Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1847-11-03

STATUS FOR THE CAPITOL
WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOY :

STATUS FOR THE CAPITOL.
On ou' ffs side wi 70 found the t,par
ofihrc"mmr'ec app ir'cl by Il, Gn,'rno',
10 cortrpond vrh the Scu 'por poNcr IA
relation to thc cos, Sc. OF the proposed
Sn'u, s--of Ethan Alicu M! rhom, Ctr
lcnirn rhc placed IA the vacant inches If
lhc State Capitol NJ Mon'pc'icf w" know
Mt flom whom nor from which political
parry design otigna',d OF placing III
thclr appropriate places the statues Of lhcs"
noble h,a'rd aud ron w,lI,d patriot, -
nor Is thus material TO honor the mem
org nnI keep alive he recollection Of these
heroic anl u,,I ,nfn-who IN the carly
Struggles II Vermont sacrificed all 't her
is, ia our brlr tho bouni,n in!y Of rvc.
~ true fncnl Of our Green Noun,aiu Stat"
And how. We would ask, can the tccol
Lotions OF the stirring scenes, aud the his
tory of tho noble aud galan, achicvcm' n,s
OF lh'sc sturdy pioneers Of Vermont, be bet.
ter Commemorate OF passed on to po,'cri,y
than by the means proposed by the rscIr
lipn under which this committee ACT To
many We dout, not, The appropriation OF
the sum OF $50 oo0 will appear large
aul cs'ravagan, for such rurposn -
brmagoruCs and ultra uulna iins VIII
OF couis" oppose any appropriation tor
such an objoc,-and why should they
MOTT Tho frs, would no, vote a single DOL
lar for n statue Of g0M -unlcss q fair chance
offered for the stealing Of an arm,--nor
would one Of the latter rlass vote the same
sum Tor any statue unless II could be car.
ticI through the country on exhibition, and
made profitable dollar and cent invest
men. With such men we have, and can
have bu, IluIe sympathy Of feeling. They
appear to Forget, il they ever knew, that the
honor md glory OF a STATE does not consls,
entirely of It's wealth and It's well filled cot.
fcrs--and seem to imagine ,ha, the frs,
dollar expended that brings no return IN Ike
COINS so much ioolshly thrown away.
Anything like libcralty or gratitude is of
course no, to be expected from men like
these but we do hope after all Iha, more
enlarged and liberal spirit will prevail over
the majority Of our State Legislature and
tina, the sum necessary will at once be voted
to enable the committee 10 order the immc-
daie comm ncemcn, Of this desirable work
Who OF the Irecmtn OF Vermont will with.
hold OF bcSrnlyc The lrllng tax which this
work would impose on him when he r, fleets
that rs u secure 10 him, his children and
hls latest poslernya rishl and n,crcs, IN the
life Ike statues Of Tie two fathers of HE safe
10 whom we al owe so muc For
one wc 'hln, there are few true heart, 4
Normon!cis who would shrink iom the i'm
position OF such n tax or who would fail
10 give hearty rcsponsc TO "A call like this
There are morcov'r Other Considerations
which should. nni doub,ncs viii have
their due w,ish, IN the decision Of this
question. Il has fallen TO the lot Of Yer
mont to presen, To the world the hTs' Of
living sculp,ors and to ham !! Is proposed to
assign the task Of moull.ng INTO form The
hkcnc.sos OF two Of Vcrmonl's noblost he
foos Thus are We, while paying JrA
tribute to tie honor,d dead, dom. m act OF
simple ius,lcc to one, OF whom, We may all
feel SO Justly proud !, was SAID by high
.pirlcd Kcn,uchian-wh the qn'suon
was raised as to lrho shoni iurnlsh the
statue for K,niucky's mobiles, son. that no
onc bu, n Kcn,uckiar could give to ,h'm
,hcimpf,ss It lIr>Ry CLAY and 50
may every Ncfmon'ef IN pride say-we
wan, none other than our own giilod son 10
mould mic form the lkenesses. Of the stern
and lnhr,lbc hero. and pl,ro. whose
deeds OF vinge and valor we wish 10 com
ncmotalc.
We nigh, carry our state feeling san
hrlhcr and sugg's, the prophecy Of employ
ing fremont NaTblc, FOR the purpose De.
signed, thus giving to our own state the en-.
are honor IN the project conlempla'ed.-
We believe we hazard hulc in saying tia,
Vernon, sla'uary marble can now BE- pro-
cured Of as good qualify as can 10 buni in
he World II so lie, the stone come in for
ns share of,he honor IN the erection Of ih.s Sc
noble ,ribulcs Of Vermont, 10 the memory
OF her los, heroes
The South Carolina papers contain the
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