Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-08-03

trade that is, that every man must be sui !
fcred to do what is right in his own eyes his
o,cn interests being u sufficient guide, has II
fatal hostility to the spirit of our institu-
tions; and here and elsewhere since the death
Of Adam Smith, has done more to democrat
ize the nations than all other causes put to-
gether Neither nations nor individuals have
any right to ignore the laws of bcnevolenco
and friendship, of justice and religion, and
conscience, or to make them subordinate to
mere sclfshness and competition.
This is but a mcagrc outline OF the dis
course, which was replctc with philosophical |
and instructive thoughts and fine illustra~ .
tons.
The afternoon was occupied with the An |
nual Joint celebration of the Phi Sigma Nu
and the University Institute Societies, The |.
discourse was by Rev. r.. u. Hitchcock, ID, |
of Bowdoin College. 1t was on Work.
its relation to Man. The Savage detcstcd
work, and was but bcggarly savage
The Nomad was willing to do something
In the way of work and was some better
off,-thc highly Civilized man only, rea-
Lies fully the duty of labor, and reaps the
benefit of lt,-not only in the enlargement of
his material comforts but in the growth of his
intellectual and moral being. To work is
great duty of man while here below. and
all good progress in the world has come from
the workers. Specially it is essential to the
wholesome growth, of American institutions
that all should realize that idleness is foreign
to their entire spirit The discourse
abounded in pleasant hits, was delivered in "a
lively manner, and interested the hearers in
an uncommon degree.
/ The poem by joins &. SAKE Esq, followed.
! 1t was well spiced with puns and the strokes Of
| humor, which are Mr.. SAxEs forte. and was
received with frequent applause, We give
some extracts from it.
| AUTHORS VS.. BOoK-MAKERs.
! Scarce a round dozen. at the best, seman
! OF all that, once, among the autbor-train
| Wrote books like scholars nor esteemed 1t hard.
| Genius like Virtue, was its own reward
o. gentle IRvISG-thou whose every grace
| OF wit and learning gave the highest place
| In the proud synod of the old regims-
| In all thy dreaming didst thou ever dream
| To see thy trade a mere mechanic art,
The .eryie minion of the bookish mart
When authorship should be the mcrcst trade
And men make hooks as hats and boots made ;
Didst ever dream that thou shoulds sec the day
When the vexcd Press should spawn the vast ARA
OF trashy tones that on the public burst
30 fast they print the "tcnth edition. first
Thou hast not read them, God forbid it racks
Ones brain enough to see their brazen backs !
That thou wilt smile, know, when thou art told
That with each book, the buyer too is - sold -
That soon the putting art shall all be vain,
And sense and reason rule the town again.
THE DAILY PAPERS.
Sweet to the traveller is the urchins chimes
Procaiming "'Erc's your Tribune, Eraid, Tim'''
Those lively records Of each passing day
That catch tho echo ere it dies away
OF battle. bravery, sudden death and III
That mortal minds can startle or appal
Letters describing festive rural scenes
Ship news-(too often I" news for the marine'"')
Fortunes bright favors. and msiortune's shocks
The all of Hungary and the fall of stocks
The important page that tells the thrilling tale
How Empires rise, and Red Republics fail
How Englandss lion lettering in his lair,
Essays in vain to fright the Russian bear
How France, bemoaning the expensive war,
Would give her :" Louis" to save her tomS dor
While the poor Turk, such hapless luck attends,
Cries &" Gracious Allah save me from my friends '
MODERN POETS.
While BRYANT, largely gifted to rehoar.e
Natures great Epics in subimest verse.
Careless of all that Genius covets most,
| sticks ike IA sentry to ms ENENlSG foSr
While HOLMES, the subtlcst of the tuneful throng,
With mirth and laughter to inform his song,
Perverse, neglects his hearts's resembling tones
To be like SambO--science on the bones,
While cen HYPERION, whose other name.
Though smoothcd and round upon the voice Of fame
Not his own art, transcendant and divine.
Could drill to order in heroic line
Fen he grown weary of his own sweet lays,
Adds scarce a lealet to his early bays
And SToDDARD, chiofcsts of our younger baTd',
Adversely aud verse at once discards.
Prefcrring wisely solid beef to bays,
And real pudding to ideal praise
Fen England's laureate snug in his abode,
, just MARBLES forth sounding annual ode
Then sinks to silence, himself shut
Another Clarence, in his Malmsey butt.
Junior Exhibition in the evening, as usual
= crowded the house to its utmost. We Civ
f the list of subjects and speakers.
|. The Moral Element in the Character Of III
Statesman. Rodney Holland Howard
?. The Orators Of &c.
Edward Bradley
). The Political Character of John Milton
. George Curtis Moore Jr
!, Wyclife and his Times,
Ira bushnell
b. The Framing of the American Constitution.
E George Chandler
i E. The Golden Age and the Gilt Age
/ Isaas Newton Camp.
. I. A Nation's unnoticed Great Men.
Oscar Frisbie.
- S. Tho Grondist.
f Charles Colman Prentis.
;, MUSIC.
J. 9, A Limit to Refinement,
c 10, Province and Power Of Music.
@ Jane. Gilman Henry.
IL Diversity Of Languages, as related to Intclec
tual Culture. Louis Francis
"a ! 8 .l,,
c Century. Edward Everett IerricE
49, Early Scottish Poetry.
e George Henry Clark
t H. The Old Age of the Scholar.
t Is. Hannibal in sight of Rome.
f Justu. IIcrrick
lG Every Man adapted to his Work
- George Frederick Hcrrick
II. Conservatism, true Progress,
George Burnley spnlling
V Is An End higher than Self necessary to tru,
. Greatness. William Wallace Livingston
10 National Monuments.
+ Henry Lngan Lamb
= 20. Basic Of social Theories
AFRO Andrus Smith
= IL Foreign immigration, as related to tho Per
petuty Of our Institutions
John Flander.
George Burdcr Tulman.
"a Moral Character as an Element Of Power.
Henry Carroll Town.
t ~, The Imagination giving Life to Truth
Charles ARENAS Kent
MUSIC.
Excused by lot.
The young gentlemen made highly crcdi
table appearance, though some of the piece
were not perfectly committed to memory,
defect which Injuries exceedingly the effect .
any piece, however well written We wcr,
not present throughout the evening, and can
not speak of all. The productions and de
livery of Messrs. Flanders, Kent, Spalding
and Francis, struck us as worthy of ospeca
notice.