Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-26

fellow who wrote of him:
al moments wrestling with his fate
His voice is harsh but not with hate;
The brush wood, hung
Above the tavern door, let's fall
Its bitter leaf, its drop of gall
Upon his tongue.
But still the music of his song
Rises DER all, elate and strong;
Its master chords
Are manhood, freedom, brotherhood,
Its discords but an interlude
Between the Words
1t is Emerson who said of him at the
hundreth anniversary of his birth, 1.-THE
memory of Burns-1 am afraid heaven
and earth have taken too good care of
it to leave us anything to say. The
west winds are murmuring it Open
the windows behind you and hearken
for the incoming tide, what the waves
say of it. Every mans, every
boys and girls head carries snatches
of his songs. The wind whispers them,
the birds whistle them, the corn bar
ley and bulrushes softly rustic them
They are the property and the solace of
mankind"
To illustrate various points in the
grafton, the orator made liberal quota
tons from the poems of Burns, which
he recited with the perfection Of elocu-
tionary art and with the utmost APP
probation.
After solo, when the Kye Come
Hame," by Miss Corea, which was en-
cored, Toastmaster Easton said
THE Stars and Stripes; God bless
them This toast was assigned to our
fellow citizen, w. S. B. Hopkins, who
would have required no introduction
from me. Unfortunately, he is confined
to his home by severe sickness, but
knowing that such a mastery mind
would produce that which would give
US great pleasure, we have arranged to
have the manuscript of his speech read
to us. The gentleman who has kindly
consented to represent Mr.. Hopkins on
this occasion is so well known to you
all that Introductory remarks would be
superfuous.
General lockwood Hoar was heartily
welcomed as he rose to read Col. Hop
kins' paper. He said:
We all wish that that modest and
kindly gentleman-whose path through
life runs with charity toward all, with
enmity toward none-and yet who has
faced the foe in battle, and seen, gleam-
ing through the smoke and flame of
combat, the flag we all love, and whose
glory we will all keep undimmed, who
in civil life does so much to keep the
SCdlGS VI justice even, lNDlHG0 lHG D6Sl
kind of citizenship, were here to respond
to this toast He would add the charm
of his personality to the grace and elo-
quence of his speech; but devotion to
the duties of an exacting profession has
broken him down, and he cannot attend.
1t is a most agreeable act Of friendship
to undertake to read the speech which
he has prepared.
Col Hopkins address was in sub
stance as follows:
COL. HOPKINS ADDRESS.
Any one honored by an invitation to
address you this evening, ought to be
especially proud to be assigned the SEN
timent to which you call me. Ones
flag and ones country are synonymous.
The flag is the symbol and concrete EN-
bodiment of the greater aggregation
which constitutes the country. In this
dual unity is an idea which at all times
and under all circumstances awakens
in men the highest emotions of love, ad
miration and devotion. The country's
demands are to be instantly and unhes-
itatingly met in loyal obedience, though
they require the sacrifice of fortune or
Of life itself. Home, kindred, every
thing but personal honor, become swal-
lowed up and lost in the great sweep
ing wave of patriotic love which soft
ems into pleasure the keenest anguish
and illumines with a heavenly light the
hour Of DEATH
The imperial domain which our flag
has come to represent in the one hum
bred and twenty-four years since those
small beginnings which We're witnessed
by the declaration of independence, has
been achieved in a constant, strong adj
vance, enlisting now the warnings, now
the fears but always the hopes and
sympathies of lovers of freedom
throughout the race. Into the great
political crucible where the many ele-
ments going to make up this people
have been assimilated in the compost
ton of a grand nation, it would seem
that all lands have contributed. each it's
share. No nation in the worlds his
tory-surely no nation of the present
age-has presented such a composite
construction or has achieved out Of
such varied elements so firm and, we
believe, lasting a homogeneity.
The orator said that he would avoid,
controversial questions, particularly the
one about the difference between Scotch
and Irish blood. He referred to the
settlement of Charleston, S. c., by HUI
guenots and Scotch colonists. and the
subsequent founding of unique church.
the Circular Church." distinctly "sui
f, generis." He then analysed the Scotch
character, and spoke eloquently to the
share which their sturdy virtues have
| had in moulding our national character.
| Continuing, he said:
There is sometimes suspicion OF
! stubbornness attaching to Scotch char
/ acter. We have heard doubtless YOU
may think through prejudiced, jealous
| and garbling sources) of Scotch contro-
versialism. After ALL whatever there
is in this idea, grows out of that excel
lent quality of independent faith which
attached to the Covenanters and John
Knox--can the world want better prin.
ciple? Or perhaps we may say to the
spirit of fighting freedom which resist.
ed English aggression until a union re.
suited, but only with a Scotch king or
an English throne.
Through all the history of English
literature Scotch brain has been in the
forefront of advance. To both Scotland
and Ireland, England owes a debt OF
gratitude in literature which can never
be ebscured. We may well with un
covered heads bow to the reputation Of
Burke and Erskine and Moore, as VIZ
! couple Their names with Gladstone ant
. Scott and Burns.
, But it has always seemed to me tina,
!, the need Of glory which the world be
, slows on Scotland is most brightly col
ored by the fame of her soldiers. Tn,
wars which Scott celebrated In poetry
are no more to her credit than the latel
| feats of Scottish arms.
J No Drawer deed is recorded than tn,
charge OF, the Highlander which re
: lieved and saved the almost staryin,
garrison of Lucknow, when Gas III,
/ dramatist writes IT., the last momen
being nearly reached, the refuge Of de
licious sleep already entered upon, tn,
. faithful maiden's ear catches the SOUND
which brings her to her feet with th,
Sh0at, "Dinna We hear it? Dinna v.
hear it? Iis the sloganI TITS tn.