Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-05-30

Mn DsEN.sEA 81 cENuE-s
On the arrival Of the Brooklyn Regiment
in Montreal u beautiful! six flag. with the
Stars and Stripes on one side and the Eng
lish colors on the oth1r, was presented to
the regiment by MAyor Rivard in a brief
address. The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher
then stepped forward and returned the
thanks OF the regiment in the following
words:
Mr.. BEEcHER's SPEECH.
We Lave no. come here. Dir. Mayor. as an i1le
plea sure, nor have we cone in our own pames.
We represent our fellow cItzeps OF Brookly H. one
Of the oldest ard certainly of the largest cities
| IN the United states; city on whose banner is
written the motto that should be written ON the
| banner OF every city in the world, the Old Dutch
| motto, Right makes might. We come in that
spirit; bearing to you cur good will, and not only
ours. hut the good will OF the great State of New
| ", rk. We accept this gift as a token Of amty,
sympathy and friendship. As the Stars and Stripes
mnglss its ilOr with those Of our own banner, So
may the II Is OF Grta. Britain and American never
he seen beirins against each other in the field OF
conflict lCheeT-. Your Il ~ and ours cypress the
literature Of liberty and the rel zion OF humanity.
| May these flags always 20 together and never meet
| in opposition. We shall take this banner home and
| place it in the most conspicuous place in our
armOry. and when in the future some repreentat We
corps Of Montreal visits the city OF Brooklyn they
will see that that iias has not been neglected or
| dishOnOret."
Alter this ceremony. the staff officers OF
the Thin teenth Including Chaplain Beocher.
mounted their horses, and the procession
moved up to the rink, in the rear of the
Windsor Hotel, about a mile and half
All along the route, the streets were 80
crowded with people that the soldiers could
hardly make their way through. The ap-
pearance and performance OF the American
regiment were in every way creditable, and
compared tavorably with the Canadian
troops. At least 10000 Canadians turned
| out to see them enter the city, and cheered
them all along the line.
The whole city WA decorated with Am
erican llags. Nearly every residence on the
line of march, and every business house dis
played the stars and stripes. No descrip
| ton could adequately describe the oOriislity
with which the American yi-i tors were re-
| ceived. On the streets crowds cheerei them
| till they were hOarse, and everything indi
Gated the kindliest feeling toward the United
States
After the parade and sham fight, the
thirteenth were entertained ~ dinner IN
the Windsor Hotel. b7 the Lieutenant Gen
eral commanding and the officers Of the
militia in the city Sir Selby SDythe
presided. The speeches were not numerous,
and none of them long. 10 proposing the
health OF the President of the United States,
the Marquis OF LJrne sal.
81 desire 10 express the earnest wish that
comes from ny heart, and | speak a.
representative Of the country which serve.
The wish il, may God bless the powerful
nation over which lie rules
Rev. Mr.. Beecher, who was introduced by
Consul General Smith, replied. lie was
received with great cheering. lie said
Mr.. BEEcuER's SPEECH No 2
Every four years We gather to express the voice
Of the people TO chief ruler, that term OF
four or eight years, at most. comprises the service
of our President. 10 the OF Mr.. Hayes. he has
come to the chief magistrscy 10 time OF peculiar
embarrassment. What Pres dent for twenty years
has not been embarrassed After Dir Johnson's
retirement the choice OF the people was General
Grant. lCheers.l lie has bten called a mau o.
luck. think he is lucky in his father and mother,
and lucky in body and mind which they gave him.
He went into the war rom the utmost Obsourty,
but he had the good luck 10 succeed for two dill
cult terms. General Grant continues 10 have sod
luck, and now, after having governed Us for eight
years, he has had good luck abroad Ii the expires
sion of enthusiasm which has greeted him should
be expressed in words it would encircle the world
with = polyglot chain No man has ever original
ed under any government or any nation who has so
carried with hun the sympathy aud admiration Of
the whole world. Contrary to the sun, he rose 10
the West. he is cOmitg back to tie western hCri-
ION whether he will rise again no one can tell.
Mr.. Hayes path of peace was not an isy path.
lie has lain upon thOrn5 bat with great bon entity
and patience, and bids lair TO come out with the
sympathes OF the whole nation The Government
vi the United States desires TO express the prin-
ciples OF amity AMI good will toward a nations.
We are not II wariike people; Intelligence and in
dustry are the great ambition for which We live
we want no more territory We want population.
The Brooklyn 18Th Is the first regiment that ever
conquered Canada. 'heers We came impslled by
u scnerops sentiment OF good neighbOrhOod we
said Canada i destined u live separate Common
wealth along on our b. riders for thousand years.
Tremendous cheers. 1lr ETlft OF our country is
toward tbs Eaglish nation. You have cur heartiest
good wishes. tod bless our uei .hbors foyer the
water, and particularly the most noble Queen and
Empress that sits upon any throne. ] am doubly
pleased TO be present here, this evening, at q ban
quet presided over by your Dung Governor General,
whose father and mOth'r | personally knew and
revered.
Sunday evening, al 5 clock. the Brook
Ign regiment marched to the BJnsyenture
Depot through crowds that made the streets
almost impossible. Ten thousand people
assembled in and around the depot to see
them of. and, with the band playing God
Save the Queen Cor the three tbousandth
time in two days, the train rolled slowly
out OF the city.
MIR. Beecher preached Sunday morning in
the st. James Street Methodist church, the
largest Protestant church in Montreal from
the text Now remain these three-iaith,
hope, and charity but the greatest of these
Is charity" Tine Princess Louise sent for
Col. Austen, of the Brooklyn 18th, and
thanked him cordially for taking his regi-
ment to Canada to celebrate the Queens
birthday. She was glad. she said, to see
such an evidence OF friendship between the
two counties, and she knew that the
Queen would be glad to hear OF the visit.
Everything passed of as pleasantly as
possible.