I87(3’._] CITY DOCUMENT. [No. «THE PROGRESS OE PROVIDENCE. ELA SS C1'TIZE1\LS OE PROVIDENCE, R. I. 13 Y“ II] 0 SN" . E)‘ A M U E L C:f»‘r R E E N IE A13’. N O ‘I; I} . WITH A POEM, I133?’ Ca? LIE C.) It C} E W“ I I; “IL I A M fl?’ E '1‘ ".I;‘ LIE S . .'I")rv;2I;IV'.l*J.I{.]«J.I) ;I‘xS:rm: drrxr, z1..~;m;. I’I‘-:,(‘)VI1)1i31$IOIE: l’I't()VII1)1E.NC\XE J.’RI.-SSS 00., IERINTERS TO TIIE WM’. 1876. THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE. I2?EAS’0LUTION;S' OF THE CITY C'OU.NC'IL. 3 [Approved July 10, 1876.] RESOLVED, TI~I.A.'I‘ TIIE C!I'I‘Y CO'U'.NC‘.IL :m.:RI«:13Y TENIMEJR TI-IZEIR THANKS TO HON. SAMUEL G. ARNOLD FOR THE ORA.’.I.‘ION D.I«3LIv1m:I«3D 131' I-IIM AT T1113 CELEBRATION ma‘ TIIE CENTENNIAL FOURTII 01+‘ JULY, AND ALSO TO GEORGE W. PETTES, ESQ., 1703}. THE POEM RECITED BY I*1I‘.\‘[ ON ’.I‘I~IE SAME OCCASION. IBESOL VED, 'I‘I~IA'I.‘ TIIE COMMI'1"1‘I+3E OF AR1{ANGI31\IEN'1‘S FOR SAID C1iJLEB1’k.A.- TION ARE IIEREBY INSTRUCTEI) TO REQUEST A com" 01? sub 0nA~r1oN Am) FORM, AND CAUSE THE SAME TO BE ZPRTNTEI) IN SUCH MA.NNfER AS TIIEY MAY DEEM EXPEDIENT, FOR THE USE OF THE CITY COUNCIL. A TRUE COPY: WITNESS, SAMUEL W. BROWN CI'.1‘Y, C:LE1z1;. GELEBRA’l‘.ION OF THE CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF ’.l‘I1IC» I*‘0URTH OF J ULY.‘ .1"'UI3LICL‘ RESC)L'UTLIC)NA I’.ASSI*JI) BY CONGRESS AND Al’l’ROVED ISY" 'l‘I.:{I.fI.43 l’RIE$IIi)ENT, MAI’tCH 13, 1876. Joint Itesolution on the Celebrzuion of the Ccntennim in the Several Counties or Towns. Be 215 7‘f3S0l?26CZ by the Semzte and House Qf Represevztamives of the United Stttlee :3)" America 2372, Cbvtzgress aseemlalecl : ’.1‘11:tt;it.be, ztncl 11ere1~:>y 1'eeo1tnme11(1ec1 by the Senztte zuztcl Hottse of Ite1;)1'eee1i'1tzttives to the people of the several States thzttthey :].S:1~3€51‘I’1b1(3 in. t11e;'Lr S0'V(*31.‘:1.1 (:o111:1tie.~3 or towns on the i1p})1‘OtLC1‘1i11g Cententtiztl AJ:111iver~ :25:iLl.‘_V of c;>ur Nzttiotml Ittclepenclettce, mxcl tlmt they eztuee to have clelivered on ssuelt Clay ma. 11i,steri.ezt1 sketch of sszticl county or town from its form.:t- ticm, tt1)Cl that it ec:>1f>y of Saint ‘.‘?-.‘»k(;’:13(:h 1nay be filed, in print or 1‘x'1ztn11se1'i1:>t, in the e’le'1.'\l{’e ofliee of eztici county, zmd an :t<:1c1iti<:m:t1 copy, in print or xt11:t1t1m'i;et1';ipt,‘ be tilted in the (mice of the I'.'it)1-ztrimt of Co1;1g1‘ese, to the i.x1t;e11t tlmt zt c.<:>mp1ete “recorcl IIil£.l_V t1111.e;. be obtztined of the 1.)rogress of our 'i11.éstitut'i.o1:1e c111ri1:1g the 1+‘i1'.<;4t Cente1.mi:;t1 of their existence. STA'1”‘EV,,e 01+‘ RI~*IOI)E ISLAND, &C. IN C?rliCN1'+"1IR.AL ASSE1\€[I3‘LY, JANUARY smsexom, A. I). 1876. Joint Remltltion on the Celebmtion of the (lenteutliztl in the Several Cities and Towns. Reeolvecl, The I:Iot1se of 1%ep1°ese1:1t:ttiV'es concu.1'ring; t11e1'ein, that in zteeoxtlmace with the 1‘0O0n11I1(311(1i'-M31011 of the National Co11g1'ess, the Governor be requested to invite the people of the several towns and cities 4 CITY DOOUMEN T. No. 83. of the state to assemble in theirseverel localities on the app1'o:icl1i1ig Ce11te1inia.l An11'iversa.ry of our National Iuclepenclence, and czmse to lime delivered on such day, an historical sketch of said town or city from its formation, zmcl to lizive one copy of saicl sketch, in print or in ineiiuscript, filed in the clerk’s office of saicl town or city,‘ one copy in the oflice of the Secretary of State, :_11:1<:i one copy in the oilice of the Lih1'aria.11 of Con- gress, to the ,inteut that 11 complete recorcl may thus be obtained of the p1‘og;1l'ess of our i ustitutio1.is (luring the First Centenniztl of their existence; mid tliet the C;}o\'er1.t1or be 1‘eqi1estecl to commuiiicztte this iiivitation forth- with to the several Town zmcl City Councils in the State. I cert:i.f‘y the foregoing to he :1 true copy of a.»reso1L1tio11 passed by the G«ener:1,1, ASS(3Ilf1b1y of the State aforesziicl, on the 20th day of April A. D. 1876. W ituess my l'1:in<;l ziiid the seal of the State, this 27tl1 clay [L. s.] of April 1;). 1876. £l'(liS}.;I.UA M. AlV)Ll‘).li‘.l\:IA.N, Secretztry o1"Stz1te. In accorclzuice with the 1'ec1iiest of the (_~5l~ene:r:Ll Assenibly, in relzitioii to the celebmtiou of the Fourth of July, by the p1‘ep:1.r:1tic:»1.1 of historical sketches of the severzil towns and cities, to he clc1ivere(;l on that day, zincl copies of the same to be preserved for future rei:’e1°ence, His ,EXCC!1~1C511Cy Grover11orLippitt czmsecl to be prepared ztml sent to the seyerzil town zmcl city councils of the state, it circular note in the i'olloiving‘ form : STA’I‘E OF RHODE ISLANIJ.’ EXECUTIVE D:I«:1>..~.r.'rM:I<::\"r,) Provicleiice, April 27th, 1876. I To tkehflonzoreble Town %C’0v2uzcz'Z of the Town of (§:1aNrLs\r1ai\I :--I lmve the honor lierewith to enclose :1 duly certified copy of 11 resohitioii passed by the Geneml Assembly at its recent session, rc- questing me to invite the people of the several tO'W'1.lStl11(] cities of the state, to zisseiiible in their sever::i1 localities on the ap1)1'oucl1i1:1g,‘ Ccnteimizil A11uive1'sztry of our National Iuclependeiice, until cziuse to lizive deliverecl on such clay an historical sketch of said town or city from its f()1'111€LtiO1l. C?’Ji.K2\?'%’1”]£' N.iVI.¢<1‘.L. » 5 13y pL11*.e-fe'I.1i1:1g the cc)x11‘sac:2 s%t1ggc:stcc1 by the .I‘OS011ilti01.1 of the CE}e1'1c.v:;11 A%s.%:111}‘)15r, the poctwple of 1.1110 .~3t:1.tc=: will (l(.‘.I.‘iV'C ml zuxaount of ;i.11fo1*1:nz1ti011 whim will he: 'i1.mL'1L1:.11:)l<:2 to the '1)l'Ci$C51“]t ge1:1c:1'zLt_im:1, ass $110Wing the wo11<:1<:.~.rf1.1I 131~c>g1‘as$ of tlxe ::s‘<-::v<:19:%.1’l towns zmcl cities; since t11Qi1‘Ibl‘l11(i1t1tiO11. It will 211.940 1:.)e <:>:t" g1'cmt ":.‘1.Iu<:: to f'u.t.ure g(:1:m1'::Ltio11s when the 11u>1.te1'i:11s3 ;f‘o1r suclx .‘L?%]{(;‘13(;‘/h(L‘.‘:'¥ now ac:c:c2Ssil')lc2 will lmzwe 1)c_2cm lost or <;1c2st1*oyec,1 by acci- <::1<;:.1‘11;, 01> 1)ec:<91ne xrlcbiree or less eI“1‘£'l'C:€T(:1 £Lm;1 illegible from time. ";I4"I1(;+.1'11t:emplzjmtccl c:c.r1cb.'::xti<:>11 on 12116: 1"m1rth any of July Izmxt; .I~1I5JN1"i'Y LIl’1*’I'l".1‘, Gc>ve1'1101‘. ADDRESS. "W0 tmce the 02111593 that led to the Arrm1'ic:m1 1?{.<;2Vo- 1.uti011, to 11arra,te tliixe evcmtss of 1:110 st1'11;g'glca fox‘ i:nc1epc;~x*1c1c:>nc2e, or to co11sider the effect w1;ric:h t:1;m (3.7si'.tz:1b— 1i::~.:1V1rxA1e11t of “the g'1‘ezLt R<:2pL1b1ic” 11:15 1:1zéL<;1 111I)()1T1 tlm f'01*t11x1c:$: of tlfm mcte in ot1;1Lts3L'1za.11c1:s~—~t1ms3c21:1:;wc bC‘.(;‘.II1 tlm 1153111211 m:1<.1 z:;1.ppro1:)1:iz::Lte t.1n*jc3.(:ts f<;>1r :1*c:~flVc3(;:- tfio11? It 110t.th.ce deed of at day, tlm c:v<::>1:1t.ss of :1, yc;~m',, tlm c:}:1z111gc3S of :7; cf:cn:1t1%11*y, trlxm: c3:xp1zi1.in tlrm c;c>1;1<;li1fi01:1 of 2:1 1mtio11. Else We miglmt dmf<.A:2 fmm tltm f()1i11‘t1Ll of Jilly, 13776, tlcm 1'i:a;c:a of the A 1ix1c21*iVc%:m1 p%c::c>1:)1(;>., zmcl s~:;0 fan 21:1; “VV”’£*";.‘: ms: at 1mti.c)11 axe c:on(+e1*1;1ec1, we 1*r:1ig}.%1t (1i:sr1rc>g:1,1'c1 all p1*i01* lxistory as ceompletczlyr as we do tzlm ym11f.ss l;fm3y01:1dt11c2 » flood. 131,11: tlgxies WC’: cimnxuot (lo, for the p1'irx1itivc: 131'it<:>11, A the zresistless Ifiomzm, the invaclixug 1A.f)'z?Ln~¢e», tlm 11$1¢11*[)ing Sazxon, the conque1*i11g Norn1an, lmve all lezft their sepamte and disti11g11is1%“1ab1e stamp 111%)o11 tlw ]}!311g1a.nd of to—»da.y. As from C‘oedmon to C‘lmucc:1*, from Spe11se1* to S11akspea1"e~, from Milton to Macaulay, We trace the progress of our 1a1ng;L1age and literature from the ut1i11— telligible Saxon to tlm Englis11 of our time; so the 8 crrr DOCUMENT. No. 33. development of political ideas has its great eras, chiefly written in blood. From the fall of Boadicea to the landing of Hengist, from the death of liilarold to the ‘triumph at Runnymede, from the Wars of the Roses to the rise of the Reformation, from the fields of Edgehill and \Vorcester, through the restoration and expulsion of the Stuarts down to the days of George III, we may trace the steady advance of those notions of society and of government which culminated in the act of an Ameri- can Congress a century ago proclaiming us a united and independent people. ‘\Vl1en the barons of John assem- bled on that little islet in the Thames to wrest from their reluctant king‘ the 1'igl1ts of Magna Charta, there. were the same spirit, and the same purpose that pre-— vailed nearly centuries after in the Congress at Philadelphia, and the actors were the same in blood and lineage. The charging cry at Dunbar, “ Let God arise and let His enemies be scattered,” rang out a hundred and twe11ty——five years later from another Puritan camp on Bunker hill. So history 1‘epeats itself in the ever- recurring conflict of ideas, with the difference of time and place and people, and with this further cliffe1'ence in the result, that while in ancient times the principal characters in the historic drama were the conqueror,“ the conquered and the victim, these in modern days become the oppressor, the oppressed and the deliverer. Cilharles Stuart falls beneath ("romwell and Ireton, George III. yields to VVasl1i11g't011 and Greene, serfdom and slavery Vanish before Romanoff and Lincoln. ADDeEss 9 But We must turn from this Wide fieldof history to one of narrower limits, to one so small that it seems insignificant to that class of minds which measures states only by the acre, as cloth by the yard; to those men who, to be consistent, should consider Daniel Lambert a greater man than Napoleon Bonaparte or the continent of Africa a richer possession than Athens in the days of Pericles. There are many just such men, and the materialistic tendency of our time is adding to their number. It is in vain to remind them that from one of the smallest states of antiquity arose the philo- sophy a11d the art that rule the World to—day. Judea should have been an empire and Bethlehem a Babylon to impress such minds with the grandeur of Hebrew poetry or the sublimity of Christian faith. But for those to whom ideas are more than acres, men greater than machinery, and moral worth a mightier influence than material wealth, there is a lesson to be learned froin the subject to which the act of Congress and the resolutions of the General Asseinbly limit this discourse. And since What is homely and familiar sometimes receives a higher appreciation from being recognized abroad, hear what the historian of America has said of our little commonwealth,* that “had the territory of the state corresponded to the importance and singularity of the principles of its early existence‘ the * History“ of the United States, by George Bancroft, vol.1,p1:>. 380. Boston 1867. B 2 10 CITY DOCUMENT. P No, 33, world would have been filled with wonder at the pheno- mena of its history.” Hear too a less familiar voice from beyond the sea, a German writer of the philoso- phy of history. Reciting the principles of Roger ‘Williams, their successful establishment in Rhode Island, and their subsequent triumph he says: “ They have given laws to one quarter of the globe, and, dreaded for their moral influence, they stand in the backg'1‘oi111d of every Democratic struggle in 1Curope.”'}' It is of our ancestors, people of Providence, that these words were written, and of them and their descendants that I am called to speak. To condense two hundred and forty years of history 4 within an hour is simply impossible. \Ve can only touch upon a few salient points, and illustrate the pro- gress of Providence by a very few st1'il{i11g statistics. Passing over the disputed causes which led to the banishment of Roger Williams from Massachusetts, we come to the undisputed fact that there existed at that time aclose alliance between the church and the State in the colony whence he fled‘, and that he severed that union at once and forever in the city which he founded. Poets had dreamed. and philosophers had fancied a state of society where men were free and tliought was un- trammeled. Sir Thomas More and Sir Philip Sydney had written ‘of suchthings. Utopias and Arcadias had their place in literature, but nowhere on the broad earth 1‘ Introduction to the History of the XIX Century, G. G. Gervinus, Professor of Histoi-y in the University of Heic1e1be1'g, London, 1853, p. 66, A.DDRE;S’;S’. had these ideas assumed a practical form till the father of Providence, the founder of Rhode Island, transferred them from the field of fiction to the domain of fact, and changed them from an improbable fancy to a positive law. It was a transformation in politics--—--the science of applied philosopl1y—-mmore complete than that by which Bacon o”verthreW the system of Aristotle. It Was a revolution the greatest that in these latter days had yet been seen. From out this modern Nazareth, whence no good thing could come, arose a light to enlighten the world. The “ great Apostle of religious freedom” here first truly interpreted to those who sat in darkness the teachings of his mighty master. The T independence of the mind had had its assertors, the ifreedomof the soul here found its champion. We begin, then, at the settlement of this city, With an idea, that was novel and startling even amid the philosophi- cal speculations of the seventeenth century, a great original idea which was to compass a continent, “ give laws to one quarter of the globe,” and after the lapse . of two centuries to become the universal property of ' the western World by being accepted in its complete- ness by that neighboring State to Whose persecutions Rhode Island owed its origin. Roger Williams was the incarnation of the idea of soul liberty, the town of ' Providence became its organization. This is history enough if there were nought else to relate. Ports- mouth, Newport, and Wlarxvick soon followed with their 12 _ crrr DooUM1z'NT. No. 33. antinomian settlers to carry out the same principle of the underived independence of the soul, the accounta- bility of man to his Maker alone in all religious concerns. After the union of the four original towns into one colony under the Parliamentary patent of 1643, confirmed and continued by the Royal charter of 1663, the history of the town becomes so included in that of the colony in 2:11 mat.ters of general interest that it is difficult to divide them. The several towns, occupied chiefly with their own narrow interests present little to attract in their local administration, but spoke mainly through their representatives in the colonial assembly upon all subjects of general importance. It is there that We must look for most of the facts that make history, the progress of society, the Will of the people expressed in action. To these records we must often refer in sketcliing the growth "of Providence. t It Was in June, 1636, that Roger VVilliams with five cornpanionstlt crossed the Seekonk to Slate rock, where he Was Welcomed by the friendly Indians, and pursuing his Way around the headland of T ockwotton, sailed up the Moshassuck, then a broad stream skirted by a dense forest on either shore. Attracted by a natural spring on the eastern bank, he landed near what is now the cove, and began the settlement Which, in gratitude to his Supreme Deliverer he called Providence. He had already purchased a large tract of land from the natives, A * William Harris, John Sn1ith,iFraneis Wickes, Thomas Angel], Joshua Vex-in. ADDRESS. 13 which was at first divided with twelve othersi “and such as the major part of us shall admit into the same fellowship of vote with us,” thus coiistitutiiig thirteen original proprietors of Providence. 1' The first division of land was made in l638. in which fifty~four Iuunes appear as the cnvnerscd'“honn3lohf’extend- ing from Main to Hope streets, besides which each person had a six acre lot assignecl him in other parts of the purchase. The grantors could not sell their land to any but an inhabitant without eonseiit of the town, and a penalty was imposed upon those who did not improve their lancls. The goveriimeiit established by these primitive settlers was an anomaly in history. It was a pure demociaey, which for the first time guarded jealously the 1'igl1ts of conscience. The iiihabitants, “n1asters of families,“ incorporated tliemselves iiito a town and made an order that no man should be molested -for his consciencze. The people met monthly i11 town 1“r1eeti1'1g and chose a clerk and treasurer at each meet- ing. The earliest-writteii compact that has been preserved is witliout date, but probably was adopted in 16:37. It is signed by thirteen pe1*so11s.”"‘ ‘We have 1”l'.‘11ese were Roger Williarns, Stukely Westcott, William Arno1<;1,'l‘1‘1omas James,1E:o1JortCo1e,Jo1m '1‘hroe1:morten, W'il1iztn1 Hm-r:is, William Carpenter, Thomas Oliiey, :H‘L‘i1-‘llcifl Weston, Richard W:;ttern1:.m,r Ezekiel HOl3'I11fl.)1, * “ We whose ‘names are hereunder, desirous to inhabit in the town of Provi-« dense, do 1:n'o:mise to subject ourselves in active or passive obedience to all such - or«;iers or :1 greemonts as shall be made for public good of the body in an orderly way by the major assent of the present. inhabitants, masters of families, incorpo- il.'£ZLt'(%(li0,1§;'(2tl1(31‘il11£O atown fellowship and sueli others Whom they shall aclxnit 14 CITY DOCUMENT. No. 33., not time, to draw a picture of these primitive meetings held beneath the shade of some spreading tree, Where the fathers of Providence discussed and decided the most delicate and difficult problems of practical politics, and reconciled the requirements of life with principles then unknown in popular legislation. The records are lost, and here and there only a fragment has been pre- served by unfriendly hands to give a hint of those often stormy assemblies where there were no precedents to guide and only untried principles to be established by the dictates of common sense._ Of these the case of Verin, reported by "Winthrop, is Well known, wherein liberty of conscience and the rights of Woman were both involved with a most delicate question of family discipline. It is curious enough that one form of the stibject now known under the general name of woman’s rights, destined more than two centuries later to become a theme of popular agitation, should here be fore- shadowed so early in Rhode Island, the source of so many novel ideas and the starting point of so many important movements. Religious services had no doubt been heldfrom the earliest settlement, but the first organized church was formed in 1638, the first Baptist church in America. The growth of the town soon made a pure democracy unto them, only in civil things.” Signed by Richard‘ Scott, William Reynolds, John Field, Chad Brown, John Warren, George Rickard, Edward Cope, Thomas ’ Angell, Thomas Harris, Francis Wickes, Beneugl..1 ll@l(lS of love zxml l’:;L1’ne Not fea,1';ing' t aux Orphie "ode ; I tl1oug;l1t, wlmt can be done, wlmt elmll I say To these who wait on tlmt Ce;ute1‘111iz:1l clay? I’ll tell tltlxem of myje:;1.loL1s f(;3:TL1‘, :m<:1 then 1’l1 clz‘Li1i11 my 1)irt111'lg'l1t of Rhode Is1.~.md .1tx1e1;1 ; I’ll proudly szty, “'1‘hie is my lmtive State, My 11ee1't loyal her fume g1.'e::Lt ; ” That the li9;l1t ge111b<)1s of In y lxenesst l\Iuee Rhode Island men will suffer ::u1d exetllee. There is :1. WO1‘('l most popular of late In use alike by Fasl1io11, Chu1*eh, and State, VVhose‘liter:.1l eig11ificetions are T’ :'u11p:rove the eyetexn ::L11d its f'::u:1lt”e 1‘(3p:iLl1‘ ; To change from becl to better, not to trade One sin developed foryone newly ma.de. “ R1~:F01:~:.M 1 ” the moclem Politicizms ellout ; “ Co11demn the blunder, turn the l")ll1I1d‘31’€1.’ out.” “ Reeomxl ” the Priest exeleixlxas ; “ cliepe11se with creeds ; Let dogxnes yieldlto gm11d heroic dzeds.” d POEJII. 45 “ R1«:.1«‘o1zM I ” Society c’1e11f1.‘:L11c‘.l;~3;, and names The barriers thvva.rti11g her minbitious e1ai111s. A Word. must desigmte the party play: 'l‘o-day, RGfO1'I1”l; the 'I‘.:1.1‘ifi§', yeste1*c1a.y; pa “ J ames zmd Reforzm on b1ood-re(.1 1.):mne1*s flies ; °‘ John ::m<:1 Reform 1 ” {L green groultmd occupies ; “ Clmrles and 1‘:{,e:I:‘o1'm ! ” zm Vio11<:jlepe11c?le11t few In '1‘1‘uth’s g.;1‘ez1t ezztlrsse, :1.1:111o1111oe on he:iwe111y blue. Now, While ’t is plain, ..Tm"nes is. the very 1tn:tu1 To clxmoge £1.11 1"1::m1;*1:u‘e as no11e ot1'1e1' ezm ; 'Whi1e J ohn’s expe1.'ie11c:e m1<;l tb1'iI1TlSC3(3‘1‘]1(].(§§11t3 worth 13% hi1i11 £.1.1(i)1i1€3 to mle the sscalid e:.m:lo1 ; ‘While Clmarles (3x‘l‘11tfLl'113, wezus 1i)«:-,1;-1f'c;2otio11’.€~3 crown. And justly ovexwzwess botlx Jmtnes mad Jolm ; VVh'i1e 171,11 c1efe11de1'.e* of g‘1'ee1?1, trecl, m1(.1 blue De.e;i..1*e Refox-In (at least, they say they do) ; 1'+3z1,e1:1 one cliscovers tlmt his xneiglxbom creed Is but the token of some clmrxmxmitoag deed; ’1‘1mt “ foul coJ;'rup‘c.i.on ” fesatere. in 111.9; bmilx, And cleatlx zuxd c1::w1s:1‘1e:ass follow in 1:113 twin. 011 the ammo tocsiu it was rung of yo1'e,--—- This 2:u1ei.e111: chime ; we’ve l1€5€LI'C1 it 2111 before ; With the next pzmio, in the next ea.rnp2Lig11, Fresh, 21,53 of old, we’11 11em' it all egoi11. "17 is but the 11::Ltion’s farce; what now We know Of Wveolz fou11d:J,tions, we Imevv long ago ; But still We, passive, build upon the sent}, And look to see the supe1*structure stand. J mnes wrote his friezncls of‘ an initial scheme That diecl long since,-——-its memory is Me. dream. 46 CITY DOOU.2l[ENT. A shwewcl official hunts the letter up, Finds .iLe1'icl poison in its mouldy cup, Howls his cliscovery to all 1"mu1kinc:l And calls his witnesses from ‘f'zu‘tl1e:-st Illcl. “ I11vestig::Lti<:>h I ” Press aml Place clem::111<;l ; “ Im'estig:1t.i.<:)11 I ” 1':l1h‘1gs throughout the lsmcl. Mountzmins are moved, the (llepl:,l:1e of ocean sti1f1*e<;l T’ e::plaAi11 the 1hyste1'y of 21 plm-:1.«3e or word ; While J mnes clisstreetlecl, Cf.O:LE%(3S <;‘l;t1_y nor 11higl1t To me the hour in which he (_l:TL1‘(3(l to write. Jolxm once p.-:L1:::u.le<1 with :1. tempemlilee lezigrle A11h(l,l::1l‘te1', took :1. gl:\.es with *él\.I:x1'el1:11 Te:1,gt1e ; I‘Iob11o'bl3ed with RlC.llill.‘(.l., lciseecl l\i[i.ke"ss little l:)r:>y ; C%~:‘we Tim, the l>1'iel{l::l_y'e1', :71‘ (:l:.1_y’e e11i1ploy. Oh I better 1:211.‘ thztt 1).iel.s: fllltl Mi1s:“~ and 'l‘in1 }I:ul ne.’e1' been hem, or 17le’e:1.' been l+,.:11w11 to him. Better that gill of wle,1isl~;;e_y 1:m<.1 been 1‘",ITl£l(Il€3 To pay the rate tlmt Gr(f)V"01‘l"11'Ii”1C31”.1J[} lme pzrnicl. The strict teetotztllenrs of 1“11:1.1i1y yeztxe, Who moisten pledges with e.-mcmie teams, I-I::we 1:e::u.l J ol111’e secret, ml, from every pump fil “ I I I btmad 1‘ea,cly on line tlmeorles to Jump. Ch.-:u'les, eollege—h1"ecl, in youth essayecl to tspeak Sopl1oe1e::m st:L11zas in their nzxtive Crreek ; "With Vi1'g'il jom'1:1e_'ye<:l, zzmcl ‘Wll3l1vHO1':ZL(3e szmg The odes which erst from Sabine villa 1'::.u1g. He saw the tall Sillltlstlzlll gardens wave, And "read their moml at the l1i.~3tori.:u1’s gmve. Fztmiliea: withthe deeds of every age, P£Ll31‘lOl3 and seer, pl1i1osopl1er and sage, Th’ eternal law to him unfolcls the plan 1° OEM. _ 47 That guides micl governs Na.ture’s iiohlemmi. U131*igli1t in lmsiiiess, true to every trust, By grziiicl consent his surnerne is, “ The Just.” Proudly he xvemrs his honors, fztirly Won-—— Wlmt room for suciz, £1. 117lfl.1‘1 in "Wesl'1.ingto11? Time was that men, somewhat inszmely, tlioiiglit Tltiey l1:;td e'rig'l.1t to property they boiiglit; Tl“m.t srieh es 1'1:id no limit] or titled sway Shc>ul<.l not m:1l<:e lexvs to take their own mvcty ; Tli:1.t no 1‘iTLE5l1 st1'e1ige1‘, in Killreriny eortt, Shouilcl 1:,t11<;l one tlziy, arid on the 11:ior1'ow vote. T72,(33/ built the eolleges, eudewecl the schools, An<;l felt tliztt aliens sliioulcl not 1'I’1:Ttl{G the rules. But wlieh 1I7tefo1‘r1i her brztzen tromlione blew, Arid l1(L1‘:;tltlC3Cl the doctrines that were new, 1?’m'tly i'ro1ri oo\v:.m.l,iee, but more from pride, 'I‘he men who sl.;1o1‘1l<:l liztve st::1.yecl her, stood osicle. Ol‘1Wm'(;l she 1:)£tssecl,--——witl1jo_v the sliomriztii feels, Wlieri l1l1C)l'lS:fLllfl(;1 idiots clog; his e1.m.1'*ic>t wheels ; No ltlflk of le:;tde1's, ’1:ho1ig the motley crowd Who weved their cops, ztiicl C,“..‘jLll.(3(1 her amine £tl0l1Cl. L::tte1', the 1".)1'€)g'1‘£LIiX1l“.IT1(3 l;:1::1.s been 1rmel'1 the szrtme ; All new lmve ggjrowri f:ftrr1ili:t1' with her n.-iime. If men are vmitecl to .fL(lV'«‘£l.11OG her cause, To prztte of service, as they lireels: the laws, The time is quite prolific in her need ; It raised up Svveeiiy; the ifet elierub, Tweed; It g;eve them lawyers to dei:'e11<[:l their t'r:md; It gave them ships to fWa.t't them safe zibroed; It gives their ff-$tll3l'1'fl.ll pexresites to stand Within the loftiest teriiplesof the leiicl. 48 CITY DOOUJIIENT. No. The modern g:—'L1"ne, in which 1'efo1:n:1e1*s play, Is not prog1'essive, owns 110 g'mc1u:11 sway. Iconoelastic in its quick pretence, It holds 110 CO11V(31.‘S(3 with mere e0m1':nO11-sense. The 11e_g1'o th:;u‘1ks the pe<::pIe who }.1:1.\'e freecl The 1t1seg;1.'o mee. ]\7c)w, let the 1;1eg;‘1'c) Z(3(1L(l. You lmve done 11C)t4],Il.ilil§§ fox: his sweet ec>;ute1:1t U11 til you ‘rxmke the 1':xeg1fo, I’1'eside11t. Qt’ c:ou1.'se, yc>1:1 s:'m<:1wie]1 ]:.1iim in fm;i.1sx'c»:1.c1 c:f1,1's, But ;mix_ hi.1i11 ].i."V(1”.*.].y in y01;11' (”3:T11.‘.1C-ltilt?S _fj:“1.'1's. You c>1f1ee (fltid V\*1'o1'1g ; now do m11<;-.111 1':r:1o1'e th:;t1.1.1 1.'igf1.'1,t; ; ]+"c:>1: wlmt the Lord 1:x't1:;‘1,(‘1e 131 :f1.eL:, L?..e;['o:1*m 1'fl71:Z1.I{ w11iste. When‘; Luthe1.* tm‘ne(:1 1."(3'f'(f)lt'1l"l(T3tI‘, fo11g11t the Pope, And ':1.ve the Cl1.1.'i.stisn,1p1 w<::>t1:1<:.l :1. (30l'1SC3iC)11.°3 hope, His was no c:1‘:xe.€tp 1.*e1ig;‘ic>1:‘:1, to be bollglxtt By 0n1_y' cloirng wlmt g,;'<:><:> pu:1re1:m.se g1‘:1tc:e. H e knew the e1e1::u'te1.' 1;1;m.t. s:'L1v:1.1i.io1'1 b1"is1;x Bemvs the true siglmet of the 1{ti.1“)g' of K‘i11g‘s. Modern 1'ef<:>r1:ne1's nimst be very geocl, And live on 11"1(”):’l‘:3L1, itl’T1t011€3C5J[3It7lt‘L1 tfoocl. Their ethics eolznpztss :1, f£L1i11i1'i:?l.1‘ plan: They dc) ‘not need the S::wiou1', but the Mam ; A ge11e1'o1:1s mo've1:r1e11t Jlmde, C111'ist is not n::.Lme«:1 To bless the Q1”l1JGl‘]')1‘iS("3 in w.hie11 ’t is 1'1'mne(1. ’T is quite s1:'1ITIcie1t1tt that they; go on g1,m.:1'd, And Imlezwen must give their prowess its 1'ewa.1'd ; As if :1. deed 0011161 11esve11vv£u‘c1 be (Iowan VVithout the higll zmthority of I*Iezwen I Still, in their temples, all unseen, I-Ie pleads ; Still sweetly 1"ni11iste1's, to supply their needs. They t11ink, at times, He calls on them to come : rozrar. 49 At times they think He speaks of Heaven and Home. Alas 1 they worship in a Church so broad That, from its transept, none can hear the Lord. The pleasant, secular preaching of the day (If that be preaching, that is Words at play) Contents not those with consecration rife V Whose souls are hungry for the Bread of Life. All things in time and in their proper place: On Week-days pitch the ball, describe the race. Tall; of conventions, journeys, parties, rides, Of picnics, concerts, everything besides On Weelst-«day evenings, in the lecture hall, And drew the happy moral from them all ; But on the Sabbath of the Lord thy God, Remember I:I2Im, and sound His praise abroad. Fashion is full of change that is not gain,-- WOl'1ld, that, like Lear, she’d part with half her train,--—-, Her love is law, as all her followers find, E’en to the half afflicted, halt’ resigned, Who, while decision’s instant, augiist right Is shut in panniers from her 1over’s sight, Smooths the black ruffles of a dark despair, And hangs the gleaming bow of promise there. Centuries agone, the Dane to Osric said, “ Your bonnet to its use; ’t is for the head.” If Hamlet, thinking the court top to save l3‘1‘o1n influenza, the true order gave, For what we call a bonnet, no one knows Antiphrasis more actual to propose. A bonnet was a covering, of felt, Of Danish kirlin, or of Scottish kelt, I" I 50 012*)? DOCUMENT. No. 33. Of Genoa velvet, or of Gallic silk, Of satin, crepe, with trimmings of that ilk. From hoods like hocls, from Legliorn lanes, the face Came careful forth, all canopiecl in lace. .Now, 110 opposing fabric: intervenes Betweeiti our eyes and all the smninit scenes. Far in the haol{g'1'o1i111cl we heholcl e11l1erg;e ’Mong wooclbines cl.-;'t1nl;)e1'ing to its loft.i.ost \'erg,'e The shielcl of chips, that lifts itself in air, Bolted, by Inagio, to the liindmost hair. R.e111en1l3e1'i11g all our wom;ler at tliio sliiow, "We place the costume of not long; ago In size and contour as St. I’eter’s clothe, By the stern, rnoclern 17)lIl11-l)«‘.lCl{. of our home ; The forty skirts, whose substitute is one, The iiiiglity hoops, whose substitute is none. Deem it not stylish to <;li1ninisl:1 all The requisites for party, street, or ball ; Boot-heels are l‘1igl1er, gloves as l.o11g ag:1.i11, Wlxere once was worn one bracelet, there are ten, As many silver bands cloth fashion claim As there are letters in my <:larling’srrt name. And where once rested an er1oi1'oli1ag' zone A narrow silken belt of traotile tone, Note, as the acme of 1'efo1'111i1‘1g taste, The monster trm1l+:~strap round Iny lad_y’s Waist I ‘While cliiwllxiess broods o’er all the Christian climes And Faith is earnest in the “ better times,” Long‘ promised, long; deferred, the star of Hope Seems distant still in this new Century’s scope. Patience 1 Perhaps for us the hour is near POEM. 51 . 4;“: In which Reforlfn shall ran her new career ; When felons, resident in foreign lancls, Are l1omeWa1'<:l hurled, if Goverulnelnt clemands ; When no ol1eap parclons, by Weak Preei.cle11t, Are to cohvilotecl oom.1te1*feite1's Sent; ‘When no trainecl gaxn-blot‘ with his stocks or dice Plays in the N ation’e halls hie g‘“arx1e of vice ; When no brief’ visitor or C01T.1'l1'l1011 clown I’rete11cls to olixange the laws, or Vote tlzlem clown ; When he who sells vote or he W110 lmye . $l;1all eufl”e1' scorn ancl eligltxt from people’e eyes ; W hen, in lllgll places, crime does not require I11\*estigatio1'1 till the laws e.\'pi1'e ; VVl1o11, if a eaclclehecl eec1'eta1'y’e wife Avowe the venal bxmihess of her life, She cannot trample out the 1"x1isscl1ief clone In Fort Sill oontraets, with boots 11li.l1"l1l)01‘ one ; When, ’eteacl of green elipe, l1am:llecl to a brown, aWith silver tablets We are loaclecl clown ; When the long ggreexllnaclce we once loved to hold Shall be t1'ar1eLx11:1te(l into oimlet golcl ; VVl1e11 manly Woznen shall have all they ask, And leave their own, to do tl1eir lruebancl’e task; When all the Bridgets and the l\Ia1'g;ax'et Arms March to the polls, and beat their big tin 1’)€L11S ; ‘When men may smoke, Whe11e’er they deem it meet In proper places,---«never in the street; When ho1"se-car tourists shall take thought, and stop Not on th’ aseencling grade, but at the top ; Whe11 moclclliug pastors clo11’t escape the etocks, A1101 quaolszs are shot for lette1'i11g nature’s rocks ; 'Whe11 slaslling Pomeroy, whom the laW’e abuse By cheap reformers, would at once let loose CITY DOOUJIIIENT. No, To thin, like Herod of the Jewry wrong, The s111‘plus popul.:Lti.on while ’t is young ; Shall swing, like I—I::un:m, forty eubits high, And all such imps shall beat‘ him eonlpmiy; VVhen some m1'e_justiee Visits I’ly1no11tl‘1 Cllureh, That left a senior melnber in the 111-itelpti, Who, in his Z@:"tlO‘l1S love for virtuous nets, COl"lt1‘".l‘V@S at lest to :re::1.eh the “ bottom fziets.” What of the City tlmt, f1‘O11’1 yemr to year, Honors its lmiglfit without 1'ep1'o:1,el‘1 or fear? Who gzwe the Union, at her quick (30lT.11.'1‘12;TL1‘1.(l, C:.1.pt.:L'1ns., to lencl the zmznies of the lsmcl? Who I:n:n:e11 to-<:la.y where E:;n'tl.'.1’s insignia blaze, And fear no elmllexige, l;l".10lTlg'l1 the N ations gaze? Be not oppressecl, fail‘ City, noble St::1.t.e, That lanclecl neighbors will not call you great; ’T is men you boast, not ::xores. Men, Wl"1O hold Fast by the precepts tlmt their sires have told. Let others count their ever—vali:.mt mnixies, W11ose memories" their count1ry’s are, anal f::1.me’s. Renal from your st.-:u'ry roll-call, one by one, And n1a,teh their proudest chzunpioils, son for son. Not always they who elztnizn the 11L1111€31“Ol1S host, Or hmiglitiest "volume, can the Victory boast. The broad Philistine bemned cliscl:.minf'ul ire, But, Inarlc the sequel! Dzwicl slew GrOllf.Ll1. The bulkiest bins dispense not sweetest food, But are themselves recipients of good. P c>.mr.r. 53 She, who would fain consult the general weal, With little leaven, leaveued all the meal. Where wide-moutlied fountains ’twee11 their close-shut teeth I~~Iies the swift spray that stirs the pool beneath, Iihiter the hall where power and beauty vie To conquer fame, in generous rivalry; Where Afrie’e diamonds lose their yellow stains, And :u1a.eei've tueks uhhencl in shining chains ; Where Asia’s wools east clown their whitest plumes To pave the eliamhers of enlioblriug looms: ‘Where I¥Europe’e vaunted, legendary steel rolled in ribbons on the polished reel ; VVhere States and Countries of this Western Land '1‘l1eir wealth contribute with u11spa.riug liahd, And, as the hammer falls, or shuttle iiies Oll£L1",lg'® crude creations to rare eyrnmetries : r '1‘here, where ten 1.housand wheels are swiftly whirled Rhode Ieland.’e eiigine drives the harr1esse<:l world. This the Nation’s hour. Frorn sea to sea Ililoate the 1:)rou<;l Flag, the emblem of the Free; Whieh, nor in fo1'eign, nor in eivil war, Hae never lost, eliall never lose, a star. Come Carolina, for the feast is spread; Advance with patriot will, with loyal tread! We clasp the hand that you in love extend ; Ours the embrace of no uncertain “friend. Come, as of old you came, and neverrnore Raise your rebellion on Columbia’s Shore 1 For, by the echo of that dreadful blow By Cataliue dealt, received by Cicero ;« By those eacl Meoeas sought by Christian feet 54 V OIT 1* D OUUMENT. No, 33, ‘Where ::u111u:1l ga1'lm1cls deela: each green 1'et1'ez1t, By those dea,r gmwes with Me1n01*_y’s tern:-cl1'ops Wet "We will forgive, we uevels will forget. ‘What is the 1":1)1O]',“!l::1.<:;-.l<., or brown}, or wld1.i.te, To Vote the l):‘Lll(Z>l2- talml; he <:::;1,1111et ‘write? Of wljmt fl.V:T'lll tlle p<:>litiei:‘1.1‘1.~:~s’ emecil Before the eyes of llim who (;::.1,1"111<;t3 1'e:“1.d? Sswe by the <:loull)t:f'ul l.<')1'e of l1dc2:i:11d‘s:1,_y eellmsse, W"l1m; 021411 he knew of ‘v:1l.1d1,ecl evi.<:lle1l1ec:? "Wily Colon c1'c)ese<;:l l;l':1e W:TlV(3, ‘why A<;l:11A‘m3 :s1:)ol111 l;j)o1d:1—(lzx._v, unilgecl, free, And loyal to our l:“m"<."l and Theta, To Llmnlt '1‘I1eofortl1o om clone, And tzrust '.l.‘hee for the o1:»o.ning once. llox-o where of old by '.1‘11y design, (171142 1‘utl1er.~3 spake Lllat word of ’.1‘hino Whose echo is the glacl 1'ofm1:in C)t'rm'1clod bolt and falling olmin. To gmczcs our festal time and all Tho zones o1’ea.rt11 our guest,s we call. qjwlmcz xv:'L1'flz1gs3 of 11. gzxtlxered worlcl, 'lT&c:meutl1 our wcstorxx skies fulfill The O1‘i0l“1t’S mission of good will, And fre:igl1tec‘l with lovers golden fleece, Soxul hack the Argonauts of peace. For art m1c1ln.ho1' meet in truce, For bozfmty nmde the bride of use, We lhank 'I‘heo, whilo wlthal we crave, The austere virtues strong to save, The honor proof to place or gold, T119 mzmhoocl never bought or sold! ‘Bo with ‘us while the New World groetvs Oh make Thou us through centuries long‘, The om World t1x1'ongix-lg all its streets, Ux1vei.lingz1‘1l the 1:1-iulmphs won By am; or toll bemoan]: the sun; A ml unto oomxtnon good o1°c1:.1in Tluis rivalship of lmnd and b1-aim. In peace serene, and j ustico strong; Around our gift of freedom <11-aw T he safegxmrcls of Thy righteous law, And cast in some diviner mould, Let: the new cycle - shame the old. L’-ENEDIO'I'ION.