New-York daily tribune., 1844-08-26

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Aws'e e a en md sdhs wno ?:s ,se o
But cheeriy sui: Ipiay thee. then.
Wn,e me who loves ms ielow'men'
The Angel wrote and vanished. The next night
He came az ain, wiik u great wakening hight.
AID showed s %4s% .s pSs Si . ,s 9"d be'
This recitation was received with loud applause,
the Rand paying God save the Queen.
Mr.. D. c. Golden then called for and re-
sponded in few brief remarks insinnating that ne
might vndicate his Dutch claims to Berkshire, bu'
severe cold prevented him from dong II at length
He closed by the following sentiment. The Int u,
the President WAS received with great applause:
hebanks and braes and bonuy Briggs Of Berkshire
MIR. Golden, Mr. Macready and Mr.. Sedgwick,
,oon after, left the table and proceeded with Miss
Sedgwick to Stockbridge, where, we hope, they ar
rived before the storm.
ID. Field, Esq. closed lew happy remarks
with the following sentiment:
The children of hive only to be stead'as 10
the principles which they were born
Professor Dewey next addressed the meeting, after
which song was sung by Glee Club, TO the tune
we have come from the mountains"
CIV Briggs said that he had in his hand n COM
,nnn;carion from II daughter Of Berkshire, ilss
Sedgwick) which he would beg leave TO read. l,
was an eulogy on Charming, who spent the lasi
months of his life here and delivered TO Betkshlre
audience his last public discourse. lie loved our
Zelda and valleys our streams and lakes. Their
beauty gladdened his soul, and he ped 10 swell the
anthem which it sent up perpetuay TO the Creator,
not aos ether in secret Tor It's music was written on
hs countenance.
ro him every man was indeed brother, and to
Berksbjre men and Berkshire women, he had thai
nearer feeling which residence gives toward people
among whom ones lot is cast, even for shou
perioJ IL was his own proposal 10 deliver an ad-
dress. in Lenox, on the first OF August, io42 lie
thought it fitting 10 commemorate tnal anniversary
and he believed that the voice of rejoicing the
nroclana,ion Of freedom 10 the captive would find
ar echo among our hills. No one who heard him
will forget that day, that countenance so full OF
the inspiration of Faith, Hope and Charity-nor
that voice uttering what proved 10 be MS death h-sons
in strains as earnest, eloquent and touching us 1t ne
bod known il 10 be his lust. " Ii Is hnlshed mlgh
anIv have been It's concluding words, the last act
Of n most beautiful and well spent public life.
There is n passage in that discourse which the
people of Berkshire should otien read. Ii is as
follows: "Men of Berkshire. whose nerves and
souls the mountain air has braced, you surely
will respond to him who speaks OF The bless
ings of Freedom mud the misery ot Bondage.-
I feel as if the feeble voice winch now ad-
dressas YOU, must find an echo III these forest
crowned heights. Do they not impart something OF
their own power and loltiness 10 mems souls =
Should our Commonwealth ever be invaded by VIC
1ori.us urmes Freedoms last asylum would be
here Here may free spirit-may reverence for
ali human rghts-may sympathy for all the OPP
pressed-may u stern, solemn purpose TO give no
sanction TO oppresslon take stronger aud stronger
possession Of mems minds, ana from uese houi-
iains may generous impulses speak lar and wids
God grant that this appeal made by u voice now
hushed in death, may meet perpetual response III
the hearts of our people, from generation To genera
1on, :.hile time shall endure May they not he sat-
;s6.d with the distinction oil being natives OF Berk-
.h;r. hut strive in whatever cline, under whatever
circumstances they may bc placed, TO wear always
the Berkshire Badge-lNpusrRY, UPkGHrNEsS,
HUMANITY.
tn, Memory of Dr. Chnnunc-May the Sons of fBerkshre
,r he found wanting e:shed The balance winch
ho so trusunsly held up to theih'
Music nv the Band-Star Spanged Banner ana
Yankee Doodle, with variations.
Hon, TIMoTny CHILps of Rochester gave this
sentiment: -,
The emsun of Be.k.hs wherever they are m found they
Kew ORvILLE DEWEY, d. ID. oi Newly ork, said:
come upon the stand with my cloak and my stat
in INV hand about TO depart, but must say Il word
b.f,re go This numerous multitude, Tins sea oi
Sacss what do they mean We are gathered To-
ge,her Inv n single sentiment no; for speculation OF
gain. Ne have come for nothing IN parncuiaT' out
sY;h strong heart, beating all over New England
have often thought that ihe temperate Ione p' ''e
earth nroduces the torrid feelings al least home
f.s,;nss No other occasion could have called to-
ra,heT such mass meeting. This response 10 the
cal, surp,ises me. |; came 10 us and found us al
our occupations, and in many cases II freed us from
,hsn all and we are here. The word Home Is
our th.me and il is impossible 10 wearlt out hose
hedges vocal with the music OF BIRDS those porches
in which we sat in infancy, those hearths that hrst
,ohosd IN Ihc names OF iather ana nlotter-tnest
ore all familiar but other places have strange as
nacts N me. 'rhe scenes around us, recalling ol'i
associatons make it good for us 10 be here | re
m.mber having heard a child read the Scriptures
and though scarcely knew word she SAID, Ia
.facted rue 10 tears. | could not solve the m, sier,
tll [ remembered that the toues of her voice re
aembled those OF the venerable, pure aud learned
Dr West Ii is good Tor us 10 cherish these rneno-
zoo and therefore II is good FOR US TO be here.
n was only when Aneas, child OF Terra and
Nsn,sne. had SET his foot on earth that he had
.,.lnctb. and so with us. We must return from
,hs ocean q, lie 10 our Fatherland-o the old home
af afT.c,ious-to the soil OF home. We shall 60
from this place having our affections tor man
s,r,nr,hened through HE.
Thc President then introduced Hon. JULIUS
RocxwEiL, NJ. G. rensrking that MIR. Il. was &
Ennrectcut BOY but Berkshire man.
A. RocxwELL said thst il any one wanted 10 be
p.rtshire man. let him so TO work, as he had
dome. and get Berkshire wife, Ii he cant be born
here he can be, what is better, married here lhis
seemed to light up the countenances OF several
Young men One OF our iriends had sad no"
ood !, is 10 be able 10 boast that he tcent out from
SSS,lsh;re." can say, -" How COED i; is 10 have
80 N Rerkshire" Mr.. Rockwell concluded 4
csn;,al speech by offering sentiment. from one
,hos,, heart has been at this Jubilee. The iniiislS
are II. S and every lady knows that these stand
t,r Mrs. LYDIA II. Sigourney, OF Connecticut The
following is the sentiment:
TIE Old Bay State
In Pralr,e Western els:s--
OIamoug the great IN balls oistatc.
Rnt you find the Berkshire men,
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