Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-11-04
vermont Legislature.
WrnNsnNY. On. 2C.

Tim ~ fruit frees was taken dn aud discus
.;,o ~ NessrS. Clittcndrt, Wilder, Everls
nstrong. DIN. Nhlolsor, Davis, French
Wl..n ana wilins Indicated that most Of
th,. speakers thought The bill WAS TOO b oad'
~ il brings uuder lis action hcedh = boys
Who chance TO gather nut, IA the forests.
.ol moor people who pick lie rivS ~ bn,hy
,n.,nres. and that therefore It shauld be
iimitel 10 vegetables and fruits IN g,rdens
and orchards. The bin WAS committed 70
Mr.. Eveiis for amendment returned by
him restricted as proposed, ard was then
laid on The table. LF rL
In the Afternoon. Mr.. Chittendcn called
IN The bill relating TO watering 'rousas on
highways.
Mr.. Clarke said he did not agree entire
Nv with the proposal amendment OF thr
Senator from Bennington, and hoped 'ii;'
the amendment might be withdrawn. "a he
Wished to offer an amendment which hr
Thought better met the minds of The Sena
tors.
AR. Allrich said he was not xacily sat
i,i..l with Mr. Clarke's amendment, and
moved tile bill AMI pending amendment he
laid on the table which m'tion prevailed.
ITorsE-On motion Of Mr.. O'msted of
B,ilport, Mr.. Daniels Of Grafton was cN-
cusei from the committee on banks.
i@s Mr.. Stowe Of Newhacen moved to re-
consider The vote of Yesterday di>mssine
the q Dog Bill. Mr.. kellogg Of Henson
moved to lay This motion on the table,
which was agreed to.
Mr.. Bell OF Walden moved that hence
forth the morning sessions Of the House be
al 10 o'c!ork It'll otherwise ordered, which
was agreed 20. ~
By Mr.. Wright Of Castc,on, from com
mtiee Of ways and means, bill providing
fer statue Of Ethan Allen, with proposed
amendment, 10 erect the statue "a the State
House; The amendment, was agreed to.
Mr. Stoddard of Townshend said the bill
contemplated the perpetuily Of the memory
of a man whose name was famlir TO all;
of man who Stunned no hardship TO vim
dica,e The independence OF Vermont, and
who by his skill in diplomacy and his
fearless courage defeated the invasionS of
the Northern British Army. We owe,
said he, Ethan Allen great debt, we owe
to him, more than to any man, the sover-
eighty Of our State; we owe to him the or
sanization Of the State; we owe TO him
primarily this very building and its decora-
tions. Lei us row SO far as we can dis
charge this debt.
Ethan Aliens efforts saved Vermont
from the curse OF slavery. Ills idea of
liberty was wide apart from those who toll
crate that bighting evil. He rescued this
State from the claims of New York, and
yindieated its sovereignty and established
freedom within its borders.
The statue could be procured A. small
price. The artist charged only the mere
work. The measure commended itself to
Vermonters from the fact that the sculptor
was a son Of Vermont, that The material
for the statue was to be taken from our
own quarres, and that above all men we
desire 10 perpciuate the memory of Ethan
Allen. Papers in other states have no.
ticcd this measure, and are waiting our ac-
lion. We shall incur their censure if we
refuse TO erect statue. He would feel
unwilling TO meet his constituents if he did
not raise his voice for the bill. and if he
Withheld his vote upon it. Is the statue to
be a good one ! said he. The model has
pSNH Sohi'hphhod HigHiNs HfEt sTe tU05e
who Lave seen the man, and are competent
TO Judge who speak favoresi,lly;' Of it, lion.
Eiinain &. bradley who Witnessed the
marriage of Allen, pronounced the mo lei
n good one. Moreover, the farther we are
removed from Allen and his coemporaries.
the more difficult ii becomes to ct good
and life-like statue. He called on the com
mi'tee for information concerning the molel
Mr.. Sherwood said he was sorry that it
was not possible 10 erect a statue to the old
hero. without introducing the constantly
talked Of question Of slavery. Why was
u done. Was it because there were Dem.
ocrats in the House that their luminosity
should he provoked and the measure be-
come partisan one! lie was in favor Of
the statue. lie would that all heroes could
spe,k to US; that Washington could SPEAK
10 the Republican party.
lie thought 1t was disgrace 10 The
House TO drag in the slavery question. II,
FELT uaab'e to pronounce a eulogy on Efiar
Allen. He (Allen) was not a great man
but he worked with energy, zeal and cour
age. ut the bottom Of things, TO create /
State that should be free lie would cree
the statue TO admonish this generation 0
their fanatical notions.
Mr.. Gleed said there are other natter
connected with the bill than our respect TO
Ethan Allen. Should we he generous be
fore we are just? Our state is under bond
in the sum of slG0,000. We owe ,hi
amount to the citizens of other states. II,
would not feel justified in appropriatin.
money for a statue under these circumstan
ces. We should not forget Ethan Allen i
no statue were erected. The measure an
pealed to orr imagination, orr patriotism
and our liberality: and it was difficult {,
resist the appeal. The monument to Ethar
Allen, at Burlington. was erected. mainl,
by subscriptions. lie preferred that cours,
now. lie thought The people would con
tribute freely and gratefully for the object
He could not vote away his constituents
money for this purpose. lie ,rouH con
tribute. by subscriptions, and ft,t that the,
would do the same. Let US be inst b, for,
we are generous.
Mr.. Child Of Hy,lepark declared that h,
would support the bin for the reasons adj
duced by Mr.. Gleed. He was in favor q