The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-14

VIC Legislature Wnen ~ provided for Yer
monts share in putting down the re-
bellionl"
MAJOR CIRCUIT further responded to this
toast in some eloquent remarks.
VII THE JUDICIARY OF VERMONT, FEDERAL
home and abroad. ~
HIS HONOR, JUDGE JOHN w. RowELL,
responded in speech that was one of the
gems OF the evening. He said:
Mr.. Piesident; have often thought that the con-
not quite ~ bad AS Il might have been for there wns
make an ater-dinner spec ch In responding +" th,
sentiment "f the judiciary, find myself, sir some
acquaint job ofhs disasters alone am len To- tell
ths tale. In referring, sir, to the judiciary, both
observation, but rather as the divine commnnica.
ton came to Elijah when he stood on the brow Of
IN the earthquake, 1t came not in the fire, but It
comes cor In the still small voice of the law. Note
OF THIS country and in this regard federal and state
are alike our fathers, when they emgrated to this
country left behind them the established religion
OF England, but brought with them the heritage OF
f Eye the laws of England especially
s sod De made to their circumstances
constitution, and never had-only their national
history They came nearest to Having a written
theory Of the British law is that ParIament is sue me
preme its acts cannot be reviewed by any court i'm
functions of both federal and state courts is to con
strue the laws of the lawmalSing power-to weigh
whether or not they are In conflict with any of the
principles then adopted AS the supreme law Of the
Countrywide Marshalls, the Storys and ne Wash.
Tna hivngstones Of the supreme court Of the
united States-have not only immortalzpd them.
selves; they have immortalized their country as
have displayed in moulding, fashionng aud Shaping
the institutions of our country under our novel
government.
Judge Rowell then spoke of the relations
in 4
etc, OF the federal and state courts. He
said it was, as it were, wheel within a
wheel, and added:
The marvel is that the men who originated our
magnificent system. They must have been guided
by more than human wisdom As to our Vermont
only time) when there never sat in Westminster
hall nor upon the bench of the supreme court of
dom and knowledge to our own supreme court com.
posed as it was of Williams, Royce, Phelps Isaac r.
me the time when the supreme court of the United
States had SO many eminent jursts? institutions
independent judiciary, for before that body comes
every interest in the land; Every individual dis
fore the courts of the state and nation In times of
public excitement, when prejudices exist, when the
great, then it is that this anchor of the old shin of
S,ate must hod her steady or she drifts from her
may come and men may 20. but Vermont, may she
go on forever.
JUDGE MUNsoN was called upon, but was
not present
Viii OUR COMMON SCHOOLS AND HIGHER INsTI-
TuTlONS OF LEARNING-Itich in good fruit i'm the
the future "
Hon. JUsTUs DART eloquently responded
TO THIS sentiment, in substance, as follows
" Much has been said about Vermonts
noble men. She must also have had noble
women, or there could have been no noble
men, as it was the influence of wives and
mothers that made noble men. Home,
school and the Church are the foundation
stones OF our success in all that is great and
worthy. The work of the teacher is re-
sponsible one. The child comes to us and
says: What am |? What am to be?' We
must have care how we answer. The
words we give and the looks we have will
leave an impress upon those minds not less
important than are the finger-marks of the
artist as he moulds the clay. There is a
legend that once upon time, in a foreign
country, large number of children marched
under banner with the inscription: Trem-
Bile, tyrants We are growing up! My
friends, the future of this country depends
upon how seventeen millions of school
children are growing up. Educate them as
well as we have the power to do, and igno-
rance, intemperance and superstition-the
tyrants OF to-day, who are holding men
down-must tremble and fall before their
victorious march. Let those children grow
up in ignorance, and they will become a
band of tyrants before whom the Church,
Christianity, even Liberty herself, shall
tremble and go down. Next to the home,
the school is the greatest factor of sue
cess in our republican governments and
institutions"
PROFESSOR HENRY ID. HoLToN of Brattle-
boro also responded to the last toast in a
few well-chosen remarks. He spoke more
particularly of our Vermont college, the
al. 4.
five institutions whose diplomas are recog-
nized on the Continent of Europe.
IN. THE MEMORY OF U. s. GRANr-Grand in war,
true i'll peace, noble in death.
Hon. HENRY BALLARD responed, as fol-
lows: " Does the sentiment need any re-
Spouse by spoken word? Did not a response
rise in the hearts of every one here? 1t car
ries us back twenty-five years in our coun-
try's history, TO the time our flag went down
at Sumter We see the pri, ate citizen,
without waiting to be called upon, offering
his services, Selling the flag of his country
at Fort Donelson, carrying it from there to
AppomatoX through such blaze of victory
as the world never before saw. 1t carries
us back to his bravery and generosity-to
the time when the nations gratitude was
shown by the election of its general to the
chief executive, to his reelection to that Of
flee; to that journey round the world, re-
ceiving tributes of respect and admiration
from all nations, all people. The stout
soldier, great in war, showed himself a hero
in adversely. 1t carries us to the more re-
cent time, when the great soldier was
greatest as he stood at the threshold of
death. Alexander conquers our cities, but
Philip wins our hearts Grant was our
Philip, our Alexander His is the third
name that the American Republic has given
10 the galaxy of historical stars-Washing-
ton, Lincoln, Grant,"
Y THE PRESIDENT OF the UNITED STATES.
MIR. DEARBORN of Vershire said a few
words in response: /" In the contest between
Lincoln and Douglas, the former said,
Men are nothing, Judge Douglas is moth
ing, Abraham Lincoln is nothng-prin-
ciples are everything Party platforms do
not always represent principles, and there
is time (when the adage might be reversed)
that men are everything-such time as
when the two political parties of the country
send up their delegates to the national con-
vention and there form platforms so nearly
alike, such being the issues before the
country that even the good old clergyman,
referred to to-day, would not care which
way it read. Then men who will carry out
the principles which are represented are
everything; men true to the pledges they
have made to the people. We have to-day
a man at the nations helm who will stand
Tor the right, firm as a rock, against the
clamors of politicians, strengthened by the
faith that simple duty hath no cause for
fear
NJ THE NATIONAL GUARD OF NERMoNT-They
wei sustain the reputation of citizen sodery In
an honored past They can be counted ON in any
emergency.
COLONEL l.. X. FULLER of Brattleboro re-
sponded briefly and to the point.