. Scotland annexed England and
King James went south and took possession Of
thern fOr fOtN