Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-10-20
An Interesting beaumont.

An Interesting Document.
We refer to the following communication to|
Gov Page, by John n. pomcroy Of Burlington
In 1866, the State appropriated two thousand dol
lars for a monument 10 Ethan Allen, to DE erected
in the cemetery Of that city The money was
of course expended aud a beautiful Tuscan mon
ument commentaries the virtues Of the old hero
In 1857, the Legislature Of Vermont authorized
the committee to procure statue Of Ethan
Allen and place il on the monument, without
oxpcnse to the State The act was OF course re-
sultless, because IL contained no appropriation.
The people Of the State were appealed TO 70 beau
hfy the monument with q statue, and gave Tor
that purpose seven hundred dollars, which, with
the interest, now in tho hands Of the committee
amounts 10 nearly sixteen hundred dollars In
1859, the Legislature procured statue Of Allen,
to adon, as il most appropriately does, the porti-
co Of the Capitol Now, Mr. Pomoroy, with six
teen hundred dollars in his pocket of the peoples
money proposes to the State TO give him outright
its own statue Of the hero, and mylsh from the
halls Of the temple that is rod By the feet of liy-
ing men, this ilusiri0us memorial Of ancient
greatness in order b decorate with ii the
Tuscan Monument of Green Mount Cemetery
We think the halls Of legislation are quite as
well deserving of decoration at The expense Of
Che State Us the cemetery of Burlington, especial
! ly when the honorable committee residing in that
city have got in their pockets funds enough To-
carry out their own wishes On Che whole, we
think this report about as refreshing a piece OF
impotence as we have ever known And IL the
Legislature should sec ht to comply with this cx-
traordnary petition, which aims TO gain by in
direction what it could not get fairly az The out
SET we trust they will also send down to Bur
linetou the goldea statue that surmounts the
dome Of the State House, 10 be put on the Amer
lean Hotel or any other place the committee may
designate, and also giW to the members % the
committee the bronze figures that uro ia the
vestibulc of the Hall Of the House to odom their
porlors, and appropriate whatever is necessary 90
detray the cost of transportation.
70 has ErceR,Hql. Jom b. PACE, Goronor of
Vermont
The committee. George r. Marsh and John y.
| P0meroy, % whom was entrusted the erection of
/ the monument 10 the memory of Ethan Allen ln
Green Mount Cemetery in Burlington, consisting
/ of Tuscan Column OF granite, iurty-two feet in
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procure 10 be placed upon said monument heroic
statue, in granite or marble of that distinguished
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work and their design for the same. The COM
mittee decided In favor Of Mr. larkin q Mead,
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que prosecutor oi tuS unueil1Alhs wa. '',euy
4"us ~ i''t5,,' q, ...o -" '''...ule lu
/ i727i 10 pass tne nih oppr9prauns one thousand
HonaIs in aid on the e9innitiec' and tnc distract
ihe eu'ct Oh tle aet on tne LNsl~Nturc OF 'ct'utr
i0o'' uPpIVp 'no sum vi Two tnou@'na a'i-
iNIH i'i nee statue %, liie sums distinguishes
patriot To ne located at Montpeher-and the sub
'elueh, aaopuoh ol me hIu7t ana modci already
selected ny the committee ana the Appropriation
Oh the marble eioek' valued nj some hundreds OF
dollars winch had been generously proiiercd o.
carry our lne design Oh tne committee lhis act
Oh the Legislature was m enc nature oi shpNr-
,taeqs U the aeupn OF the committee as q could
uardly oe supposed thAt tle state was about O.
erect OF cause % pc erected simgitane1usy' tWt
statues 70 one Aleh'--P particularly when ON th'
same distinguished roHi thus unhonored, there
sSto.3l prominently Ihe names OF another Allen,
Nnlstenuen ana a warner.
Inc course Oh the committee has been modified
II. ~ we" Of sueh e2n5ingency-and thus WIZ
'ne S.l,h ql'alas9i-uel excitement o. me pnnh'