The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-08-26
President Harrison Talks Often and Flo
quently to Citizens of Vermont.
His Trip from Saratoga to st. Adams Attended
with Demonstrations and Enthusiasm
Like the One TO the Pacific Coast.
Feeling Tribute at Whitehall, n. Y, to
the Heroes Of the Civil War.
Addresses at Fair Haven, Cestleton, Brandon,
Middlebury, Vergennes. Burlington and
St. Albans-Ride on Lake Champlsin.

ST. ALBANs, VT, Aug. 25.-President Har-
rison left Saratoga, N. Y, by the Delaware
81 Hudson road at $50 o'clock this morning
on a special train. The party consisted of
the President, Private Secretary Halford,
Secretary Proctor, Howard Gale, Z. I.
Tibbott and the press correspondents. Tho
train arrived at Fort Edward at $50 o'clock
and ex-Congressman Bnrleigh, General j.
G. Rogers and Major John Dwyer. presi-
dent of the Washington County Veteran
Association, came aboard. The President.
from the rear platform, said a few words to
she people assembled at the station, and
shook hands till the train pulled away.
The train arrived at Whitehall. IN. Y, at
$50. The train containing the Washing
ton County Veteran Association on their
way to o reunion at Dresden was in wait
ing, and q large crowd assembled around
the Presidents train. The Burleigh corps
acted as a guard of honor. Ex-Congress-
man Burleigh, in a brief speech, introduced
the President. who spoke from the rear
platform. President Harrison said:
Comrades and Fellow-citizens - IL is
pleasant TO come this morning upon an
dSSemDlaRo Oh COmEdueS, BhLu6ElilS tHclE
families to q social reunion, to recall their
services and sacrifices and to battle their
souls In the glory OF this bright day and OF
this great land that they fought TO save.
lApplause. such ssemblage are full of
interest to the veteran and they are full of
instruction and inspiration to those who
gather with them. 1t is our habit in the
West, as 1t is yours here, TO have these
annual meetings, and 1t Is always a pleasure
to me when / can so arrange to meet with
rha onrnrod ac anf INV old rnnlmanf Or thR
old brigade, or with the veterans of any
regiment or any State who stood for the
flag. Applause.
There is a pathetic 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 repeated now
that which We saw as the great column
moved on in the campaign OF the war-a
comrade dropping out, borne to- the hos
pital, followed to the graveyard yet the
soldier memories and thoughts are bright
ened by the glories which inspire and at
tend all these gatherings of the veterans
OF the war. We see the old flag again, ana
l I'm glad to believe that there has never
been q period In our history when there
was more love fer 1T. Applause. 1t
is quite natural that it should be. These
veterans who stand about me have seen
many days n months in camps and bat
through which they marched whom theirs
was on all the horizon only one
thing of b~eauty-that g~lorified Tag.
[Applausel. They brought home the
in every fibre of their nature. and it is very
natural that the children who nave come
on should catch this inspiration and love
from the fathers who periled everything
that the flag might still be held in honor,
and still be an emblem of the authority of
one Constitution over an undivided nation.
We see to-day how worthy the land was
for which our comrades died and for which
great developments and Its increasing pop
~ulation, in it's multiplying homes where
plenty and prosperity. the love of God and
social order, and all good things abide. In
this great Nation, striding on in wealth
among the nations of the earth, in this
land. IN truth as well as in theory. land of
the free, we see that which was worthy of
the utmost sacrifice of the truest men.
II recall with pleasure that some of the
New York regiments coming TO the Western
army with Hooker, and Howard, and
Geary, and Williams, and others, served in
the SAM corps to which l was assigned
during the great campaign upon Atlanta.
Some of the comrades who made hat
march from Chattanooga to Atlanta and
| the sea nre here to-day, survivors of one OF
the greatest, in all it's aspects, of all the
campaigns of the war. You came from
those bloody fields upon the Potomac, and
struck hands with US of the West as BROTH
ers. You helped us in the struggle there to
cut the C~onfederacy in TWAIN, and tapping
around by the sea TO strike hands with
Grant again near Appomattox. Cheers.
Il thank you again most cordially for
your friendly demonstration and presence.
1T | had the power to call down blessings
upon my fellow-men, the home of every
comrade here would be full of all pros
perity."
The President spoke with much earnest
ness. and at the conclusion of the remarks
the veterans struggled with one another to
get q grasp of the Presidents hand, which
was extended to all who could reach it,
though many were disappointed in their
efforts.
At Whitehall a locsl committee from
Fair Haven, consisting of Samuel L.
Hazard, n. Ii. Adamson and G. Fuller. and
one from Castleton, composed Of Henry l..
Clark, A. L. L~eavenworth and s. b. ElIis,
came aboard the train. The party was also
here joined by Adjt.-Gen. L. S. Peck and
Col. NJ. j. Horton. of the Vermont militia.
When the State line was reached Mr.. Peck
advanced to the President and welcomed
him. on behalf of Governor Page, to the
State.
TRIBUTE TO NEW
Fair Haven, Vt, was reached about 10
o'clock. The President was introduced by
Nh. Hazard. and said:
My Fellow-citizens-We have already
lost some minutes at your station, and 1t
will not be possj BILE for Inc to hold the
train longer. / thank you for this friendly
greeting and for the kindness which beams
upon me from the faces of these contented
men and women of the good State of Ver-
mont. L am glad to see about me
the evidences of the indomitable
pluck and successful enterprjse which
characterizes SO highly all of your New
England States. When you found the
stones too thick to make agriculture profit
able yOu compelled the rocks to yield you q
subsistence and III these great States the
marble industries have become the center
OF worthy and prosperous communities.
You are here. each in his own place: these
good ladies in that supremacy influential
p0sition-the American homeland you,
my countrymen. In the shops and in the
heids, making contributions to the pros
perity and glory of this great Nation.
1T is pleasant to know that the love of
country. stimulated by the teaching of the
father and of the mother, revived by their
recollections of the first struggle for indie
pendence, deepens by the sacrifices which
were made in the civil war. to preserve
what our fathers had purchased for us, arc
still holding sway in the hearts of
our people. We are conspicuously n peo-
| pie abiding in respect and honor for the
law. The law, as expressed in our
Constitution and in our statute books,
is the sovereign to which we all bow. We
acknowledge no other. To the law each
and every one should give his undivided
allegiance and his faithful service. There
is no other rule that will bring and main
| tain in orr communities that naaeaful and