Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-12-27
Liberty under Law.

al eloquence and his words should he read
by every American. S. l.. Clemens MARK
Twain) spoke to 4 toast of Is New England
and Weather." his speech like its subject
is for our ''outside." The speech of Mr.
Curtis which was applauded to the echo
by the whole company was this:
Mr.. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN OF
THE NEw-ENGLAND SOCIETY: 1t was lzaak |
Walton in his - Angler" who said that |
Dr.. Butler was accustomed to remark tina
doubtless God might have made a better
berry than the strawberry, but doubtless
lie never did; and | suppose that | speak
the secret feeling of this festive company
when Say that doubtless there might be
Il better place to be born in than New
England, bat doubtless no such place
| exists. And if any Skcptic should reply
that our very presence here would seem to
| Indicate that doubtless also New England
| is Is good place to leave as to stay in,
| should reply to it that on the contrary, our
presence is but an added glory Of our
mother. 1t is an illustration of that de-
vout missionary spirit, of the willingness
| in which she consents to share with others
The blessings we have received. and to
circle the continent, to girdle the globe
with the strength of New England char
acter and the purity Of New England
principle. Even the Knickcrbocktr>, Mr.
President, in whose stately and splendid
city we are at this moment assembled
and assembled because it is our home
even they would doubtless conccde that
much OF the grandeur and splendor of their
city Is due To the enterprise and the in
lustry of those whom their first historian
described IA those Yankees" Sir, they
grace our feast with their presence; they
will cnliven ii, am sure, with eloqHcnce
and wit. Our tables are rich with the
flowers grown in their soil; but there i,
one flower whose perfume fills Il continent
which has blOssonled for more than tN 0
centuries and 4 half with ever-increaSIng
and deepening beauty flower which
blooms at this moment on this wii.try
night in perpetual freshness in Il million
true hearts from the cold regions OF the
North to the warm golden gate of the
South Sct-Ihe flower OF flowers, the
Maytlower.
Well, Sir, holding that flower in my
hand at this moment, say that The ,.,v
we celebrate commentaries the inlrDluc-
ton upon this continent of the master
| principle of its civilization. | do not for
yet that We are L nation of many national
ltlc>. do not forget that there are gen
tltmen ut this board who Wear the flower
of other nations close upon their hearts.
remember the foryetncnot OF Germany.
and | know thut those who keep watch
lpon the Rhine watch also on the Ml>>l>s-
lppi and the lakes. rcctll-how could |
forget? the delicate Shamrock | rem
embvr too, Sir, The lily too "fen the tiger
ily-of Franct.Hnd the thistle of Scotland,
| recall the daisy and the rose of England
and in >wltz,llanl on the Alps on the very
edge OF the glaciers, the rare cdrlwci>,.
We are in America, an'I here hyhcr III IN
the shamrock The thistle. HIGHER than
tile daisy OF the rose. higher tn N the
highest, blooms the perennial Mlytlowcr.
1t i Ia" EngIlsll-e Speaking race that has
mO.dcd the destiny OF This continent, and
It Is the Puritan Influence that is the
strongest influence winch has acted on it.
| am surely not here to assert thai the men
! VITO have cXrrted that influence have al
WAYS been men whose spirit WAS fall Of
. light. confess their pr,julicc-. their
hardness. Their nnrroWnc>S All his
know. Charles Stuart could bow more
bEtudlv and could dance more gr,ccIlIh
than john Milton. Bat. ST. We estimate
the cause beyond The man. Not often Is
: the gracious spirit of christianity lnc;>,tr
ed ~ il conicS>Or-. II we wouiI see the
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