The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-07-30

Hutchinson, Auburn.
1s. Battlefelds of History-Miss Aetts NJ.
Stone, Unity.
10. Cross and Crown-M ss Anne S. bud
ley, Kingneld.
90. observation-disclosures T.. Chase, York.
q. Address before the Philomathean Soce-
ty--Owen Lovejoy, Joseph Rounds, Poland.
y. Address before the Literary Fraternity I;
Service the End Of Living-Howard Wood
bury Littleheld, Wells.
%. Prophecy-Miss Mary l.. Haskell, An-
burn.
"a. Valedictory-Miss Ellen Knowllon,
South Montville.
The exercises were inteispersed with music
by the Band.
Allen, Heath, Husey, Freeman. Rounds aud
Littleheld, were among the number who did
themselves much credit. The Prophecy, by
Miss Haskell, was very unique and amusing.
The Prizes for declsiming Tuesday evening,
were awarded TO Freeman, Pearson and
Morgan.
After the exercises in the church, those who
had tickets repaired to the College and there
partook of such refreshments aud speeches as
were prepared for the occasion. but As your
humble friend was not among the favored, he
cannot inform you OF the merits of either.
GRAFTON AND POEM BEFORE TIE LITERARY
SOCIETIES.
BY eight o'clock last evening the church
was crowded to overlooking by people assem-
bled 10 hear the Grafton by Rev. c. C. Everett,
and Poem by George b. Towle, Esq, OF
Bangor.
Mr.. Everett had chosen for his subject
Popular GorerRmeaL He commenced by
an allusion to a ship at sea containing two
classes of people On board, the officers and
crew, and the passengers. In good weather
the Fist class only had thought OF conducting
the ship safely upon its journey, but ii storm
arise, then the same mind inspires all on board.
So with the Ship Of State. All unite at this
time aud have the same waichword, Union
ssrsi Isst,ussy.'- Tire --~a.~i~. .s:si. LsaaAa-
views should 20 TO the work with larger
thought than other men; he should be great
or worker In the annals OF history. In this
our present struggle, all the future psrtakes
Of the issue.
We should have the same faith in the ,ivine
right Of the people, that the subjects of mon
archs have in the divine right of kings. We
should feel. and all true men do feel, that at
this lime, republicanism IS al peril. But the
people viii support II. The people are strong.
We should glory in the strength of the people.
Poetry and Philosophy have represented the
people as the many headed hydra, because
they are tickle and changesble; and even zee
have held them so loosely that we have a con-
tempt for them. We even look with respect
upon the stability Of monarchies and the pow
er and fame OF monarchs. But you cannot
put your finger upon more than three mon
archs In modern times above the medocrity,
and Of these Napoleon was a child of the peo-
pie and the other two were supported and up
held by The people. Nearly all the glory of
the past has been the glory OF the people
glory that will never die. IT Is republican
Rome that we admire, the Rome OF Brutus,
Scpio and Kegulus. The Greece we honor
was repubic-the Greece that gave Milti-
ads, Demosthenes, Pericles. The only gov
eminent that commanded even the respect OF
men, through the dark aud medieval ages,
Venice, was republic. Genoa in the days of
its majority was a republic. The speaker
when visiting the ruins of the past in Europe,
felt pride that all that were grand and mag
niicent, all were the peoples remains.
Heroic names have suffered for the people;
Socrates, Aristides and hosts of others, be-
cause the people did not know their best
friends. If people are tickle it is not because
they are people. but that they partake OF hu.
man nature. Charles l. Elizabeth, and other
even though they were kings, have
partaken of this attribute of human nature.
There are two bases of strength in the peo-
pie. Their seldshness and their generosity.
Their selffshness teaches them to take care
of themselves better than Others can take
care of them. The principle in European
Government is that people cannot take care
of themselves. Thus they lock the people
into the cars for fear they may not know
enough 10 protect themselves. That is the
principle of their government. Government
is not amachine to do the peoples work. 1t
should be a regulative principle. 1t is like a
good digestion: man is never made aware
that he has a stomach till it gets out of order.
So with good government. "The people are
best governed who are governed least
The people with all these mistakes are gen.
erous, they are ideal. They will surrender
any thing for an idea. In the Crusades the
kings went for fame and renown, the people
10 recover the tomb of Christ. Religious in
situations rest with solidity upon the people.
Some governments have psmpered religion
least the people should not take care of it,
but the best thing for governments is to let 1t
alone. The American Church stands upon a
firm basis though the only one not propt up
by bayonets. Every year is te aching that the
people are worthy TO be free. So we thought
because people are slaves they are only fit to
be slaves, but Italy and Port Royal have
proved the contrary.
Power dwsris and corrupts man. Des-
potlsm degrades and these corrupt the slave.
SO In our country, people predicted a savage
war II we used the slaves, and indeed the
savage war came, but the barbarity was on
the part of the master.
The strength of every government de-
ponds upon the support of the people. In
England they banished their kings, then re-
ceiyed them back again; and now If they
reign, 1t is by the grace of God and the peo-
Pile.
Today popular rights and popular govern
ment are struggling for existence. II the
government fails here, when will it be tried
again. Even though We fall, the people win