Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-04-29

as embarrassed as the speaker said he
was in responding to toast to which
have but little claim to answer | am
but indirectly connected with the Boston
press, and therefore cannot speak for it
as one of its members. who are engaged
night and day with the work Of prepar-
ing those newspapers which are generally
understood to be the governing ideas Of
America. (Checrs) know that many
of our notions arc derisivcly called "Bos-
ten notions" but fnd that after time
good many Of these notion, become i'm
beddcd through what may be called the
common schools, anl also through the
churches. which everywhere marx the first
springs of American civilization. (Ap-
plause) | am not worthy to speak for
the Boston press, except in one regard,
and that is 10 the cordial uuanimity with
which that press would join us here to-
uight-would join you always--in doing
honor not only personally to eur guest,
but to the priuciple which he has always
represented, aud they in their real essence
claim to be Boston notions. (Immense
applause There is one notion sunk
deep into the Utmost nature of every New
Euglander and Bostonian, which is, the
equal rights of man, the claim Of man
upon nau. the broad claim of humanity,
and know not any one, either in Amer
lea or England. who has done more to
secure respect for that ''notion" than the
guest whom We honor in our heart of
hearts to night (Applause) We claim
him IS by right citizen of the world.
The "hub of the universe" claims him as
one with her in the inspiration Of the
right. There was humorous friend Of
mine who said the other day that if Mr..
Dickens started with ten cents in his
pocket from Cambridgeport-(and Cam
bridgeport. you know, is hardly allowed
to be hanging on the verge of the Uni'ed
States, it is to Boston the abominaton of
! desolatiou); this friend Of Iaine said that
Mr.. Dickens might start from Cambridge
port with ten cents in his pocket aud ira
vel round the world, and he would come
back no richer than he started {Laugh.
ter.) But there is something | desire to
say for New England. if may consider
Boston a part of New England, and SO
gain light to speak for it,; aud what |
desire to say is this: that we are glad
aud proud to bear the name of the old
land which gave birth to Charles Dickens.
(Repeated cheers
There are two Epglands There is the
one England--thefa is the England Of the
Times newspaper, the England Of Thack-
eray's book Of Snobs--in fact, the Eng
land which we do not like--and there is
the real England. the England of the
allegiance Of the heart. the England to
which no American can 60 without feeling
a rapture in his heart as he thinks OF
the old aud glorious memories Of our
race When he hears the lark singing
at Heavens gate--"Hark, the lark at
Heavens gate sings"-while hO takes
walk in the fields he secs the
very hay stack under which the "Lit-
tie Boy Blue" lay down to sleep, and IN
the mca dows too. where he might have
sounded his horn, but forgot to sound it
he will see the England which be has
believed IN and dreamed Of, aud it will
seem to him some old place where he has
been in his boy hood. 1t is familiar to
him as his grandmother's garden. There
he will see the daisies and the cowslips
which he has never seen since lie grew
UP, but which belonged to the dreams Of
his youth. lie will see the Old. the real,
the dear England great cheering) trans.
muted in that light which never was on
sea or land-thc coDsecration and the
poets dream. He will see the England
Of Chaucer. Of his Shakespeare, Of Milton,
of his Dickens (lmmense cheeriug) lie
will recognise that there is a response deeT
in his heart which beats quicker and
warmer because the life which is in him
springs from that dear old England, mo.
ther Of US all. Great applause.) Ike
will return bone the better and more
patriotic for having seen the home Of his
ancestors. He will return home with
more faith in America, because he will
have seen from where America started
because he will be able to appreciate thu
solid foundation Of right. the impregnabl'
rock Of justice. OIL which all that 10 glo
: rious in the imagination rests. He vii
come here with fresh convictions in hll
own heart, prepared to do his best for hi
own part and for those who work will
him In carrying out those glorious pris
ciples which England hides in her heart
places first in her faith. FIRST III her relig