New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-02-07
Anglo American Memories
Copyright, 1908, by George ". smaney,
London. January -.

.e-s viii ne in some slight degree
ms ,,i,aI. but only 50 far is necessary
sSio,.., n-v relations with those men and
= "a --,,o-7 shall write; or with the great
Eo1is - long served and which now opens
i'oI'@ - 70 ne again But they wifi be
e ---,e-ned with men % exceptional mark
TSD- So, 10th in America snd abroad
~ -,o-,es begin with that New England
~ ..-s sro and more which has pretty
O - orr o. existence. 7 knew al or near
Sc =. man who made that generation IA
ra-er.. Charles Sumner. the whitest
e- knew said Emerson; Wendell
So carlson Andrew. the greatest Of the
We Governors. Emerson; Wendell
theodore Parker. LoweIl. and many
- ~ 81 shall presently have some
h.sav Barrier than ans Of them comes the
- ~ Frmols, g forgotten name for a
- Master Of the little church in the little
OK !, E,~arkrir. n Norfolk County. in that
tS- !. ,-sssachuserts on which Daniel Web
-,,aunces the only possible eulogy- I
Sc - N 10 encouiur1 upon Massachusetts;
.5s none There she IL Behold her, and
o. yourselves. There is her history; the
- ,,,vs II Tx heart" Whether the world
-. f. ~ heart may be a question We are
- little TOO apt 10 assume that things
- loom as large 10 other eyes as 10
r7.- whether the world knows Massa-
cts II heart NJ not We know II; and the
- ~ much matter. Every son Of hers
-. 5s for himself God bless her
r---7o7s was q the ausJere school Of Cal
=. ascending more directly from the still
s-s7s-e school OF Jonathan Edwards
-. have been more than three OF four years
Z. - lss- saw him, but I see him still:
.l7- L
= .,,e4rv about his head. his face the face Of
-t, za- kindly. and still feel the gentle
- --e old mans hand as Il rested on
= reez and see the imprint Of his
-t1s <a=- which Il vas MS habit 70 rest on
go v-s-7ecorirz % his small. scantily
FINISHED study
a. +z-ba- was first his colleague. then his
go then was called. as the phrase is. TO
- s.,,7s Congregational Church in Worces-
:. --ns-oe he PASSED many years later 10 the
- z-sz,~re-iaa Church II Troy. y Y; where
-,ss Worcester was AZ that tne-1S+0 To
So charming example Of the thriving New
-,r.zr5 village which had grown 10 be town,
49, -'essa--. quiet s-reers-even Main street,
-s chief thorougafz-e. was Qutet-and pleas
ss- houses OF colonial and later styles stand
.-r IL rleaszut grounds A beautiful simplicity
+. rsa --egzlleC. and 3 high standard; without
--s,s1ce -7- without dignity The town had
- and WIS o. give. not Z few Governors 10 I
=. -----71w=a,-n. Governor Lincoln, Gov
.--- Dgvls-aEO-ast John" another Lieuten-
81 rr-s-nc- Da-.s and Two Governor Wash
mrs. 70 The e-sc q whom we lived next door
- Pear street II The shadows q the Episcopal
-,-ch q which the Rev Dr. Huntington.
--s7ssre5 aeta-Rerd To Grace Church in New
Toy and widely known. vas rector Later.
-sss XIV % year IN Ire Office Of Governor
EzsHbu--'r partner s-terward that Senator I
F7a- vro # learning and capacity stood second /
n se~ in washington and fl character to none
Twenty years ago ry mind filed with these /
--aFss n almost rural charm, I Went back on a I
rs- n wo-cesrs-- Z had grown 70 be q city OF /
req one hundred thousand people. and IN /
7srorrzarle TIE charm had vanished The 1
mar q t-a=ic was to be heard everywhere; sur ,
faoe sa-s raced through che streets: blazing gilt 1
sg-s VIA strange ana often foreign names en- !
Eazsaed CT then IN gigantic letters, plastering /
and haE h.5inr The fronts Of the buildings; 4
neatly aev. j might have been q section OF 1
NeT Tc-k-st any rate Il was given over TO the /
ss-cs competition - business OF the tran /
GUILTY. which once rroodec over the town no /
trace vas ixs: suppose Il al means pros 1
Ts-tv z WIG 7 rz5os-e tut i was not my /
Worcester
Il be- s-t1. as we used acTectsonately to call 1
Il he Heart Of the Commonwealth. then sup |
pose the Commonwealth also has changed. for /
'7''s- o. t1r worse according 70 your point OF /
rev. Boston certainly has changed. and as Ger I
ia1r Tor the worse. Where Is the old Boston /
Es a. loved- What has become OF those his /
me streets which The great men Of more than
NJ grsat generation r-o6e Where is the dig /
q. = eEa5-
@ distinction. rte IeisureIiness OF life, the at 1
-1spaers which Winthrop and EndicoJt, John /
KNOCK and OTIS Everett and Andrew. once
-sz'ae1' The only Boston they knew is to-
q CRY OF tC-ulc and uproar. amid which /
- eaie House sE1 the Common and the Old /
--- CHURCH and STATE street itself seem
----'1lsrls and Unt.11ely su-vfvals OF other |
az hoIe- DAYS
- -e 2id Morcsster.-a1d. for Eught know
--7 aeN.-far Ep on Elm street as 4, climbs
y III a1d pushes toward the open country
- '-oPerno- LinC0Lc's house; square, white
Xxx ron tn street & fence enclosing the
| -aE1. steps and an arched iron gateway
-. -snIFe 10 re ever memorable because
-isI saw Daniel Webster Re had come /
=. llTo-eT csrHpaiguing FOR Taylor. whose
SION foE tie Presidency. over his own
= "a a. EEBr declared unfit 20 be made
'eo Z tbe dusk q evening and drove in
- -iacol1.s opeo landau TO the house
- ~a-ll1g 70 greet him filed sna street
.. - descended from The carriage. went up
= steps from. The sidewalk 10 the gate
=, -lea' aod faced the cheering crowd
--'S Ton TIE lighted lantern in the centre
- Srch yell IN his face I DO not re
60. "4ethe- thought then bet I have
- -eni since Of what Emerson said.
-. 7oster were revealed 70 ne on a dark
-. lash o. lightning. I should be at a
S.. -~fy0 Whether an angel OF demon stood
:. hight a. any rate thers vas 2 szucs Il