Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-11-06

stick my little flag up hero and ask you 20
come on" (Renewed laughter and cheers. }
This little practical speech put the boys
and the crowd in the best of humor, and amid
vociferous cheering the train moved of.
Stops were made at South Royalton. Bethel,
West Randolph and Mortified, where large
crowds We're assembled and greeted the Gen
eral enthusiastically. At West Randolph
! the General was introduced to the crowd,
who cheered him loudly. The General a lso
met Gen. Stoughton, formerly of the Yer
mont Sharpshooters. and greeted him warmly.
A band was in attendance, and the reception
was very pretty one. At Northheld tine
train was welcomed by ring ing salute fired
by the cadets of N,rwieh University. A
General left the train and took the Platform
in front of the depot, where he was intro
duced by Judge Carpenter, but declined to
speak. The principal buildings were deco
rated with aigs, an tn, reception was cred
table and honorable to the citizens of the
town.
The train reached Jewett's crossing In
Montpelier, promptly on time, at o cloc
P. NJ, where it met by 10 NJ line OF
carriages, and veteran officers, soldiers and
citizens in readiness to escort the General to
the State III use. Gen. Sheridan, accom-
panied by Gov. Page and Ex-Governo.s Dill
ing iam and Smith, entereIa birouche drawn
~ fur white horses and preceded by Gil
nore's Boston Band. and lengthy escort OF
the veterans of the late war, proceeded up
State street, thence through Main to school,
through ocaJ)l t. L)o.nis, throLsl L)omis
c, Liberty, through Liberty t. Main, and
lown Main and State to the State House.
Tne stores. public buildings and miny
private residences on the streets through
which the procession moved were, consider
ing the stormy character Of the weather
preceding and at this time, finely ami IN
some cases elab,rately decorated and orna-
Dented, and much credit is due our citizens
for their endcavors in this line. The cor
respondent of the Burlington Tunes thus
speaks of this part Of the reception
Many of the stores and private residences
were finely decorated along the line of march.
ences OF Hon c W Willard and Hon
t,oderick Richardson, the new Episcopal
church where bravey fl ated the stars and
stripes from its tower, Riker's building, the
post office, Fred f Smiths block, just across
the bridge, whlc was most ella borately deco
rated, a fine transparency having been hung
Jut illustrating Sheridan saying to his men,
=. Right about, bpys. we are going back to
camp" under which were the words, - " ell
come the Hero of the Shenandoah"
From the Office of CJl. Randall hung out
the splendid green banner of the Hibcrnian
Society Of this city. J W Ellis. Redheld
X Crooks, and j. Y. Blbcock's stores were
llso fifty decorated with flags. The F. oman
building, at the head of the street, was hung
with ftys throughout Among other places
finely decorated were Gen. PitkIns residence,
Postmaster Frelch's store and residence,
Collector Poland's Office, the Union House,
md at the entrance + the State House
grounds arch with the notable in
scription. E. VERMONT WELCOMES THE GALLANT
SHERIDAN.
On reaching the State House Gen. Sher-
dan was escorted t. platform erected near
the upper steps, where. after tremendous
cheering, he was formally presented to the
vast concourse of people there assembled. ny
Gov Dillingham;, in the following fitting
words
EX-Gov. LLISGHAN ; SPEECH.
CiVseHs of .orni0nf, w are not worship
ers of idols of men, nor were our fathers
5efore Us, vet all honor and respect the good.
the true and the brave, as the demonstrations
IF to-day fully attest. Human voices have
not been alone in yJur welcome u a tried
md valiant soldier, the kettle has spoke TO
the trumpet, the trumpet to the drum, the
irum To the cannon. and the cannon II the
skies in thunders of applause, and all com
bined but exclalm welcome 10 the bravest of
the brave. ! now introduce to You the man
you 50 much love AMI honor. Maj. Gen.
Philip II Sheridan
To this Gen. Sheridan replied follows :
GEN. sHERIDAN's REPLY
| thank you for the very kind welcome
which YOU have given me here to-day. 1t
| has given me great pl assure. assure you. |
recolect when was boy of reading in the
| history of your State, of the Green Mount
tin BOYS in the times of l776, in the old revo-
luton, and thought that if | should ever
ave the honor of cJmmanding her troops, |
should be greatly privileged and that they
would make the best camptgn in the ex-
| perence of any leader. In the war, | did
nave the honor Of commanding the Green
Mountain Boys of 1861, and | assure You
that | believe that they are equal To the
Green Mountain Bows OF l776. No greater
honor could be conferred upon any one than
the command of such men, AMI the Safe
should be proud OF them. They were al
ways proud of their State, during the war
md always speak very highly Of it. | car
assure you that feel highly honored by
welcome from the people of the State OIL
Vermont.
This capital little speech was received with
immense applause. Gen Sheridan was thcr
escorted to the Hall of the Representatives
where Gov. Page presented him 70 the Gen.
eral Assembly as follows:
GOV. PAGES SPEECH.
GEN. SHERIDAN:
1t deyolvcs upon me - greet you i'll behal
# the representatives of the people of tn,
state of Vermont, here convened in Genera
Assembly. 1t gives me pleasure to extent
Cd you a cordial welcome. Although W,
nay not expect tt equal the external display
hat has met YOU elsewhere, [ assure vol
that you will find among us many warn
iearts, such as a man, brave, true and loya
| is you have been, will be glad to meet. w.
| appreciate your character and services. anC
are proud to recall the fact that our Greer
Mountain 3 ,ys were led by you on to victory
We rejoice that your more recent admins
tration of aff,irs at the South has been con
sistent with the principles that have always
governed our people, and we therefore ap
prove of those measures that give Equa
Rights, with g Feed'm end Unity Per
nit Inc to remind you of the memorahl,
Oct Dber day, three years ago, when riding
DOWN the valley of the Shenandoah, anc
drawing near Cedar Creek, you found oul
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