Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-04-28

or Parliament for James IL. or for William
of Orange? Compare this iorgettuluess OF
civil strife in England with the bitterness
which Ireland still feels over her suhiuga-
tion compare il with the fact that the Ro-
man occupation oi England for i've hundred
years made no impression upon the language
OF the natives 50 little Intercourse was
there between them and their conquerots;
compare with the fact that tor four hundred
wears after the Norman conquest there was
no fusion between the Norman aud Saxon
tongues In truth, all history teaches that
the humiliation Of defeat by n foreign foe is
felt tor ages, while that of defeat by the same
race is temporary and soon forgotten. The
late civil war WAS relieved ot very much OF
its sectional character toy the presence ot SO
many Southerners in the Union armies
Therefore, it will be in the United states as
in all the unsectional civil wars OF the world =
history in which race and religion were not
iuNolved-the waves of oblivion will roll
over the bitter recollections of the strife. But
We trust that fragrant forever will be the
deeds of herusm, patience, fortitude, self de.
NAL, and constancy to principle; whether
those deeds were performed by tho weareTs
| ot the blue or the gray from their respective
standpointS of duty.
Two stories About Gov. ssy mour.
! Uncle David Gray OF Marcy. the most
| popular man i'll Oneida county, has been al
ding to his published "reminiscences OF Ho
| ratio seymour, and in a recent interesting
letter TO the Utica OhScrrcr tells these two
anecdotes of the sage of Deerfeld:
"As iarmer," says Uncle David, "Mr.
| Seymour was more theoretical than practical.
| and he had thorough appreciation OF his
| own methods and skill as a farmer. \ few
! of the members of the Farmers club re-
| quested me to call upon the governor and see
II he would not like to have the club hold IFS
| annual picnic in his grove and there have a
| speech from him ON farming. He sat silent
| for "A few moments and then said, Excuse
| me, Uncle David, Nothing would give me
more pleasure than to have the Farmers
| club come upon my grounds, but how can
stand the humiliation of having the Farmers
| club of Oneida county come upon my farm
| They will all then see Just what an old hum
bug of II farmer am Do excuse me- -
| We never went
In lS26 Mi. Seymour and Mr.. Gray wer,
students at the Utica academy. When a
| the academy SAYS the narrator, " the boys
habit was to assemble early in the mornin!
and have game OF snap the whip. Tn
| string was made up of some fifty boys.
| was upon the end OF the string. Just As tn
string began to swing around Pompey
seymour las he was called, coming from
Pompey 1ill) came running up the common
hailed him and said, Pompey, take hold.
He said, will If you will hold on TO m
and not let me GO He took hold, ana
broke my word and let him go. OF cours
he got tumble. When he recovered h.
came for me IN big rage He said, Di,
the truth and said that did. He went 70
me with Kick, and as | could not stan,
much kicking we got into quito squabDl
and were arrested and tried by court-mar
tial OF the school, Capt Stuart being the um
| pre. Hc decided that we should toe a Craci
in the recitation room and look each othe
| right in the eve for an hour. 1t was "A pun
ishment used III the British army Tor fight
ing. My recolleCtions are that it was a ' er
| severe punishment