The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-05-20
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ErIIAN AI.ErEN.


Tie tue character 81 tie distinguished
pioneer Of liberty and the wilderness, /,
laa fading away IKE Tie Eight d the set
ting sun. Fashionabr f1aaficjsm IN tie
exercise 81 its despoiic power la, bat too
sucgcs ully attempted 70 east dark, OBJ
Il1iou- mantle over lis bcneyolcnce and
I philau,hrol.hy as citizen, and Its chiyal-
! ric achievements as q soldier. Memory
should noi tire nor national gratitude be
withheld, from our patriotic grand.ires, by
whose abors and sacrifices our birlhrights
were secured, and our liberty made fee
from danger, OF Col Allen, little is 70
I Be found II jhe deuhless pages Of our ua-
tioual history that gives anything like .
I fair picture Of lis uue character. Tie
numerous diycrging religions scets in New
/ England, fcgaidless, wlo Contributed 70
give them NE acged privilege % worship
( hcir God according the dictates Of their
ogn cous. .,cnee ml rea Oh, seemed to
4 have ioi,,s, Ia oat afanl ch9ros, 20 cLant
Z ,he inadelny q, Ethan Alln. II: re-
iriot:c .cr,ices ofhis c.unny elich pro-
cured iIe libry to religion seeiariaui5n
10 xisi hy them written ugoa 7gaier,
while al. his expression OF his fa.Nf, diff
leriug from Tie measure Of their several
cpced-, ,ecms 10 haye been engraved on
I brass and mmble. Alien was as bold AID
! independent "a a morM-i, as he was brave
and daring as a soldier, wbich proves him
+ to have possessed as much honesty OF heart
before his God, inthc one, as patriotism
and courage before his country in the ex-
erci-c OF tie other
lleroism Is not confined TO deeds Of eliy-
4 AIRY in war, or true courage exclusively
10 the battle Geld, L required as much
moral courage ii Thomas Jefferson 10
break over the bounds of ilegitimate sla-
ycry-,o ripp!e under foot the political
crccds ot hearle,s despois, and 10 storm
their strong foriresscs by the Declaration
81 Independence, a. it did for Ethan, two
or three months before, aud without even
the authority of tile Declaration, to storm
tho fortress Of IcoGdesoga, capture Crown
Po,ut and the only British armed ycss !.
upon Lake Champlain
Where was Ethan Allen abonlthe break
ofday OH ne 9th Of May, l77G, two months
lacking five days, before Independence
was declared? IL was at tie head Of sa
men. close under tlla guns Of the Briiisl
fort, Ticonderoga addressing lis bia,C
volunteers. u am going says lie "tc
lead YOU forward Tho attempt is desper.
a'e. wish 10 urge no man agail ST III,
viii. Those who will follow me, pois,
lis fire locksr TIcy were all poised
"OnMard ms brave fellows said A len
and lei the way through The picket gate
pasc the covered way, and formed ha
men ia the fort, and Instantly rushed IT,
10 the quarters of De Ia Place, the lal
undressed and terror struck commander
and demanded tie instantaneous surrcndei
Of tic lJi. In whose name do you de
mand il = asked the trembling De Ia Place
IL surely must have been AZ tha; time, un
/, der all tic circumstances, rather hare
question 10 answer. "ln the name Of thl
Great Jehosah and ihc Continental Con
gress,' shouted Alien. De IA Place con
clatled that il the "Great Jchovah" ha,
sent such desperate looking fellows At tia
timc III the morning 70 take tic fort, b
hal better give it up, and dill 30 aceor
DINGHY. Having secured thai impouan
garrison for his country. be fastened on
ward aud before the brilliant sun Of tba
day set, he took Crown Point, and cap
tured lis Maje.ty's only arned vessel ol
Lake Chaapan.
This was the iirst conqaesi our coun'r
ever presumed to cad Cor herself. and thi
was our dnsi acceptable offering upon "a
altar of liberty, II which, may il nevcs Q
forgotten. Ethan Alien o!lleilaied as hiel
priest lis after services anl suIFcrinl
in lho cause Of tile Revolution, ihoagl
bur partially knoFn Or appreciated, com
MOI within the limits Of this communication
and are passed eycf.
AZ lhe close of The war. Colonel Allei
tcek up a tract Of land in Colchester, VI
upoa which he laborea with great indus
ify and skill. until be- found himself i