The Washington times., 1910-08-05
PILGRIMS MONUMENT
DEDICATED BY TAFT
Pays Tribute to Fathers
Memory and Pleads for
/ Religious Tolerance.

the ursC landing OF The Pilgrims
To The spirit Of the Pilgrim Fathers
this nation owes its greatness. said
President TAFT IN his address. He sr0ke
IN part as follows:
They were not Of the nobility; they
were not Of the upper middle class They
were Of the yeomanry, OF the farmer
class Their ministers were university
bred men, but the rest were humble,
GOd-IeaTing persons who were aECWsd
Ton-conformists and had been persc-
Uuted as such IN their homes IN The
eastern part OF England
The wish 10 remain EusIishmen in
duCed them on this veuturesome quest
for another place OF residence Nuere
they could maintain a JheOcracy based
On = human democracy
Pilgrims and PuTltans-
Other colonies attempted in New
England and elsewhere failed for lack
Of the persistent endurance and courage
OF The COIOuists. The priyati0us 10 which
they were subjected were too great. es-
pecialIy in New England and settlement
after settlement ceased 10 be for lack
OF inhabitants. The difference between
al the others and the Pilgrims was the
motive which inspired them Z oc0me.
II was said IN this band Of Plym-
outh Pilgrims that The possibility of
establishing a successful ASYLUM for
political and religious refuge in New
England was made manifest The
difference between the Pilgrims ana
Purltans emphasizes the Leroism Of
the Plymouth colonies The PurIrans
had been ye-y powerful political
Party IN England. They represented
wealth and substance and social
prominence ana influence. When they
came they sailed In comparative com
HoFt and freedom from danger, and
they came in thousands.
~NOt SO with the Pilgrims. They
were the humble husbaudmen whose
religious faith was extreme in ms
simplicity
Says Their Spirit Lives
The spirit which prompted them 10
brave the sea in a cockIesEeu like the
SIayfower, 10 land on this forbi5din-
coast in winter, and TO live here has
made the history OF this country what
il Is
at prompted and fought the Revo-
luionaTy war It welcomed and
fought the civil war ard il las fur
Eished ID the United States the high
est ideal OF moral life and political
citizenship
We need not defend the lack OF lib
crafty which in their early history the
Pilgrims may have shown TO those
differing with them in religious belief
and creed Out Of the logic OF their
Intellectual processes there came ulti-
unateIy religious freedom while in the
energy and intensity OF their religious
faith they uncomplainingly met the
suffering and the hardship that were
inevitable in their fight for liberty
1T Is meet therefore that The Unit
ed States as vel as the state Of Mass
RChusetts should unite IN placing here
memorial 20 the Pilgrims
How Nation PTofted.
'The 7varships that are here with
their carnons 10 testify to its national
charactef. typify the strength and
power OF that government whose peo-
PIE have derived much from the spirit
and exa1. PIE Of the heroic band
Governor Bradford. Elder Brewster
Capt Miles Staudish- Dr. Robinson.
who was left in Holland and never
was able 10 join his beloved people
are the type Of men in whom. as an
cestors. either by blood or By educa-
tion md example as citizens the Amer
Ec1n people may well take pride
This magnificent monument rear
Ing its head high on the most con
6p-CUOUS prOmonLoFE OF our coast
vii fII-nEIy remind the traveller
BY seeing the beginning Of New
England and noting the 1acr that
nose whose spirit of liberty was 10
persist for centuries even TO the
foundation and preservation or our
great Republic mere ursI Sa" me
land and here first set loot upon the
shore
the monument, TO quote from the
memorial program IS g memorial 10
CONNIE r0ra1e the signing Of the
compact and first landing OF the pill
grims upon Cape Cod November il,
1920"
Two thousand sailors and marines
from The ships Of the North Atlantic
feet anc1Iued in PrOvincet0Wn naroo-
took art IN the parade and acted as
police escort for the PTesloeIlt.aL P5l :
The President was met on MS AZ ~ =
from E1-rE-Nss Point AZ the enc OF
the raiI-JaG dock by the chairman OF the
board Of seleCLmen- who delivered q
cordial freezing Meanwhile the sailors
and names formed IN two lines Is Do
lice guard
Shortly after the arrival OF President
Taft came Governor Draper and ms
STAFF Of ten. together with a number OF
notaGles who were 10 take part in the
exercises Of she day
During the early hours of the forenoon
an immense crowd of visitors poured
into the town 4 score Of steamboats,
and 2 uumb~S OF special trains two
from Boston. TWO from New Bedford
and se-eral from the upper cape in adj
dition . the regular railroad and steam
boat service. arrived before O'Clock
and soon me narrow winding streets
Of picturesque PrOviuCe-Owu were
thronEed as never before in their his
Tory
$4,000 Massed On Hill
The President and other distinguished
guests. with the military and naval e.
cort. n archeI n procession 70 the site
Of the monument upon Town Hill The
speakers stand at the base. OF the mon
uuent. and the President, other orators
and as. many Of the invited guests as il
would hold faced the crowd OF 25.o5
rnassed on the HILL
The exercises were opened with tht
reading Of she scriptures and an invo-
cation by the Rev James De Norman
die. Of Boston Capt J. Henry sears
president Of the Pilgrim Memorial As
ISOLATION. delivered a short speech. IL
PRODUCING Governor Draper who SPOKE
briefly and IN turn welcomed and intro
duCed the President