the conquest of the enemy, and the salvation of the city. It 

 was "William Tell, who, amid the snow-clad summits of the 

 Alps, shot the bolt which rallied the peasants of Switzerland, 

 and redeemed their land from the thraldom of Austria. It was 

 the stm-dy, praying yeomaniy of Huntingdonshire and Cam- 

 bridge, who, under Oliver Cromwelll, filled the invincible ranks 

 of the Ironsides, and who at Marston Moor and at Naseby 

 clove down the plumed cavaliers of King Charles, established 

 the Commonwealth, and gave to English history one of its 

 brightest pages. It was Washington, and Putnam, and the 

 farmers who followed their lead and stood by them through the 

 war, and "whose bones now lie mingled with the soil of every 

 State, from New England to Georgia," who fought and won 

 the battles of the Revolution. And so now it must be, and is. 

 All honor to the mechanics and artizans, to those who from the 

 busy marts of trade, from the patient toil of workshops, have 

 rushed to the rescue ; aye, all honor to the scholars, the pro- 

 fessional men, the gentlemen of wealth and leisure, who have 

 thrown aside their books, abandoned lucrative employments, 

 left quiet and luxury, and have grasped the sword in defense 

 of the right ; but honor, above all, to the hard-handed tillers 

 of the soil, who in the great West, the North- West, and 

 North, — who everywhere in the loyal States, have gone to 

 swell the ranks of the army of fireedom, — our sons, our 

 brothers, oui- friends, our defenders, who are fighting manfully 

 in oui" behalf, and who, with God's blessing, are sm'e to con- 

 quer. Let us give them our aid, our sympathy, our prayers. 

 Let us stand by them till the last battle is fought and the last 

 victory is won. Let us, discarding all thoughts of compromise 

 Avith armed rebellion, trampling in the dust all cowardly em- 

 blems of inglorious peace, stand by the Union and its defend- 

 ers, till the Star Spangled Banner shall again wave in triumph 

 over a peaceful, re-united and happy land. 



Gentlemen of the Society : In accepting the invitation to 

 address you on this occasion, I had a right to assume that you 

 would expect from me none of those practical lessons to which 



