The New York Herald Newspaper, June 4, 1875, Page 3

BUNKER HILL. The Revolutionary Rhetoric of Fifty and Twenty-five Years Ago. MATERIAL FOR THOUGHTFUL REFLECTION. Tho Corner Stone, the Completion, the Dedi- eation and the Centennial. LAFAYRITE, WEBSTER AND EVERETT. The Marshfield Statesman Jeal- ous of Mr. Everett. Interesting Reminiscences of For- mer Celebrations. CHARLESTOWN, Maas., May 11, 1875. whe extensive arrangements which are now going forward to fittingly commemorate the Cen- teznial anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hil form the all-absorbing theme of conversation in And around foston and Charlestown, Through she successiui Manipulations of a band of annexa- Menists, some few years ago, Charlestown became s part of Boston; but the traditional name still Mngers, and in referring to the stirring events of } nundred years ago and the coming celebration m bonor of them, the locality of the eventiul Mruggle will be better understood tf the matter Df the union of the two cities is entirely ignored, Pho main features of the Bunker Hill battle have probably not been forgotten by the descendants Df the warriors on either side, therefore tt 1s Wcarcely necessary to more than bricfy refer to the event over which there is to be suc & hubbub on the coming 17th of June. A hunared years ago from that aay the Americans and Britons had a fierce engagement, in which 449 of she former and 1,055 of the latter wore slain, and the circumstance h; ver since been regarged as an important and fortunate one tn the history of American freedom and American independence. Boside the or American soldiery, the elty of Charlestown itself was burned—a fact which, tp the Minds of many, occasions a doubt as to whether dhe event of the day was so much of an American victory after all. But on rhis point I will not Bwell at present. I! the city of Charlestown was laid in ashes in 1775, the ruins were soon cl a Away, and with the end of the war the atten- tons of the patriots were promptly turned wo the more congenial pursuits of pet Nowhere in New England, not even in the United Btetes, can there be found @ more thrifty and en- terprising community than that which dwells pon the site of the eventiul Revolutionary struge les of a hundred years ago. Where there was thé crack of flint-lock musketry and the booming of cannon on tne 17th of June, 1775, there now Stands some of the finest dwellings to be seen in America. All traces of the battle were long since yemoved, and the only reminder of the struggie ts tho tall monumeat beneath which are to be held the Centennial festivities a tew weeks hence. Im view of the magnitude of vne Centennial celevra - tion, and the great interest which is manifest in it in all parts of the country, it has occurred to your correspondent that 4 PRW REMINISCENCES OF FORMER CELEBRATIONS would be pecullarly interesting at thistime. Al- though national and immense in every feature they were nevertheless insignificant compared with the magnitude of the demonstration which Ws to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the battle. George Washington Warren, President of the Monument Association (anda descendant ofthe “Warren who fell’), 1s one of the acknowledged mMeyclopmdius of everything pertaining to Bunker Hill, and it is bis recollections an@ observations offormer celebrations which form the body ef this communication. THE LAYING OF THE CORNER STONE bf the monument furnished the first occasion for 3 fitting commemoration of the battle. That cir- mamstance toox place on the 17th of June, 1825, just Ofty years from the day of the eventiul struggle, and at the time was the great celebration of the period, Itis an interesting fact, mot generally known, that it was only ten days previous to the Jaying of the corner stone that the form and style of the monument was dec.ded upon, It was priginally intended to have it a whort, ornamental Affair, but by the suggestion and influence of the Mal and lofty granite obel!sk or column was decided Bpon at the last moment. The ceremonies of the forner stone laying were conducted by the Masons, and besides General Lafayette all the Mgnitaries of the country were prosent, including she Presidential Cabinet and'many of the gover- nore of the different States. Daniel Webster was President of the Monument Association at the time, and he was sclected as tue orator of the A LITTLE SPAT BETWEEN WEBSTER AND EVERETT. While the arrangements were pending an*event Occurred which came near upsetting everything and causing ® general disappointment through: but the country. It was in consequence of a lerter of Mr. Webster, written to an oid friend in Boston -from Washington on the 6th of March, a da 1 me that Mr. Everett makes an address @t Concord. For my part 1 do not see the pro- | a ofa series of skirmishes on the occasion. pat would be fighting our battles over again Somewhat too literally. if Mr. trata, to mak peech at Concord, jet him say jubject requires, aud Tr corner stone there without the pomp of words, It 1 not surprising, says Judge Warren, that Mr. Webster siouid, the first thought, shrink from following Mr. Bverett on the i7th of June, 1825, upon almost the same ground. i! he should Pronounce & commemorative discourse at Con- cord op the 19th of April preceding. The oration which Mr. Everett had delivered in 1827, before the Phi Beta Kappa Society in Cambridge, in the presence of Lafayet nd in which he extended to him s glowing welcome, so thrilled and carriea aw audience that its praise wasin every one’s mouth, and the popular jadgment was that itwas grandest display of eloquence ever wit nessed in this country. WEBSTER AT PLYMOUTH ROCK, The only popular address which Mr, Webster had before given was delivered in Plymouth at the pi-cemtennial anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims, in December, 1820, in the former Meeting house of the First church. It ts ed tnat the day before he was much distressed ‘through fear of mot meeting the public expecta- tion. {HE MARSHFIELD STATESMAN FINALLY MAKES UP WITH EVERETT. Just how it was broaght about does not appear, but Mr. Webster subsequently repented his Wi ington letver alluded to before, and the public had the benefit ofan oration both from bim and Mr. Everett—the iatter at Concord and the former at Bunker Hill, Whatever rivalry there might have deen aid no harm, and in view of this precedent af pected orator of the coming 17th of June neéd take no alarm, although Concord and Lex- ington nad their orations on the last 10th of April. GENRRAT. LAPAYETTR'S VigiT TO BUNKER HILL, Dr. Jonn ©. Warren, in his diary, states that on vhe 17th of June, 1924, he met General Lafayette, Dy appointment, on the battie ground, and there Invited him to attend at the same piace on that flay 4 yoar hence, to lay a corner stone of @ mon- ment to be erected in commemoration of the battio, Dr. Warren of course extended thts invie tation on Bis own responsibility, and im full faith | that measures would be taken for having the cer- omony at the time proposed, He" was fortunat ot only im secing bis individeal promiee tuidied Everett be, in | will lay | Fee ee ee ee ee ee Te Ne ee ee eee ee a ee ee Se ee ee ee a ee NEW YORK HERALD, almost to the letter, on the 17th of June, 1825, in am tuverview with the General, to remind him of their meeting on Bunker Hill that day the year before, and to pre- sent to him at that time # diploma of membership ofthe Banker Hill Monument Assoctation. Gen- eral Lafayette set his heart upon bein; ‘esent on that occasion, and made all bis arrangements of travel through tne country with that view, as 1s shown by the accompanying fac-simile of a letter written by him to Mr. Everett. Odi his return to Boston General Lafayette sald, “Im all my travels through the country I have made Bunker Hill my polar star.” How true to his adopted country did his nobie heart beat! REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIRRS PRESENT. Every possible effort was made to procure the at- vendance of the Revolutionary soldiers, and one hundred were gashered together, of whom forty were in the battle of Bunker Hill, Rev. Joseph Thaxter, who was chaplain of Colonel Prescopt’s regiment, was present, and was chaplain of the day, ‘The regimental drummer was also here, and in marching up the hill he beat the drum to the tune of * Yi Doodle,” exciting thi of the vast concourse of people. A GREAT MULTITUDE ASSEMBLED. Although the means of conveyance by land in those days were limited to the stage coach ‘and to private vehicies of all kinds, yet there was no lack of the attendance of the peopie. Everything seemed to be put in requisition to bring them here, and to accommodate them and their horses during their stay. They flocked here from every part of the State. Other States sent large delega- tons, and notably New York, South Carolina and the New England States. Thepracession was aa- mitted at the time to have been” THE FINEST PAGEANT EVER SEEN IN THIS COUNTRY. The day was a perfect June day, Not @ cloud ‘was visible, and the showers of the preceding day gave a freshness to the greensward of the many vacant fields, and in the pure atmosphere and clear sky the bright uniforms of the soldiers and the rich regaila of the Masons formed a scene of Gazziing splendor, The route of the procession ‘was rather snort, for the association and many of the Revolutionary soldiers were on foot, As the head of the column reached Charlestown square the rear, on Boston Cémmon, had not commenced to move. All the church bells in Boston ane & * U Charlestown were ringing while the procession | was in motion, and the troops strikingly sug+ ted to the multitude the wonderful contras between that joyous spectacie and the stirring s of the 17th of June, 1776, when their fathers gazec im silent suspense upon the great opening contest in which’ the new Republic was baptized im the fames of burning Charlestown. THE CORNER STONE LAID BY GENERAL LAFAYEITR. AS the procession came upon the grounds a hollow square was formed, enclosing the site ot the proposed monument, and the Masonic cere- monies were commenced. General Lafayette re- cetved the trowel from the Grand Master and spread the cement over the stone. He was him- self a Freemason and wore @ Masonic apron auring this ceremony and the other exercises on the hil, and when he latd it aside Mr. Francis 0. Whiston, one of the marshals, took it at once into bis possession and has kept tt until this day. THE OTHER BXERCISES. The Masonic services over, the large assemblage repaired to the nortbern decitvity of the hill, where @ spacious amphitheatre was arranged. At the lower part Was @ stage. surrounded by a canopy and a golden eagie, Upon the the orator, the chief guests and the Revolutionary patriots, When Rev. Mr. Thaxter stepped for- ward to offer prayer the whole air was hushed to & profound stiliness and there was a sea of un- covered heads before him, Half a century before he stood on tut same nill and PRAYED FOR COLONKL PRESCOTT and his med, and for @ blessing on the American cause. Dufing the battle he was urging the men to their d¥ty, and paid the last offices to some of those wh6 then consummated their service to the country /with their life offering. He was then ta middle fe, and now, at the age of ninety, as with & clear, but iaitering voice, and without emotion, he uttered bis prayer of thanksuiness and praise, his attenuated torm appeared like that of # mortal then about to puton immortaiity. An ode by Jon Plerpuint was then sung,. alter Which came the oration by Danie: Webster. as the orator stepped forward + LAFAYETT# BROKONED TO TIM to stand back in @ place which was shaded, But w yr declined and persisted in facing the sun ‘With Dis cock-ey6, even Advancing as near as he | could to the uncounted muititude beiore nim, | Garba. dels th fs Lepore FRI Many “stisi live’ who MASTERPIECE OF GENUINE RLOQUENCE, and to them itis a proud remembrance, The ex ordium alluded to the time and piace of meeting of the great assembly, the half century saniver- sary Of the first great battle of the American Rev- olution, and this the very spot, among the “#epel- chres of our father?” He compared that event with the discovery of America by Ob lumbus (of which he gave # graphic pie ture) and to the landing of the Pligrime at Plymouth, But the American Revolution ‘was the Doxology to the great prodigy of events and the crowning triumph and Diessing of the World. He announced that the oWect of the ae sociation In erecting & Bational mowument to the memory of the early friends of American ‘ade pendence, on that memoravie spot—to be preferred to ail othera—not, indeed, to perpetuate ational Rostility nor to cherish a purely military eperit, but to promote peace and progress, love of country and @ pure patriotism, both in time of prosperity end disaster, aud, under the Dlessiog of God, he bade the monument to rise wmtil 1 met the sun in its coming, He adaressed THE SURVIVORS OF THE BATTLE THEN BEFORE Me with @ touching allusion to the memory of the first great martyrs, Then he addressed the other surviving soldiers, the veterans ef bail a century, and, aft rief description of the battle, he ad. dressed Lafayette, who had come over from Bw rope to help us with big life and fortune. The great changes which the half century bad pro duced in the direction of progress ana provement then became theme, and im peroration be exhorted his countrymen preserve and improve upon what their fathers achieved, and by a perfect paroay he announcer the duty of an American citizen to bis country to be fully as obligatory as that Of @ witness ander Oath to the cause of truth and justice, so that country itself should become a monument gre: powerful and permanent, of which the stroct about to be erected should be an riaating type. The conception of the whole address was m cent, and, betug grandly stained ip all its 10 DAY, JUNE 4, 1875.—TRI parts, its effect upon the immense auditory—car- — ried away by one mass and wrought up as one man to the high- est pitch of enthusiasm—was really sublime. lofty sentiments, mingled into — cord would Dave an oration and cel the previous 10h of April or not. ERADING FRATURES OF TIE DEMONSTRATION. The celebr: mm Was io every re one worthy of the event Which it commemorated, The day Was ong of the chotcest of the # ason, and the at- tendance (rem ail sections of the country sbowed that it Was in no tocai affair, Preal- Gout Tyler a4 his Cabinet and the Governors of Various Sales were among the guests who par- teipated, There were aiso preseat thirteen sur- viving Soldiers of the battle of Banker Hill, and Bipety-fve Others Who Were In some Of the batties of the Revolution, The exercises took place ‘withie the eneiosure of Monument square, and were participated in by not less than 100,000 people. Th¢ scene was brilliant and gorgeous ve- youd descriptioa. A tew incidents, however, were ncking to this Occasion Which marked that of 1825, expecially the presence of Lafayette and the compsrative freshness of the theme. On tee otber band, there was the compieted monu- pride in the shed work, The sudience, too, was more than four times at great. Then, again, the surther the battle of Bunker lili recedes into the distant past the greater the event appears, as its consequences ere wore fully enfolded im tne lapse of time and uy We grow spread of our country, Web ster Kindied with emthusiaem as, standing to aed- teate the monument erected tn commemoration ef owF Bational independence, Be proceeded to shew bow cur fh vs Orought With them the Bible, the lerature and the free nstitutions of the Old World, escaping from jocal custome and fetter, God bere planted im the virgin soil of the wew Contine ‘ee principles of « represeutacive government. As he contrasted the principles o8 whieo our government was founded wiih those om which the epnemera! gov- eTOMeRs of SoGlh America Were set he said, “1 WOGid That the 60,000 voices present could pro- claim it wi. mich should be heard over me Tae cleat, senerous sound ef bis voice reververated irom tne Monoment and the Words came cack im distinet echo—“Ower the Then there followed « cheer, the lke of which ola Bunker Mili never heard vetore or since. 1p closing he sbowea that the United States had Fepsid i@ obligations to the “Patheriand” by its LAFAYETTE’S LETTER. Kiely May teres it oa of me - Lanna heale fey A COMPLIMENTARY COUPLET. Mr. Buckingham, alterward president of the Association, in his contemporaneous account, finding bimself powerless to de ample justice, applied to Mr. Webster the following eouplet :— To those who know thee not no words can pi And those who know thee know all words ari THE DINNER, Some 4,000 ont of the 20,000 who listened to the exercises Just described participated in the din- ner, which was served beneath ® large tent on the elder Banker Hill. There was a set of regular toasts, which were responded to in order, but of jong speeches there were none whatever. In,re- sponse to @ toast in his honor, General Lafayette offered the following sentimen Bunker Hill, and holy re sion which bas a@iready enfranchised the Ameri- phere, Tae next naif century's jubilee toast shall be to “ Erfrancbise Europe.” What profound Jaith the gallant Generai had in the cause to which he gave his lie! Alchough the prophecy has not been exactly fulfilled in the sense in which he intended, still, in looking back over the progress of the last half eentury, we may Say that the learner of American institutions nas somewhat learned the whole European camp. THe MONUMENT COMPLETED. In a little more than teen years the monu- ment was reared toits destined height. On the 28d of Juiy, 1842, at six o’clock im the morning, according to previous arrangement, the capstone Was mounted to its place in the presence of the directors, a iarge number of members of the asso- ciation and other interested spectators, A sim- ple military salate announced the completion of the work, and no other celebration was thought of until several weeks later, Then it occurred to ssociation that A DEDICATION CELEBRATION would be in order on the succeeding anniversary, June 17, 1843, and Mr. Webster was gested as the orator, He was then in President Tyler’s Cabinet, and had induiged inaspeech at Paneutl Mall which gave great offence, ana Bos. ton was rather cold toward bim, a# she knows how to be at times, It was under the: stances that the gre: would deliver an oration it the celebration was decided upon, He replied unhesitatingly that he certainly would perform that service if reque: He did not inquire or seam to care whether Con aint istance to oppres- influence toward progression, by the example of the character of Washington and by the success of our Repubiic. As an iliustration of th fect which this address produced tt ts related that Dr. Joun ©, Warren, who took the greatest imterest in ything which concerced Banger Hill, stated to his associates on the com- mittee, he rode over in the procession, that Mr. Webster, however great, could not possibly come up to bis address in 1925, for then, said the Doctor, he was in lis prime. On the return, how- ever, he declared, with great delight, that Web- ster had surpassed himself. A SPONTANEOUS COMPLIMENT TO THB ORATOR. Mr. Webster did not appear in the procession in the morning, remarking that he prelerred that all the honors of escort should be paid to the Presi- dent, But, as he appeared in his piace in the re- turn, there was one loud continuous cheering for him all the way from Bunker Hill to the State House. It was a remarkable instance of the great popular applause being bestowed upon pre-eml- nent ability over high official position. A DANQURT AT PANRUIL HALL. Late im the afternoon there wasa banquet tn Faneul! Hall m honor of the invited guests, In- cluded in the number were distinguished repre- sentatives from Virginia, Kentucky, South Caro lina, Louisiana, New York and the Western New England States, ail of wi sat down with Massachusetts in commemoration of that giorioas Union which all agreed was THE FIRST TO DRFEND AND THE Last TO DESERT. All the sentiments were weil received, but not one with more rapturou: laase than the fole lowing, proposed by President Buckingham, of the Monument Association :— The Orator of the Day—if we would find his se and patrio we must be permitted to exercise noeraliy the right which he nas refused to the Most powerful mations on e@arth—the rignt Of search. This alluded, of course, to the celebrated letter to Lord Ashburton, which Mr. Webster wrote after the completion of the Ashburton Treaty and while be romained in the Cabinet under anmeritea cen- sure, AN EVENING RECEPTION. In the latter part of toe eve ng there was a brilliant reception at the residence of Mr. Page, on Summer street, Boston, towhich Was addea ‘vhe adjoining house of Colone: Benjamin Loriag, PLE SHEET. bath houses communicating with each other by doors to be opened on such occasions. A very distinguished company Was present, and the s0- clai festivities were kept up until Sunday morn- Ing. To look for those ,ouses now, or for those of Webster and Everett, on the same street, would be in vain, In fact, 1t seems almost impossible that they ever lived there. THE SEVENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE Was also observed In @ most appropriate and ex- tensive manner. Thi was not that attendance of national dignitaries which graced the occasion twenty-five years before, but the exercises were, nevertheless, of @ choice and patriotic order, and were mingled in by thousands from the imme- @iate and more distant sections of the country. Judge Warren then, as now, was President of the association, and the orator of the day was the accomplished and eloquent Edward Everett. His oration and all the other speeches were deliverea in one of the Navy Yard ship houses, om the very site where the British landea om the morning of the Bunker Hill battle, He said that when he considered how much of what we witness and experience ts, in the great con- tom of Cause and effect, aue to the men and deeds which we commemorate, he could not but calito mind the epitaph of the architect of St, Paul's, at London :— “iv YOU SREK POR 4 MONUMENT LOOK AROUND you,” A goodly portion of the oration was devoted to an cloquemt and graphic description of tne battle, and the orator claimed that not more decisively @id the contest of Marathon affect the fortunes of Greece than the character of our Revolutionary War was affected by tue fortunes of the battle of Bunker Hill, Victory or defeat, ‘tt was the tinal joss of the British Empire.” The conclusion of Mr. Everett's oration dazzled with eloquence. “We have erected a noble monument to the memory of our fathers,” he said, ‘but we shall not have performed all our duty unless we our- selves caten sonie portion of their spirit. Oh, that ‘ee comtemplation of their bright example and pure ‘ame might elevate our minds above the sel!- passions, W flerce contentions and foredodings of the day! We safely it the dizzy activities of the tim Waile bers are increasing in unexampled Ast tee dark need the spirit of 1775 to guide us agar our own Csiuwitls fog th. baa far Hl Primsomcass ‘Meth ly. Mas thoaterr ratio Burope i# pouring 18 pon os ber hundreds Of (thousands annually, and pew regions are added to our domain which we are obliged to count by degrees of iatitude and longituce. In the mean- tume the most #uccest'ul Giscovertes of art and the most mysterious powers of nature combine to give an eimost fearial increase to the intensity of Our existence, machives of aBexempied compii- cation and ingenuity bave been applied to the whole range of bomen iedustry. We rush scrow the land and sea by steam; we correspond by maxnetiem point by tee soter ray; we count the deate of the electric clock at the Gistance of 1,000 miles; We 40 aii but sonthiiate time and die tance, ond midst al) the Sew agencies of com- munication. TRE OMNITOTENT PRESa, ‘the great eogiae of modern progress, not super- seced or Impaired, but gathering bew power from ail the arte, ls Gaily clothing itecl! with louder thunders, While We contemplate with sdmira- tion—simost with awe—the mighty intuesers which surround as end which cemend our operation end guidance, let our hearts overtow with gratitude to the patriots Whe Rave handed down to Gs thls greet inberitance. Let as siuive to Jurnien Ourselves, hom the storehouse of tneir example, With the principles and virtues which Wii strengthen Gs for the porfermence of an honored part o0 this Hiustrious stage. Let pure PAtriotiam add ite bond to the bare of iron whicn are binding the Continent, and, as intelligence shoots With the electric spark from ocess to Ocean, let padlic spirit and love of country caten trom heart to heart.” A SENTIMENT WORTRY OF REFLECTION. In view of the late War of secession it is inter, esting to recall the semtiment offered at the ain- her In honor of the President of the Cajted States, It was as follows:— z Zacuary Taylor, President of the United States— As Once vory reapectfuliy dectined « pos: same f ® surrender, he Wil treat i T @Very Proposition 'Or & eecession. This sentin: was responded to by General Devens, then the Caited States Marshal, sow one of the Judges of the Soperior Court, and ine otator of whe day ot the coming Centennial cele- bration. Was WEOSTER JEALOCS OF EVERETT? Tt Will bo remembered that on tae occasion of ‘the laying Of the Cormer stone Of the monument ; in Massachusetts, Mr. Wevster was somewhat indignant because | Mr. Everett deifvered an oration the same year at | Concord, This time, when Mr. Everett was t speak at Bunker Hill, the Marshdeld statesmaa could not make it convenient be present. Al that time he was General Taylor's Secretary @ State, and the following was bis letter in reply te an invitation to be presept:— WASHINGTON, June 13, 1650, GENTLEMEN—You canuvt doubt taat it woule afford we Lhe utmost pleasure to be at Charles town On the 17th inst., to celebrate the er. Gith apniversary Of tue battle of bunker tim. Ie addition to the great interest which tie occestos | itself must naturally excite, I coniess 1 shuuld be glad to have an opportunity of saying some words to so great an assembly Of Massachisetis meo as will undoubtedly meet fogetaer on that Gay at the foot of the monument, Those words w ve few; but they would express what | think to be the duty of every Massachusetts man and every true Anicrican if the present crisis of the coum try; and tuey would proceea from A HEART FULL OF ANXIETY FORK THE FUCURE, not the Jar distant iucure, but for the immediate future; and [rou a spirit, resolved, im the face o) nd cureless of personal consequences, every efort im my power to Uphold the constitution “2s it is, and the Union as it is; te defend them against ali assault, open or covert and to exert every faculty 1 possess to persaadé all honest and patriotic men, North and south, te Stand between the assaults of extreme facuions and the constitution of tueir county and stay the Plague. But, gentlemen, my puolic duties leave me no option, | must remain here. Your obedient servant, DANIEL WE! eR, INAUGURATION OF THK STATUB OF WARREN, Seven years later, June 17, 1867, a statue to the memory of General Wafren was tnaugurated with the pomp and splendor tucident to the Masonic Order, The event was a national one in its way, and called together thousands from all parts of U country, The regular addresses were delivered by Edward Everett, G. Washington Warren, | Colonel John T. Heard and Governor Gardiner Among the other speakers were Governors Dyer, of Rnode Island, and Holley, of Connecticat; Robert C. Wintarup, Senator Mason, of Virginia; Jonn P. Kennedy, of Maryland, and Goveraor King, of New York. HOW SENATOR MASONS VIEWS WERB CHANGED WITHIN TORRE YEARS, + Senator Mason, of Virginia, was the noted repel Who was captured with Sitdell and was couflaed in Fort Warren for a few days, His speect on the occasion was in singular contrast with his acts and declarations three years later. liaving re peatedly expressed his pleasure at find ing the spirit of Bunker Hl sull ahve he went on as followa:= “and now, my countrymen, something Was Said by the very eloquent and honored gen tieman who represents the State of Connecticut im deprecation of that dishonored day which should witn this great confederation broken into fragments. I sympathize with him. I am here to-day to say to you, people of Massachu- setts, that our government isa government whose only sanction is in the honor and in the good faith of the States of this Union, and to proclaim that so long as there are honor and good saith is the States and in the people of tne States, the Union will be perpetuated, I invoke hereon Banker Hill, coming from my own honored State in the far Soath—I invoke you all to require of those Who represent you, that they administer the gov- ernment asit was formed by our iatners, under | the constitution, and not otherwise.’ PROM PKESIDENT BUCHANAN. Mr. Buchanan, who was President at the time, and unable to be present, wrote, ‘May the aay never arrive when the glorious bondof union shall be severed, 9nd when the people, with sacri- logious hands, shail tear down the temple erected @nd dedicated by tbeir great forejathers to the constitution, to the Union and to civil and rele gious liberty.” Patriotic letters were also received from Mr. Breckinridge, the members of the Cabinet, ex- Presidents Pierce, Tyler, Fillmore and Van Buren, nq various other prominent men of the period. THE JIM FISK CELEBRATION. ‘The last celebration of any account was four or ago, The main features were display, lef attraction was the famous Now York Ninth, under command of the late Colonel James Fisk, Jr. There were many thousands of visitors Present, and the occasion was one of general | @njoyment ali round. TROUBLE IN TAMMANY. THE GENERAL COMMITTEE GROWING INDEPEN- DENT OF BO88 KELLY. ‘ The members of the Tammany Hall General Committee met last evening in the Wigwem ip Fourteenth street. In the absence of the chair | man, Abram 8. Hewitt, the First Vice President, | Judge Quinn, called the meeting to order, The | Treasurer reported a balance of $1,905 om hand, afier which E. D, Gale, on behalf of the Committee on Organizatién, presented # series of resolutions recognizing in Governor Tilden an abie, sagacious } and fearless statesman, approving his manage ment of the reform im the canal system, his sug+ gestions looking to the reorganization of our municipal government by @& sound democratic basis, and, by his co- jon with the friends of rapid proving the labors of the recent Legis nd congratulating the people on Mayor Wickham’s devotedness to the various interests 01 the eity, and his endeavors to nominate and ap. olnt to the positions in the lécal government ones, faithful and capable citizens. | se resolutions Were adopted, as were alse lung the attention of ti peopie census enuwerators had nd requesting tbat taey be ado: in obtainmtog a perfect, correct and then moved and tee adjourn it should a¢ so Until Thursday, the 20 of September next, um une Was calied by the Chair, 1 tae Third distriet, taen jutions, declaring that, m the committee, $2 was @ just recom- for a day’ zee, and re- t ofa committee of five te work, euity a iz cir present form, jougat it would be betier to refer them to the Committee on Organization, whe woula coufer upon them, and, if neces sary, they Would take Woat action should de im the matter, and he moved y be fred to that comurttee. ange Claney *aid told Was @ matter that should Acted Upon at once, and as a friend of the work Mmgmen be Was opporea to any delay. The Chaire Mac cut Short any iorther discussion by staung ‘eler was not debata Mr. | Kelly's motion deine seconded, the Cnairman put | the question on te® motion, whico was met with ¢ tew “yeas” and ta the pegative by a perfeet LJ of “nays.” Judge Clancy then arose to a pout OX Plabation, but Was rapped down by tue Chairman, €0a @ motion being then put to adjourn the meet« the, Was met by & roar of begatives, and notwith. | #tanGing Judge Quinn's gave! fell, and he declared | the meeting adjoursed. The bitterest denunciae tions of Judge Quina’s action in de the | meeting adjourned, in spite of the overw: Vous agains: it, Were then indulged to ; ut, and & scene of uproar and QOwed wuica Dames desc:iption. TWO TERRIBLE ACCIDENTS, FATAL ACCIDENTS ON THE HUDSON RIVER TWO MEN CRUSHED TO DEATH BY Ms& CHINERT—FATAL BURSTING OF A BOILER. Povouxeers®, June 8, 1876, Two verripie accidents occurred siong tne Hud son iver to-day. At Khiuebeck, locomotive Nor i? exploded ber botler, boring the engineer, Seymour Lansing, aod the freman, Richard Kib patrick, to (he ground. The engine was attached to & gravel trein and was standing on @ sid¢ eek; & large quantity of coal was also blows | out of the tender on the men. When the enginees | was fouod wae wneonscious, was badly scalded and bw right arm broken. He wae teten (6 the Kaimeckd House, ana bis cond | Wotght ie most critical, thougd ne as e@ consclouseess. Tae Growan ts badiy about tee hands, arms aod ast, and tein im it @ porsibie he Mey aw w vehevea be bas Bot inpsied steam, re side at Hodson. {be engineer ts mart " The otnet accidents reserred to vcearred ot Mastings, on the Hasson. James M end James Waerier, of place, were {B bulstivg & casting, Welghing Jour Ri of Gy ‘eet, io the Masungs sugar ben fhe costing reached ap imi twenty-0 fk some portion of the howting , Whee the casting iol, crusning the two te, Kote were borriny and 00@ he Upper part o: Bus head ‘od hota wag marred aad leave Leoind them Ten | Sears eramrertacnsntasg ere * : i