The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-09-23

The Grafton was delivered hv Hon. CnAS
THuonoEE Hv>srL, Of Boston. and Ike all
bis productions. bore Tie stamp of eminent
ability in conception and expression. If> sub
icvt was "7Hc Entranchi~ mem Of Lnho.-."
and the positions illustrated Ivy the orator
were: Tia. labor had obtained its civil rights
that it had come to participate in the capita.
it had created: and that it had reached h.l
degree of physical comfort. and had attained
to such intelligence and moral dis crnncn'
As prepare for lis responsibilities. IN his treat
ncnt OF these propositions MI Russell Dis
paved u power ot analysis. and latitude Of
thought rarely the accompanimcnt> of ropu-
lar oratorv. We can neither afford room
nor time at present to follow him through his
subject, or furnish even an rpiiomc Of its ar
ran"cmcnt. consequently few specimens. al
most culIcd at random from the reporters
notes, will have TO illustrate the general idea
of the style of the address. Ailcr an cio-
uucnt introduction. in which the teachings of
he scene then passing before the pcoIlc were
ably applied, MIR. Russell said
We are accustomed, on occasions like this
to contrast the product of our manufacturing
and mechanical ingenuity with those of earlier
utNS anu OtiitT 'OUUt!ItS. L Tull inc CLASSIC
plough of Virgil. still vcxnc the prolific soil
Of Italy, TO the "ccntrc draft" which cuts the
green hills OF Vermont ; from the s,nnin.
wheel Of ,Jorgans, ard the loom of the May
flower to the combined result of Arkwrirht
and Watts genius from the caravcl Of Col
umhus to the clipper of Mackay; from the
old Kings arms. that bIazcd at Bennington
andSaratoga ,tol;obbins orColt's revolver;
from the mastery inactive steamer G! Fitch
to the floating palace of Collins: from the
horse and piIlon that bore Molly Stark, to
the railway and lo' omotivc that brings us
here, are ri gantic strides in material progress
But turn TO :hc Instruction Of the ,Jacuucrc
in France. or place yourself amid the atroci-
ties o! its first, or the ah>urdtics Of its last
revolution; stand on the circle ofhills which,
with surras>in. beauty environ Florence. or
Tie vine and orange clad crescent that lifts
Naples gently to the sea, and contrast labor
then and there, with labor now ard here; or
fit please you better, compare the laborcrs
who, under Wat Tyler, parlcvcd with Rich
ard the End at Smithfcld, with those who, in
the name of the great Jehovah and the Con-
tncntal Congress, under Ethan t!lcn, de-
handed the surrender at Ticondcroca: or
contrast those whose unrivalcd yki,l fills the
i. Worlds Fair. and their unrctresscd cricvan-
ccs It's ear. with those where free industry a.
dorns the exhibition of a State. and whose G.
Tuai!y free sutlragcS control its destiny, and
, YOU find an advance in the social being of Ia
bora step towards its true position, compar-
ed with the most brilliant triumphs of indus
try sink into insignitcancc."
= In rnnNn.t,o,> ur.tl, a..
| Russell continued as follows "l!crc and now
: it Oabor) has gained its civil rights so far as
government is concerned. "Lii;.. liberty and
the pursuit of happiness aprcrtan to it,-not
/ as the grant of king, charter or commonwealth.
hut as the endowment OF the Creator. And
these sacred rights are placed entirely under
;, is guardianship. No infringement Of them
Il can occur except bv laws which labor enacts
j. or ly forces which it supplies 1t has the
:. ri ght TO live. in which is involved the RIGHT r.
. that whereby it Iivcs-a just remuneration
: for lis services"
Il in treating Of Tie participation of labor in
g 'he capita! Ii had created. the orator said =
n ''licrc men hold wealth as Office only in them.
selves or their descendants. to return it tc
the Lend. 81 labor. Capital and labor con.
u siai'''! interchange ranks. and II Is not Unfre
Is Hucn,y difficult. in :hcir incc>>ant n,inpliu,
10 S',.ala;c the one trom the other. 'Tbci,
aI.lagoni>m in other countries is thus r.l,v
ed. ard enlightened scIfin:erc>, requires eac|
to recognize the rights Of the other Nor i
:. tbs result permanently affected however ,|is
>, ,urlr! ~ our system of cor!orations-tl.cst
conIrG..:.cs which our energy and inSti.u
4 tion. exact between necessarily large and fix
t'rap''a'~ ard NJ general and Frequent ,'i,i