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PITTSFIELD (IN PART) AS SEEN FROM JUBILEE HILL.
THE
BERKSHIRE JUBILEE,
CELEBRATED AT
PITTSFIELD, MASS. 1
AUGUST 22 AND 23, 1844.
ALBANY : WEARE. C. LITTLE. E. P. LITTLE, PITTSFIELD. ... 1845.
975 M38xBAL- Gift of S. a. Green, M. D. [Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1845, by E. P. LITTLE,
in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Northern District of New- York. ]
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C. VAN BENTHUYSEN AND CO. PRINTERS, ALBANY.
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AT a meeting of the Sons of Berkshire, at the close of the Jubilee, August 23, 1844, JUDGE BETTS presiding, it was voted unanimously,
That the thanks of this meeting be presented to the Rev. Dr. HOPKINS, to JOSHUA A. SPENCER, Esq., and to the Rev. Dr. ALLEN, for their able and acceptable performances, consisting of a Sermon, Oration and Poem, and that they be respectfully requested to furnish a copy of the same for pub- lication.
Voted, That a committee be now raised to superintend and publish a Book containing the proceedings of this Jubilee, including the Speeches, Odes, Hymns and Sentiments, and such other matter as they may deem pro- per, and at as early a day as convenient.
Voted, That this committee consist of the following gentlemen, viz :
The Rev. J. TODD, " E. BALLARD, CHARLES SEDGWICK, Esq., WILLIAM C. BRYANT, Esq., HENRY L. SABIN, M. D.
(Attest,)
JAMES D. COLT, 2D,
Secretary.
INTRODUCTION.
BERKSHIRE is the large western county of Massachu- setts, extending from Connecticut to Vermont, some- thing like fifty miles in length, and containing somewhat over forty thousand inhabitants. On the east lie the Green Mountains, which shut it away from the rest of Massachusetts. On the west are the Taghcannic Mountains, which separate it from New-York. It is a region of hill and valley, mountain and lake, beauti- ful rivers and laughing brooks - the very Piedmont of America. Till the rail-road was completed, and the iron horse came puffing and snorting up over these moun- tains, Berkshire had very little intercourse with the rest of " the Old Bay State." Most of its business was done at New-York, while with New-York people it had none but a business intercourse. A community thus secluded, and educated amid scenery surpassingly lovely, breathing the mountain air, and drinking the waters which flow in thousands of rills down their mountain sides, till they form the Housatonic or "river of the hills," - must love the home of child- hood. For the last fifty years, Berkshire has been constantly sending out her sons and daughters to other parts of the land to find new homes. In the meantime her own College has grown up, officered almost wholly by her own sons, till its name is among the very first in the land, and the old homestead has been steadily advancing in wealth, enterprise, educa.
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tion and morals. One of the oldest towns has just celebrated its centennial anniversary. Probably it would be impossible to find a county in the whole land in which there is more of the home feeling than in Berkshire; and wherever you go, if you can hail from this " garden of the Bay State," you are sure to find a warm welcome. Her sons are everywhere fill- ing the highest posts of influence and respectability. No less than eight of these sons have been in Con- gress at the same time, and we believe the same num- ber were on the Bench as Judges in a neighboring State, at the same time. Scattered over the land, these emigrant sons have ever yearned towards the homes of their fathers. By a sort of electrical excite- ment they seemed ripe for a gathering at once. A committee was raised in New-York to correspond with a similar committee in the county, and to make prepa- rations for celebrating a Jubilee.
The following letter, addressed to a gentleman in Pittsfield, was the first received from the committee in New-York.
NEW-YORK, JUNE, 16, 1813.
DEAR SIR-We have recently had a meeting here of the native and former residents of Berkshire county, to deliberate on the question whether it is best to endeavor to call home, at some spot in the county this summer, those who have migrated from this favored locality, for the purpose of renewing acquaintance and strengthening our attachments to our natal soil.
A committee was appointed to inquire of the pre- sent residents in the county what they would think of such a movement. It has been suggested that we have a sermon, a poem, an oration and a dinner, or great tea party, where we may talk ad libitum.
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Allow me, as one of the committee, to ask you to think of this matter and consult others around you, and then give us your counsel. The main points on which we want information are these :-
1. Is such a social gathering desirable and practica- ble in itself?
2. Would the citizens of the county take an interest in such a meeting ?
3. If yea, when and where should the meeting be held ?
4. What, in your judgment, should be the exercises of the occasion ?
That such a meeting at some time would be attended with pleasing and useful results, I can hardly question. It would make that old American Piedmont (Berkshire county) still more honorable and influential than she now is.
Yours truly, J. C. BRIGHAM.
On receiving this first communication from the New- York committee, the following answer was returned. It was addressed to the committee, and is inserted because it explains the origin of the Jubilee, and the feelings and views of those who moved in it.
PITTSFIELD, JUNE 19, 1843.
DEAR SIR-At a very respectable meeting of the citizens of this place, a letter from yourself, addressed to one of our number, in relation to a meeting of the former residents of Berkshire county, to be held in the county at the present or following season, was com- municated.
After a discussion, in which all the bearings of the subject were seen, it was unanimously resolved that such a meeting is highly desirable, and the following
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gentlemen were chosen a committee to address the committee in New-York, viz: Rev. JOHN TODD, THOM- AS B. STRONG, JULIUS ROCKWELL, LEMUEL POMEROY, JASON CLAPP, JAMES D. COLT, E. R. COLT, EDWARD A. NEWTON, Rev. EDWARD BALLARD, GEORGE N. BRIGGS, H. H. CHILDS, PHINEHAS ALLEN, O. P. DICKINSON, and THOM- AS A. GOLD.
In compliance with this resolution and in accor- dance with our instructions, as well as our own feel- ings, we beg leave to tender our congratulations that such a meeting is in contemplation. In every point of view in which we look at it, we feel that such a meeting must be highly interesting at the time, and no less useful in its results. The sons of old Massa- chusetts have reason to revere and love their native soil. She was the mother and the nurse of a mighty nation. In the very cradle, her children had to fight the batties, and use the wisdom, of mature manhood. And while the descendants of the Puritans who landed on her rocky coast have gone abroad, and amount to nearly five millions of souls, she holds on her way with her soil trodden by the free, and the air of her beautiful mountains still breathed by a noble race of men. Her hills, her valleys, and her laughing streams remain as they were, save that the former are greatly beautified by the hand of man, and the latter are pressed into his service and made the source of in- creasing wealth. Her Saxon hand, too, hath opened a path through her mountains of rock, and the iron horse climbs up and goes down what once seemed to be almost impassable barriers of nature.
But that which is the pride of Massachusetts is her sons and her daughters. They constitute her glory, whether they remain here to beautify and enrich the old homestead, or whether they go out to expend their
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indomitable energies under sunnier skies and on richer plains. Among these, Berkshire has furnished her full share-sons who would honor any parent. These we should rejoice to see gathered in the bosom of their mother, to hold a day of congratulations and sweet reflections. We love these sons and daughters none the less because they have gone from us, and we wish to have the home of their childhood live green in their memories. We would bind them through their affec- tions, to the place of their birth, and have their me- mories linger among these scenes, and their hearts warm at the thought of their early homes. The chain that binds them to us is more than golden, and we would have its links grow brighter and stronger.
We would cordially respond to your proposal, then, and in the name of our fellow-citizens, and at their unanimous request, respectfully invite your committee to call such a meeting, to be held at Pittsfield, at as early a day as possible.
Of the convenience and suitableness of holding the meeting here, we need not speak. In making this invitation we are certain that we express the mind and feelings of the inhabitants of this town, while we most cordially invite the meeting to share our hospi- tality, to command our aid, and to feel that they come among none but warm friends.
While we thus extend this invitation and express it as our opinion that this is the most convenient and suitable place, we trust we should be not the less ready to co-operate, should your committee judge otherwise.
We would respectfully suggest to your committee that they immediately fix upon the time and place ; that they make the invitation as general through the papers and as particular by letter, as possible; that they have the meeting long enough to secure the ends
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proposed ; that they appoint a committee of arrange- ments in the county, to see that all things are ready and the whole county is moved to the gathering; that among the exercises there be a sermon, an oration and a poem in public ; a public dinner or large tea party at which our mothers, wives and daughters may be present, and at which one poem shall be recited and extemporary speeches made, &c., and that the com- mittee should invite and receive suitable hymns to be sung ; such original poetry we mean, as we doubt not would be offered in abundance, and of a quality that is too high for praise.
We would have it an occasion of deep, cherished joy, such as will move Old Berkshire - the memory of which will thrill in after days; and we hope it will be every way worthy her glorious soil and of her sons and daughters. Let it be the lighting of a beacon on these hills that will show that the watch-tower of affection is still tenanted, and that the flame of love has not yet begun to grow pale.
In the name of our fellow-citizens we tender you our high regards.
In behalf of the committee,
J. TODD, Chairman.
At a subsequent meeting of citizens of the different towns in the county, the above committee, much en- larged, were elected as the County Committee, and after correspondence with the gentlemen of New-York, it was finally settled that the Jubilee should be held; that Pittsfield should be the place ; and that the 22d and 23d of August, 1844, should be the time. The arrangements finally made were, that on Thursday, the 22d, the committee from New-York and the county committee should meet at the Town Hall, at eleven
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o'clock, A.M., where greetings and courtesies shall be passed. The preparations to receive the new comers were,
1. Every house, table, room, and chamber in Pitts- field was to be at the service of the guests, and even in the neighboring towns the same was done. No pains, time, or money was spared in making the fires burn brightly on the hearth-stones of each family. This part, like many others, cannot be printed.
2. Preparations were made to have the stranger- guests call on the citizens of Pittsfield without cere- mony, and meet old faces as they passed from house to house.
3. A register was prepared in which the emigrant sons of Berkshire might insert their names, time of liv- ing in the county, present place of abode, or any other memoranda.
4. A stand and seats sufficient to contain between three and four thousand people, was erected on a beau- tiful hill just west of the village, and which command- ed an enchanting view in all directions. " The river of the hills," (Housatonic,) kissed the foot of the hill, while the lofty "Grey Lock" on the north, seemed to look down upon us as if he was the stern guardian of the valley, and father of all the beautiful mountains which lay around.
5. The Rev. MARK HOPKINS, D.D., President of Wil- liams College, was appointed to greet the returning sons and daughters in a sermon.
6. The Hon. JOSHUA A. SPENCER, of Utica, was ap- pointed to deliver an oration.
7. Music, secular and sacred, was provided. Odes and songs had been written in great abundance, and of superior excellence. One of the first bands in the
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country was secured and brought on the ground for the occasion.
8. A poem was assigned to the Rev. WILLIAM ALLEN, D.D., of Northampton, and also minor poems to others of acknowledged poetical talents.
9. Provision was made for speeches, sentiments, &c.
10. A dinner, (at which his Excellency, Governor BRIGGS, was to preside,) all dressed and cooked in Bos- ton, and transported with all necessary furniture on the rail-road, was provided on the delightful grounds for- merly known as " the Military grounds," and now occupied by the Young Ladies' Institute. The tables were spread under a canopy, and capable of seating over three thousand people. The whole to be con- ducted on the strictest principles of the temperance reformation, sobriety, cheerful and dignified friendship.
Such were the measures adopted to welcome hearts that had been throbbing at the thought of the gather- ing all over the United States. In every part of the land little plans had been laid by which to bring fami- lies and friends together, and have friendship renew the oil in her lamps. It was to be the gathering of a great family.
It now remains to conduct the reader through the various services of the occasion, and give him the opportunity to partake of the mental productions which the Jubilee called out. The Jubilee itself cannot be printed or described. At the urgent request of many, though at the expense of typographical beauty, the several exercises will be inserted in the order of their occurrence, so that they may, as far as possible, by association, bring back to the memory of those who were present, the pleasurable emotions then enjoyed.
COMMITTEES.
NEW-YORK COMMITTEE.
SAMUEL R. BETTS, MARSHALL S. BIDWELL,
J. C. BRIGHAM, D. D. FIELD,
R. S. COOK,
JOSEPH HYDE, RUEL SMITH,
THEODORE SEDGWICK,
WILLIAM C. BRYANT,
DRAKE MILLS,
ORVILLE DEWEY,
EDWARD WILLIAMS,
WILLIAM SHERWOOD.
COMMITTEES IN BERKSHIRE.
ORIGINAL COMMITTEE OF FOURTEEN :
Rev. JOHN TODD,
THOMAS B. STRONG,
Rev. EDWARD BALLARD,
GEORGE N. BRIGGS,
H. H. CHILDS,
PHINEHAS ALLEN,
E. R. COLT,
O. P. DICKINSON, THOMAS A. GOLD.
The following gentlemen were subsequently added to the above Committee:
EZEKIEL BACON, JAMES D. COLT, 2d, THEODORE POMEROY,
NATHAN WILLIS,
HENRY COLT,
THADDEUS CLAPP,
GEORGE S. WILLIS, PHINEHAS ALLEN, Jr.,
ROBERT COLT, WVM. M. WALKER, DAVID CAMPBELL,
E. P. LITTLE, GEORGE P. BRIGGS,
GORDON MCKAY, TIMOTHY CHILDS, CHIARLES BUSH, ROBERT POMEROY, ALANSON P. DEAN, EDWIN CLAPP,
HOSEA MERRILL, Jr., THOMAS F. PLUNKETT, JAMES ROOT, ELIJAH ROBBINS, JOHN WELLER, ABEL WEST, HENRY ROOT, JARED INGERSOLL, THEODORE HINSDALE, JABEZ PECK, RICHARD C. COGSWELL, PARKER L. HALL, TITUS GOODMAN, JAMES FRANCIS, CHARLES CHURCHILL,
MASON NOBLE,
THOMAS EGLESTON,
ROBERT CENTER, H. P. PEET,
RUSSEL C. WHEELER,
EDWARD A. NEWTON,
JULIUS ROCKWELL, LEMUEL POMEROY, JASON CLAPP, JAMES D. COLT,
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COMMITTEES.
SAMUEL A. CHURCHILL, ETHAN JANES, OTIS PECK, HENRY HUBBARD, WALTER LAFLIN,
ENSIGN H. KELLOGG,
CALVIN MARTIN, OLIVER S. ROOT,
GEORGE W. CAMPBELL,
ROBERT CAMPBELL,
FRANKLIN ROOT,
ROBERT FRANCIS, Jr.
AUXILIARY TOWN COMMITTEES.
LEMUEL POMEROY, Pittsfield.
HENRY H. CHILDS,
CHARLES SEDGWICK, Lenox. HENRY W. BISHOP, 66
HORATIO BYINGTON, Stockbridge.
EDWARD BURRALL,
INCREASE SUMNER, Great Barrington.
WASHINGTON ADAMS,
EDWARD R. ENSIGN, Sheffield.
ARETAS RISING, 66
GEORGE HULL, Sandisfield. LESTER FILLEY, Otis.
SETH J. NORTON, New Marlborough.
WILBUR CURTIS, Egremont.
SAMUEL GATES, West Stockbridge. WILLIAM BACON, Richmond.
DOCT. FREELAND, Becket. WILLIAM E BRAYTON, Adams.
THOMAS ROBINSON,
FRANKLIN O. SAYLES, South Adams.
R. PICKET, Alford. RUSSELL BROWN, Cheshire.
JOHN CHAMBERLIN, Dalton.
MONROE EMMONS, Hinsdale. ASAHEL BUCK, Jr., Lanesborough.
OLIVER NASH, Peru. SNELLUM BABBIT, Savoy.
SAMUEL FARGO, Jr., Tyringham.
PHILIP EAMES, Washington. DANIEL N. DEWEY, Williamstown,
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ASAHEL FOOT, Jr., WILLIAM PORTER, Jr., Lee. ALEXANDER HYDE, 66
RODMAN HAZARD, Hancock. SILAS M. GARDNER, PHINEHAS HARMON, N. Ashford.
DANIEL MOWREY, Florida. MAJ. RICE, Clarksburgh. IRA CHUTT, Mt. Washington. C. BALDWIN, Windsor.
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COMMITTEES.
FINANCIAL COMMITTEE. JULIUS ROCKWELL, ENSIGN H. KELLOGG, PHINEHAS ALLEN, Jr.
COMMITTEE OF RECEPTION.
THOMAS A. GOLD, O. S. ROOT, E. R. COLT, GEORGE P. BRIGGS, ROBERT COLT.
OFFICERS OF THE JUBILEE.
PRESIDENT : HIS EXCELLENCY Gov. BRIGGS.
VICE-PRESIDENTS:
HENRY H. CHILDS,
CALVIN MARTIN,
GEORGE HULL,
RODMAN HAZARD,
EZEKIEL BACON,
JASON CLAPP,
SAMUEL R. BETTS,
ISAAC HILLS,
DODDRIDGE CROCKER,
CHARLES SEDGWICK,
MARSHALL S. BIDWELL,
JOHN CHAMBERLIN,
WM. P. WALKER,
HARVEY P. PEET,
CHARLES A. DEWEY,
JAMES LARNED, WILLIAM PORTER, Jr.,
NATHAN WILLIS,
JOHN WHITING,
DANIEL N. DEWEY,
LEMUEL POMEROY,
HORATIO BYINGTON,
CYRUS STOWELL,
THOMAS ROBINSON,
EDWARD A. NEWTON,
INCREASE SUMNER,
PARKER L. HALL,
RUSSELL BROWN,
HOMER BARTLETT,
HENRY HUBBARD,
EDWARD STEVENS,
SAMUEL ROSSITER, WILBUR CURTISS,
ELEAZER WILLIAMS,
HENRY W. BISHOP,
JOS. QUINCY,
JAMES D. COLT,
THOMAS F. PLUNKETT,
KEYES DANFORTH,
JONATHAN ALLEN,
JOHN MILLS,
DIODATUS NOBLE.
CHAPLAINS:
Rev. S. SHEPARD, D.D., Rev. JAMES BRADFORD, Rev. SAMUEL B. SHAW,
Rev. JOHN ALDEN, Rev. D. D. WHEEDON.
OLIVER P. COLT,
LESTER FILLEY,
JOSIAH Q. ROBINSON,
PHINEHAS ALLEN,
SAMUEL GATES,
FIRST DAY.
AUG. 22.
RECEPTION MEETING.
AN informal meeting of the emigrant sons and the present residents of the County, took place at the Town Hall, at 11 o'clock, A.M. Mr. TODD, Chairman of the County Committee, called the meeting to order, stated the arrangements which had been made, and introduced THOMAS A. GOLD, Esq., Chairman of the Committee of Reception to the New-York Committee. Mr. GOLD welcomed our friends as follows :
Fellow-Citizens, Sons of Berkshire from abroad :
BRETHREN-As we meet on this unprecedented and joyful oc- casion, let us gratefully acknowledge the beneficent hand of Provi- dence. It is with no common emotion of satisfaction and happi- ness, as the organ of the Reception Committee, and in behalf of the natives and citizens of Berkshire, I tender to you our most sincere and heart-felt congratulations. We meet you with open doors and open hearts and wide stretched arms, to welcome you to your na- tive soil.
Welcome, thrice welcome, brethren of old Berkshire, to all the hospitality and friendship which we, who have been spared to oc- cupy the old domain, can bestow on you and yours. It is a cir- cumstance of momentous import with your brethren at home, to have witnessed in their brethren from abroad, that fraternal at- tachment to the places of their nativity which suggested this happy -this eventful meeting. Let that spirit, and that heaven-born feeling that prompted it, kindle with increasing and permanent ardor, devotion and sincerity, and may it endure so long as the beautiful hills of Berkshire shall retain their verdure, and the in- numerable fountains upon them (emblematic of our friendship,) continue to throw out their pure and sparkling streams, that render
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our sweet vale the most delightful spot on earth. What though among the large number of Berkshire's sons who have emigrated to other states and other kingdoms, there may be found (as the common allotment of man,) here and there a fallen spirit, we say to you come, to all, come, " the fatted calf is killed ;" come, all things are ready ; come, drink at the pure fountains of Old Berk- shire, that require nothing artificial to make them sweeter or more palatable, and drink deeper at the fountain of love and good feel- ing that shall gush forth on this joyful occasion. This convoca- tion is calculated naturally to awaken mingled feelings of sorrow and of joy; for who among us can fail to remember our fathers and brothers who are not with us, but whom we hope to meet on an occasion infinitely more joyous than this.
When we advert to the bright side of the picture in our histori- cal contemplations, well may we indulge an honest pride, and without charge of vanity, speak of the noble deeds and virtuous doings of Berkshire's noble sons in other states and other countries. You would not perhaps bear with me on this topic, in the gratifi- cation of my own feelings, should I dwell on those characters, the honor and pride of Old Berkshire, who have honored us and them- selves more in their successful exertions to ameliorate and improve the condition of man, very many of whom as a partial reward of merit, have been elevated to or yet hold high stations in the gift of the people, and many more who have been deservedly distin- guished in ethics, history, poetry, the arts and sciences, and the " literary world." In all these particulars, no State or section of country has been more highly blessed, or the character of Berk- shire elevated by her worthy sons, than our neighboring State of New-York. Brethren, it is not surprising that you should feel desirous to return to greet us with your good feelings, and shed down upon us the influence of your virtues and honors. To all this you will meet a sincere response. Glorious event! Let it have its legitimate influence in reviving and perpetuating a deeper interest in our individual welfares, and it shall be a bright spot in the history of our country-be productive of increasing joy and happiness in all coming time-an example worthy of imitation, and thus shall it tend to unite and bless our whole nation.
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The REV. R. S. Cook, of the New-York Committee, responded to the ad .. dress of the Chairman of the Committee of Reception, nearly as follows :
Mr. Chairman, and Gentlemen of the Berkshire Committee :
The duty of acknowledging the kind and cordial welcome you have extended to the sons of Berkshire, was assigned to the dis- tinguished Chairman of our committee, the Hon. Judge Betts. In his unexpected detention, I am called upon by my associates to perform the pleasing task.
The occasion which has assembled us, is believed to be altogether unique. The elements of interest differ widely from those which enter into the ordinary gatherings of the people. No sectarian or partizan zeal; no selfish or ambitious purpose has called us from our business and our homes. We have left all political prejudices and animosities, and all business, cares and troubles behind us, and have devoted these few days to social and patriotic feeling. We have come from the mountains of the north and the plains of the south ; from the cities of the east and the prairies of the west ; from the four quarters of the land we have come to our Berkshire home, to revive the friendships and associations of boyish years, and live over again in memory and imagination, the days of our youth. From the plough and the shop; from the counter and the office; from the bar and the bench; from the walls of learning and of legislation; from the field of benevolent enterprise and from the pulpit, we have come. We have come to revisit the old home- stead; to drink from the old oaken bucket; to gather fruit from the old orchard and berry field; to catch the speckled trout from the old mountain brook; to hunt the squirrel and the partridge in the same old forest; to climb the same old hills and mountains, and breathe the pure exhilerating Berkshire air. We have come to look again upon the old red school-house and the academy and the college, where many of us received the rudiments or the more advanced stages of the education which has fitted us for our vari- ous stations in life. We have come to take our place in the old meeting-house, and to perform a pilgrimage of affection to the graves of the loved ones of other days. But " the fathers," where are they ? Where are the venerable pastors-the Catlins and Allens and Hydes of our youthful days ? And where the Walkers and Sedgwicks and Danforths, before whose patriarchal forms ir- reverence was rebuked, and the hoary head was honored ? They
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have gone to their rest : may they be succeeded worthily by the resident sons of Berkshire !
Here we are ! Thanks to God that we are here! Look upon your sons, Berkshire, and see if they have disgraced their honored parent. Cast your eye around upon these manly forms, these am- ple foreheads, these beaming and now melting eyes. You can see at a glance that they are all cold water men, and a large propor- tion are pious men. Many occupy places of distinction. I recog- nize many whom I have seen presiding in the halls of justice ; others are well known in the National and State legislatures; many others have distinguished themselves at the Bar, and others still in the sacred profession. Some have returned from their toils among the distant heathen, and in visiting the place of their nativity, they have come to the cradle of American Missions.
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