Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-01-16

in opposition to Jonas Gaiusha, who had held
the ofice for the preceding four years. Tiers
was no election by the people. The "a ajority
oil the returned members of the Legislature,
upon which the election was thus devolved,
were repu blicans, there being four federal ma
Jority In the HOus., and ten repu blioan ma
jorlty in the Council. But the federal leaders
were shrewd and not over scrupulous, and,
hnding that by rejecting the entire vote Of
Colchester for councillors, upon the preiencs
that iargs num5er OF votes had been poiled
illegally by Udited States soldiers stationed
there, three more federal councillors would
De elected and:the Joint Assembly brought to
tie, they decided to 90 SO, and the federal lna-
Jorisy in the House carried out their purposes
III that regar4. The Joint Assembly bsliosed
number OF times every day for more than
week without e.fsctng choice, till al length,
on the 2ist day OF OccobeT, the votes were de-
ciared 70 be one hundred and Twelve for AAar-
tn C1itteDdeD, anu one hundred and eleven tor
Jonas Galusha. The ore huadre snd twelve
republican members imtnedi .tely signed a GER
tihcate that they did, each oi them, oD the
ballot, vote Tor Jonas Galusha and claimed
that sne a parent result should be s9t aside
ana another ballot taken. Bat the federal
| ma aloriry i'll the House refused 10 take any fur
| ther action, anu Martin CaisleuGeG Was Ge
c!aret Governor. There l. 4 god re-soa to
bsiisve that tae result of the ballot was coT-
rectiy declared only hundred ard eleven
persons IN llos yotlng tor GAlushs. and Oliver
lngaam of CAns.an having withheld his yole.
BY VI .tAl n4t.n. be wac Induced TO DC IS
lmpOsslD now - ascs! 1djn.
Gov. Caitte1ien's ai,Dinislca .ioa w:s : -
rlod ot great alarm ana excitement, On Ace0uns
! OF the war n4aNean tnG LnIte4 Statea snd
Greaa Britain. On tie - ia Oi September pre-
ceetins his elecsion, the = brigade ui the 81
| GIyIsIon oi Vernon: militia, which had been
oraiie1 ini0 tlo liJed states eeIvlce, went TO
riattsb1rg, y. Y, % replace force .! fifteen
/ hundred New OTk militia lA4s iisG lIs- Teen
sent forward - Cn2teaagay. IG his i1augn-
| La message Gov. Chietcnden took strong
| grOund liz opposition 10 the ra: and 10 tho
! general rOliey q the goyecn.aen. il en4ctipg
| Il; l,aiotiln.cE wan special emphasis, ths :
/ the militia wee designed exclusively ior seT-
vice aud protection u their respective atee.
These pEIn pies he eoou pu1 ITO practice by
/ ordering lie Vermont militia 10 resurn from
! Platts0uT..
! The IaIit... remained :. p.@t-s5urZh bat
| the campo n OF 1913 ciossd without thtir be
ing called INFO actual service, and they event
uaily Returned t. Ne..nong before 5nei7 term
| expired. u Y. thlstsGden' o0a1u3. was m-Ge
tie subject oi seVerese anim1dvcraion, nos on
| j. in Vermont, but throu 1ous the country.
X was even proposed Ia Congress th-s ne
shOui4 be lmps.ched, BIT, as neither ths coz
siituUOn nor 1--we pcovided any method Oi IN
| poachng governors, the proposition uot
| pressed. His CONVICTIONS, however, were IN
! changed, and he snOHed hls moral courage By
| pursuing similar course Oi conduct IJSs on
The eve oi the election in 1914, when ne was
| q candidate tor reelection. On the 3lss OF
August, 1914, British forces TO the number OF
l4,UUU entered New \ OK at Caamp.ain, and
marched upon PIa;Isbnrgh. Gen. Msc5mb
sent al express 10 Gov. ChissaRden, n0:IiyInL
him ei tns INVASION and urging thal the inil.
tia should Oe seat TO tue defense 0. III ,ttsourgh
| lnir1ecIa,siy. Inc Governor refused - OLDER
out the militia but ailowcd many a. woui q
10 voiuGleer. HJN they volunteered, how
they ioughf, aGd with what results is matter
oi history. llis conduct this occasion was
maze The occasion OF repEoAch 70 hin, down
10 the very latest year of ms life Among the
many songs that were sung during the nemor-
! ab.e poiitIcal campaign of 1910, was one IN
which he MAS COMMUNICATED as follows
= ~ hen this Old hat new. OLD Governor Provost
The States invaded a. the Lead Of British
siark @ei,, We iocoI1's did Marua Chitten-
FoIbale Green Noun sn oys TO Eight, hen this d
| Was Aew.'
| He did NOT, however, iaii Of re-eiec.ion
| IN loI4. Iaege MAS no choice by me people,
| bl: tle joint Assembly reelected hin by The
re -pecta5.e ma o1ity o4 rwenty-nlne; and. by
| "a formal vote, endorsed his course ID refusing
- order ous the militia.
i. the expiration vi his second year he
returned To ms iarm, and did not agaln enter
Official lie, except tu,t in 1921 and lo22 ne
was Judge of Probate. In February 1915 he
removed 10 NIiliston, winch his home
| tor the REMAINDER oi his lie. lie sue
eessiul farmer and accumulated large tor-
tune. His death toCk place the 5th OF Sept.
| 1870 During his last sickness the annual
election took place, and by his own request
| be Carried 10 the town nail that be might
once more exercise the elective franchise.
GJe. Chlt;enden was a a.an OF no more
than average Intellectual ability. Tradition
says that his father gave him a liberal edu-
cation oy wayot atonement Tor the nIggaI dly
manner 10 which nature had bestowed her
iayoIs. and added that the parental partiaItY
| IN that partIcu lar was not quite agreeable 10
The other sons. dis elder brother Truman
once demonstrated with the father for giving
Martin more education than all the Iesj OF
the family, but was cut short by The reply
| that Martin needed more ednvstion than the
rest TO make him capable OF taking of
himself. Not long a,teT, tire old Governor
had Soma trouble with ID caii which he could
not teach GO he wished, ard in his irri
tatIon called TIE calf fool. " Father, SAID
Truman, looking archiy at him, g Father,
h,dn' you Deslar send him college?" The
Writings of Gov. MarS!n Chltsenuen which
are ex ant do nos inlicate anything more IMAM
ordinary scholarship as the result OF bis ox-
per;enca in coilsgs. In regard TO his pohtica!
career there can hardly be much difference Of
opinion AT The present day HIS conduct IN
recalling the militia from PI-tgsbulg was the
fret demonstration Of that false theory of
Oh Enif at IL
cuimiDated 10 secession and rebellion, and
cJnvulsed the nation with terrible intes-
tine Har.
tie married Anne Bentley, - poor girl OF
peo:t.bis connections by whom he had
Al.nire Efh5enia, born 80 September 1894.
married Solomon 5. Miller, died ID August
1917 Truman AlonZo, born January 1867
George W Washington born l3 May 1910; Loisa
Maria. born 22i June 1911, married Loren
Butler.
Il Real DeVil-FiSh."