The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-18
In HONOR OF
PETER KEMBLE
State Society Of Colonial Danes
Hold Annual Meeting IN
Lafayette Rooms.
DR.. HUMPHREYS ADDRESS

lyn sL0WJnOrp, the president, more
than three hundred members and
guests of the New Jersey Society OF
the Colonial Danes Of America met ia
the Lafayette rooms at Washingt0n's
headquarters on Wednesday noon.
The meeting was commemorative
,of Peter Kemble, Member of the Royal
Council from l745 until ITS, and act
ing president in the absence OF the
governor.
Ensconcsd behind a screen of palms
an orchestra played lively airs and also
furnished patriotic music for the for
NAL program. After the rendition of
the Star Spanglsd Banner" Mrs.
Lowthorp greeted the members and
guests and expressed the appreciation
of the society at being invited to Nor
ristown. and dilati ID upon the beauty
of this sectiomof the state.
The first paper of the day was by
Mrs. Frederick Winston Merrell, OF
this town, her subject being Peter
Kemble," which will be published in
these columns next week.
The Royal CouncfI' was the sub
ject of paper read by Miss Anne De-
Belleyille McIlvaine.
An address by the Rev. f. Landon
Humphreys, OF this town, was deliv-
cred in the speakers usual earnest
and forceful vein. He opened his re-
marks by alluding to one of his fore
fathers, who was an aide-de-camp to
General Putnam until that officers
death and later became close friend
OF Washington Dr. Humphreys said
it was particularly fitting to meet on
October 18th, as it showed respect TO
the first Colonial Dame, Queen Isabel
la, whose aid made it possible to have
and celebrate Columbus day. DR..
Humphreys then continued as fol-
lows =:
We are here to-day to draw inSpirar
tion from our forefatherS and fore
mothers, those worthy people who
laid the foundations of this great
country, foundations that were SO well
laid that upon them has been built
the great est and most progressive Of
the civilized nations.
If YOU believe in hereditv. we ara
what we are to-day chiefly because our
| fOreparents were the men and women
they were and have bequeathed tn us
strong faith, strong arms and LOYAL
hearts.
| Anteus of old, in his battle with the
giants. was said to have renewed his
strength every time he bent down and
/ touched mother earth. So [ believe
kwe shall remain great as people so
| long as we shall reverve the land made
sacred by the blood and sacrifices OF
those noble men and women who came
across stormy seas to lay upon them
distant shores the foundations of this
great Christian commonwealth.
The victories of the fathers at Sara
togo. Trenton and Monmouth fore
shadowed the victories of the sons at
Vera Cruz and Monterey and OF the
grand sons at Vicksburg, Gettysburg,
Appomatax and the great-grandsonS
at Santiago, San Juan and Manila
Bay.
/ The heroism of the men of this gem
Grafton under the heat Of the tropc
s at Santiago and the Philippines
was begotten long before by the daunt~
lass courage of those ancestors who
left blood stained foot prints on the
snow ground Of Valley Forge.
1t is this strength of American
character that has made our country
respected and feared among all tha
nations of the earth. Respected By
those who like ourselves are seeking
the enlightenment Of mankind and
feared by what Kipling has fitly called
the "leSser breeds, those who are
low and mean and grasping.
The American people have been the
greatest influence for good which the
ages have brought forth. Our fore
fathers took liberty, Justice and
brotherhood for their ideals when
they came to this far-off land. A
wilderness stretched before them and
tney On supoueo osnsa y; M MOUNTAINS ns.iIs arose
and and their faith failed not and % con- con-
tinent and new nation was their re-
ward-a nation built upon a higher
plane oa elylii1aeion ~ Uhan any bnab
T TnIdav these avaltod nr,ncin,os st,,s
live and are power for good ia the
| lives of men. And II this fair land is
10 oe saved from the perlls tnab now
have Iived ~ m % ~ tbo IS iSeaIS ~ onr n stSr
and hardy ancestors. Never in tina