The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1843-06-29

many divisions of spectators that
there was no overwhelming pressure
on any one point, and all who were
on foot had full opportunity to wit
ness the pageant in detail. 1t was
i'll no place seen to better advantage
than while going down South Market
street, which, on account Of its
width, afforded ample room for the
procession and wide interval on
each side for the spectators.
The revolutionary soldiers and
sons of New England from New
York were the most frequently cheer
ed portions. The usual sight of the
masons in their mystic parapherna-
LA, which had almost become "an
absolute idea" were regarded with
no small curiosity and respect. The
various Irish temperance and chart
table societies, with their distinctive
badges and banners, We're objects of
great interest. Their ranks were
very foil, and their appearance very
respectable. And we may venture
to say that none in the procession
sympathized more heartily in the
cause and the object of the ceebra-
ton than the members Of these So
cicties.
While the columns were passing
over Warren Bridge, salute after sa-
lutte was fired fiom the navy yard,
and occasionally from the hill, and
in about two hours after the Prcsi-
dents carriage started from the
State House the head of the process
ion reached the enclosure on the
north Of the monument. The area
was formed on a declivity, at the
base of which a covered platform
had been erected, and supplied with
seats for the accommodation of about
500 guests and the revolutionary
soldiers. The President and heads
of departments were conducted up
on the platform by the chief marshal
and his aids. Governor Morton and
Governor Fenner followed, and
other distinguished official person
ages in order. The reception Of the
remnant of the revolutionary army
was very interesting. AS they were
led up the platform they were
brought within the view ofthousands
upon thousands, who made the bill
ring with their shouts. Nearly all
were lame,-some were crippled,
some deaf, others blind, and all
bowed down with years but there
they were-still alive-the repre-
sentatives of an army, which did
more with the sword for the cause
Of rational political liberty and pub
lie virtue than had been accomplish
ed in all preceding time by all the
heroes and orators Of the old world.
Among these revered remains Of
the gallant bands who fought, not
for military glory, but for human
right and eternal principles of just
ice, there were twelve who, on the
17th of June, 1775, drove back like
chaH before the blast the stern bat
talions of Britain's bravest troops,
upon the very ground on which they
had now met to celebrate the G8th
anniversary Of the battle. The eld-
est Of these venerable men was Mr..
PHINEAs JOHNSON, aged 97.-
There were also present three who
were in the battle of Lexington, viz !:
JONATHAN HARRINGToN, 95 AL
PHEUs BIGELow, So; and LEVI
HARR1NGroN, So years of age.
What with the movements of the
military, the galIoping from point to
point Of the well-equipped marshals,
the waving Of the countless banners
Of the different societies, and the
dense mass of citizens con9regated
and arranged in tho most perfect
order, the spectacle on the hill, be-
tween the monument and the recep-
ton pavilion, was imposing, inter-
esIing, ana inspiring beyond The
power of description. But the most
brilliant feature of the whole was
presented on the glacis at the base
Of the monument, on which We're
seated thousands and thousands of
the fair daughters of New England,
whose resplendant charms, famed
by the breeze, reflected back upon
the bright heavens above, the glow
ing tints, kindled by the genial and
tempered rays of the midday sun,
which seemed to rest suspended
over the scene, as if it constituted a