Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-11-07
N.,,ounl Hall Of Stntuary.

We print on the first page OF this issue the
r.nort of Meesrs Morrill, and Edmunds, re-
snec,ine a National Hall of Ssatuary 1t
there i. to be such Hall in the Capitol at
Washington, there can be no doubt that YER
mont should be represented IN 1t; and the com
missioners express their confident belief that
the plan of Congress for ouch Hall will be
speedily carried out by the contributions OF
eyery State The work has been delayed by
the rebellion, and its complete realization
will, undoubtedly, have yet to wait some years
for the hearty corporation of some OF the
sGepated states but sooner or later each
state will contribute statues of its great and
yenerated statesmen TO this National Assem-
bIy of the illustrious dead. This report does
not insist with too much emphasis upon the
mart Vermont should tax, in this work, nor
press too stronely upon the Legislature the
expediency of immediate action.
The reasons given by the commissioners
for their selection OF Allen and Collamer as
the characters which shall speak IN marble
for Vermont in this National Hall, ere en-
tirely conclusive The rough genius and the
indomitable energy of the one. are so marked
and conspicuous in our early annals, and have
made him and the resolute inhabitants who
made the history of Vermont in the dawn OF
our existence as state 30 famous at home
and abroad, as to compel the commissioners
10 name Ethan Allen as the representative
man of the Green Mountains q century ago
And the difficult task of selecting from the
generation whose great men may be raid to
have bu; recently filled the measure OF then
fame and made it safe to estimate their statet-
manship, has been well performed IL the
choice of Jacob Collamer, whose life and la
bors, rounded and complete, commend them
selves more to the considerable judgment Of
the people than those of any other man OF
his regeneration. Without the brilliancy which
often wins admiration, or the delightful gift
of oratory which commands popularity, or
the arts of the politician which frequently
succeed in a caucus or a convention better
than real merit, Judge Collsmer won bis way
to his eminence IN the state and nation Dy
his craftsmanship and ability alone. He had
solid worth. incorruptible integrity, pure
and blsmeless life, and the people trusted
him and his clear intellect, furnished with q
practical wisdom and learning surpassed by
few men OF his time, and ever working in the
leht of an unsullied conscience, made him
in every place of his varied public service
the equal of the best. 1t is most fitting thai
what marble can do to preserve his noble
head and intellectual face, should stand in this
Hall of Ssatuary as type of the Vermont
of the fret half of the present century
The suggestion of Powers and Mead as the
sculptors to whom the work of executing
these statutes shall be confded will, as matter
of course, be listened to. The one has been
for many years in the fullness of bis fame al
one OF the best of living sculptors the other
although vet young, already has reached
An enviable reputation, making his name
prominent in art circles, and both are Yer
monters. Our State can confide this work tc
no better hands.