Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-06-23

And would feel lhal no SORROW 30 heNNy ppu"
come
To his mother as losing her excellent home
'Tls true am weak, but my children are
strong,
And won't see me suffer priyation or wrong
So, away with the dream Of connubiol Joys
I'll stick to the homestead, and look to the
boysW
The poet concludes;
zone little word more, and my duty donei-
A health to our Mother from each mothers
son
Uniading in beauty, increasing in strength
May she flourish in health through the CEN
my's lcngthi
And, next, when her children come round her
to boast,
May Este Perpetua then be the toast |"
At the time SAKE delivered his Gear
men Laetum" Middebury boosted of
two buildings Painter Hall erected in
1915 and the Chapel built in 1886. Today
it has thirteen buildings, ten of which
are on the campus, 1t has refused
other offers. 1t has lived a second half
century. 1t has progressed sixteen
years on its third half-century, In
wishing our Alma Mater health, wealth,
and prosperity, ! sincerely repeat
"Nlay Este perpetuo ever be our toast
SAKE, as a lawyer and an editor took
considerable interest in the public af-
airs of Vermont, Indeed he almost
became governor of the State, He was
the Democratic candidate in 1859 and
1860; and he undoubtedly would have
been elected, if he had been the Repub-
lican candidate, or if he could have in
voked system of cumulative voting
and arranged to have all the votes cast
for him cast in a single year. AS it
was, he had no chance, But out of his
campaign there has arisen quite a num-
Der of amusing incidents one of which
he tells himslf
"When John was contendng Though sure to
he beat
In the annual race for the Governors seat,
A crusty old fellow remarked to his face,
lie was clearly too young for so lofty place
Perhaps so, said John; but consider a min
ute;
The objection will cease by the time ! am in
unn
SAKE was Democrat. In addressing
the Tammany Society on July 4, 1870,
he paid his compliments to the Republi-
can party in this wise
"a party which bases, with singular ease,
Immoral proceedings on Moral dees;
Denounces small rogues who are caught il
the act,
But iayors the big ones, or holds them intact
While their arms, at the moment grow bolde
and bolder
Are plunged in the treasurynp to the shoulder
Success to old Tammany, long may she stanc
The bulwark Of freedom-the pride Of The
| land
Saxe's democracy, however, reat
through his writings and his poetry, Is
democracy to be contrasted not witt
Republican principles, but with arts
tocracy. His was the democracy o.
friendship and humor, which delights t.
send shafts of good nature and wit a
pretenson and snobbery. You reat
this in his satires Progress" and "Th'
Money King" You will find delight
full example in 1.-The Proud Miss Nc
Bride :"
"Oi all the notable things on earth,
The Queerest one is pride of birth,
Among our fierce Democracee!
A bridge across hundred years,
Without prop to save it from sneers,-
Not even a couple Of rotten Peers
A thing for laughter, heers and ieers,
Is American aristocracy!
English and Irish French and Spanish,
/ German, Italian, Dutch and Danish,
Crossing their veins until they vanish
In one congomeration
SO subtle a tangle Of Blood, indeed,
No modern Harvey will ever succeed
In finding the circulation
depend upon it, my snobbish friend,
Your family thread you can't ascend
Without good reason to apprehend
You may find it waxed at the farther end
BY some plebian vocation;
Or, worse than that, your boosted line
May end in loop Of stronger Irvine,
That plagued some worthy relation"
One word more about Saxe's democ
racv. He was a Vermont Democrat, AM
| like to feel that |, perhaps. have fol
lowed in his footsteps. 1t is difficult
however, to make comparison between
his day and this; not because of tn
intervening half century, but because