Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-10-06

speaker paid tribute to Vermont
statesmen and its long succession Of
names, from Prentiss and Phelps to Col
lamer and Foote, second to none the con-
tinent ever produced. In the Judiciary q
succession of men adorned the bench of
our State, and sustained its eminence ;
they were those to whom none could
point as dishonest, corrupt, or IN
| fit for their position, and whose abil-
ity and wisdom was unsurpassed by the
bench of any State in the great sisterhood
of States As regards Vermont in battle,
he said that Vermont had been called the
legitimate child of war, and truly, for her
territory was the battle ground Of the
| original tribes which inhabited her bor-
ders. SO through the Colonial and French
wars it was the pathway of contending
troops, and then came the struggles OF
the New York and New Hampshire
grants, in which as a battle-ground she
was historically distinguished. He re-
verted in unqualified terms of praise to
the conduct of the Green Mountain Boys
in the Revolution. and to the grand figure
of Ethan Allen on the parapets of Ticon-
deroga on the 10Th of May, 1875, when he
demanded it's surrender by the authority
of the Continental Congress-when he
compelled the surrender of the British to
the coming American republic In the
battle of Bennington he would not at
tempt to detail the achievements of the
FGreen Mountain Boys they had been 50
grand but in 1912 they sustained at
Pittsburgh, Niagara and Crown Point
the reputation they had won in the pre-
vious war In the Mexican war, YER
mont furnished her full quota to the ma
tional cause, and in it one of her brave8t
sons. the gallant Ransom fell. In the
war of the rebellion she furnished 34,OOO
men, who participated and with glory in
every battle from Rig Bethel to
AppomAttox. They struck the first blow
in Virginia At the outbreak of the war and
were the FIRST troops to enter Richmond
on its surrender. At Lees Mills the la
mented Reynolds gave up his life, and at
Bull Run Vermont troops largely contrl-
bute5 to the safety Of the national capital
On the Peninsula they were firm, and IL
the Seven Days Fight they never failed
to punish the enemy. History, he said,
will record that son of Rutland As sure
" end tffectually saved our army from
defeat at Malvern Hill as did Col. War
nor more than any other man than Stark
|contribute to our success at Bennington.
| At South Mountain, Autietam, ST. Mary =
| H-ight-, Getty sburRh, they were the same,
ana ia thu Shenandoah Valley Sheridan
knew by heir intrepid vsllor that he
ooul3 turn. defeat to victory. Col. We L Y
p4il a handsome tribute to Col Robert-
who fell at Baton Rouge, and closed by
saying that Vermont's sons w're Is class
of men who knew they had rights-aud
knowing dare maintain them.
Gen. W. 7 W Ripley followed in a
tribute to the brave men of Vermont, and
feelingly implored their descenaants to
preserve the relics of their memory in
their hands at present. that the future
might revere those who 50 molly lived
AMI died.
To the sentiment in the toast Of NTH
rr~ aud Wifes, D E. Niohol,ou responded
in his uneq4Iled manner We will not
attempt to follow him in hi@remark-, but
suffice it t. a4y that thy were humorous,
pjthy, sud altogether to the point. They
brought down the house many times dur
ing their delivery, and gave Subtraction TO
the entire audience.
His speech was followed by music from
St. Peters Cornet Band.
The third toast WAS
Tie car7y settlers Of Rutland, true de-
scepdents of the Puritan stock, they build |
ed better than they knew.
Gen. AIvord of the U. S Army respond,
ed az follows:
GEN. ALvORD's ADDRESS.
When I frat received the invitation to
share in this celebration it seemed ig
practicable to accept, but every day which
elapsed convinced me that my heart
wouH 4ravitate in this direction, and
that i was q duty to make an effort to at
tend
During all my wanderin4s TO the re
hottest corners Of this union, throughout
The Last thirty-seven years, have never
faiIeI TO rccur with pride and pleasure
to Vermont and TO Rutland.
The attachment of those born in noun.
tain regions to their homes is proverbial
The discharge of my official duties has
,arried me to the most celebrated noun
AIN regions of this continent; those Of
Central America the snow white peaks
which border On the north west Lake
Nicaragua, the principal Of which il the
7olc4uo of MOmbacho; those of the valley
# Mexico, PopooAtepeth and Iztacoihuath,
md r1luca; those of the Sierra Nevada
'tuxe in California, and of the Cascade :
ange in OceQon and Washington, aud
hose Of the Rocky Mountain ranges of
Colorado aud Utah Territories. t
However deep the enjoyment received !
rom such scenes of grandeur, they always /
,nly served to carry my memory and i'm 8
gjuati0u back to these lovely green I
Mountains, whose quiet beauty is uuaur-
passed. a
I know that it will be said that such t
entiments have there origin in the v
harms and Vaccinations of youth But G
t is fitting that here on our return to the q
and of our birth, such feelings should be Il
uduiyed Let them not be despised II t
e wen, in showering upon you other 0
blessings, has also impaired love of \
atnre, an appreciation Of your beautiful T.
cenery, and a keen relish for the wonders
nd splendors lavished on this material W
7orld, let them be highly esteemed a
Contrast the ideas of the native Of q q
evel prairie in the west, with the sensa- q
ions awakened here! By cultivation fl
e may acquire sueh tastes, but his birth Il
light has comparatively a limitation, fc
ameness and a monotony which excite G.
he pity of exultant mountaineers! b
Il should certainly be to-day a cause for Il
gliding in grateful remembrance our al
ardy ancestors, who one century ago b