Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-05-13

habitants of the new country. Stern laws
were enacted, heavy taxes imposed. They
became open to the suspicion of the gov
ernment, and were suspected Of an inten-
tiOn to establish an empire in the state.
Time and their actions have exonerated
them. The German element has ever
been primo principle in our state.
| When, after the teri ible defeat of General
Braddock, the Indians camo pouring into
those sections, the Germans and the
Scotch Irish formed an effectual protec.
tion against them. Their good conduct
has always showed of what metal they
are. They entered into the revolution
with vigOr and fervency, and from the
closing of the part of Boston until the end
of the war they were conspicuous for their
valor. The orator then spoke of the
ruined condition in which they found
their homes at the close of the revolution;
how they Immediately began to restore
them, and how in not long time after
the land was rcpletc with riches, tho
product Of their industry and their zeal.
lie deplored the frequent tendency of
the young Germans of the present day to
renounce their race and language though
il must be confessed we hear them spoken
of as the " dumb Dutch,'' yet their blood
is as noble and their arm as firm as any.
They were true and honest, and he would
say in the words of another : "The
sweat of their brow has titled tho soil =;
tho light of their brain has illumined the
councils Of the nation" 1t was evident
that tho audience were in sympathy with
the speaker, and when he closed storm
of long and repeated applause greeted
him, to which he gracefully responded.
| Eh, v.n1ur 1o1;yorv q
vigorous and he received many handsome
flowers.
Music-Clarionet Solo, "Air Varie -
| Crhornton). J.F. Linn Harbaugh.
Eulogy-" Nathaniel Hawthorne'-J.
4. l!crold, Youngstown, O. A little more
than fifty years ago, there lived and
moved in all old Puritan town the lone
representative of a stern old Puritan FAM
lily. Silently and alone he existed in this
retired town. He was i recluse in his
own home. He beheld il ~he streets Of
the old Puritan town what suggested to
his dark, mysterious musing the ghost like
| characters of which he loved to write
In tho company Of such men as Long
fellow he began his career, buffeted the
waves of opposition, and at last found
| himself in the harbOr Of public estimation.
lie had wandered far and long, for there
seemed q destiny that moved Hawthorne
rclentlessiy from the places he most loved.
| His strange wandcrings were at last
ended by the influence OF a solicitious wife
| and with her he went to live in the old
mansc. In his writings lie gives bright
and sad glimpses of life in this old. weird
| structure. 1t was q secluded spot with
| beautiful surroundings and q most grateful
| quiet to the poet. While dwelling in tho
| old manso, Hawthorne first attracted the
attention of tho public and visitors of all
ranks llocked around him. 1t is 4 we'll
experienced fact that these influences
| which man submits to most reluctantly
arc in the end most conducive to his good.
The influence exertcd by being placed in
| adverse circumstances, occupying posi-
tiOns foreign to his taste, and which Of
fered but little chance to tho novelist to
| produce what his mimi was able
to do, did at least give him
time for reflection and 4 fuller under
standing of his own strength. While
placed in tho custom house, wherein he
came face to face with tho stern practical
part OF life, he discovered the record of
that story en- mbodied in the "Scarlet Let
ter" In his position as consul he had
ample opportunity to observe and study
the different phases of human character,
and from them he never failed to catch a
thought and use it to a grand advantage.
In the spring of 1864 he set out with Pre-.
sident Pierce on 4 journey through Italy
it was Il journey from life to death. In
little wayside inn in tho silent hours OF
the night his spirit passed away and the
fair heavens of sunny cline hung
over tho honored dead. He needs no mau-
soleum to bespeak the character Of his life
and the worth of his works. A simple
slab, in n remote and shady nook of the
graveyard, almost covered by moss and
bricrs, indicates his silent resting place.
Careless people walking there sometimes
forget to think there sleeps Americas s
greatest prose writer. His greatest fame
rests in the hearts of all Americans, and
he lives in tho remembrance of tho world.
The orator spoke feeling on his subject
and displayed marked ability rs \ eulOgist.
lIo ended amidst a burst of applause,
which continued until ho had gracefully
acknowledged the honor. Ilc was the
recipient of several baskets and bouquets
of beautiful flowers.
Music--Andantc aud Schottisll, Rollin-
SOM
Oration-"Thc Dignity of Man I'll.
q. Appenzcllcr. Snudcrton. Pa. The close
Of tho ninctccnth century is rcplctc with
discussions upon tho dignity vi m:.n.
When: What: Whittier: arc tho gor,iian
knots that cn.:Inss tho mind. In tho inor
r.inic world tho rocks that admit III iuron-
.ruous formation. ais" sivc room frr tho
cnuipirtc STONE, and tho developments i'll
tho vegetable world show that there arc
imperfect ami perfect specimens. Hut they
have not brcn tho result uf evolution. Od
scientists go so far us t" say that all sprin.:
from ono point Of development and that
tho perfect form and condition arc only
evolved with tho workings Of timo and
matter. But they havo shown tho great
fallacy Of thcir school tho missing links
have not been found. 1t is not sufficient
to assert that the strange animals Gf they
ever did cxist) of other ages, were dc
stroyed. Man locks with awe upon tho
ceascless swell and roar of tho mighty
ocean upon it's rock bound cOast-yet
it is but tho same nlture as that which
moves the ce,sclcss blood in the veins;
the unseen winds are but like the breath
from the human body. These have all
existed and their nature aad powers are
the same in this age rs in any other The
dignity of man is better seen in his
intellectually. Scientists would have US
believe that the mind is only the natural
movement, tho necessary action, of MOLE
c;iles upon each other. There are similar
tiles in tho brute and human minds. The
former has weak power of imagination
an instinct. But mans gift of language
forms an impossible barrier. The speaker
argued that while deaf and dumb people
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