The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-08-18


was to divide the north from the south, and
not have been divided from England, and
let us understand that what the courage
and the patriotism of northern men and
southern men would not permit to be done,
could not be done by the cunning of the
British cabinet in the power of the British
arms. The stress of war with the mother
country in 1912 and 1916 only bound more
closely the ties between the north and the
south, and then the great nation determined
before this structure, that its care was to
meet the responsibilities of great and
powerful people, launched out on the Sec
ond century of its being. 1t should be tried
and tested, as the workman does his work,
to see whether that union which hostile
foes could make no impression on can be
burst asunder by the energies OF its own
people, no other people being able to do it
and let me say to you, as the engineer and
architect strains the structure to the utmost
pressure, in the enhanced energies of that
conflict the stl ength of the American Union
is proof against all social, foreign and civil
strife. Let me also add that If neither po-
litical nor military power can burst this
Union, neither can society. 1t is the people
equal now. 1t is the people that knows its
rights and that will protect them from all
invasion of the hostile foe and the jealousy
of hatred, and the wrath of this people,
with its thunderbolts, shall strike in the
name of the whole people.
Mr.. Evarts closed his speech by referring
to the fact that had been brought to the
notice of the American people by distin-
guished writer (Artemus Ward). who had
declared himself willing to sacrifice on the
altar of his country all his wife's relations +;
but John Stark went farther than that, and
declared himself willing to sacrifice his
wifes husband. daughter and applause. }
GOV. PRESCOTT OF BEw HAMPSHIRE
Was then introduced as the representative
of that state, and responded as follows:
MIR. President and fellow-citIzens of the
United States: thank you for the compli-
mentary manner in which you have called
and introduced me, and the kind and gen.
erous allusion you have made to New
Hampshire. After the brilliant and MASTER
ly Grafton to which we have just listened
by the eminent scholar and orator selected
by Vermont from my own state, in which
he has so fully and 80 justly recounted the
heroic deeds of our citizens, 1t would seem
superfluous and out of place for me to add
another word, but remain a silent listener
to the words of these eminent men who
have gathered here in full numbers from
everv section of the country to witness and
paItlclpa;e in tie exercises of reconsecrat-
ing this battle-ground.
| rel Jice that the chief magistrate of the
nation ia mere, and his cabinet ministers, to
witness the loyalty and devotion of our
people. | cannot remain wholly silent, lest
! might appear false to the trust committed
10 me, aud take the occasion when the
heroic acts of theirs are being celebrated in
speech and song and military. Ga this oc-
casion we have them all. We have come,
Mr.. President, a long journey to join with
Vermont and Massachusetts in this great
demonstration, commemorative of one OF
the most decisive battles of tho revolutio-
nary war, in which it fell to the lot of New
Hampshire to bear conspicuous part.
How well she acted, 100 years ago today,
on yonder field, has been already set forth
by the distinguished orator. Vermont had
her heroes on that memorable day. Massa
chusetts, as usual. was at the front to ward
off u common foe to the colonies, and then,
do not say now, foe TO popular liberty
anywhere.
1t has never happened that the soil OF
New Hampshire has been stained by the
blood of our citizens or that of c"- "nnn-
- $500, DuI tue pIUvu or our citizens has
been freely shed on other fields. Without
lnvidious comparison l will make the as
sertion that no one of the colonies, in pro-
portion to their population aud resources,
furnished more, Drawer or truer men in the
revolutionary war than New Hampshire.
They were at Bunker Hill, under the same
gallant leader, John Stark, who led so sue
eessfully our citizen soldiers on yonder
field they were present at Trenton, and
unfiinchingly opened the fight they served
with distinguished valor at Princeton, un-
der the immediate command of Henry
Dearborn; they were first to lead off and
engage the enemy at Saratoga; they were
the first present at the surrender of Bur-
goyne they we're at Hubbardton and New
York and Monmouth; they stood together
at Yorktown when their great work had
been accomplished and the sceptre OF
George III faded from our soil.
You delight TO honor your Aliens, your
Chittendens, your Warmers aud your Fays,
and host of others, as you ought, whose
names we heard yesterday, and honor our
Stark, our Scammell, our Poor, our Sulli-
van, our Cllley, our Dearborn, our Whip
pie, our McCleary, our Reades, Weare,
Matthew Thornton, Josiah Bartlett, all
patriots, and John Langdon, who pledged
all he had to pay the expenses of his friend
Stark on this expedition. When a cause is
supported by such material there can be 10
failure. 1t is well to allude 10 the distant
past, but cannot forget the near.
Gov. Prescott briefly alluded TO the wars
Of sIn hell 10 he
Hampshire had in them, and closed by
saying New Hampshire is represented
here to-day by our soldiers and citizens,
who have come hither to join with you in
this peaceful demonstration. New Hamp-
shire will in the future, as in the past, be
ready with you to defend the cause of lib
erty. We come with full numbers and
warm hearts to this centennial occasion in
response to your courteous invitation.
Mr. Phelps then raid We have heard a
good deal of what Vermonters have done
at home, and allusion has been made about
what Vermont has done for the world by
the men she has sent away, and | see a Yer
monter here who went away a. a boy so
long ago that he would not Ike to have me
tell. l have much pleasure in introducing
MIR. sroUGHToN OF NEW YORK.
Mr.. Stoughton said: "Nothing but that
malicious disposition which induces law
yers to put their professional brethren in
an awkward predicament has led my bro
Their Phelps to call me out here. see be-
fore me thousands of men anu hundreds of
women. l never could talk well before
more than twelve men at any one time,
and / never could talk to more than one
woman at time.
The orator of the day spoke about the
Vermont men at Bennington leaving their
rum untouched and responding to the at
tack of the British. The fact was that the
Nu~ hampsbire troops had drank all there
was. When Seth Warner came up with
100 sober Vermontera he found the Nav