New-York tribune., 1909-07-07
n JTSSERAND'S ADDRESS.
Ambassador Jusserand Of France 1olio"eu
President He said:

President He said:
In this same month Of July tlIes centuries s2 T
on every side. was seen Tor Le ms ~, 1o,,15
-,5s5 ,f 1be white race Samuel de Charpiain' the
10 xica for the explorer. the honest man me
and 81 sf aFo. was fought this same spot one
Of those battles where 50 nuch Eaor fd M9s Iva
on both sides that the ES1hVtS55iet. te,, md
with him while leaving the field the tsteI.l , ~
T7rance and England whatever may have beth Iit
Changeful issue OF each contest sucI an y
ti,e7- rg3r1d never al heart. sceTn each other
- - T-rance san ba most proud. Montcalm
life was short but every day OF i was spenI ~, IN
the service of his country lie belonged to a ngt 9
fne race Another charming trait in MontcaIh
personality his fondness for his moiher, LOT ms
wife and children. Married Young ana , lhe s ri
- Ter cbildren ne kept his wife informed of an
thai happeheo [ ~ ta'i nother Toung French officer
lafayette, 10 write later TO his own WIG aISo
n hfs hour Of triumph Nonteal had rendered rem red
ene,,,iee nohlv reauited him: they gave him an
eo,ai sf,aTe in the honors rendered TO the memory
% 1,orates 1l,T in o;ei,ec the similar virtues Of the
two opponents ON the tomb OF M9ntcaiig Nm IN inc i
srrfnfions ever devised the seputure Of a hero
isffo,,cr "a Nontcain Fate while denying him
victory has recoTnDensed him bX a glorious uVa''i
A,s al dce 5Ie If that Word 'recompensed This in.
scrrtion IS due 20 Lord Aylmer' Governor oi
Years baTe Passed: on these happy shores guns
have long ben silent: the feelings OF the nations
represented around the Just now rebuilt Iort oi
-Tscon!eroga have changed. the colonists OF Yore,
who ha6 PLAYED important paTt IA the l.I' ny ~
belong to a great and independent nation. me
United states the friend q t, Jne loTlie 9 ngsnd
those two liberal countries france i ana I I
As for France and England themselves tlty nave
e.jins an al onee the whole series Of their secular
quaTrels and difficulties without even haNing NJ re re-
course 10 arbitration. In mediaval times France
Ta- Z T1e tine is not far distant when they viii
be able to celebrate the completion OF hundred
years peace
Governor Hughes and Governor Prouty spoke
briefly at Ticcnderoga, where the Indian pageant
was repeated tonight
CHAMPLAIN IL HISTORY.
Hamilton Wright Nabie then delivered an
historical address. in which he said:
Chsmpain. with party Of eleven Frenchmen ,Ile men
hundred and Eore indians ans s, set @ 5s ~ from & 9uesec @
crossed Lake St Peter and reached the mouth Of
Tie river which has borne many names, but has
finally become tlle Rchellel These daring French
men were OF the stuff OF which heroes are made.
in . century which bred men OF heroic Ten Temper; &
they intrepid ardent and gallant. aiter The
feelning WITH game. past meadows sweet with the
oders Of the young summer until the river ~ldened
reInotesI 5asei s IT, leTel olSTiooks Grsnde Isle
green e2EaIise anu ~
tranquil waters Of Champlain- It was a landscape
OF quiet varied and striking beauty into which
fhis brave French gentleman came about July l.
1893 Before him the lake stretched 10 the south
and lured the imagination on us own voyage OF
discovery beyond The further dip OF The sky; on
his right Adirondack wilderness -9~aS spread
lt league on league hin rising behind hin the
noble and altitude OF Marcy and White
face: 70 the left the forests climbed - The summit
Of Mansfield: the shores were indented by almost
niIrnberless inlets and bays. and the primeya for
es;e came down 10 the waters edge in long
sweep Of unbrOken foliage.
or that historic morning when he stood between
=he fzvo bands Of Indian warriors Champlain was
forty-two years old Born not far from Rochelle,
sn a cOunfTy which. like DeEon Normandy and
E2rfffanv WAS nursery of sailors, Champlan
knew the sea from his youth and loved IL. A gem
fsernap by bir:h and training, he brave and
hardy: OF great strength, calm IN danger, re-
sourcefu and ssift ia action strict in discipline
but always just and kind: a FreBchman ia his
klffkeuess spirit and certain ineStnguishabl BILE
gavety which hardship could not dim he a
rrlsn % De loved and honored- No more chivalrOus
and gallant figure APPEARS Ia the New World
story.
Such was t.e man Hho faced the Iroqu0is look
ans 81 him With startled surprise, al q visitor