Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-04-20
The Tribute of Verm0nters in New
York to the Memory of j. @.
Dickinson.
NEW YORK, April 16, 1871.

Editor Rutland Herald A meeting o.
Vermonters, resident in this city wal
held at the Gramercy Park Hotel, on the
18th inst, to give expression to their feel
ings at the recent assassination at Mari.
anna, Fla, of John Quincy Dickinson
formerly of Benson, Vermont. There
were present many of Mr.. Dickinson's
personal friends, some of whom had been
his associates in college, and others his
companions in the army. ALI present are
daily witnesses in professional and bust
ness life in this city of the uniform
courtesy and kindness with which those
are treated who, having striven during
the rebellion to destroy the government,
have at the close of it left the war-strick-
en- South and come to New York to re.
side and to rebuild their shattered for.
tunes. Hence deep feeling of indigna-
ton as we'll as grief pervaded the meet
ing.
Hon. Peter Starr, formerly of Middle
bury, was called to the Chair A Com
mittee, consisting of Col. Henry NJ
Porter, and Charles s. Colburn, was ap.
pointed to receive the remains on their
arrival in the city,and to accompany them
home. Professor Brainerd Kellogg, Col.
VIM. G. Holbrook, and Lieut.. Col. Aldaoe
f. Walker, were requested to prepare
formal expression of the feelings awaken
ed by the murder, and reported as fol-
lows:
We have heard with grief and horror of the as
sassination of our lamented friend. The peculiar
circumstances attending the outrage give to our
sorrow and indignation q character other than
local or private, and suggest considerations not
confined to the circle of his friends.
Mr.. Dickinson entered the army soon after the
commencement of the war as an officer in the 9TH
Vermont Volunteers, and served faithfully and
honorably until the termination of hostilities.-I
On leaving the army he at once engaged in bust
ness in Florida, where he remained until his
death. He was a man Of refinement and culture
and of more than usual ability and discretion.-I
He was man remarkably quiet and unassuming
in his ways, genial, affectonate in disposition,
and of the happy turn OF mind which attracts
friends without making enemies He was true
to the principles in which he was educated and
for which he had fought, with none of the greed |
Of the politician and his honor was without a |
stain.
Yet his life was often threatened, and he lived |
in constant danger. A short time before his |
death, seemingly with forecast of his fate, he |
wrote as follows:
81 wish to put on record the fact that my pol |
itical action in this State has been upright and
honorable; and that do not regret single step
that have takan that while many citizens Of
this country have bitter political hate for me,
believe aud know that not one of them entertains
a personal dislike or want of respect for me, and
have no ambition to fill more honorable grave
than that of man who falls for the sake opinion
or conduct that he knows to be right"
Knowing him as we did, we believe every word
of this, his public testimony. He was a martyr
to the cause of liberty truly as was any soldier
who died for it on the battle field. We heartily
deplore the terrible relaxation of civil author
ity under which such men as Mr. Dickinson are
sacrificed. We do not presume to advise upon
corrective measures, but we desire to express in
the strongest terms our adherence Of the present
Of society in the Southern States
and our conviction of the imperative neces ity of
some immediate and effective remedy.
The family and relations of Mr.. Dickinson
have our warmest sympathy and coincidence in
heir sore affiiction. - y
After free interchange of views the
report Of the committee was unanimously |
adopted and the meeting adjourned. &
The remains of Mr.. Dickinson arrived I
here on Saturday, and will be taken North
IN Monday evening, arriving at Fair i
haven at about noon on Tuesday. 1t is n
probable that the funeral will take place y
It Benson on W, duesday. 8
CHAs. s. CoLBURN, La
Secretary. J