St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-26
SPECIMEN SPEECHES.
Uncle Ben Of Indiana on His
Travels Down in
Vermont.
In a Neighborly Sort Of Way
He Eulogizes and Taf-
fies the Rusties.
The Distant War and It's Mem
cries Furnish Mate
rial for Talks.
At Every Place the Chief Mag
iStrate Is EnthuSiaS-
tieally Received.

tically Received.
WHITEHALL, n. Y, Aug. 25.-Presi-
dent Harrison left Saratoga by the Del
aware & Hudson road at $3.50 o'clock
this morning on special train. The
party consisted of the president, Pri-
vate Secretary Halford, Secretary Proc
tor, Howard Cole, E. f. TibbettS, and
the press correspondents. The train ar
rived at Fort Edward at $50 o'clock,
and ex-Congressman Burleigh, Gen. j.
G. Rogers and Maj. John Dwyer, presi-
dent of the Washington County Veteran
association. came aboard. The presi-
dent, from the rear platform, said few
words to the people assembled at the
station, and shook hands with them till
the train moved away. The train ar
rived at Whitehall at 9:20 o'clock. The
train containing the Washington county
Veterans association on its way to re-
union at Dresden was in waiting and
large crowd assembled around the pres
ident'S train. The Burlelgn corps acted
as a guard of honor. EX-COngressman
Burleigh, in brief speech, introduced
the president, who spoke from the rear
platform. Among other things Presi-
dent Harrison said:
Greeting Old Comrades.
"Comrades and Fellow Citizens: 1t is
pleasant to come this morning upon an
assembIage of comrades gathering with
their families to a social reunion to re-
call their services and sacrifices, and to
bathe their souls in the glory of this
bright day and of this great land that
they fought to save, but there is pa
thetic side to all this. We gather with
diminished ranks from year to year.
We miss the comrades who are drop
ping by the way. We see the old
flag again, and am glad to believe that
there has never been a period in our
history when there was more love for it,
and 1t is quite natural that 1t should be
so. ! recall with pleasure that some of
the New York regiments coming to the
Western army served i'll the same corps
to which | was designated during the
great campaign upon Atlanta. Some of
the comrades who made that march
from Chattanooga to Atlanta and the
sea are here to-day survivors OF one OF
the greatest, in all its aspects, of all the
campaigns of the war. You helped us
in the struggle to cut the COnfederacy
in twain and marched around the sea to
strike a blow with Grant. If l had the
power to call down blessings upon my
fellow men, the home of every cOmrade
here would be full of prosperity"
The president spoke with much earn
estness, and at the conclusion of his re-
marks the presidents hand was extend
ed to all who could reach it, though
many were disappointed in their efforts.
At Whitehall local committees from
Fairhaven and Castleton came aboard
the train. When the state line was
reached Adjt. Gen. Peck, of Vermont,
advanced to the president and welcomed
him to the state OF behalf of Gov. Page.
Fairhaven, Vt, was reached about 10
O'Clock. The president was introduced
and said:
Soothing the VernOnters.
We have already lost some minutes
your station and 1t will not be possible
for me to hold the train longer. l thank
you for this friendly greeting and for
the kindness that beams upon me from
the happy faces of the men and women
of the good state of Vermont. l am
glad to see about me the evidences of
the indomiUable pluck and enterprise
which characteriZeS so highly all of
your New England states. When you
found the stones too thick to make agri-
culture profitable you compelled the
! rocks to yield you subsistence,
and these great slate and mar
BILE industries have become the
centers of wealthy communities.
You are here each in his place-these
! good ladies in that supremely infiuen-
] tial position, the American home, and
you, their countrymen, In the shops and
| In the fields making contributions to
| the prosperity and glory of this great
nation. 1t is pleasant to know that the
| love of country, stimulated by the
| teaching of the mother and father, re-
Yived by recollections of the first strug-
| gle for independence, deepened by the
| sacrifices which were made in the civil
! war to preserve what our fathers had
| purchased for US, are still holding sway
in the hearts of our people. We
are conspicuously people abiding
| in respect and honor for the law.
| There is no other rule that will maintain
| in our communities that peaceful and
orderly condition, that good neighbor-
hood and kindly intercourse, which is so
essential to the happiness of any COM
| munity. l am sure that these things,
now as of old, characterize these New
| Lu8ldllu htlOAO IilO OblllO
| which your colder climate and your soil
| compel you to make for your subsist-
ence, has bred habits of thrift, economy
and independence, and tn lOyee of lib
erty. Thanking you for this pleasant
reception L will bid you goodbye.
Teachers and Flowers.
The next stop was at Castleton, where
the train remained long enough for the
| president to address an enthusiastic
| crowd. Judge Clark introduced the
president, who said: Ladies and Gen
| tlemen: 1t is very pleasant to meet
here, mingling with the citizens of this
| neighbOrhoOd, the pupils of your nor
nal school. One of the most influential
| characters in the history of the United
States is the New England school teach
| er. If we could know how they have
| impressed on the minds of the pupils
who have been brought under their
care the great lesson of self-reSpect and
love for free institutions and social Or
| der. we should have a higher thought
than we have yet had of the power and
dignity of these pioneers of education"
At Rutland there was a crowd at the
station, and the president went out on
the platform and bowed to the people,
but he made no speech, and the train
stopped only long enough to make the
transfer from one railroad to another.
The next stop was at Brandon, where
showers of goldenrod fell on the plat
form about the car as the president
stepped outside. Flags were waved,
and the booming of cannon gave an ad-
ditional welcome. Ex-GoY. Ormsbee
introduced the president, who spoke
briefly.
Ny Fellow Citizens: The kindly pelt-
Ing which I have received at the hands