Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-07-16
NEW HAMPSHIRE ITEMS.
NO, STRATFORD.

Last week our friends at North STRAIT
ford having prepared and erected two
as handsome flag poles as ever grew
70 feet in heighth, concluded to ask in
few of their friends, and friends of
of the Republican cause, to join in
throwing to the breeze the names of
Garfield and Arthur on an elegant
new flag, about 20 30. Little having
been done about giving out a notice,
all We're surprised at thu unusually
large and enthusiastic audience which
assembled to witness tbs ceremony.
The occasion was made doubly pleas
ant by the presence of large number
of ladies. Many leading AMI enter
prising citizens came from Colebrook,
and the surrounding towns in Yer
mont. The assembly were called to
order by the president, Marcus ID.
johnson, ESQ, who in a, few we'll choS-
en- remarks, very appropriately stated
the purposes and objects of the occa
sion. The band played national air,
during which the flag was raised, and
rs its bright and new colors bore the
names of Garfield and Arthur" up in
to the clear blue atmosphere, it reveal
ed a picture of beauty and enthusiasm
seldom witnessed in North Stratford,
or any other New England village. A
salute of ten guns was then given, and
James X. Remick OF Colebrook, was
introduced by the president, and,
standing upon the piazza of the Will
lard House, he addressed the audience
in manner that surprised everyone
who listened to him. He is young
man not yet out of his teens, but sell
dom has an audience in this vicinity
listened to a better arranged, more
logical or acceptably delivered speech
than his /; especially nice and true was
his vindication of Garfield from the
charges attempted to be made against
him. The arraignment of the Demo.
cratic party was accurate, just, and
candid, and the conclusion of hisspeech
addressed to the flag was most fitting
close to his whole speech.
The president next introduced Hon,
Geo. N. Dale of Island Pond, who spoke
in his usual happy style, going more
largely into the general features of the
campaign, conclusively showing that
there were two elemen is in our coun
try as plainly to-day to be seen, and
as distinctly distinguishable as in the
days of the rebellion. The one recog
nizing those powers in the government
to protect itself, while the other assert
ed those pretended state rights to such
an extent as to subvert all authority
of the general government. He follow.
ed up this line of his argument by
showing that General Hancock was the
representative of the solid South, and
became their peculiar favorite by hav
ing taken so kindly to their notions
and institutions, that he became es
pecially endearcd to them by his par
tisan administration of the office which
he took from Gen. Phil Sheridan In
that he did all he could to restore the
districts in his charge to the condition
in which they were before the begin
ing of the war. He referred to his
(Hancock's) opposition to the recon
struction measures, and was especially
severe on the attitude assumed by Eng.
lish towards the government during
and after the war. lie (the speaker
recommended the exercise of the friend
liest feeling towards our Southern
brethren-the encouragement of al
their lawful enterprises-the exercise
of every social and political feeling
which are conciliatory and friendly
the exercise of every possible power in
the general government, guaranteeing
to them every state right which the
fathers of the Republic recognized
or which is consistent for the preserva.
ton of the government, but warned
his hearers against putting the govern
inent itself into control of men who
would run it upon such theories as un.
der which their adherence had almost