New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-06

musicians es the NayHoTer came abreast
At the Pilgrims Monument.
On shore the President had another in
terestirg tine. The dedication Of the Pill
grims' monument, the elimination Of many
years Of work 10 secure recognition for the
daring settlers who landed here nearly
three hundred years ago, attracted visitors
from al parts OF the United States. The
exercises were held at the base Of the high
structure, which can be seen fer many
miles a. sea
Escorted by z company Of bIuejackets.
President Taft and the other guests were
driven up the hill 10 the grandstand At the
foot Of The monument
The exercises were opened At Il a. N
with prayer by The Rev- James &c Nor
uan9ie, pastor Of the First Congregational
Unitarian Church. Of Rozbury.
Tribute 70 the Pilgrims,
4 brief review Of the plans which result
sd n the erection Of the monument by Cap
tain Sears prefaced the Introduction G.
Charles " Eliot. president emeritus Of
Harvard University, VINO delivered an his
-orlcal address He said, IN part
Their works were humble, their lives sim
pie and OBSCURE. their worldly success but
small, their fears many ana pressing anu
their vision OF rre future limited ana dim
Let Us Try 70 bring home 70 our minds To-
cay the cGrcepuCus and IDEAS which, nav
ing dominated their lives have profoundly
Influenced the lives OF the best men OF
nine SUBSEQUENT generations n this hernl-
sphere and still exhibit to-day under So
cal and industrial condiucnS very Oh
terenr from those OF the seventeenth cen
fury an abounC1ng and apparently mex
hausIiDe Vitality
The Pilgrims exhibited through their
2 deem ed comprehensive
and inexLinguisha bic love Of freedom Tney
were genuine pioneers or DOrh civil and re-
Hglous liberty. and the history Of The
world, since the anchor Of the Mayfiower
was dropped in yonder harbor, demon
strates that the fruits and issues Of their
pioneering are the most prodlg1ous IN all
In the cabin Of the Maylower on No
veuher n ll21 ali the adult males OF the
c0nlUauv H5gned a compact by which they
set Up a government which did not derive
1ts powers. ike all previous colonies, from
2 sovereign or parent state, but rested
on the consent Of those 10 be governed and
on manhood suffrage Il was an agree
menL, or covenant, or cooperative act
from which was 10 spring not only stable
government for the little colony but a
great series of constitutions for free states
The first act Of the citizens under this COM
a Governor until their next New Year
Day. They started on this continent the
practice Of eIecting the mead Of the state
by manhood suffrage for limited period. !
The Pilgrims were active promoters of
religious liberation They welcomed TO the
communion service members Of the Angli- /
can Church. the Genevan Church. the
Dutch Church and PresbyterlanS. They
were much more liberal than the Puritans
Of Massachusetts BaV or OF the English
until Cromwell came into power. they were
trying TO establish and maintain in the
New World q refuge for congregationalists
prosecuted in the old home, that they
welcomed 20 their colony at Plymouth only
persons who sympathized with this tunda- |
I'll +t,AN,~
religious customs and their standards OF
the prophecies OF life
"a blished in Plymouth had in It no trace !
Of the fegdal system No hereditary |
privileges or titles ever existed there. The |
principal officers of the community were |
bodied men worked hard with their hands, |
and all the men bore arms as matter Of
not courty: In comparison with the later /
colontsts Of Massachusetts Bay they were |
common" people. The doctrines and rules |
OF conduct which their Church taught |
them accounted in large measure for this !
social state. They were tied together by |
strong bonds Of sympathy and helpfulness.
II was the duty OF the strong among them |
10 help the weak To give mutual aid and |
comfort was fundamental principle In
their lives. and no artificial barriers OF law
or custom blocked the exercise of this |
reciprocal good VIII They preferred the
interest Of the whole community to the in
Ierest Of any individual or section in II.
AS usual in such enterprises II was the
women who suffered most. When the sailor
coming over The seas sights this monument
when The summer visitor contemplates its
massive strength, when the people of the
Cape see from afar its towering height
lei them remember the brave women.
well as the brave men who made Plvrn
outh colony live and through whom the
colony transmitted the Pilgrims ideals 10
other generations that in three centuries
sDresd over a continent
DR. Eliot WIS followed b. II Van
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lands Legation al Washington, whose gov