Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-03-28
TzE PRABopY BASauEr.-At the ban
mat oiyan on Friday eyeninp at the

Tzg PRABoDY BAkouET,-At tne Dan-
quet given on Friday evening at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, by
George Peabody, to the trustees Of his
Southern Educational Fund, Hon. r. @.
Winthrop OF Boston, in course of re-
marks made by him, spoke in eulogy Of
Mr.. Peabody as follows;
u FEEL that his deeds of munitlcence
re iar above the reach of any praises
nich IL y In my power to utter. Land
H., here at New York after long alb
St, G In EJLlaud, where he had already
Pc rmed acts OF charity withouta pre-
ced, Il in the annals OF the world, and
whlCl gave new lustre TO the Ameri-
can name wherever that name is known
landing here, say, on the lst day of
May last, his visit to his native country
has oeen one continued May-day OF be.
nevolence and benehcence. There has
eeen no winter in his bounty. The
storms and SHOWS OF New England,
which have ragged around him with
more than their wonted severity, have
not been able to repress or chill-have
stimulated, rather-the genial currents
OF his soul. His pathway through our
land has been q perfect milky way, leav-
ing radiance on the historic page as
enduring as that OF the stars above us.
And this last, best, largest, noblest,
browning gift for aiding the work OF
education in the desolated South, has,
above all Others touched and thrilled
every heart in the land and there is,
~ I I
can speak of them all-who regards his
association with that gift the highest
honor OF his life. 1t was once said, on
some occasion, by my illustrious friend,
the late Daniel Webster in that terse and
Impressive language, in which he ex-
Celled almost all other men, that if an
inquiry was made as to what America
had ever contributed to the world, it was
enough to say that she had contributed
the character of George Washington
And we, of this day and generation, may
now answer to that inquiry, that she has
no. only contributed the character of
George Washington, but also the ex.
smpes OF George Peabody. And, let me
sid, that If some American ThaCkeray
should hereafter spring up to compose
scEIcS Oh leCbuTtS OF Vi essays On JDC
American Georges, he will be able to
trace in them elements of true nobility,
OF real royalty, such as have rarely
adorned the lives of those who have
welded the sceptre of earthly SOW
ereignty in any land or age"
In his brief and modest reply, after
thanking his friends for the compliment
airy manner in which his health had
been toasted, Mr.. Peabody said;
II have at times been placed In very
honorable positions, but in no instance
did ever feel more highly honored than
at this time by the presence around me,
not only of the highest officers Of our
army and navy-deservedly renowned
in both hemspheres-but by some ofthe
most distinguished men of our nation
both North and South, whose happy
union and pleasant intercourse trust
g an omen of the brighter day which !
nope is soon to dawn upon our beloved
country. EApplause.J / cannot refrain
from expressing my satisfaction at the
harmonious action OF the gentlemen
who have done me the honor to act as
my trustees, aud at the happy auspices
under which they have commenced their
laborS, which, | have great confidence
will be crowned with success"