The Bennington daily banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1877-1877, 1877-08-17

When the battle Is IN its utmost crisis aud
the regulars have run awuy, We have always
called FOR volunteers, and here I am My
friend, Governor Stewart, who has never
failed in real crisis, seems to have dropped
out nov.
To bave been the iouuder OF states is per-
haps the great st glory that can fall to man.
Theremay be some who ARE great heroes
there may be some who are great priests and
apostles % bat the greatest homage is due to
those who have founded tree aud independent
states. AID 80 to-day, alter u hundred years
OF exist nee, what better sentiment can we
invoke for an occasion like his than hat OF
reverend homage to the memories Of those
great men-some warriors, some statesmen.
some farmers some shop.men, who founded
this republic. II is not one pursuit or calling
that makes q state II is all. Those heroes
who fought and died have their monuments
in the memories OF The people. As we look
back upon the history OF hundred years.
what better can we do for the next century
than TO hope that the same principles that
have kept this union solid in its unity, aud at
the same time free and Independent in its
separate stats rights, together shall continue
TO prosper for ever more.
President Phelps then said:
We are celebrating to-day, the anniversary
of great victory over the troops OF Great
Britain, butwe can rejoice in the faottthat IL is
more than siXty-fVe years that peace has
reigned between us and the Mother Country
long may IL continue. l am happy to state
that courteous and gratifying correspOn--
dence has taken place in relation tOjthis col
ebratiOn between Governor Fairbanks and
that excellent nobleman, Lord Dutferin. Gov
ernOr General of Canada, who was invited to,
be present on this occasion. He writes to
say that if it were not that his duties called
him out West, he would have been happy to
have responded appropriately in his official
capacity.
Mr.. Phelps then read letter from his OK
cellency Lord Dutferin, excusiDg himself from
attendance.
Mr., Phelps continued: We should not be
doing our full duty if we forgot that illus
trOus lady, who through so many years of
blameleSs life, has been more than Queen of
Great Britain. She has been Queen in the
virtues and Queen in the hearts of all her
people, The health Of her most gracious
majesty Victoria, Queen of Great Britain.
God bless her.
The band then played the English national
anthem.
Mr.. Phelps then called upon the Hon. Will
liam NJ. Everts to speak, and hoped that
when the latter came to Vermont at any
time, he would consider that there is no
place like home"
Hon. William NJ. Eyarts said:
II should know little better, Mr.. PreSi-
dent, whether there was no place like home,
il knewa little more exactly where my
homo Is. But | am very glad to be with you
to share In the honors of this great day.
Since / have been here have looked out
from the hospitable mansion of our host, Mr..
Tibbetts, upon the town of Sunderland
which was my fathers birthplace, and / find
that the family OF Fay that contributed so
much to that battle and shared 20 greatly in
its glory is of the same blood with myself. IL
could tud myself as well treated and en- |
joy myself whenever l travel as have IN
conlingt bennington, might well say where
Fl.A thnRa M min
And now In regard TO the majesty of England
the majesty of that nation and of that gra- |
ciOus lady the Queen, lls it not the best token
of the great and Christian character OF the
nation and of herself-that in the celebration |
of battle 50 fatal to the power of her ances- |
try and so glorious for the prosperity OF this |
country-that we should receive such letter |
from the GovornOr-General of Canada-the
representative of the British Crowns it fit |
ting that we should respond at our festival !
with royal homage, with the martial and |
loyal airs Of England. Let us looking back
upon the mother country, yield TO her most |
IT aeiOus majesty, the Queen, our homage to
her as wOman-which we deny to queen.
l believe Mr.. President that had Queen |
Victoria been ON the throne ,instead OF Geo. |
Sd or if we had postponed our rebellion until |
QueenVictOria lreigned ,itwOuld nOtthaVebeen
necessary-and If there had been any rebel |
lion at all it wSuld have been on the part of
England.
Now this battle of Bennington was import
ant as part of the great campaign which |
secured American freedom and independence.
The great object the British had in view
then was to divide the North from the South
and if that had been done the colonies would
not have been divided from England ; and
let us understand that what the courage and
the patriotism of northern men and South
e s men would not permit to be
cunning of the British Cabinet or the power
of the British arms. The stress of war with
the mother country IL 16l2-16 only bound
more closely the ties between the North and
the South; and then the great nation de-
termined before this structure that its care
was to meet the responsibilities Of q great
and powerful people launched out on the
second century of its being; 1t should be
work, to $50 whether that union which hos
tile foes could make no Impression on can be
burst asunder by the energies OF its own peO-
ple-nO other people being able to do 1t. And
let me say to you, as the engineer and archi-
tectistrains the structure to the utmost pres
sure, in the enhanced energies Of that con-
fiet. the strength Of the American Union IS
proof against all social, foreign aud civil
strife, Let mo also add that il neither po-
litlcal nor military power can burst this
Union, neither can Society and all born TO
labor and all love rightfully to enjoy the fruits
OF that labor-nsilher can the structure OF
our society Ue rent asuudtr by it. II is the
people that is absolutely Tree nov, and abso-
intaIv son,I nov il is line peonle that know
its rights. and tnst will project them from al.
invasIon nj bus,il. foe and iaalousy of haired
J H., ,Ss,,t ., ri ,,o,,,,i. VIII ,,s ,hnndsr
bolts shall stoke in toe name OF the Who'll
people.
Mr.. Eyarls closed hi speech by referring tc
the ioot tbat had beer; brought TO the notice
~ ,ha An,orio,n nsooIe by n d,st,nonisbed
writer, Artemas Ward, who had declared him
IL
SELF wiling - sacrlnce on tlo hl'at oI NJ
country all his Wlies relatives But JONI
Stark went father than that, aud declared
himself willing to sacrifice even his wiIes
huhbaudl daughter aud applause.)
Governor Prescott of New Hampshire was
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STATE.
He responded as follows:
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