Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-02-22

,,,tio,,., or u,,' so.,,,o ,.oco md mako Them
ono i, al th. foir burnouities Of life.
rC'beors The euoros,ion thot met me at the
threshold hos not rrovnd to lee mistaken.
The nronisn tbnn held ont has been gcncr-
ouslv ful6llod Evor since and through all
NV intercourse here have received in all
o,io,tnr. from all Glasses with whom
/ bovo Gonna in contact under
ou ,i,,,,,.+n,,,,y oul in all ,ici.si
tudes. n uniform and widely-varicd kindness
l.bocrs, far bayond ,vhot bod nersonallv
tbn lpost claim to And am clad of this
nubIir onporfunitv to acl,nowledac it in the
most cu,hoti,. manner Nv relations with
fine sucrr..iyn governments hive Ind TO do
with bpvc boon at all Times most fortunate
ana agreeable. And. quite beyond those. /
have been nanny in feeling always that the
Enrlish ueonle had q claim uuon the Amcri-
can minister for all kind and friendly Offices
i'm his po,yn. and uuon hisurescnce and voice
ON all occa.ions when they could be thought
TO further any good work. ICheeTs1 And
so have conc in and out among YOU these
four wears and have come to know you well
have taken uart i'm many gratifying public
functions: | have been the guest at many
homes. and NV heart has cone ont with
your, in memorable ilhile, of that sovereign
lady whom all Eueii,hmcn love and all
American, honor. TChcer-.1 have stood
with vouhv some unforgotten graves: have
shared in many JOYS: and ! have tried as
well as could through it ALL in my small
way. To promote constantly Il 10 ttrr under
standing. a fuller and more accurate kuoWl-
edge. a more genuine sympathy between the
people of the two countries. Cheers. And
this leads me to saw a word on the nature Of
these rplations. The formal intercourse he
DE maintained. and IFS value is not to be
overlooked or di>regardcd But the real
significance Of theuttituda of nations depends
in these days upon the feelings which the
general intelligence Of their inhabitants en-
tcrtains towards each other lChcogs.1 The
time is long past when king, or rulers
can involve their nations in hostil-
iuc. to CRAFTY their own aubi-
/ tiun on caprice. Hear hear There can
be no war nowadays between civilized ma
tiume, nor any peace that is not hollow and
/ dclu>iV, uules, sustained and backed up by
/ the sentiment of the people who are parties
/ to il. lChcrrs. Before nations can quarrel
thru' inhabitants must first become hostile.
Turn a cause of quarrel is not far to seek.
The men Of our race are not likely to be
come hostile until they begin TO misuuder-
stand each other. lChsels. There are 40
+ dragons lccih So plolluc as mutual mlsuh-
u'' 'ul'o'Il'' l. '.''i' n'"rI W Is '"e ~ T'''
ana CONSTANT me ,'7"is intercourse "'
we" I-'7 ANN anu t'''e' 'C' i. i'S le''l
cures 'u'" "iI''I'l''''; 'H"t 'ne Socu'l'
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Hia| CONNECT I'i'VdNt9 may w iIi',"c Oh oi'e
Sl"'' OF rH' o'h'I 'Uu sharp "oru' may oc'
c"9l"Hd'E he spout" "A uuS"aI",l OF I9"o'
''.' tongues me i"il VINO makes IL" ms
'".e9 Uoe9 NOV uS"o"S n'"he amy 'l,''
lChe'TS ana IauSulci' me halioh ihat
comes 10 ne "llh'uI l"uiI VIII nave reached
the lhiehhl'llh ana viii nave niue lurthel
concern WIN lhe sloIll-SNrpt GEOGRAPHY "l
TINS imperfect World lOheerS but 'he'f
thnSs are al cpheHelaI' lh'S 90 nov toucl
the great heaft Oh eIlhlr people; ihey noa'
Tor moment on thcaU1lace ana III the Nlhd
and theh th,S disappear ana are Gon'
- IN III" deep Oh me ocean buried
90 hot Know Slf' VINO may h'
successor mere nuJ venture 10 assure YOU
mat lie VIII DC an american gentleman
Lcneer'L III by character anG capacity to he
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