Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-28

l able, on such occasions as we have here ] this afternoon, to take so small return | for the care, preparation and friendly in | terest which the people manifest. am | under such limitations as to them and about which I may talk that the fertility and imagination would be necessary to furnish one with something new or interesting to say in response to the re- 1 peated calls. have supposed that all of these meetings were expressions of patri- otism and of popular interest in govern ment which MT. Lincoln so felicitously de- scribed as ia government of the people, by the people, for the people," [Applaus. It is pleasant to have the personal esteem and respect of my fellow citizens, but have not thought of appropriating to my gratifying to see a people in love with their civil institutions and with that glorious flag which typiies our diversity and unity.
 Leaving the hall MT. Evarts rode to the station with the president. At Windsor ex-Congressman William A. Russell of Mas | sachusetts, President James Mulligsn of the Connecticut River road, of Springfield, George H. Babbitt and A. N. Swayne of Bellows Falls were presented to the presi- dent and rode with him to Bellows Falls as
 
 place. A stop was made at Charlestown, N. H., and the president said:
 I think it might be said to-day that New Hampshire has "gone wet" as they say when the elections come in O vote against prohibition. I am obliged to you for this manifestation of your interest for to stand in this down-pour of rain is cer- tainly an evidence that you have 8 most friendly interest in this little party of tourists who touch, in journey through Vermont, the margin of the state of New Hampshire. I have been talking about Vermont for the last two or three days, but if you will take the pains, in the com fort of your own homesteads, to read all the good things have said about Yer mont, and then understand that they are all said of New Hampshire it VII abbre- viate my speech and will be expressive of | my opinion of that sturdy, enterprising, | masterful New England character which | you share with them.
 When the train arrived at Bellows Falls | the rain was pouring down in torrents. | The president was taken to the opera | house which was solidly packed with peo- | pie while crowds lined the sidewalks in | spite of the unfavorable weather. Being introduced by A. N. Sway ne, the president said:
 l I will wait a moment until they turn out | the footlights. They put barrier be-
 tween us, and I always prefer my light from above. [Applausel We can only tarIy in this busy city a few moments. The indictment character of the day has
 driven to shelter, and the finding of a l shelter has consumed some small
 part of the allotment of time
 which your schedule gives to me. 1 | greatly appreciate the value and import
 ance of these manufacturing centers, which
 are now, fortunately for us, not character istic of New England alone, but are found
 west of the Ohio and of the Mississippi and
 of the Missouri. am one of those who
 believe that in diversifcation of pursuits
 we make most rapid increase in wealth sno
 attain best social relations and develop
 ment. am one of those who believe that
 providence did not set apart the United
 States to be purely agricultural region | furnishing its surplus to supply the lack
 of other people of the world while they dc
 all the manufacturing for us. Ithink there
 are suggestions in our very geographical
 position, and a great many of then
 in our history and experience, that w
 may well desire and reach for that con
 dition in which we shall raise ou1
 own food and in which 8 manufacturing
 class withdrawn from agriculture and oth
 CT pursuits shall furnish the farmer 8 mar
 ket for his surplus near to his fields and
 gardens while he exchanges with the farm
 CT the products of the shop and the loom
 I would not introduce politics. do no
 intend to cross any lines of division, but
 think we all agree, though we may diffe
 as to the means by which it is to be done
 that the nearer together the producer ant
 consumer can be brought, the less vast,
 there is in transportation and the greate
 the wealth. IApplause.] It is known t. l oil hot oix million
 furnish per capita larger market thai
 any other like number of people. Thi
 grows out of the fact that ou
 capacity for purchasing is large
 than is found in those countries
 where poverty holds large
 sway. The workingman buys more, ha
 more to buy with, in America than in an, other land in the world. mentioned tn other day at St. Albans that this was tn era of the battle for a market. The worl, is engaged in it. The thought was sug
 of President Bartlett at the observance o the battle of Bennington in 1877. He says Trading Manchester furnished two reg ments to Burgoyne to conquer market. The foreign policy of the United State has never been selfish. There has alway been, if you Will trace it through th struggle of Greece and of our Sout 5 American neighbors for independence an , a free government, brave, generous ton F of sympathy with stru ggling people th l | world over.
 If our trade mo vements should excit l the commercial jealousy and envy of othe 8 countries we shall not complain of thos : riyalries find only property expressionl l ment as a nation when believe that il B terest on money is not enough for us | l turn some of our accumulated capit, = from the railways into steam transport, t tion on the sea; that the time has com t when we shall recover full participatio 0 in the carrying trade of the world, whe
 under the American flag steamships sha . carry our products to neighboring ma - kets and bring back their exchange to or t for the products of our farms an E of our factories and larg,
 share in the csrrying trade s the world, peaceful relations with all mal @ kind, with naval and coast defences thi l. will silently and effectively augment c @ the side of peace are the policies that would pursue. Applause.
 u The train left Bellows Falls in shove t. but the clouds had broken away whe " Brattleboro was reached. The Fuller ba
 tery fired salute and the Estey Qua, ,, acted ss police escort. The president VI . met by Colonel Estey, N. J. Hawie = m Colonel Haskins and Captain Childs, ti ," committee of arrangements, and escort.
 to carriage. The procession then start,
 and after marching through the princip
 streets, many of the buildings being ella
 orately decorated, it took it's way to Col nel Estey's house, where large number villagers had gathered. President liar, 70 son soon appeared on the portico, and | B ing introduced by Colonel Estey, said:
 Governor Proctor held out to me t 10 suggestion that this trip to Vermont won 8 be a very restful one to me. [Laughtel r He has about as Ittie appreciation of wh rest is as any man know of. [Laughte
 When I attended the centennial demo
 stration of the inauguration. I spent ps & of one day on the bridge of the Despat , lowing to the fleet in
 bay as we moved down to the Battery a II the balance of that day shaking hands the city hall, attending ball at nig 8 ten hours the next day reviewing pl : cession, with banquet at night, as ma
 hours tho hext day reviewing civic D 2 cession, and when they released me fir the stand about 5 p. m. hurried to
 Jersey City depot scarcely able to sta
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