Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-10-26

upSSn this soil one hundred years forefathers
pScs Of which the very Te % oa4 po iii.
cal sovereignty Of the people The esentments
have long amin te our hearts Is with no
feeling OF exultaton over defeated foe that to-day
made holy the ground whereop we tread Surely such
could and har6oI in our hearts
thy which our national bereavement has evolved from the
together nas that we should gather here To- refresh our
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results we now commemorate. For 80, II learn Alright
generation which shall follow The precious legacy which
on, father left to uste loye Of liberty protected by law
y more prominent and none touching, than the par
their which fresh vigorous Impulse to the
hopes Of our conntynen when wellngh dhearened by
aid extended the darkest period Of struggle which
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and representatives who here present the honored
Come You have right 70 share with US the associatons
%sh ea,s1 about as day whsn your fathers fought side
crowned with and OF the awakened
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have onasted the mutations Of changeful century God
and that ever henceforth with ourselves with all the
nations OF the earth we may be at peace.
The president was not interrupted during the
delivery Of his address, but there was great en-
thusiasm at its clo,e.
Max Outrey, the French minister, was intro
duced by Secretary Blaine, and, in behalf of
France, delivered an address of which the follow
ing is a translation:
The French government has felt much touched by the
he sRn S FEan % hs 1na ss With
ton OF the Yorktown centennial. and heartily desires to
the he ses To Ses Of
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eounry ,he French government has sent mission com
thus dere to show particularly their appecat the
s ns compliment paid 70 onT country The monument
victory 4 will perpeiuate the recollecons Of
from liberal aspirations. we celebrate the day
which ended that long and bitter struggle against great
All Mes where her dag aoated ins seeass
brse the sooa, date when the heroes Of Independence
Sere able TO set their Anal seal to the solemn proclamation
a i0dIy he French and he A@scs1s each
helped to lay the OF eee But ss surely rely
the most far,sighted among those men would have
century and at this end his republic then young
@ ndsn S Snd nss ws nsT the Ss
o. prosperity The great Washington himself. whose
predicted this America has given great example and
Pa Sase q 5Gs 70 all u e 81, liberty
republic and her wishes Tor your prosperity deep and
this place spectacle unprecedented in history OF
~ 9ss asS S% esa to
SSss Without thanking The federal the differ
gussts also the people OF America for the sympathy
and welcome extended to the representative OF France
ptaty and Of The friendly sentimens which have been
manifested to usin every place and In every sphere.
The Marquis de Rochambeau and Baron Steu-
ben made brief and graceful responses. A CEN
tennial ode written by Paul II. Hayne, a southern
poet, was sung by the chorus. This poetcal effort
must impress readers generally with "a painful
sense OF the inadequacy OF the efforts Of the
centennial muse on this as on many other similar
occasions
Hon. Robert C. Winthrop OF Massachusetts de-
liyered the Grafton, an effort which In the per
sonalty OF the orator, in the eloquence and
diction Of his address, recalls the days OF Choate
Webster and Everett In the opening paragraphs
OF his Grafton the venerable peer OF these ancient
worthless modestly assumed that he was there
''only by the accident Of survival" He could
not forget that he stood on the soil OF Virginia,
"a state which of all Others in our Union has
never needed to borrow an orator for any occa-
sion however important or exacting' Recount
ing the names of distinguished virginians OF
revolutionary and Of later fame. he hazarded
nothing in saying "that the foremost Of them all
would have agreed with me at this hour that the
the theme and the theater are above the reach of
tno nlgntnt hft Icshiutu tnb inNithtlOu
take 30 distinguished a part in their ceremonies
as indeed a compliment to the old commonwealth
Of which he was loyal son, and when he re-
Elected that the performance OF this service might
bring back Virginia and Massachusetts, even for
a day into those old relations OF mutual amity,
without which there could have been no sur
render at Yorktown to be commemorated-
no union, no independence, no constitution-he
could not find 1t In his heart To decline the call
After many eloquent and interesting historical
illusions, he proceeded to sketch, In glowing Ian
guage the history OF the event they had come
TO commemorate. Homage TO France was grace
fully and gratefully rendered; the names of the
heroes Of the alliance were revived in fervd
language; the siege and surrender were graph
ically portrayed; the American leaders were
remembered with high expressions OF patriotic
appreciation; the closing scenes Of the revolution
the peris which beset the republic, the duties Of