The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-04

 to be scurrylng to get the Irish, the Germans, the Swedes, the Italians and the Poles in line These people we must give our beliefs and our ideas, The ideas we must give them arc not the quarrols over points in creeds, such as Must a person be willing to be damned In order to be saved?' but We must give them our broad and sensible beliefs.
 "One of the smaller things over which there might be dlsagreements are the blue laws Some believe the 1 blue laws should be enforced But thls majority of the population can not see why they should The de- | scondant of the Puritan says that n person must not play eighteen holes of golf on Sunday, But this samc | Puritan descendant stays in the club and drinks eighteen highballs. He still believes he Is carrying out the wishes of his ancestors, We must bo broad There should he local op- ton and no narrow Sunday regula- | ton.
 "lt is larger matters than these in which we should try to influence the people, The people stand for hon. osty and believe in the brotherhood of man. Our ancestors too believed | In the brotherhood of man and hand ed down to us the spirit of fair deal,
 ! This is glorious organization, but If there should he war now believe that the Elks Forcsters. Knights of Columbus and other or ! ganzations would send a larger dele gation to the front proportlonately than the sons of the Revolution. And what the people want, and what they are willing to fight for is liberty. not restriction.
 l. w. Birdscye. of Bridgeport, was asked to say few words Mir. Rirdseye has been in Europe for the ! past eighteen months. and he spoke of the cordiality and friendship with which Americans arc received in for eign countries.
 Colonel Norris C. osborn was then called upon, and spoke Interestingly on current political affairs.
 General George Hare Ford deliver ed historical address on occur rences in the Revolution near New Haven. General Ford spoke as fll- lows
 Events on this coast and along this shore century and quarter ago suggest the occasion and the spot for this gathering, in social way. of men | whnco .l friends and patriots in that American conflict of l775 to 'Sl which made possible the establishment of the sec. ond nation on the face of the earth.
 A natural pride inspires us as we contemplate this fact, and special pleasure pervades the members of this patriotic society as we gather and greet each other, reiterate and re- hearse historic incidents and transmit. for generations following. the magni- flcent heritage secured to us through those anxious and perilous times and deeds of our forefathers As we en- Joy the present. the grandeur of their achievements cannot he too highly es- tmated.
 The Revolutionary battles of Con necticut, while not numerous. were important The population of the state then consisted of li0,0 white and 5000 coored Four thousand patriots had marched to Lexington; SS,000 were enrolled in the Continen- tai army a larger number than from any other state except Massachusetts. Connecticut had furnished largely of manufactured supplies and munitions of war. and fitted out frequent expedi- tops by land and water. causing great annoyance to the British An at tempt had been made to negotiate, and Governor Trumhull had replied in no uncertain words.
 Commander-Ge Sir Henry Clinton, with headquarters at the city of New York. had evidently planned, after capturing Stony Point and other stronghods on the Hudson. for sim liar campaign along the Connecticut shore.
 It was in the summer of 1779. the British in control of Long Island and the sound, that General William Tryon, then colonial governor of New N York. in command of 5000 we'll l equipped troops. embarked on forty eight ships with Sir George Collier | commander-in-ch of the British ma. val forces of America, composing tho largest fleet that entered Long lslanc
 sound during the Revolution. and SC sail for conquest along this coast. N was supposed at first that they wer, { bound for New London or Newport and not until they had passed Strat
 ford Point did the people of this To d cality realize that New Haven wa their possible destination.
 l New Haven was one of the princi pal seaports of the state, one df tn state capitals, the seat of college t and had the credit of furnishing tn
 first and only uniformed company. of S ficered and equipped, at Lexington e The thrift of its founders, as repre- !; sented by Eaton, the noted merchant h and the pous Davenport, was em f phaticaly stamped upon the commu - nity, giving the city a degree of i'm
 portance to the British,
 - Saturday nights were kept sacre, O instead of Sunday night, according l. e the old New England custom. It wa s on the eve of Sunday. July 4, the thirt Q anniversary of the Declaration of In u dependence. New Haven had neve h celebrated this great event, as man
 of the larger cities and towns had al e ready done. A gathering was held il 1t the old Center church at sundown t n complete elaborate arrangements fo n a celebration of the event the follow ,t ing day General Wooster wa $, mourned and Arnold wass adorned e Orations and ceremonies were to talk if place. with banquet in the evening h when toasts would be drunk and pa