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

company would have been eXceplcnally
interesting and gratifying TO me. But
whereas supposed that. like the fairies
pavilion il the Arabin Nights, it would
be but mere handful, and find it turns
out ike the same elastic pavilion, capa-
ble of comprehcnding a multitude SO
much The more proud am of the honor
of being your guests for yOn will readily
believe that the more widely representa-
tive of the American press my entertain
ers arc, the more | must feel the good
will and kindly sentiments towcrds me
of that vast institution. (Applause) J Gen.
tiehicn, so much of my voice has lately
been heard in the lard. and | have for
upward of four hard winter mouths con-
tended against what have been assured
was "a true American catsrrh" 0augh-
ter) possession which have through
out highly appreciated, though | might
have preferred TO be naturalixed by any
other outward and visible means- re-
newed laughteD-I say, gentlemen, 80
much of my voice has lately been heard,
that might have been contcutea with
troubling you no further. from my present
standing point, we're it only here, but on
every suitable occasion whatsoever and
wheresoever, to express my high and
grateful sense of my second reception ia
America, and to bear my honest testi-
mony to the national generosity and mag.
lanimities-(great applause. also to
declare how astounled 1 have been by
The amazipg changes that | have seen
around me IN every si1e-changes moral,
changes physical. changes in the amount
of land subdued and cultivated, changes
in the rise of vast new cities, changes in
the growth of older cities, almost out Of
recognition, charges in the growth Of the
graces and gsyeties of ii e, changes in the
press, without whose advancement nc
advancement can take place anywhere
(Applause Nor am |, believe me, 80 ar
rogant as to suppose that in five and
twenty years there have been no change
in me. aud that had nothing to learn
no extreme Impressions to correct. whcr
( was here first. (Applaust) } And, gen
tlemcn. this brings me to point OF
which / have ever since ] landed here
last November, observed strict silence
however tempted sometime to break i
but regarding which will, with you
good leave, take you into my coEh'cnc'
now. {" Go on. 60 on Even th'
press-being human-may sometimes b
mistaken or misinformcd, and | rathe
think that have in one or two rare in
stances known its information to be no
perfectly accurate with reference to my
self daughter aud appiause) } Indeed
have now and again been more surprised
IS by printed news that | have read Of my
It self than by any other printed news tha
' have ever read in my presett state o
0 existence (Laughter) Thus the vigo
n and perseverance with which have fo
i some months past, been collecting mater
!. ials for aud hammcring away at new
j book on America, has much astonishe(
y me (rcncwed lsughter). seeing that al
i that time it has been perfectly vel
: known to my publishers, on both sides o
e the Atlantic, that 1 positively declared
= that no confederation on earth should 10
b duce me to write one. Q.aughter) Bu
J. what have intcnded-what have re
solved upon and this is the confidence
Q l seek to place in you) is. on my return
!, to England in my own English Journal
, msnfulIy, promptly and plainly, in ny
b own person, to bear for the behoof of n.y.
e countrymen. such testimony to the gi
n gantic changes in this country as l hav'
J. hinted at Tonight (applause) also to r,
e cord that wherever 1 have been, in th
/ smallest places equally with the largest,
'f have been received with unsurpaasab bl
politeness, delicacy, sweet temper, hos
pitality and consideration. and with un
y surpassable respect for the privacy dali,
: enforced upon me, the nature of my avoca
y tion and the state of my health. Zap
II plause.) This testimony, so long as
I" live and as long os my descendants hav
&c any legal right in my books-I sbal
'e cause to be republisbed as an appcudi,
u to every copy of those two books Of min
/" in which have referred to Amerie
y (tumultuous applause) and this 4 viii
} do and cause to be dcne, not in mere Low
and tbankfulness, but because regard
} as an act Of justice and honor. (''Bravo,
aud cbeers)
q Gentlemen, the transition from my ow
8. feelings toward and interest in Americ
ir to those OF the mass Of my countryme
d seems to be natural one but whethe
It or 10, make it an express object.
d was asked in this very city abou