The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-10-27


/ long auce ceased 10 animate OR hearts
/ IL Is with no feeling 81 cKnllatinu over Z
deloatoi Zoe that to-day We sammon ~ :
romcml rance Of those events which has'
made holy The ground uh.rron Ne tread
Sarelr no such unworthy sentiment could
I find haflsor ia cur bcatis ~ profoundly
/ thrilled with expressions ot ~8rrev aad
sympathy viirn our National hiea,meuI
hA, evolved iroia ,hc people % England
aud theif august sovereign bat 1t Is alto.
gelbtr hitlug that we should gather here
10 refresh car souls uith the contemplation
q tho unialtcnug pattioiista, the steady
nal aud nlaime hitl, slnch achieved ihe
result4 &c n0p commemorate
70, 81. ifse lesra Alright the lesson Of
The hour. shall Ne he iuCi,ed 10 transmit
10 ,ha generations which shall follow the
precious legacy uhich our fathers left 10
d The ia,e 81 libeuy protected by law.
or that historic scene ahiel Nc here ccle.
italo. no feature y more prominent aud
bo.o more touching than The participation
u oar gallant allies across the sea II Was
their presence which gave ircsh sad yigo.
rous impulse 10 tie hops Of our country.
men when'velluigll disheartened by a long
series 81 disasters II Was tAat noble and
ecatiuus all extended il tie darkest peri.
od 81 the struggle, which sped the coming
q our triumph, and made the capitulation
Vi yorktown possible century aga. To
their descendants aud representatives who
arr here pItscnt A. the honorcd guests Of
the Nation ], Is my glad duty 10 offer cor.
dial welcome. You have right to share
with US the associations which cluster about
the day when your fathers fought side by
side with our fathers in the cause which
was bolo crowned with success, and none
Of the memories awakened by this anniyor.
sary are none grateful to us all than the 70.
hection thai the national friendships here
eementel have outlasted the mutations OF
q chungoful century God grant, my conn-
trymon, that they may eyerremain unshak-
IN and that ever benceiorth with ourselves
and all the nations OF the earth we may be
At peace
Nj Forbes, correspondent Of the Lon.
don papers, gives very good description
Of the crowd and ceremonies from which
We clip the following:
ITO the outsider il seemed that there were
no prearrangements at all. One conversant
through dire experience with the confu-
sion and chaos that so commonly follows
on an absence OF settled plan, could scarce
ly avoid the apprehension that mischief
would come out Of the indefniteness that
circumstances had brought about in the
details OF the arrangements, but there was
no mischief, not even the hitch OF mo-
ment The all.preyalent determination
that the occasion should be successful con
fused every obstacle. Instead Of crowdipg,
jostling aud seliishnoss, the features OF the
throng were ordiiness, courtesy and self
abegnation. Simplicity reigned, but il was
the simplicity Of self-respoct and considera-
ton for others; not the crudeness which
proyokes q smile In the massing OF the
crowd around the forum from which the
addresses were made. there was actually no
attempt whatever made in the direction
for assigning seats. Tho area of chairs was
free country. There was no respect for
persons further than the foreign guests
had places in the vicinity of the President
and officials Of state. Yet as the informal
procession from the Lafayette Hall tramp
on through the sand toward the auditorium
its head unmarshalled, its track nnguarded
by even single policeman, there was not
the faintcst semblance Of an "ugly mob.
For ladies there was the first thought; the
next was for the guests, They accommo
dated then every man in quiet, business
like fashion, and he aid the best he could
for himself MS regards the finding of loca
ton. II was the most democratic of assem-
bages and the best conducted impercepti
bly,, with no hustle, no tlnusting, no snap
ping Disadvantages. The great area became
filled by q dense mass Of humanity. OF
ceremonial, in the old world sense, there
was nothing at all.
The President stepped into his place,
helped onto the platform by quaint old
Virginian farmer who happened to be lean
ing against one Of the supports 4 little
lady who had quietly wriggled TO the front
afiahly leaned on the back Of the chair oc-
cupisd by Colonel Won Steuhen and clapp'
cd her hands at Mr. Winthrops good
things in immediate proximity to the gal
liant Germans ear. \ corporal OF foot
ribbed shoulders With the general Of the
army; q rontcntcd citizen Ia blue snit
appeared nov ise dIscomroscd 10 find him
self incorporated bo lily into the brilliant
riail OF the Governor vi Maine, Perhaps
the dceorum of the throng was equalled 10y
its evident intelligence. To tho very end
Of Mr. Winilrop's prolonged Grafton all
round the fringcS Of the audience were to
I've observed people with their hands at
their cars, jealous lest a word should cscpe
them No point made by the speaker was
missed on failed 10 obtain it's fullest need
Of appreciation. During Mr.. Winthrop's
iervent aud eloqunet peroratioa the intent
rcss Of attention ou the orator words was
30 close that you might have heard pin
drop Tho people had come 20 listen and
they listened with an their force. Swiftly
aud incxorably falls the tbunderbolt ofpub.
lie opinion on the one man IN all the
throng who thought fl TO iniscodnci him
self He stood on chair in the back
ground, aud interjectcd interruptions OF
character AZ iirst irrelevant and presently
insoleut He was tolerated the frat time
and the second time The third time be
got stern warning, which he disregarded
with The consequence that two strong men
taught him upand simply threw him away
outside iie bounds
Golden Wedding
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