The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-10

| The speaker then paid eloquent tributes
TO the prominent and representative men
OF Augusta-such men as John Chandler,
Ruel Williams, Lot M. Morrill,, James
W. Bradbury, James G. Blaine, Luther
Severance, John L. Stevens, russell
Eaton, John Dorr, George ROBINSON
George M. Weston, Daniel T. Pike, Irepy
johnson, William r. Smith and Rlchard
d. Rice. He closed as follows:
But this imperfect story must be closed.
1t has not been brought down 10 GATE.
1t has been desultory. 1t has prllllant
chapters that have not been told Ii IS to
be continued and better told hereafter
This is only the fragmentary and hurried
talk of one of Augusta s boys, sitting by
the home fireside as the evening grows
apace and the circle, of which he has
never forgotten that he is one, narrows
around him Being thus at home he can
not fully realize why the sunrise and the
sunset gun at the Arsenal, which he has
heard so often in his boyhood and his
youth, should break out in salute to the
incumbent of great office, though he
knows, claiming no desert ON his Dart,
that any position, however exalted, may,
in this dear land, come to any one who
adheres to the old traditions of faith and
duty, of country and OF home, and all
that they imply.
Truly 1.-THE pathway that leads to her
door, has never been forgotten by Au-
gusta's sons, no matter how far afeld
they may have ventured. The skies have
changed above them, not their hearts.
Though in the fertility of this lovely val
ley there is little resemblance to rocky
Ithaca, and little resemblance in the wan
derers to the sage Ulysses, all can ex-
claim with him:
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Magnanimous; nor have these eyes beheld
Elsewhere an object dear and sweet as
She"
Breaking off abruptly and from neces-
sity, these conclusions may nevertheless
| be plainly deduced from the narration
| that the founders of Augusta were men
of marked ability, of solid worth, and of
active enterprise; of thorough patriotism
and true courage; who, whatever their
differences in politics or religion, adhered
to their town, their State, and their ma
ton, under every circumstance; who al
ways took pride in their own citizens, and
never befouled the common nest by per-
sonal alterations outside the precincts
| within which they were reared and by
which they were sheltered; and with
whom, though many of the old families
have disappeared in name, the connection
of those of today is distinctly traceable
through the ties of blood and common
association. The continuity-and with
out continuity in human affairs ''nen
would become like flies in a summer
has been maintained unbroken, and so
the future has its enduring roots in the
past.
That past teaches that our fathers knew
not only how to command, but how to
obey, and that true freedom flourishes
best when self restrained. They knew
| from experience that the tree of liberty
can only obtain its perfect growth when
protected by the sacred circle of funda-
mental law, and they resisted any at
tempt to break down the hedge which
prevents it from being uprooted and de-
voured. AS they successfully solved the
problems of their time, so may we look
for the solution of the problems which
confront US. We need not fear external
attack, and, if we follow their good ex-
within our borders to overthrow our in
situations.
| q The celebration closed with exercises in
| City hall tonight, L. q. Cornish presid-
ing. A concert by the Togus band pre-
coded the literary exercises which con-
sisted of speaking as follows: "The
States" Gov. Powers; "The City ;"
Mayor Choate; sThe EARLY Church :"
Rev. G. W. Doherty; "The Bench and
Bar Hon. H. M. Heath; "Public
Institutions Hon. Lendall Titcomb;
''The Press G. B. Burleigh; "The Edi-
torial Chair" Howard Owen; "Fraternal
Organization, F. W. Plaisted; "The
Future of Augusta G. S. Hichborn.
An informal reception followed.