Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1891-07-31
esstS County 3trald.
ISLAND POND, IT, jelly 81, 1897.
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with poverty, crowded by sister
communities avaricious tor ter
ritory and hungry for dominion;
not to see people striving amid
their immediate adverse sur
roundings for their very existence
and recognition among the ma
tions of the earth and at the same
time facing a foreign invader.
But come and see the descendants
of such a people who with their
cousins gcrmane children of all
the sister states in the land) will
celebrate the achievements of
those bold, hardy pioneers who,
from small beginnings, I'm the
name of God Almighty and the
Continental Congress demon
strated the fact that there was n
people on earth that it was i'm
possible to subject to any earthly
power but the supreme power Of
the State created by their own
free will.
Come to the spot from which
al eyes bat those of land grab
bcrs and invaders were turned
one hundred years ago, but to
which all eyes are now turned as
the spot on which was achieved
that which under the circum-
stances was one Ofthe most heroic
victories in the worlds history,
and i'll which was displayed as
much valor as the world ever saw
since the days of Leonidas and
his Spartans; the spot on which
Burgoync and his German allies,
and hellish savage hirclings met
their first resistance i'll their trl-
urnphant march from the borders
of the north and waters ofCham-
plain. Come and view a spot as
much more distinguished than
Runnymede as the actual achieve
ment of a practical principle of
human government is greater
than its declaration. Come and
see the spot on which the fathers
i'll the name of the principles OF
eternity, and the supremacy OF
the power above all, dared to
stand alone against storm from
both across the Hudson and Con
necticut, while on their flank and
rear lowered an immense inva-
sion. Come and see the spot on
which stood some of the dcmi.
gods of earth; not men like Dis.
raeli, Bismark, Wellington or
Napoleon, who were in more cx.
tended view of the world; not
men who were but a part Of a
great system Of government OF
military operations and who
moved along in and with the full
tide of wealth, discipline and en-
thusiasm, and in system which
no one man could destroy, but
which only a wonderful man
could even direct; but men Of
nerve and souls, rugged giants in
body and mind, who could create
who were not merely the repre-.
sentatives of heroes and states.
men but were in fact statesmen
and heroes. They did not merely
pcrpetuate what was, but were
the mighty creators of what was
to be.
The memory of such men as
these invite you to come. These
are the men to whom the State
votes immortal honors. These
were the men who, only armed
with muskets and without disci
pline, turned the tide of Bur
goyne's success and secured tn,
surrender of the British army al
Saratoga. To do homage to tn,
memory of such men, not only
the State but the nation is turn
ing in hither, and it is the prid,
and pleasure of our stirring ant
vigorous little commonwealth tC
make as much as she can Of thi.
greatest event and greatest occa
sion in the history of her frs
century.
Then come from the north
from the east; from the west
and from the south, and meet al
the distinguished men ofthe coun
try, Including the Presidency anc
our own Proctor and Vcazcy ,whc
are acquiring an cnviablc nation
al reputation. Come and hca
the scholarly Phelps who, in con
junction with Blaine, has risicl
above all partisan consideration
and exhibited as grand states
manship as ever was exhibited t,