Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-01-06
FOREFATHERS DAY AT MIDDLE
RTTRY.

BURY.
For seventeen years the citizens of Middle
bury have annually celebrated the anniver-
sary of the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers,
with appropriate festivities, and with a spir-
it which does them credit This year the
day was hOnored in the usual manner, by
exercises in the evening at the Congregation
al Church, and festive gathering at the
Addison House The church was crowded,
the audience including gentlemen from all
parts of the State, who were in attendance
on the meeting of the State Temperance So
ciety. The exercises consisted of prayer and
reading Of the Scriptures by Rev. C. B.
Hurlburt of New Haven singing: prayer
by Rev. Justin Perkins, late missionary to
Persia; and an Address by Hon. George P.
Marsh. His subject was The past present and
future Of New England and her offspring and
the influence they are probably to have upon
the worlds future. The Register says Of the
address =" 1t was in all respects such a pro-
duchon as could come only from an historian
and philosopher. To the intelligent and at
tentive listener it was profoundly interest
ing"
At the Addison House a large party gath
cred around a well laden table. Joseph
Warner, Esq, presided, Hon. j. NJ. Slade
filling the post of Vice President and Toast
Master. In response to sentiments, speeches
were made by Rev. DR.. Perkins, B. B. New
ton of Kansas, Rev. R. S. Cushman of Or
well, Hon. George P Marsh, B. F. Wins
low Of Pittsford, \. L. Mann, and others. 4
poem by Mr.. Egbert Phelps was highly
relished. We copy from the Register the
following report of Mr.. Marsh's remarks at
the Table
THE REMARKS OF HON. G. P. MARSH.
There are two OF three reasons why |
should say few words on this occasion;
Nv name is on the bill, | am therefore ex
pected to speak. Second, two or three gen
tlemen have failed to answer, when their
names were called. Third | find that have
still three minu ties left of the time allotted
me for my address, at the Church I do not
wish to have it said, that have cheated You
in quantity as well as quality. Another rea-
son why may be called upon to speak is,
on the ground Of seniority, We have been
here father and son, man and boy, about 100
years. Another popularity; We are abo-
rhymes. | do not mean Indians Laugh
teri If you ask in reference to the ances-
try of most New England families, the an
swer is 'that in the year 1000 and blank.
three brothers came over from England from
one Of which we are descended" | re-
peat. we do not clam European origin We
have a tradition ID our family that sometime
in the past century, one OF our ancestors
crept out of the ground in Lebanon Conn.
and as soon as he got m oney enough togeth-
er to run away with, came up to Queechy
Vt. where we have remained ever since.
In Vermont we are nearly equal in wealth,
prope rty Is more equally distributed. We
are equal in social life, except as virtue may
elevate or vice degrade. There is no place
where social order has been more uniformly
observed than in Vermont; where the laws
have been better carried out Except the affair
at Westminster, we have never had such a
thing as a mob in this State An
other quality we may claim is that Of
energy We have had the greatest OBJ
stacles to conten with our State was an
unbroken forest with no bound.ess priiries
no navi-able rivers, and was farther. re
moved from market than any other State is
nos. 1t took longer to 20 to the city Of
New York 200 Years ago, than from the
Earliest parts of the country now. We not |
only reclaimed the wilderness, and raised the
people to a state Of afluence and comfort.
but have done a great deal to advance other |
i2 6n t5f S G3gnt II to the same cond
taken pains to nj rm himself on this sub |
persons Of Vermont birth with their child
REM out of the State than in it.
The people Of this State are Of more I'M
mixed origin than in any other of the States.
We are mostly from Massachusetts, and
Connecticut. With regard to the foreign
population, it is accidental Very few of |
the migrants from the old Country ever
heard Of Vermont, before they arrived An |
English lady once said to me, on hearing |
that was a NermOnter, that she had
great interest in Vermont, because it was
-he place of General Washingtons burial.
Laughter
Another and still more important reason why |
We should claim superiorit, is because while |
ye have had these obstacles to encounter, we /
nave had no help. j we see around US is I
he work OF ourselves aud our fathers.
SOUTHERN FANATICIsM.-The accounts OF ,
PERSONAL outragss committed in the slave /
states upon Northern men would be incredi-
be if W did not find them in southern pa
)ers. To have been born in a free state Is
efficient in many cases to provoke any
mount of suspicion, personal indignlty and
iolencc, and innocent men are severely pun
shed and expelled on mere suspicion, with
nut waiting for proof. The South is in a
air way to cut itself off from all intercourse
not only with the North, but W tn the
whole civilized world, by these barbarous
trocit.es
Several gentlemen who had been driven
way from the south arrived at New York,
aw days since, on a steamer from Savannah,
Ia Among them were two gentlemen ex-
led from the chivalrous state Of South Caro-