Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-11-25


4-nge. sts each year ron hare tesofne more ard
more genial, have cherished larger and still larger
srmpashles With y0ar 4 teoB-iaen, aud Ss time has
set On you aly marx yoa preserve n all is fresa
ness the youth Of the soul
II hat remains bur tawish g0u lang-continu
ed life, crowned with health and prosperity, wita
/ happiness and honor Live on I'll you hear your
children children rise NJ and cali y9u 5esssd =
Lave on for the sake Of as, your old associate
for whom life would iase much Of is Iustre 10 los
ing y0u as a companion and friend. 1--we on for
your own sake. that spH may enjoy tne better dag
Of which yo7lF eye already catches the dawn
/ " here faith disceTaed the Sayiog of the world,
/ the unhelieFer looked only On man Of sorroEs,
crowned with thoTns ard totterlng under the bur-
den OF the cross on which he was 10 die. TIE -Ociai
skeptc sees Amerea sitting apart IN her atletlons
/ StGpg bg YEpers at her BOSOM aud welcomed 10
The pit by earth : ancient kings z bFt through AK
| the anguish Of her grief you teach us TO behold
/ her IN immortal beauty, as she steps onward
I through trials 70 brighter glory Lire 20 enjoy
her coming triumph, when the acknowledged pow
er Of right shall tear the root Of sorrow our of
the heart Of the conutry, and makeiher mors than
ever the guardian OF hunan liberty and the resen-
| orator of ths race.
AR- BRTAST's REPLY.
sI thank you. NJ. President for the kind 4ordz
you have uttered, and thank this good -ratslrgd
company Tor having listened 20 them with so 1ha-
ny tokens of assent and APPRECIATION / must sup
pose, however that most of this appreciation was
bestowed upon the orator rather than uT6H his
subject. He who has brought 20 the whiting Of
national history genius equal u t5E Yastness
Of the subject; has Of course more zhan talent
enough tor humber tasks. | wonae4 not there
fore, that be sheHd be appauded rhis evening for
the skill be has shown IN embeLishing barren
topic.
Il am congraeulated on having completed mr
seyeHtieth year. Is there nothing ambiguous, DIR
President, In such egmplimentY To be c0ngra- {
tulated ouone seniiity To beicongratula1ed oa
having reached that stage Of life when the bodily
and mental powers pass into decline and decay
Lear Is made by shakesheare to say
Age Is unneeessazy.'
and > later poet, Dr. johnson, has expressed the /
same idea in one Of his sonorous lines:
@.sapsEaaous iags the veteran IN the stage
..You have MOI forgotten, Mr.. President, the
old Greek ssying
Whom the gaas love die yeung,'-
nor the passage in Shakespeare:
-- oh sir, the good die FIRST,
And they whose hearts are = dry a. sumnez dasty
Bun = the saek@,
Much has been said Oh be wisdom of jld Age f
Old are is wise, I grant, for Itself but not wise {
for the community. Il IS wise 10 declining new +
enterprise, for il has not Ehe power nor the time
TO execute them wise in shrinking from difleui 4
II, for il has not the strength 70 overcome y
wise IN avoiding dangeE, Tor i aSs tie faellty o.
ready and swift action by which dangers are par
red and converted into advantages. But this Is
a0t wisdom for mankrld at large, 81 whom neW
enterDrlse must be undertaken, dangers mes aud i
difficulties slruFuuated. " hat woEld woaid
thi& &c # Nur1 Essasla up o. Cd men lreleEaa8
toe smeeeeaIng gereratzon 81 hoaTy 2aessEts whe
had hat dozen years or perhaps bali tllat tFHe
to I've What new work Of coed E0asa be at
tempted what existing abuse OF evil corrected
" hat strange subjects wouid s1en q world afford
FOR the pencils Of cur aTtlStroups of suI eEsiIl-
nuated gre5- boards basking IN the sun through (
the long days of spring or budding IKE sheep %
warm corners IN tbs winter TING houses with til
tiEabers dropping apart c2tles IN ruins rcas
HnwFoGcht and ITlpass4cle Weeay gardens and
aeltls with the suF4aee fee8y scratched n put N
seantv harTest-feeble old nen clanlbeTEBg into cT
zy wagons perhaps 70 be run away WIKI ormognt,ns
horses il tbev mounted them 81 81, IN terror 81
being harle3 from their 6seSs like sung from
stone Eeii L Is that in this world OF ours the \
cid men are but very small minority
'sAh. Mr. President, il we could but stop this h
r7lss TIDE o. fine that bears Us 80 swiftly or
waFd. and make It AoW towards its source if We
c1ula eause I'll. sba,,9s 70 Cua back on the dial
n.ats ss;ssse a.le zl2Ry excellent friends Of
mine. worthy To i've . thousand years, on whose
co1ntenanees year slave set their seal, marking Il
them WITH the nsssl thought aid elE- and raIls-
ing tl2elrt Ies ~ gSteB V1sh Sne Irosisoi ltc
aat5aga L 70 ans- oae 81 these eendbe restos
cd his glorious prime, lis golden toctd, with its
hyaeinthine locks, iTs smooth unETiaseS brow, lis
fresh and rounded cheek It's gseaFlg and VeF4ect
teeth is lnssroHs ays, rs hight and sounding
step. Ii fslrns fu.i o. energy is exR.t.ng spirits
It's high bones, It's generous imp ses, aus aud ai
these - the experience and nxs3 principles Of
mature age. / an sure, DIR. Presldent, that /
should start at once to my feet ARA propose that
in c9lrlBe1ltjsarion of stsrh a 1nseEel and 5y way
Of cane.atuaflTg cur friend who was its sGbjees L
we should hold such q festiylty as she Century has
never seen nor wiz eTer see again. Eloquease
sh5sl9 bTine is highes1 zrI5u.e, and AT Is fair
est decorations e grace the festival the most
sEiiglt musicians should Be here with al manner
If Instruments Of music ancient and modem; we
would have sackoHt and trumpet and shawn, and
tT.sseis ian dbl erS aaa modern kllld three
times Is large as the ols that nov plays On tHi
balcoBy. But WAY awel- on SUCH vain cream,
since i Is 8aiy 5y Eassias through the darkness
thai orerhangS tie Falley Of the Shadow Of Death
that man can reach lis second youth
i have read in descriptions OF the old world, of
she fazliiies of princes ana arons coming out OF
their castles 10 be present At some rustic EeStgItr
such as wedding Of one OF their peasantry. | 1
am reminded 81 this cust9m 81 the presence Of
many literary persons OF caaIseneeln these rooms
and thank them for tins act Of heneyDlenee -
Yet miss among them several whom had wished
rather than vcntnred 70 hope that | should meet
on this occasion miss my old friend Dana.
who gave sogTan3iy the ssory Ut the BnccaBeer
IN his solemn verses. Ellss PIcTpont, venerable
IN years yet vigorous IN ullnd and 0o4y. and with
IN nudimTsea fancy and him whose pzees are woe
with the tears of lnaideTs who rea1 the story Of
EvangelIaa, and the author ct kAEsny and the r
CT8akers, no less renowned for Ele fiery spirit
which animated his Marco BoKzaTis and him -
whose Wit We owe the Biglow Papers, who has
made loBly flower Of the waysldes As classical as
The rssss of Ar1creon ard the Quaker roe- who's
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