Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-07-13


ing of the roll of honor. but 1t is inn
possible not to feel and to say that
here and now we are incompassed as
1t were by great cloud Of invisible
witnesses. "Hallowell," saws Edward
Abbott, "at the beginning Of the CEN
fury was one of the marked and prom
Using towns of Maine. 1t was even at
this early day the seat Of remarkably
select society, included in which were
a number of families of rare personal
qualities. Among them were the
Wildes, the Wingates, the Pages, the
Perleys, the Moodys and the Dunn
mers. The family which perhaps gave
the most distinction to Hallowell was
that of the Vaughans in its several
branches. / cannot mention all the
other names which spring to mind
Clark, Merrick, Hubbard, Cheever.
Gilman, Glazier, Masters, Dole, Spauld-
ing, Evans. Grant, Paine. Wall, Otis,
Cole. Nye. Emmons, Gardiner, Smith,
Stickney, Flagg-or the captains,
Watts, Drew, Snow, H. Cooper, I.
Cooper. Agry, Kimball, Gray, McClin-
took, Wells.
Such men as these were Hallowell,
and some of them thought they saw
the possible fulfillment here in our own
streets of dreams of commercial great
ness. Their commerce." in Burke's
famous phrase, ''whitened distant
seas" but more particularly their po-
sitiOn at the head of the Kennebec tide
water at the time of the close of the
| half century of conflict, and the sub
scquent revolution, seemed to promise
great things.
An article in the American Encyclo-
pedia for the year 1907 states that
Hallowell is the natural head of navi-
CATION for the Kennebec and is a better
distributing point for Canada than
| Portland; Hallowell is sure to be one
of the largest of American cities. The
| same encyclopedia remarks that New
| York will never grow any more. for it
| is already too large for Manhattan.
| These dreams remain unfulfillcd: the
bridge at Augusta, the location of the
State Capitol there, the dam. the back
route, the growth of certain indus
tries in Gardiner-all these have con-
| tributed to lessen Hallowelrs impor-
lance. But we feel like a serene and
gracious old mother. looking at children
| and grandchildren. with feelings of
| pride AS Margaret Fuller said, Il ac-
! cept the universe" So we accept the
universe.
| However, my theme is 'Civic Vir-
tue" a subject especially suitable here
and now.
| Conspicuous as is the Anglo-Saxon
for his devotion to law, he strives for
! it not as an end. but as an instrumen
| tality in securing his wcll-being. An
| Anglo Saxon possess two prominent
| characteristics. grit and power of as
similation.
know the fringe of crime in New
England, but l also remember the rum
groceries. the distilleries, the lotteries,
| the illegitimacy. The present has
| brought sanitation and longevity, fol
| proof of which see our graveyards.
| believe in the future and l believe in
the present. The present is the future
from which we hoped so much. In that
present civic virtue is the application
of the honesty of the one to the service
of the many, not necessarily for or In
war, but right here. l want to read to
YOU Il brutally frank statement of the
| opposite No one In the room be-
lieves it. / read it that you may know
how it sounds:
THE publication of politics is ar
| iridescent dream. Government is force
politics is Il battle for supremacy, par
ties are the armies, the decaloSue and
the Golden Rule have no place in po-
ltical campaign. The object is sue
cess. In war it is lawful TO deceive
the adversary. to hire Hessians, to kill
to destroy This modern cant about
the corruption of politics is fatiguine
| in the extreme"
| | enter upon no political question,
| care not whether you be Republican
or Democrat but never forget that the
state is but you--and you-or l. There
is no other sum total of wisdom of
strength or money.
| You will recolleCt the Greek fable OF
the giant who got strength from the
| soil So we. not giants. but children
! still. today, get inspiration from the
soil we love. Our foot is on our native
| heath and our name is MacGreSor.
We hail you as loyal sons and daugh-
tiers. for we are you and you are we.
And we thank you for your hospitality.
We leave you to the tender auf wieder-
sehen till we meet again.
| y quiet city, half asleep,
| Climbing the long slope of Il hill.
| And seeming watch and ward to keep.
| Above the river winding still.
| While all around in verdurc swell.
The fair green hills of Hallowcll.
O happy hills. o pastures green,
| What morning dreams your slopes have
| known!
| What fairy visions J have seen
| When every hillside WAS n throne!
| Each path my childish feet knew well,
| Ger these green hills of llalio"eil
| @. blessed hills. your rugged ways
| Grow fair with Heavens sunset lights,
| Ye throng with saints of other days
| Borne on to glory from your heights.
| While soft the twilight brceZes swell
| Ger the dear hills of Hailowell.
| After Prof. Richardson's address,
Gov Powers was called upon and gave
| a very graceful and fclicitiouS address,
expressing his great pleasure in being
able to attend at least a portion of the
exercises of the afternoon.
Reunion Exercises.