St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-12-10
LcriH!'c bY w. DOHDiUSS.

he more ambitious name of the "Avenue
Hotel Times.
Lc"iH!'c by W. DO"Di0S>.
The third lecture OF the course was given
on Saturday evening last by Mr.. FEEDER
lex Douglass of Rochester, y. Y. The
lecturer announced as his subject: Our
Composite Nationality: or, What we are
what We shall be: what We ought To be-
lie Wa inclined to take hopeful view of
.hr future OF oar country. Our nation
had lcachrt! the zenith OF their power and
civilization. ours Wds still growing and
ilnp;pVing. The lecturers attitude hereto
fore had been that OF complaint: now
~ own condition. He had lived three
distinct liIe>-that OF Il slave. Il fugitive
siaYc. ana an American citizen. He pre-
.rrrcd and most enjoyed the latter. He
paid hiS respects 10 the croakcr>: There
we're those as fall oi ''mevcrs" as Poe's
Iavrn, pcrchcd just above the chamber
uoor. We never could abolish America.
slavery" but We did. I'VE never could
We never can pay the national debt"
bat We are paying it.
The American people We're the best fed.
best clothed, best housed and best i'll
,l:uctc;I people on the face OF the earth.
No where III the wide world WIS such
.rncIai and vide >pIcad intelligence ls III
New England. The lecturer argued that
lie composite character of The people was
he secret of our growth. and in it Law our
hopes OF die iutuIe. lie maintained that
the nations and peoples which keep thrir
blood pure" never rise to the hight OF ua-
tiDnal greatness. but run out" He IL
Illustrated ny the people in the highlands OF
scotland AMI mountains OF Wales vino
I''a~t al their pure Gipuu amt that they
never Nvrr conquered. Bju they are tar
i,.',itlj in the. march OF human Improve
u"ut ticir ncI-houis OF the plains VINO
nav. been conquered. and who have INFER
ui..l.n th..r ':.ant with lnat ot other ma
lin.~. Nr. Douglass sand oar 4Icut Ia
.;ruai difficulty had h,rH the hesitation 10
cl1y oW ire -rrat priuriplr ot human
rights. !ir hciir,ci there were. such
lniu-- ~ h,ul.u rights. The .igclutcr
dHrii a icH-lh upon the duty OF ih> "ov-
r.iiii..u' 80 '.>t-fd p'"ic',i"'i oEG ju-g
laws "y"! all THE cu!up"-iIc paris OF thi>
ua,inn.,-p ,.ia,i, tii" Chinese vino threaten
g" til GA laGH. Il, thought the Chi
ultnrI ~houui hr welcomed. protected.
p.u"i,t,d 10 testify against ''Nhiir men.
!u vote. AMI 90 i"i Office. .,nd in All
.Nrr t. ;h,. uai.,.ti"u rn:,ic ia. thi> cld>
i:t ln,Y WnGiG met tell the truth ni,ly
Nnci it Nd l.r their Interest to Tell il. the
iyctut"r ~3ji I'VE mist make it tor
heir Interest 2" tell the truth" ~ It.
-l@'!2G liC danger to our religion in hay
.,. 80 .amal 'h,a,hru" thrust in upon liz
o. -,In- ;crr,,i. Nj. Douglass mu,it. il >rl,
ri!Irtii""~ tor Il Christian nation 10 be
-,.niirs on. missionaries into hcithrI
i;.l,;. &" convert thr world. and then ny
So G.H,,r the hcathyu from coming to u.
IL. believed that our government. our civ
liI"t;uu aud orr religion was powerful
.uop-li 10 civiiiA" and rhristamihc all V hu
mould com" to IT,. Our geographical pc"
-ti"u Wa >uch. our immense resources.
the principles of liberty and equality 80
>Jruu-. nat we can and ought to receive
people from all nations and ali climcS. and
at every me. and mould them into one
treat AMI glorious nationality.
.ihr speaker heid his audience for near
( y two hours. Sprakin" generally quiet
J., AMI unimpa >>ipmcd. at times he reused
Ip to mI>lcriy rloqucmce. In the broad
views taken. the lo"ic. the quaint humUr.
/ the great and true man >houe out in all
/ his >plrnGor-.
There WAS Il fearful snow storm the cNc-
uin% OF the lecture. pTcvrntin" many out
81 town people from hearing Mr.. Doug
lass. SO anxious was the lecturer Ia
meet his engagement here that he pro-
cured an engine AT Wells River and came
up hall an hour before the mail train,
which WAS several hours late.