Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-06-09

ular government. In which the theory Is /.
that each man i al the same time both /
sovereign and subject. Though We all .
believe that government If the people ]
IS the only one under which man can :
reach his highest earthly estate, yet II I.
must nu; he forgotten that il is one full [
Of prril full Of iucrndiary elements f.
which the slightest commolion may kim
die into spontaneous coniiagra'ion.
Our government. strong as il has shown
itself to be. is by no means free from
these disturbing influences. They exist
ia the very immensrness of our domain;
in the variety of our climate aud produc-
tionS; in the diversity Of our interests
aud pursuits; aud more largely still IN
the ignorant masses of that hrteTogene-
Gus population which j. flocking to our
shores from every quarter of the globe,
aud is trampiug up aud down the land
hungry as an army Of locustS. Remem-
her also. the millions in the South still
in ignorance and, as Vet, hut poorly
qualified. it must be- admitted. for the ex-
crcse of this double duty of sovereign
and subject; and though poorly, yet as
well qualified as millions of others who
exercise the elective franchise unchal-
lruged, while they are practically dlsiran-
chisrd Then add to all this the ran
corouS party spirit which is always found
in government by the people, and then
tell me. exists there no chance for a jar
among those strange and incongruous
elements? Though perhaps not immi-
ucnt it lies among the contingencies OF
the future. And, as against that time
when civil tumult shall again light the
fires of intestine war, methinks hear
the soldier dead call out TO the living:
Hare ChdiTfg." And not the dead in
blue alone but the dead in gray as well,
for the grave has blcached their treason
and smothered their resentment. And
as 10y their mortality we are reminded
that these institutions and this govern
ment of which We are so proud are not
ours; that We too must go hence; that
for the time only We hold them as
charity fund for the good of all mankind,
methinks | hear the soldier dead call
out in the language of that sublime BEN
rdictimn which comes down through the
din and strife of more than eighteen
centuries: Now abideth faith, hope and
charity, these three, but the greatest of
these is charity"
Let me then urge upon You the eXer-
else of charity not alone as an individual
virtue hut as the true alchemy for trans
muting into harmony the many differ
enccs which always will arise under 4
government of the people. And espe-
cially at all times let broad charity be
exercised towards the poor. Let capital
he charitable towards labor indeed cap
ital ought to know that therein lies its
only safety, for the history of the race
plainly shows that capital is never safe
when within reach of idle hands and
empty stomachs If capital would look
we'll to its own it should provide some
plan by which the hungry shall I've fed
and the naked clothed. Then, in turn,
will labor no longer take counsel of those
twin apostles of communism hunger
and cold but will 60 nrrrily forth
clearing up our forests, cultiyating our
fields. developing our mines and quar-
ries, huildingtour railroads and canals.
constructing our hreakwatcrS, building
our ships and cleaning out our rivers; in
short, pushing forward all those great
physical enterprises which constitute the
material wealth of people and by
means of which capital again in turn
! doubles itself. Meantime under such
regime good order should prevail. and
| the public mind thus engaged. would
naturally become less partisan in its
methods, and that good time celebrated
! by the halladiSt might he realized:
When no one would be for party,
When all would I've for the State;
| When the rich man would help the poor
And the poor man would love the great. "
But. comrades, we have not vet reached
this milleunial period. And as the
world moves forward to it. you Will en-
counter many obstacles and will need all
| the hope which the future promises. all
the inspiration which the past affords.
I Andthe past is always full of inspiration.
When Napoleon led his army into Egypt
he exhorted his battalions to deeds of
valor against the MamelukeS by appeal
| ing to the past. Said he: soldiers,
| forty centuries look down upon YOU from
| these pyramids" TO the same end the
hero OF Trafalgar on the morning of that
historic day stimulated his men to duty
by reminding them of Westminster Alb
| hey. where rest the ashes of England's
| famous dead. In like manner, com
radeS, as part of your Anglo Saxon
heritage, you. too, have Westminster
! Abbey. And what comes nearer still to
YOU because filled with the men who
stood shoulder to shoulder with you in
| the red glare of battle, YOU have the
numerous National Cemeteries and the
| known and unknown soldier graves scat
tered from Bull Run to AppomattoX
You have also the historic renown of
| Bunker Hill and Yorktown; of Lundvs
Lane and New Orleans of Monterey
and Chapultepcc. And coming into the
hall this morning | had the pleasure of
greeting one who participated III those
Mexican battles. You have, too, all the
unconscious influences of the great deeds
of the Anglo Saxon race from Agincourt
to Appomattox; RWnnymede to hide
pendence Hall. You have, also all the
precious memories of your own expert
ence in a war that shall forever hold a
great place in history. You have be-
meath your feet Gods green earth ;
above your heads His bending sky; with
in your breasts the hope of a reunion be-
yond and surely, holding an honorable
discharge as soldiers, you will never fal
ter in the performance of whatever duty
may fall to you as citizens. But ever
maintaining, as the rampant of your lib