St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-08-24
VERMONT'S centennial !
and Thursdays Exercises.
EXCELLENT ORATIONS AND BRILLIANT
SPEECHES.

EXCELLENT oRATIoNs AND BRILLIANT
SPEECHES.
| In our issue of last week, we brought
summary of Vermonts great occasion
up through Wednesday, including the
excellent opening address of that model
presiding officer, Hon. E. j. Phelps of
Burlington. After the fine Grafton of
Hon. Daniel Roberts, (Which we hope
to print sometime,) and the beautiful
poem of Mrs. Dorr, read in an admira-
BILE manner by Prof. Churchill of An
dover, land which is printed in full
elsewhere,) there were short and brill
liant speeches by noted and eloquent
men, some of which we give in sub
stance. The first and perhaps most
happy one, was by ExGov. Hawley,
of Connecticut:
GEN. HAwLEY's SPEECH.
Mr. President, Ladies and gentlemen {:
| am more afraid than | thought
should be. | found myself among the
"and others" for brief remarks to-day,
and here | am called on to speak in the
presence of the still thrilling and glOri-
Gus words of the poem and Grafton.
With all his heart he would say good
word about Vermont. He felt proud
that Vermont was the child of Con-
necticut He said that he did not in
any respect feel he was stranger, and
referred to Rev. Mr.. Jennings and
others present whom he recognized as
from Connecticut. He congratulated
those present, and joined them in thank
ing God for hundred years of Vermont
history. He spoke glOwingly of the
exploit Of the 83 men in capturing Ii
conderoga, 50 prisoners and 120 cannon
the first time the British flag struck
to the young republic. The speaker
read numerous extracts from documents
pertaining to the actions of Old-time
patriots and the Judgment of the Eng
lish government in regard to them. He
thought that Connecticut men must
have had good share in the organiza-
ton of Vermont government So towns
in the state are namesakes of Connecti-
cut towns, and he found a similarity
between certain parts of the statute
books of the two states. Perhaps Yer
monters had proposed to save trouble
by conveying some of the Connecticut
laws. All wished for Vermont another
hundred years of true and solid pros
perity. Gen. Hawley kept the large
audience in the best of spirits, inter
spersing frequent sallies of wit, of which
the audience showed their appreciation
by hearty applause.
EX-GOV. HARTMAN OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Ex-Gov. Hartman of New Hamp-
shire, said that he was glad of an OPP
, portunity to respond to the honor done
him in calling upon him to speak
for the state of New Hampshire. He
felt that he was standing upon ground
sacred in the annals of the states his
tory, on the ground where those patri-
: OTIS, Seth Warner, Ethan Allen, Re-
member Baker, had fought so gallantly
The state for which he was speaking
was one of the original thirteen states
"A state whose hills had glowed with
; the beacon fires and whose valleys had
re-echoed with the songs of liberty, a
state which produced such men as Stark
Langdon, Sullivan and McElroe. He
wanted To have it remembered that AT
/; Bunker Hill, New Hampshire furnished
over 900 men, or twO-thirds of the
number of colonists there. New Hamp-
shire was also well represented at Ben
nington. Daniel Webster never said
that New Hampshire was good place
TO emigrate fIOm; it was a libel on his
: fair name. No New Hampshire maI
! need ever blush that he was of thai
l state on the contrary, he may recall
! with pride the illustrious proof of the
l ardent patriotism of his ancestors. He
L a. I, IL
The states are one, and the Union i,
one. Though there may be clouds il
the political horizon, this is no time tt
despJnd, nor to argue, nor to blunt the
glOIy of the future outlook. / see be
fore me Il nation whose sons and daugh
ters toll nObly for the right. | see oul
: : vast territory peOpled with an intelli
gent, hardy race. | see the treasures o
{ earth and hill and stream and min,
made subservient to the common be
hoof. ] see Il stronger patriotism grow
y y ing up, which shall place our cOuntr!
d in the vanguard to the hoped-fOr mil
u u lennium. He could not but think o
j the passage written by Esdras by th,
y willow -fringed rivers of Babylon NOR,
u u than twenty-three centuries ago: ga
: for the truth, it endureth and is alway
3 strong. 1t liveth and conquereth for
eVermOre."
> GEN. BANKS.
e He expressed his regrets that th,
e sickness of the chief magistrate of Mas
S sachasetts, prevented his appearance
:. for the Bay State. He had so mucl
: eloquence and such an admirable an,
poetic address that the remarks h,
r should make would form sort of back
It ground for the illustration of those othe
e and more interesting literary perform
II ances. They had heard the gentleman
from Connecticut, who thought Con
!. necticut was fine state. He shOult
{ judge that every Connecticut man tina
n came there, from what he had heard
: must have found an office. New Hamp
shire is Il fine state, and the people arr
: fine people, whether or not it is
:, good state to emigrate from. He didn'
e think from what he had heard that Yer
o mont would have had very much low,
: for herself if New Hampshire coul'
have had her way. Massachusetts hat
It in the early history of Vermont takel
the part of the Green Mountain boys il
It their SORROWS and troubles. He wa
not very much learned in the facts o
! that portion of history, but he did no
|. think that upon the roster of Vernon
|. could be found a great number of Mas
e sachusetts men. He did not believ
n that Massachusetts had ever claimed
n any portion of the Vermont territory
d Nevertheless, Massachusetts had goO'
name. Its people are good; and h.
It was not at all surprised when he ar
e rived at Bennington this morning, t.