. History of Nottingham, Deerfield, and Northwood, comprised within the original limits of Nottingham, Rockingham County, , with records of the centennial proceedings at Northwood, and genealogical sketches .. . ak forth again, O hill and peak!Of heartfelt joy, O happy people, speak !Speak of the nations high and noble stand 1Speak oppression, no longer in the land!Back into their dens let traitors retreat;Back to dens out of which no more to creep !Then, slaveiy no longer reigning , thrice welcome. Centennial Year! Fair to^vn, learning and truth everywhere free, Upward, onward
. History of Nottingham, Deerfield, and Northwood, comprised within the original limits of Nottingham, Rockingham County, , with records of the centennial proceedings at Northwood, and genealogical sketches .. . ak forth again, O hill and peak!Of heartfelt joy, O happy people, speak !Speak of the nations high and noble stand 1Speak oppression, no longer in the land!Back into their dens let traitors retreat;Back to dens out of which no more to creep !Then, slaveiy no longer reigning , thrice welcome. Centennial Year! Fair to^vn, learning and truth everywhere free, Upward, onward let thy course ever be ! Onward in learning and upward in truth. What brighter crown can there be for thy youth ? O town, fair town, in the Atlantic plain, Be thine a rich harvest of golden grain To bear the Master when his voice you hear Saying, Thy labor endeth, — endeth here. O ye people, sing ye long, and sing loud !We bid rejoice; you may justly be proud !Fling forth glad banners, unfurl to the breeze,High it may be as the oerarching course was onward the centuiy round;Other lands have welcomed glad freedoms with us sweet glorious welcome, welcome. Centennial Year!. y^ ^ Mc^^^c^ NORTinVOOD CENTENNIAL. 19 RESPONSE OF HON. EDSON HILL. The absent sons and daughters of Northwood, — they speak forthemselves. Mr. President, — We naturally judge of parents Ly whattheir children are ; ordinarily, this estimate is correct. Itis admitted that there arc marked exceptions to this , the law is inevital)le, — like parents, like , a town will send forth her sons and daughters likeherself, who will reflect her image, and be much what thecharacter, intelligence, integrity, and virtue of the townhave made them. The founders of a colony or state willtransmit themselves to their successors. The different sec-tions of our country, settled by colonists of different na-tions, with different morals, and notions of civil libertya
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