Windham County Democrat. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1836-1853, 1852-02-18
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IS buying Resolve Of the Legislature, inviting you
~ ileir Capital during the present session.
Te2.esolve is in fact, less than its TERMS an the
~ name and behdB Of The People ofhe Commonwealth"
Having with this announcement delivered TO you
the documents intrusted 10 my charge, must be
considered MS having exhausted my official functions
Yet, Sir having had the honor of introducing the
Resolve to the Legislature of Massachusetts, [Cheers
and witnessing with pleasure the unanimous and in
slant concurrence of her 400 Representatives, Re- |
ncwed applause | will venture to add few words |
beyond the record-only such words however, as
Cgunot fail TO be consonant with the sentiments aud
hearts Of her people. Cheers.
The people of Massachusetts would have you ac-
ct this act of her constitutional authorities,
t'tiedaing compliment. Never in her history, as an
Independent State, with single and ustrious
exception, has Massachusetts rendered such mark
of respect to any other than to the Chief Magistrates
tthese United States. And even in this present
instance, much as she adnres your patriotism, your
eloquence, your untirng deyotedness and zeal deeply
as she is moved by your paintive appeals g. suppl
cations in behalf OF your native and oppressed land
greatly as she is amazed at the irrepressbe elias
ITCHY with which you rise from under the heel OF
oppression, with lorltude increased under suierngs,
and with assurance growing stronger the darkness
grows deeper, Tcheeers, still it is not all of
these qualities combined that can lead her 10
from her dignity as free aud independent State, TO
the mere worship Of man. Applause. No. But it
is because she views YOU as the advocate and provi-
dental representative of certain great principles
yhich constitute her own vitality as State,-be-
49, SIC views Ynu the representative OF human
t.-tits and freedom in another and iardstant land
Il is because she views you as the righn but eXiled
Governor of u people whose past history and whose
recent deeds show her to be worthy of some better
future than that Of Russian tyranny and Austrian OPP
lression that she seeks 10 welcome you to her Dor
ders that she seeks to attest 10 gazing world tilat
10 the cause of freedom she is not insensibe, and
hat the oppression OF tyrants she Is not hdller-
ent. Great applause.
Ii is WE'LL sir that your feet have not yet pressed
me soil of Massachusetts 1t is well that you landed
.lsewhere-that you have surveyed the most pros
oerous portions of the Atlantic coast; that you have
,urmouned the formidable Alleghanies, and planted
our feet in the confines of this great valley. Ii is
veil that you should comprehend It's vast extent;
HAT you should float down these mighty streams,
and survey these mighty valeys-that when your
,1ul has become expanded by these scenes, ana
.,atfed by the free institutions which adorn and
bless then-then, and not till them should you turn
vour footsep holy pilgrimage to the spot where
American liberty had its birth. Applause. Its
emhvro sumbered in the souls OF those illustrious
and hrhlv accomplished Puritan exiles, when with
religion for their handnaid they set foot on the rock
of Plymouth and encountered the stern rigors OF a
New England Winter. Applause Their first born
child was popular Education Applause. Their
second was popular Freedom Great applause. -
n what words can the history Of any Commonwealth
4 50 glorousy embazoned, as in those three words,
cation, Freedoms? [Applause.] Herd, sir is ni-
(oIor for the world Applause.
i Such pre-eminenty such, is the record OF Massa-
chusetts. One word only need he added TO bring
her history TO the present hour and that is but u
corroary of the former mean prosperity. As
the man of pety surveys her borders, numbers her
peopIe counts their wealth. he finds a fact
added to the proof of ages" Never have seen the
righteous orsaken, nor his seed begging their bread.
/ have said, sir, that Massachusetts is the birth
place of American liberty. When, then, you have
seen the full stature with which she fills these vast
valleys and stretches herself over these mighty noun
tains come little nursery, retired from the
turmoils and corruptions OF the Old World, and we
will show you the cradle where she was rocked
TApplause Come sir, aud we will show you the
holy spot where the first baptsma blood Of the Revo
D luton was sprnkled upon her consecraled head, the
camp ground where Washington first unsheathed h
sword in her defense, [appause, and the fortified
tons which he first erected for her entrenchment
!, From the windows and balconies of the Legislative
e Hall, whence this invitation has enianated, thes
d spots can be seen. Applause.
;, Come then, and stand amid these lallowed scenes
l. gaze upon them: listen to their silent eloquence
l. till steals through every fibre and breaks up ever
C fountain of your soul Drink with us of these frs
rs we-springs of American liberty, and you will fin
e them still gushing aud pure Applause All, s
u is it fitting that your last pilgrimage III this Ian
--rnould he to sucT u place-tlat as you embark TO
J. the Old World, your parting act should be TO drin
h at the most haowed fountains of the New? [GreG
e applause1 Sir, Massachusetts will welcome yol
y, She is the descendant of lusrious eXes who flee
a. ing from oppression in the Old World, sought free
ID dom in the New. Her past history her illia piet
" bids you welcome exile. Applause llerse
y the first in legal resistance 10 illegal acts, in const
W tutional resistance TO unconstitutional oppression
at how can she do otherwise than welcome those VIII
to follow in her footsteps Cheers. Prospered a
most without "a parallel, as she has been under Il
ed smiles Off kind Providence she can give but poo
81 account of her stewardship unless her instnans
ny Religion of education, of Philanthropy of Freedom
can afford most valuable instruction TO all who see
to found new States or, like YOURSELF to regenera
n and revive those that are old. Applause.
eli | sneak of her institutions of Freedom. | mei
II her distinct municipalities. There is no cenraz
e. ton there. Distributed into 800 cities and tow
10 Ships it is in these, by her literally democratic
sh senbages, that her Government is chiefly carrie
eI- on. No Central Government established and pa
oil ronizes our 1000 public schools. No Central G
ey' vernment levies TO fill her Golfers and fe
de- her parasites. Each town provides for selt-levi
lol its taxes suslans its own schools, establish
ng its own municipal regulations; and in each and
le- of these acts is independent of every other. Il
M cause of Education aud of Freedom is thus repos
ny, in the hands and hearts of the people Reposed,
DE, say? No, sir; it is because of those hearts a
80 sands that Freedom and Education have no repc
sf nat are pushed TO the most active and yigoro
0n- s-asyancement
q The aggregate receipts and disbursements of {
ey little Democratic organizations are some four or
en- times larger than those of our State Treasury.
the true therefore, that we have Capitalization
ith,, Through the system have described, the peo
ana are the Government, and the Government is
sey' people. The seat of government is fiction
6 Massachusetts, save il signifies the hearts OF
was have thus detailed somewhat of the history
'ch of the present condition of the State that seeks