Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-10-22
FOSTER ON HARRISON.
Address of the Secretary of State at
 Woburu, Massachusetts.
QUARTER-M -MILLENNIAL CELEBRATIOy.

nial celebrations. The weather IS 8
 that could be desired and the big prOce
 sion, the feature Of the forenoon. was pronounced success. The climax of th
 great celebration came this afternoon i
 the banquet in the new armory. EI
 Mayor Johnson performed the duties c
 toastmaster. In his introductory aC
 dress he called attention to the fact tha
 three presidents of the United States
 Franklin Pierce, Grover Cleveland an,
 Benjamin Harrison, traced their an cestry to families now or formerly resid ing in Woburn. His mention of th name of Grover Cleveland brought ou a burst of enthusiastic applause, bu when he spoke the name of Presldeu Harrison it was greeted with perfec ovation of cheers and clapping of hands
 TOAST TO THE PRESIDENT.
 1 The first toast was "The President O the United States" and after a brie letter of regret had been read from Pre- side5t Harrison, his represep tative in the person of Hon. John w. Foster, secret ary of state, was present and given z reception that must have stirred his heart with delight. He said:
 III the president in his relation to you ss a son Of WOburn. 1 have not drop of New England blood in my veins. My only right of kinship to this interesting anniversary is brief residence at your nearby venerable university. But as the early inhabitants of this ancient town loyalty honored their king beyond the sea, SO may we all, as American city, zens, with even greater propriety pay cur tribute of respect to the chief ma gistrate whom, by our free choice, we have placed in the suprsmest post of Ru- thority of thIs nation.
 PRESIDENT HARRIscN's RECORD.
 While in the enforced absence of the president from these festivities it may have been expected that should respond to the manifestation of respect to him and to bis high office which you have so heartily offered, it would not on this occasion be becoming in me as mem- upon any commendation of his admnis- tratlOn. The record which he has made and the manner in which he has dis charged the high trust contided to him are known to you al! and you can judge low wo!thily he IS entitled to rauk in the illustrious line of American presi- dents. l may, however, be pa done as one to the maanar born for saying that l and my neigh bOrs take pride in point ing to hlm as typical sen of Indiana. And when 1 make this ailusion It leads me to reflect upon the influences Vh h:ch have nodded the character of the pre- sent and last generation of men of that broad region et the Ohio and Mississippi val ey, where IoE rests the seat Of en- plre of this republic.
 Tas NORTHWESTERN TERRITORY. |. The Northwestern territory was res cnsd frnm tha blight E~h,oh hod been fastaned upon the territory to the south of Il and was forever dedicated tG free- dom, mainly through the influence which emanRted from the peonle a1d rslizi0us sentiments Cf New England. While t must be recognized that NIr GInia, New York and others of the orig inal states cOntribut'd much to the de- veiopment of the North V est, the impress of 10 other port,on o! the o!d confedera- ton was comparative to that of New England, and the present generator of that.vast region owes to it more than all
 
 which mold character for good citizen ship. Ia no era of our history has the truth e this been more manifest than in the political turmoil and agitation which preceded and the intense patriotism which attended the great uprising of 1861. It was pre-emiuent!O New En- g:ai movement, and when the great test of patriotism came it was the spirit for mulated in the words of Massachusetts most eloquent son generation before "LibeIty and union TOW and forever, one and inseparable" hIch found ex preston in that popular manifestation never before witnessed in any age or nation.
 EXAMPLE OF BENJAMIN HARRISON.
 It trust I may be pardOned the per- sonal allusion if 1 illustrate the point am endeavoring to make by citing the example of Benjamin Harrison in that crisis. The date of the firing on Fort Sumter found him young lawyer. struggling to maintain a wife and two little ones by close attention to business. He was a man of peace, of domestic hab- it's and studious tastes. He was willing to let the men of marital spirit, who de- | of glorious war;" fill up the first regl- ments from Indiana, as there was con- test for precedence. But as the great struggle progressed and 1t became evid- ent that the nations resources were to be taxed to their utmost to maintain the Union, the young lawyer felt that the call of duty was to him also.
 Under commission as second Il ut enant from the governor he set to work to raise company. With tifer, drum mer and a flag he paraded the streets of Indianapolis and called his neighbOrs to arms, and under the inspiration Of such example. not only the company, but regiment was soon made up; and as Its commander he marched to the front and there remained till the last enemy of his country had laid down his arms, and peace again smiled on united nation.
 HISTORY OF THOUSANDS.
 !. The history of Benjamin Harrison in this respect was that of thousands-of the young men of the Northwest, whose characters had been so greatly nodded by tne influence which went out frou. Woburn and its neighEoriiIg towns and cities. And it is because these lDt1 len ces have so greatly permeated the states which were framed out of that vast do- main of freedom that we in Indiana call our president typical man of his home and generation, and we are pleased to be assured by the people of this acient cor DOration that he is worthy to fill the exalted pest first occupied by Wash ington. In bis name, and On my own behalf, heartily thank you for this man. Hesitation, and pray that the spirit of godliness, of morality, of intelligence, of liberty and of patriot1sm which for 25O years has dwslt with you, may here abide and psrvade the whole republic for generations to come.
 A Broken Reed Indeed.
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