Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-04-25
FRIDAY, APRIL IS, 1913.
EDMUNDS ON VERMONT.
Former United States Senator
Eulosizes Green Mountain
State

southern California, held at the Hotel
Raymond last night. The affair was a
gratifying success from every view
point.
An excellent program was given in the
music hall, following the banquet. Hon.
John H. Jacobs, governor of the society,
presided, and Rev. F. M. Bowling was
POSTMASTER. DIR. Norman Bridge con-
tributed a paper which sketched the his
tory and achievements Of Vermont.
Colonel William H. Holabird spoke
elequently of the heroism of Vermont
patriots in time of war.
Colonel Holabrd also read a letter
from ex-senator Edmunds of Vermont,
now living in Pasadena. He is "a years
old. The letters follows:
LETTER OF SENATOR EDMUNDs.
mo Sal South Orange Grove avenue,
Pasadena, CAL, April 9, 1913.
my Dear Sir: most sincerely regret
that am compelled by the state of my
health to inform you that | shall be
unable to have the pleasure which |
hoped to have in visiting with you and
the members of the society at the Ray
mond tomorrow evening.
"In the midst of our Green Mountain
reunion, 5000 miles away, on the shores
of the tranquil sea, our hearts and minds
turn to our native land. We see the old
landscapes with their infinite and chang
ing-though ever the same skies, we
see the houses in which we were born,
the simple and humble school houses,
where we were taught the foundations
and elements of our learning; the
churches, where we learned the first and
greatest lesson of the world that the
fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep
His commandments is understandings
and that to love our neighbors as our
selves is the master key to all the
treasures of the universe; and there
among those hills are the hallowed
burial places of our ancestors whose
memories fill US always with the best
are capable.
"All these things bring JOY and glad
ness to your meeting: and, without any
disparagement to the natives of this
land of sunshine and great endeavor, we
are entitled to feel pride in the land and
people of our origin. | think we may
say without Boosting that Vermont has
from the day of her birth in the year of
Our Lord l777, contributed in every
year, both in war and peace, her full
share to the growth and solid progress
and prosperity of the many States to
which her children have gone. We do
not boast of it; it was and is duty,
and we claim no superiority or reward
for it. We gladly give such as we have
established her government upon the
principles and with the framework of
the advanced representative democracy,
and her social order upon the solid and
only sure basis of true progress the unit
of individual and family responsibility.
They know that self-restraint and self
control We're fundamental and perpetual
necessities in the individual lives of men
and women, and they knew from the
history of human experience that these
vital qualities were even more essential
in the establishment and conduct of a
government of any by the people than
in any form of government known
among them. They have held fast to
these principles and methods believing,
as | do, that eXcitements and enthusi-
asms are not the best soil for the growth
of sober and equal laws and that the
progress we hope for, made under such
emotions, is likely to be found after
trial, to be progress backward,
'With earnest thanks for your very
kind invitation, and my best salutation;
to the members Of the society, am,
Very sincerely yours,
GEORGE F. EDMUNDs.
John H. JACOBS, ESQ.,,
Governor, Vermont Society of South
ern California.
c. H. Parsons, secretary of the feder
alton of State societies, spoke in sup
port of the federation's plan to have /;
building of its own. Harry E. Andrews
responded to the toast 1.-THE Greer
Hills Far Away" There were song
by Mrs. S. Norton Bobo and Mrs. Wal
ter Raymond.