The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1867-01-18
Portraits of Eminent vermonters.

Portraits OF Eminent Verm0ntcrS.
We mentioned last week that Hon.
Frederick Z. Billing had presented
to the Windsor County Bar, an ex-
ccllent portrait OF Hon Norman VIII
lams, painted by 3, f. Mason. We
select the following from Mr.. BIS elo-
quent presentation address;
1t is matter of profound regret,
am sure to you nll that the painters
art was not early called in to preserve
for us of to- day, aud for those who are
to come after MS. the features Of those
prominent men; those historic men
of the Court What Il qualification,
what perpetual delight, and, to the
young men OF the Bar especially, what
an abiding inspiration it would be, if
their faces were ever looking down
from these now bare walls This re-
grct, gentlemen, viii ever be incpeas-
ing as time passes, AND one by one
gradually disappear, those who saw,
came i'm contact with and knew these
men, and there is left at last not n
single soul to speak of them from per-
sonM association and personal recol-
lection
This regret is not confined to
Windsor County Not here alone are
memorial portrait wanting. Vermont,
always Astounding in strong, vigorous
minded, original men, was especially
rich in her early days in men Of great
natural intellectual ability and Of
most marked individuality Of charac-
ter. In no department Of life was this
more the case than in connection with
the Bench and the Bar There is
hardly county in the State whose
Court Room could not be adorned
with portraits Of men of the legal pro-
fession, who were born. lived and died
in the county, but whose lust fame
went far beyond tho limits of the
State Aud see there are only three
portraits to be found in all the Court
Rooms Of Vermont! These three are
chose Of Stephen r. Bradley, the emf
nent lawyer, Judge and senator, and OF
his great son, William g. Bradley. tc
be found in the Court-Room of Wind
ham county, and that of Samuel S
Phelps, another most distinguished
lawyer Judge and senator in the Uni
ted States Court-ROom at Rutland
The regret, indeed, applies to the
whole State What a pity chat in the
State House are not to be found if ",
60 no further back, the portraits OF
Thomas Chittendep, the first Govern
or, and fer SO many years the Govern
or Of the State, and of Isaac Tichenor
and Of the early and memorable GOV
errors. What a pity We cannot fine
the portraits OF Moses Robinson
Elijah Paine Dudley Chase and 9th
ors, who In the early times represent
ed Vermont iii the United States Sen
ate. What pity that Of the grea
array Of distinguished men who hav,
graced Tie Bench Of the Suprem,
Court, only one Judge, Chief Justic,
Williams, is there Who would no
be glad to behold the face Of Nathanie
authald.v 10, l:ss ca.. til great ind d
olAps, t.,pe III. ,i..sst i gssllnssiot il n
New hSIaglaad' 'i r. SaLg.a s.fEssacsioi
there would hc III having aided t,
The porsiaas 9s4-nifF ,,El,Stice William
then stfaits 81 StepIen Royce, Sam
uel S Phelps, jacob Collamer, an,
Isaac f Redield presenting the Su
prone Court as constituted when
sonal presence ana impressiveness, u
wen y ~ luqlel'' a9'h'y' l nave ne'e
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Something M miIht he dome b.