Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1859-03-19

Sous OF VERMONT IN BosToN.--The newly
revived annual festival of the Vermont Union,
society organized by the sons of the Green
Mountain State residing in Boston and vicinity,
took place at the Revere House in Boston, on
Tuesday evening. Gen. John S. Tyler, for
merly Of Brattleboro presided. Among the
Vermonters present noticed the names of
Hon. Jacob Colamer, Hon. Lawrence Brainerd.
Hon. Hampden Cults, and Hon. John Gregory
Smith Gen. Tyler made capital speech
We find the following report of it in the Boston
Traveller:
General TYLER at the close of the feast arose. and
after some well conceived preliminary remarks, spoke
OF the fact that 1876 years ago this day certain emf
grants proceeded from Massachusetts, and settled at
Fort drummer. within the limits Of the present Com
monwealth Of Vermont. Many events had taken place
since them which he unable TO describe but the
result had been been that certain people came from
the State OF Vermont 10 Massachusetts These people
he was extremely happy to welcome here tonight
He would for an instant glance at the history Of their
ancestors. He spoke of the New Hampshire grants,
of the counter claim set up by the State Of New York
to control over Vermont, Of the paying of money into
the royal exchequer by the inhabitants of Vermont
for their lands, of the attempt Of New York to sustain
her claims, and the resistance Of Vermont through
Ethan Allen and oshers of like heroic character
That Ethan Allen certainly a Remarkable man,
and fair representative Of the Yankee character as
1t now exists in New England, and throughout our
Western land. The civil history Of Vermont too was
worthy Of study. She had an existence before the
Revolution though she was not admitted to the Pro-
vinciai Congress because it deemed impotc,
since it would have offended the great colony Of New
York, which claimed that Vermont u part OF it.
self.
Great efforts made BY tho English to buy over
Vermont, and though Ethan Allen treated with them,
yet 1t well known he did i, TO unveil their designs
since he impaired all to Washington, and Allen was
too shrewd Yankee to have done so had lie been in
earnest Gen. Tyler said he had the good luck to be
born on the farm where Ethan Allen did one of his
most important deeds; the first good drubbng New
York had account OF her pretensions rule Yer
| mont was in the town Of Gulford.
Vermont had been called politically the star that
never set and he knew that the State had always been
conservative. and acted with the true conservative
to other matters, General Tyler said honored
with the presence Of the Governor (great applause Of
the Mayor renewed applause of the President of the
Council Applause, and other gentlemen aud he would
therefore not detan them longer than by reading n
few stanzas from song published by ederaist in
the Columbian Cenfinel in 1889, and breathing the
spirit Of nationality and liberty in connection with
the names Of Washington and other leaders Of the
early struggles for independence.
Hon. Jacob Coliamer responded to senti-
ment complimentary to Vermont, and speeches
were made by Gov. Banks, Mayor Lincoln and
others. Letters were read from Hon. VIM. c.
Bradley, Hon. Geo. p. Marsh, Elk Gov. Fletch-
err and Gen. D. W. c. Clarke. This good old
State the eldest child Of the Union was duly
represented and remembered