The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-08-21

PRovfNCEToWS. Mass, August 20
The laying today Of the conversions
Of the Pilgrim memorial monument
commemorating the fret landing, within
few feet Of lts base, Of the Pilgrim
fathers, occurred today. A big feet o.
vessels aud yachts In the harbor had fol
q background eight formidable warships
The center Of attraction was Town Hill
whereupon was perched wooden am
pitheaire adjacent to the site OF the
monument The Mayilower bearing th,
President and party, which was expected
at II o'clock rounded the cape an hour
ahead Of time.
Previous 20 landng the President re.
ccivcd commanders of all the warships
aud committee Of townsiolk The
crowd OH the wharf eheercd when he
landed. The President entered car,
riagc and proceeded TO the monument
preceded by band, over the route,
through the towns main thoroughiacs,
All the way he received continuous
ovation
The exercises were opened by prayer
by the Rev Samuel Elliott, Of Boston,
president OF the American Unitarian As.
socation. The Masonic ceremonies Of
laying the cornerstone were conducted
by Grand Master Bake, OF Massachu.
aett.
President Roosevelt was introduced by
Governor Guild. As the President step.
ped forward TO begin his address the
several thousands Of people who sur.
rounded the speakers grandstand greet.
ed him with prolonged applause,
President Roosevelt said:
1T Is not too much to say that the
event commemorsted by the monument
which we have come here TO dedicate
was one OF those rare events which can
In good faith he called OF world impor.
tancc. The coming hither Of the Puri-
tan three centuries ago shaped the des.
TIMES of this continent and therefore
profoundly affected the destiny of the
whole world. Men Of other nces, the
Frenchman and the Spaniard, the Dutch
man, the German, the Scotchman and
the Swede made settlements within
what is now the United States. during
the colonial period of our history and
before the Declarations OF Independence,
and since then there has been an ever.
swelling immigration from Ireland and
from the mainland of Europe but II was
the Englishman who settled in Virginia
and the Englishman who settled in Mas,
saehnsetts who did most in shaping the
lines OF our national development,
The man Is but poor father who
teaches his sons that ease and pleasure
should be their chief objects In life; the !
woman who is mere petted toy, in.
capable Of serious purpose, shrinking
from effort and duty, is more pitable |
than the veriest overworked drudge. So
ne Is but poor leader of the people, but !
a poor national adviser who seeks to /
make the nation in any way subordi-
nate effort to ease, who would teach the
people not to prize as the greatest bles.
sing the chance to do any work, no mat.
ter how hard, If 1t becomes their duty
to do 1t. To the sonsof the PuNtans
1t is almost needless to say that the les.
son above all Others which pumtanism
can teach this nation is the aIl.impor-
lance OF the resolute performance of
duty II We are men we will pass by
with contemptuous disiain alike the adj. Is
visers who would seek to lead lis into {
The paths of ignoble ease and those who II
would teach US to admire successful q
wrongdoing Our ideals should be hiph. I