Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-05-28


lation, riches and strength, reaching
out the strong hand to bring within its
dominion weaker and distant races anG
lands; holding them by force for the
rapid wealth they may bring-with per
haps the occasional glory. success and
sacrifice of war; wondrously luxu
rious life into which the fortunate few
shall enter; an accumulation of mag
nificence which, for a term. will charm
and dazzle. and then the sh9d Of the
awful question whether human nature
has changed, and the old law. that his
tory repeats itself. has lost its force
whether the ascending splendor of i'm.
perial power is to be followed by the
descending gloom Of luxury, decay and
ruin. The other Of a nation. where the
spirit of the Pilgrim and the Huguenot
remains the living and controlling
force, devoting its energies to the de-
velopment Of the inexhaustible re-
sources Of its great continental terri
tory; solving the problem Of universal
personal and political liberty, of gov.
eminent by the consent Of the gov.
erned, where no king, no class and no
race rules, bnt each individual has
equal voice and power in the control of
all. where wealth comes only as the
compensation for honest toll of hand
or brain, where public service is private
duty; nation whose supreme value to
the world lies not in its power but in
its unfailing loyalty to the high ideals
of its youth, its forever lifting its
strong hand, not to govern, but only to
protect, the weak; and thus the bright
shining which brightens more and more
into the fadeless eternal day.
Brethren. Ebal and Gerizim are be-
fore us. Might and right stand on
either side. with their great appeals.
" Once to every man and nation comes the mo-
ment to decide
In the strife OF truth with falsehood for the good
or evil side;
Careless seems the great Avenger; history's pages
but record
One death grapple in the darkness 'twixt old sys.
TENS and the word
Truth forever on the scaffold. wrong forever on
the throne.
Yet that scaffold sways the future and behind the
dim unknown
Standeth God within the shadow keeping watch
above his own.
I'VE see dimly in the present what is small and
what is great,
Slow OF faith how weak an arm may turn the iron
helm Of fate,
But the soul is still oracular, and amid the mar.
ket's din,
r
cave within:
They enslave their children's children who make
compromise with sin.
'Paraphrasing in part the invoca-
ton which attends the opening of the
supreme court. God save the United
States Of America and keep them from
the road so often Travelled by nations,
of increasing territory, accommodating
dominion, rapidly and easily acquired
wealth, luxurious splendor, growing
separation between the poor and the
rich, presaging decay and death. and
may we always hear the solemn pray
ar Of Abraham Lincoln borne upward
Of Gettysburg upon the mighty volume
Of patriotic incense which ever rises
from that sacred spot, that government
Of and by and for the people may new
ar perish from the earth'"
1t was very still while Edward was
this part Of his argument,
'or the quotation was from an address
50 recent that it was not generally
Known and. so far as Edward knew it, |
had not been printed in any of the
Raynor papers. One Of the judges lis.
ened with marked expression of sur
Prise, as II he could hardly believe that |
l Judge Of the supreme court of the
United States could be the author of |
he sentiments attributed to him In the
address, Address by Hon. David
Brewer, associate justice Of the SUI
'reme court of the United States. be-
ore the Liberal cub, Buffalo, Feb. 16,
SOL
There was no attempt, at any point
n his speech, to break out into ap.
'lause. as there had been In the case
+ Wilson. Even when Edward closed
Is description of the horrors Of war In
eneral, by quoting Willis story Of the
attic and the death Of the native Fill.
ino and her baby, there was not the
lightest indication that he had any
from the audience. 1t was
My when he finally closed and walked1
ack to his seat, that the applause
roke out, and apparently 1t was then
ully as hearty and prolonged as that
'hich followed Wilson's peroratfon.
In Wilson's rejoinder, he showed a
light hesitation, similar to that which
ad marked Edwards beginning.
hose who knew what he had prepar.
d. said afterward that he left out a
lrge part Of what he intended to say,
nd eXtemporized to great extent.
[owever that may be, he spoke with
considerable force and again provoked
ud applause.
Edward closed the debate with a re.
uttal that, in the opinion of a large
art Of the student body, was far
;ronger than his main argument and
gain divided the honors with Wilson,
far as applause was concerned.
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