Litchfield enquirer., 1867-07-04
tion to the public welfare" The closing sentence of the Presidents reply fairly


 welfare. All have to say on that subject is that tue best part of Tuy fe has been deUoted to taking care of the Consultation, and the enforcement oi the laws, and the preservation of the union ot these States.
 The Secretary of State closed as follows
 Like the Chief under whom I am employed, and with whom 1 am willing to serve in the executive department of the government, have no speech to make-for better reason than he has assigned namely, that Ca prophet is not without honor save in his own country" hdUe strung Wut hin around tue circle to probably ,cetn sitty males | of aohere aoaS born. There my tongue is always silent.
 No sooner, however. did MT. Seward reach the Representatives Hall than the sixty mile radius theory failed him, and he made speech, beginning as follows:- Mr. Speaker:-I take your word for it, but l must confess to some surprise. cannot believe that in this storm of party feelng the House ot Representatives of Connecticut has charity enough lagher, forgivingly, ''Yes, they have, though "] My time to speak is to be in future age, and the tongue that is to plead for me- [McCracken ?l will speak when mine ia silent in the dust.
 He gradually warns up, fancies he has the whole continent under contract, and closes in the following gorgeous style:- '' And more. If you will but give Us the sup port Of generous freemen, loving their country above all other countries, and desrous to promote the advancement ot mankind, ] will extend the picture little further, and snow yon the flag ot t5'e United States waving On Plymouth Rock and flying 7or i*2 50ds cre' te Go.1eo Cnte Gud iron, tte cTsteJnted t1srey$ in Lte tropics to Nsa N0rth l Pole"
 The President then made Q speech from which We extract the following exquistely
 No$5yi$5 morsel:
 If knew myself [. and the court thinks she l0," apparently omitted in tho report1 and .Gy nuED0@U ln coming II your midst to-day have m otAcr feeling than t0 promote and advance thc best interests Of the country. The best encrclc- ot life ll0t very ahOrJ-thnugh t $ true am nc, very oisl but my hfe and the best ouere1cs of my intellect lave been CVOtCI tD the enIafi finr C tn | great masses Of the pcoo}o. Though ?nav ha"- been rl'sakcn, Ut0uGh IntGy bGcp erred 2sG1c caa Hlca. 1"5<cl $ Ta0IGi1Dr are Gv tit5lij5e-vc- Ii ] have erred 1t has been an crT0r of the head and not oI the heart. In al my positions and they havo b"4u numcrous and s2Inc5imcs danger nus, have lfDcr.llad life itself in the 7}raS1,a- ti3n of the Cnlon. [Apolu3a.] l}u5 always lyc! the c.uadS lowered and the storm thicNc.cd kept the tnloa aa nT polar star, the .,,lJtic good a9 l0y aim. the constitution oI my country as ny guide.
 On thursday, tic Presidential party were welcomed at New Haven by the Mayor, who expressed the hope that the Admin istrat;on tr2u!d de success" A more Do- lite man than this Mayor of New Haven probably does not exist Had he been at the great Norwalk disaster. he would un- doubtedly have shaken hands with the en- gineer after the accident, and expressed a hope that he would make safe trip. President Johnson replied that '' he had passed through almost every station of life in the gift of my yfelIow-countrymen" that, he had a great deal of the best sort of cour- age, that he always acted on conscientious conviction, adding, |" Jf Ikno.O nayseyf, I trust that it will not be egotistical when I say that try to administer the government on the principles of the Constitution. ," Mr. Seward told story without any visi- ble point, and Secretary Randall, who up to this point had not distinguished him. self, closed with the following, as pretty a specimen of after-dinner eloquence as ever came under our notice:
 ''The President, as Senator of the United States, struck bold blow in the face of treason, in or der to maintain our Union. The President stood steadfast to-day, sometimes erring, some per sons may think, but always honest. This saga cious Secretary of State has played on 'sharp of thousand strings" and by his diplomacy brought all nations to bend to him. This Secretary, now grown old desired only the paciication of the Union, for which he had long battled The peo- pie of Connecticut had power to stretch forth their voice to calm the troubled elements, and say, Peace, be still" When all men love the Consti- tuition and liberty more than party, then there will be peace. The Constitution has been the shIeld of the President the vast learning of the Secretary of State has kept off, in recent stru- gle, the hands of opposing nations; and we owe to them our gratitude. In conclusion, he exhorted his hearers to unite in perpetuatng the free nsti tutions established by our fathers, and in which Connecticut from the beginning, took so impor- tant a part to maintain"
 At Yale College the President enioined the students to hold in reverence the Constitution of our fathers. f Mat acos to De amended I should not De done by e naojoy- ity in >tnaes of great ercitenaent." Secretary Seward seems to have made Q discovery, which we wonder he had not made before:
 " You know better than to suppose that public man IS wooden clock, that can have it's speaking part go on while its rotating machinery is totally run down."
 1ue students then called out POStma ster-Gen- eral Randall who said that he was a plain man, and would speak just what he thought about Yale College. He had conceived very unfavorabe opinion of 1t for the reason that as other Colleges turn out and eXpel their worst members, Yale Col lege Is U3derStC1d tO h0Ue turned out the best of men"
 This sort of small beer cannot have been extremely refreshing when first uncorked, but when poured out for US the next day, 1t tends greatly to the increase of profanity.
 Formerly, man had his option, We be- ileVe, on festive occasions, to sing @ song or make a speech; now statesman has no such choice. Are not both these customs relics Of the barbarous age before Temper anco and Telegraphs which deserve immcdi- ate abolition?
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