"And, good friends, let me say that this is an occasion for rejoicing.

It is not so much a marriage that I mean.

That we might have any day if Lydia or Betty would show some of the alacrity which got a good husband for Alice.

Isaac is a free man and we expect his marriage will bring about peace with a powerful tribe of Indians.

To us, and particularly to you, young people, that is a matter of great importance.