Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-08-03

which gave TALL iOrCe TO Its WelShty matter
The heavy rain, of course kept many from the
house-still numerous and intelligent au.
dience was present, and were held interested
and intent upon the lesson Of the discourse tl
its close
We cannot refrain from expressing oul
regret that the sacred music, which is COM
monty SO pleasant feature Of the ami
versary Of the Society, should have been less
so than usual, on this occasion-a circum-
stance due to the unfortunate selection Of
pieces Something somewhat simpler and
less ambitious than the complicated and
unmelodious collections of rolls. iugues and
forced notes, which constituted two Of the
pieces, would, in our humble opinion, have
been more appropriate, more within the
ability Of the really excellent choir, and
more to the taste and enjoyment Of the audi
ence.
TUESDAY,
Celebration of the Assoc alton Alumni.
The procession formed at the hour on
Tuesday,an marched under Marshal FIanag-
an, to the Church Hon Henry !. RAlNoYD,
President Of the Society, occupied the chair,
and performed its duties with especial
grace and dignity. The opening prayer
was offered by Rev l. f. DwNu of SIIem
Mass, and the chief feature Of the day
followed which was the orltiou ly
Hon. E. c. PALMER Of St. Paul Minnesota.
Ills subject was Var Eng'uds7. or he
/ Mar England e',meat IN 1ma7cu Cril-ataa.
In discussing his theme, which he said he
should do lroa by. as the theme invites, and
bJli.y,as becomes one Of the New England
family, the speaker first reerr9I to the
peculiar origin and history of New England,
without past beyond the landing or the
Pilgrims, when American Civilization began.
strong and fuIsuuctur,j, as prof ctei from
the Joye.kc iutcllects Of the Pmiaus The
oliec, Of the Pdriun.. Wa, DO. as is So
often asserted, to found colony in which
Their, might be freedom u opinion and Of
religion. but to secure a IIlc, i'm which thar
! o.~u REGULAR notions mirbt L.. paramount
to the exclusion Of all others. Their vision
was not Of a great free republic of one civil
policy and many religions, but Of Puritan
commonwealth. They were moved by the
single impulse Oh duty 10 Cod and their
conscialees' IN the present, rather than IN the
future. iAey sA-i they had crossed 'A'
ocean TO eAi.y liberty OF opmon' aud they
would not be disturbed by others. Hence
t-ey drove i'FlA Roger " Hl'a~@' % tie pale
preacher with tine S'ose3eTTy eyes when
he proclaimed the traer principle OF unI'er-
sal freedom not only i'r F0Tit4ns '15 i9r
humanity Ihe foremost examples IN
human history Oh sublime DEVOTION to aaiy'
s'c'0''7' IN an good "1IAS'. Ie7''''e' eAa'r-
inS' 'noy yet i5'5o' t1o sublime ul,aFlAce
VI '.i'li '-''''1 '-''1'' 'ii'' 0''1 '''' me-"
truth ioI them yet to break ioTth out Oh his
ho-y word ana were 4nt'-eF4n' ana severe .
70 a degree "Ni'H Is aIiucuI' ID DE accounted
i'F. 1t was their great defect OF character F.
Inc speaker pissed from the Iilsrim' to
their descendlnts'-the Ne" England OF TO- .
day. Her position and influence illustrates
the fact Of History that the less the area Of
'IiOe OIL people, tHe more marked Is their .
character ana the moie potent 'Aeir inAn-
ence. she Is ricA IN powerful early associa-
lions and the Consciousness that he can
point to Plymouth Rock, and Lexington, and
Bunker Hill, has given a tirmer step and
prouder AR to the loos1st Jointed Yankee
that ever left the patcrnaI roof But the
pride in the past induces no supineness Of
effort Nowhere is labor so int eIligent or
intelligence SO iubJrious. Utility is the tes,of
everything, tho beautiful is assumed to be ne
cesslrily eleminate, and the ugly to be useful.
Work is a household god, clothed with
wondrous dignity. Lifelong and peTs nal
toll IS deemed heroic, and 50 1t Is, when one
cannot help 1t butte the we" which re-
CARDS toll as the normal condition or c)ncJm-
liant OF Unite existence the speaker took
decided exception
Another popularity Is the tendency to
reI-ess personal ana individual Pecu-i@rities
anu 10 establish ort"ry uniformity IN
society
The spontaneous operation Of the social
nature is interfered with and tyrranized over.
This point was ezpounded at some length.
The speaker thought it could not he denied
That NeW England Is too much under the do
nInion OIL society. There Is a sound moral
zone IN \. il. society but the scale lacks ex-
.2nt and is not chromatic.
lie paused to consider the Home hle Of
New England lie believed that while no.
3 here else are there 50 many homes having ]
% IS IN the soil, there Is yet little passionate
lnging love for the homestead The New l.
England home is too often place to sfay in
1ther than to Ire in, and there is too little