Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-26
THE HARRISON PARTY
Resumes Its Journey, Passing
Through the Mountain State.
FREQUENT STOPS AND SPEECHES.
The President Pays Tribute to Vermont
and Her Famous Sons.
SCARCELY A WORD ABOUT POLITICS

VERGENNEs, VT, Aug. 25-President
Harrison left Saratoga at $50 o'clock this
morning on a special train. At Edwards
he was greeted by not only the usual large
miscellaneous crowd, but also by train
load of veterans on their way to q reunion,
whom the President addressed from rear
platform. He dwelt upon the patriotism of
the old soldiers during the war, and his re-
marks were rich in "reminiscences of that
struggle.
At the conclusion of the remarks the
veterans struggled with one another to get
a grasp of the Presidents hand, which was
extended TO all who could reach it, though
many were disappointed in their efforts.
When the State line was reached General
Peck advanced to the President and well
coined him on behalf of Governor Page to
the State of Vermont. A stop was made at
Fair Haven, where the President again ad-
dressed the multitude.
A HoMILY ON THE HOUSE.
After complimenting the hardy people of
the State for cOnquering livelihood out of
forbidding soil, Mr.. Harrison added:
"You are here, each in his own place; these
good ladies', in that supremely influential
position-the American homeland you, my
count1ymen, 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 ofthe father and of the mother,
revived by the reconections of the first
struggle for Independence, deepened by the
sacrifices which were made in the Civil War
10 preserve what our fathers had purchased
for US, are still holding sway in the hearts of
our people.
respect and honor for the law. The law as
expressed in our constitution and in our
statue books is the sovereign TO which We
all bow. We acknowledge no other. To
this law every one should give his un-
divided allegience and his faithful service
There is no other rule that will bring and
main tain in our communities that peaceful
and orderly condition, that good neighbor-
hood and kindly intercourse which is so es-
sential TO the happiness of any community"
a TRIBUTE TO THE SCHOOL MAAM.
At Castleton there was a large crowd
among it being the pupils of Normal school.
There were also n number of women on the
platform. The President WAS introduced by
Judge Clark, OF the Reception Committee.
said the President:
zone of the most influential characters in
tine history Of the United States is the New
England school teachers. If we could fol-
low the track of these intelligent men and
women who have gone out from the New
England States into the West and South: if
we could trace those strong, yet slender and
hard-to-De discovered threads of influence
which they have started in the communities
to which they went; if we could know how
they have impressed on the minds of the
pupils Drought under their care the great
lessons OF Sclf-reSpect and love for free in
Stitutions and social order, We should have
& higher thought than we have yet had of
the power and dignity of :hese pioneers of
education"
At Bradon the President made a few kindly
remarks TO the children assembled to greet
him, who pelted him merrily with flowers
At Middlebury he paid a handsome tribute
to Governor, and added:
"GOu have been particularly fortunate,
think, in your Representatives at Washing
ton, as had occasion to say the other day
at Bennington. j am glad to be here at the |
site of this institution of learning-Middle-
bUIy-which is soon to complete its hun
drcdth year of modest, vet efficient service
in trimming the minds of your young men
for usefulness in life.
WORD FOR EDUCATION.
"These institutions, in which these able |
and faithful men assiduously give them
selves and their lives to the building up and |
development of the intelligence, and not |
only that, but of the moral side of young |
men, are bulwarl1s of strength to your State |
and to your community. They cannot be |
too highly esteemed and honored by you, |
because, my countrymen, kings may rule |
over an ignorant people and by their iron |
control hold them in subsection and in the !
quietness Of tyranny, but a free land rests |
upon the intelligence of its people and has |
no other safety than in a well rounded edu- |
cation and thorough moral training" ICries |
of Good, good, and appiause.l
At Nergennes he closed short speech as |
follows: you were greatly disparaged in |
the estimation of some of our people before |
the Civil War. There had spread unfor- |
over the minds of oUr Southern |
brethren the impression that you were SO |
much given to money, TO thrift and to toll |
that your hands had forgotten how to fight. |
It was most wholesome lesson when the |
whole country learned again in the gallant |
charges and stubborn resistance of the Yer |
mont brigade that the old New England |
spirit still lived; that Paul Revere still rode |
the highways of New England, and that the |
men Of Concord, and Lexington, and |
Bennington, still ploughed her fields" !
Applause.l