Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-04-13
The Soldiers of Dandy.
TESTIMONIAL OF RESPECT TO JOHN Q.
DICKINSON.

LUetOF hNHuIt0 HoTutO IEe people vi
Vermont who knew that John @. Dickin-
son had determined to reside in Florida,
must have greatly feared he would be
slain by the -Klux-Klan, but still
hoped he would be spared, were greatly
panied to learn of his assassination at
Mariana, Florida, on the Sd inst. A few
of us who live in this village, who belong
ed to his regiment, made a petition in
these words
"To the Congress of the United States
now in session.
We most respectfully beg leave to in
form you that we have been greatly pain
ed and grieved on learning that j. @.
Dickinson, Esq, formerly of Benson, VT,
was assassinated in the streets of Mari.
anna, Florida, on the Sd inst, by the Ku-
Klux- Khan.
We were we'll acquainted with Mr..
Dickinson during the late rebellion, as an
officer in the 7th Vt. Vols, as Post Quar-
termaster at New Orleans, and various
other places.
He was genial. kind-hearted gentle.
man, scholar of fine culture and a good
soldier.
And, we believe, if the fact shall ever
be made to appear, he was slain for nc
other purpose except he was Union sol
der during the rebellion and served his
country faithfully.
We most respectfully and earnestly de-
mand that effective and immediate meas
ures be adopted by you to avenge tn:
death of our former comrade and citizen
and to restore law and order in our dis
tracted Southern States, and that the life
of a Northern man shall be as precious
and safe in a Southern State as is the life
of Southern man in Northern State
aud that our whole country shall be rid OF
this new form of secession, and that our
national boast and watchword that "Our
country is the land of the free and the
home of the brave" shall be made to be
true in letter and spirit.
We pray this matter be attended to al
once.
Dated at Dandy, Rutland Co, VT.
April 7th, 1871"
NORRIS Fl. Cook,
PHARCELLUs BRoUGHToN,
DANFoRTH B. GILMORE,
HIRAM P. GRIFFITH,
Late privates in Co. I, 7th Vt. Vols.
GEORGE W. POTTER,
OSCAR WILBUR,
Late privates in Co. 6, 7th VT. Vols.
ISAAC A. SWEAT,
Late Corp. in Go. D, 9TH Vt. Vols.
This petition WAS forwarded to Wash
ipgton by the first mail. l hope every
member of the regiment and every other
good citizen o. Vermont will do all in
in their power to redress, so soon as can
be done, this terrible wrong and outrage.
Petitions should be hurried to Congress
r-Nli~ .~antinga should be held to de-
wise ways ard means to protect our citi-
zens in the Southern States from the dead
ly visit4tions Of the Ku-KIux- Khan. Let
US see to it that the public sentiment of
Vermont is healthy. Every man who
lives among US and will not do something
to stop this wholesale murder, should be
regarded as an enemy and treated as such.
Let every Vermonter remember that a
"Verm0uter" in the South is the very
worst form of "YaDk" of the whole Yam
kee natl n, aud tie secessionists and their
second edition, the Ku-Klux, evidently
regard them so.
What is pleasant in our petition, three,
if net four OF ur seven, are strong Demo
craft, and l hope and trust that no Demo-
crat in thu whole of Vermont will cease to
do lis duty in this matter. As Ellsworth
was rally ing cry in the rebellion. so let
Dickinson be the rallying cry in this
second rebellion. and let us not cease our
efforts against this terrible KuKlux Khan
until it shall exist only in memory and
in the dreadful record of it's enormous
orim4s. VERMONT VOLUNTEER.