New-York tribune., 1877-07-10
MR.. BOWEN on WOODSTOCK.
CHAT HK THINKS OF HIS CELEBRTIoN-ITS PoLI
TICS AND POITEY.
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Ert,ya he IudeDsl0sHt
Tho nlatform of Roseland Park was in good
.oot free platform. Guests whom the country would
near were in vlted 10 utter the pdtuies Oi the cay
S1oT' W They were invited, man to euogze TIE
Administration and another to reDuke II, Dui tht rG
noble oi town of woodstock might be woTtbly nOb0Ieu
In The dedication OF the beautiful Eoseand Fsik ne
poets were worthy OF tue occasion M mrs; IA Cien&lnoi Il &
verses we're admirably appropriate anu Si:e nhu! co
have pennrd without tears the lines Whlcu cOMmeuio
- td Nssiss ppis martyr girl Dr. Holmes filfy outdid
himself lie has delivered many OccHsloAal I'Cio i ~
Tstn and Cambridge but this Is sWeetef anu tchucIt
baD any OF them and will long be read amOnS me verses
,it H@st ttrst his fame. He 10 Woodstock as TO
his fathers home and his lines are suliused WIN lenuer
Rnt il is the political utteances, especially OF Cover
nor Chamberlain aud Senator Blaine tnat nave mace
te celebration memorable. Both criticised the ADMINS
tration freely, the former Tor s eo9hein anu % e 10 1
Tor lis Mexican policy. How far the slmiAthy o. tne
n MS dnuncatIOns 1t would be hard 10 say For tIe
man there evidently good deal ot sympathy. ne
impressed all who met neard INN as an hOhtst ana
earnest man HIS presentation OF the case 0 The Kepub
lean governments Of South Carolina ana Louisiana
made favorable impression for them ana Tor nm out
they failed t. satisfy the bulk OF Ills hearers we tHlhh
a. hey have failed 10 satisfy the larger pubic VINO nave
read hs speech that the Presidents course Was uh"lse
ine cheers gwen for Governor CbanDeralh' IoHoNihs
uose Tor President Hayes, were certainly the hearest
Of the daJ but they should not be taken altogether as
counter cheers against the policy Of The President but
dItne as expressing an admi atlon IoI tie paHv %
SealAeaded who had fought 80 gOOd hSH' against
Senator Bane's speech has excited some ridcule,
tht grOahd that II stirring up mare nest We 40
hOl lAihk 80. OF course we do not OelcVe-hoI uOes
eehalof Bane-that President Hayes contgmpSles as
paIt O ms policy the annexation OF Sonora Bhi nat the
acqus ton Oi Northern Mexico natural result OIL me
disorders southern frontier Is too evident 10 dc
ignored ana Is mol event grraty 10 Dr dfraueu 10
be sure. Canada is desirable acquisition because
lie population better; hut Sonora and Chihuahua nave
almost no iuLabtants-Ony and a-haii 10 a square
mic-and would soon be filed with an Intelligent Anglo
Saxon population. We not fear the result iOr 'hls
country aud II would De "A vast benefit 10 De country au
nexed Sill. 90 anticipate immediate nor violent
annexation. There is however, movement Tor IL,
largely In interest OF a railroad which now goes west
OF Houston far as san Antonio whose managers would
Dc glad u continue through Northern mexico 70 Oh
i sci lem IA
20 be c0niOunded with the Texas Pacnc Railroad wch
Is seeking government subsidy. II Messrs Blame ana
Chamberlain attacked the Administration, tlic Other
speakers defended it. Dr. Holiness sentiment was eh
ueInely happy aud received with enthusiasm NODOuy
seemed tO enjoy its good hits more than GOV CbaupeI
lain so the president OF the day declared MS nearly
confidence III The Administration