The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-08-20
The Presidents New Hampshire
Tour.

The president will be met at Wells river
by Gov. Prescott Monday morning. They
will proceed to the Fabyan house, thence
to Mount Washington and back. Tuesday
they will make tour through the White
mountain notch, returning for dinner, and
thence to Plymouth to remain over night.
Wednesday morning they will leave Ply
mouth, making short calls at Wier's Land
ing and Ashland, anu arriving in this city
about noon. The president will be received
at the depot by the city government and
taken about town in carriage, escorted by
the Amoskeag veterans, militia, grand
army of the republic, and fire department.
Lunch will be served at the hotel, at which
the city government and invited guests will
be present. At B o'clock reception will
be given at the state house, and at o'clock
levee at the opera house. Wednesday
night the president will be the guest of ex-
governor Onslow Stearns. Thursday morn
ing he will visit Manch hester and Nashua
en- route for Washington.
THE PRESIDENT AT WINDSOR.
WINDSOR, Aug. 10.
The president and party were met at
Claremont by Secretary and Mrs. Evarts,
Attorney General Devens, Postmaster Gen.
eral Key, Judge Hoar, Senator Morrill, and
E. W. Stoughton, and will be Evarts'
guests over Sunday. An enthusiastic re-
l nay,t;o, .yaa hold th;o aftarnoon on Eyartei
grounds, $500 people being present. Mrs.
Hayes shook hands with all who approached
her. The presidential patty dined to-day
with Evarts. On Sunday rne president and
Mrs. Hayes dine with E. W. Stoughten,
who entertains Devens, Key, Senator Nor
rill, VIM. Hunt of New Orleans, Hon. Geo.
Bennett of New York.
After the formallties of the reception the
president spoke as follows: will say a
few words to the people with whom I have
been shaking hands. We never feel quite
well acquainted with any one until we have
heard each others voices, and having ar
opportunity to make acquaintance with
this most delightful part of the United
States We want to talk little. do not
intend to say much myself, but to call upon
several gentlemen who are associated with
me in the government, whom you will be
glad to hear. To begin with shall call
upon gentleman who conducts the cor
respondence with foreign governments and
who writes high sounding words in docu.
ments to which put my signature. II you
see my name under such documents You
must bear in mind that they were written
| by your neighbor. Hope he is neighborly
will now introduce Mr.. Evarts, secretary
of state of the United States.
Mr.. Evarts responding said it has been {
long time since the people of this section
have had an opportunity of msetinga pres
idsnt who spent any considerable tint
among them. President Grant passed
through on the train but made no stop
More than fifty years ago President Mon
roe made tour of this section. have NJ
doubt you believed the president when h,
said used more high sounding words thai
necessary. 1t is not from choice do thi
but because this is great country and W,
want to use as large words as other nation
and whenever you see these high sounding
phrases yon will bear in mind it is a speak
ing trumpet to be heard across the Allan
tic. After alluding to the united condition
of the country, Mr.. Evarts introduce,
Gen. Key, who said
My friends should not tell the truth,
; should say appear before you withou
feeling embarrassment, having come fror
a section remote from this, for this is
country. Between 1t and New England,
always appeared to me, there was stron
= antagonism. l thought would come u
to help celebrate the battle of Bennington
l remembered the people of Vermont, Me-
Hampshire and South Carolina met, side b
. aide on the battle field, and in conventio
to frame the constitution. But slavery le
n to distracting consequences. New Enl
land was the cradle of liberty-was the ci
adel of liberty, while the south had bee
interested in the perpetuation OF SLAYER!
That question has been settled, and, to-da.
New England ideas prevail in the south, I
? that all the people of the south are as trt
as you, and that gult which separated ,
has been closed, and l hope the time hi
arrived when we shall no longer feel tn
there is any north or south, but that v
| hava ona counfrv which Ia inaanarahl