The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1843-06-27

tons with which we look upon it; il brings before us
the 18th Of June 1915 and the consequences Of those
events OF that day to us-our counry-to the world
consequences which we must continue to have an
influence upon mankind to the end time surprising
all that the studies Of the closet even the nspira-
tons of genius can effect. The day-the day. II
speaks 10 us. Its future auditory will be the
sve generations of they shall rise up before il
and gather around it, Its speech wi be of courage
and putriotism of religion, and liberty and good gov
ernment of the Of those who sacrificed them
selves TO the good OF their country.
In the old world, many fabrics still in existence,
reared by human hands, Of whose object history has
no record, or which is lost in the darkness of ages.
They are now monuments ofnothing but the power
which reared them
The mighty pyramids themselves buried in the
sands Of Africa and there is nothing which they can
bring down to us but the power Of the cunning and
the servtude ofthc people. lfasked for their design,
just object for the instruction of mankind, or any
great end of their being, they are as silent as the mil
lions of human beings who lie in the catacombs be-
meath them. Having thus no just object now known
to mankind, though raised against tho heavens they
excite feelings but that the conviction Of power
mixed with strange wonder. ,..u'.
But if the present civilization Of mankind founded
as it is, on solid science, great atainments in art
and on an extraordinary knowledge of nature. and
purified as it is with moral sentiment and the truths
of christianity be destined to last till it can
the termination of human beings on earth Then the pur-
poses of this monument will continue TO be known a.
mopg men till they shall come to it.
And if in the dispensaton ofProvidence the cviliza
ton Of the world is be overturned and the Truths
of christianity to be obscurcd by another deuge Of
barbarians, still the memory of Bunker Hill and the
chief events connected with it, will be part and ell
ement Of the knowledge Of the last man TO whom
the light of civilization and christianity shall be Wis
ibe.
Your celebration is honored by the presence OF
the Chief Magistrate of the nation surrounded by the
distinguished individuals who his constitutional ad
visers. GCheers.)
On an OCCASION so national as that which is connec-
ted with that revolution out of which the government
grew the heads Of such government may well de-
serve every mark OF respect.
Thoroughly acquainted as he is with York Town
which was the scene of the last great military effort
oflhe revolution, he has opportunity Of seeing
the theatre Of the first of these great struggles. He
has seen where Warren fell, where Stark and Knowl
ton, and Putnam and McCleary fought. He has seen
the field on which thousand regular troops Of Eng
land smitten down in the first great contest for
liberty, by the arms of the yeomanry Of New Eng
land; and with heart full of American feeling he
comes here to-day, am sure, to participate in as
full degree as any other individual present in all
the enthusiasm of grateful recollection which this
day and occasion are calculated 20 produce. APP
plause ] . ..- ..
Banners and flags, professions and badges an
nounce to us that multitudes have come up;-thou-
sands of the natives of New England and of other
States Welcomed Welcome! you of kindred name
and kindred blood. [Applause And you form
wherever else you may come, you may be strangers,
bat you or less at home here. Applause
You have glorious ancestery oflberty. You bring
with you which found in our early history,
at Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill.
You como here TO this shrine Of Liberty, near the
family affairs where you received the earliest lesson
of devotion, near the temples public worship which
you first entered, the halls and colleges where
you received your education. You come here, some
Of you, to be embraced once more by your aged rev.
outon fathers, to receive another, and perhaps the
last blessing bestowed in life from your aged mother
who has survived long enough to ENJOY your prosper
NY auu H"Pl"ASSS'
If these familiar recollectons-f these tender as
ISOLATION oc early life have brought you hither, they
give to you from US, and to from you, peculiarly
hearty greeting this OCCASION and respire with
pleasure together an atmosphere redoent with the
sentiments of 1775. [Appause.] In the seventeen
million of happy people who compose the American
community, there is not one who has not an interest
in this structure-as there is not who has not
deep and abiding interest in the events which it is des
tined to commemorate. ....... ..... d.
The solemnity of this occasion depends entirely
upon its nationality. 1t is all American; the senti-
ment is comprehensive enough to embrace the whole
American family from North to South, and from East
to West, and indulge the fond hope that forever it
may be enbema;c of that union by which we are
connected together. And woe betide the man that
comes up here to-day with sentiments any less than
wholly American. [Cheers] And woe betide the
man who ventures to stand here with strife which
quenches the American fire which should be burning
in bic CboarS I,o, Ill