The New York herald., 1872-06-26
Vhe Two Allens-Greeley Allen and
Grandson Allen.

Grandson Allen.
The name of Allen is one by no means
uncommon, and many of those who have
borne it have become famous. First and fore
most we have the glorious Ethan Allen, of
Revolutionary memory, who believed that
the gods of the hills were not those of the
valleys and won for himself fame among
the green mountains of Vermont equal to that
of Rob Roy in the highlands of Scotland
Then there is the well known Barbara Allen,
the heroine of the touching ballad, whose
story is familiar to the lovers Of poetry all
over the world. Arabella Allen, whose name
lis SO closely identified with the names of Bob
Sawyer and the Marchioness, cannot be for
gotten whenever the genealogy of the great
Allen family is in dispute; and our own The.
ALLEN would, no doubt, feel neglected should
he remain unmentioned in the same connec-
lion. Of all these Aliens of course the one
whose relationship is the most to be desired
is our grand Green Mountain hero, the leader
of the sturdy Vermonters in the colonial
troubles and in the Revolutionary war, and the
imam who shared with Arnold the honors of
Hiconderoga- We are at present in the heat of
a newspaper discussion as to who is the Simon
Pure grandson and ineal descendant of this
dead and gone Revolutionary soldier. One
ETHAN Allen, of this city, who is prominent and
hblesupporter of Greeley for the Presidency, has
recently been at Chappaqua with the woodchop-
ping Sage of that interesting locality, and an
hllusion he made while there to Vermont tree
probably induced another Ethan Allen Allen,
also of New York, to suppose that the Greeley
champion claimed descent from the great
Vermonter. So Ethan Allen Allen addressed q
letter to the HERALD yesterday, in which he
aeclared himself to be the only surviving
grandson of Colonel Ethan Allen, of Revolution
ery memory, and requested us to oblige him
by stating that sthis Greeley Allen is
mot in the slightest manner connected
with the family of the old hero"
But Grandson Allen, not contented with this,
goes step further and expresses the hope that
ETHAN Allen-the "Greeley Allen'-will be
good enough to apply to the next Legislature
ito have his name changed. Grandson Allen is
evidently incensed at the presumption of any
one but genuine Allen bearing the revered
name of his grandsire, and does not recognize
the compliment paid to his predecessor by the
godfathers and godmothers Of the Greeley
ALLEN in his baptism.
To-day we publish response from Ethan
iAllen-the Greeley Allen-very short and very
emphatic in which he states that he is no
descendant of the Revolutionary Green Noun
tain colonel. This, we presume, will satisfy
Grandson Allen, SO far as his pride of pedigree
lis concerned. But the Greeley Allen goes
further, and insinuates that the coveted in
htials E. A. may stand not only for Ethan
!Allen, but for Egotistical ASS as well. This is
10 point we leave the two Aliens to decide for
themselves, simply promising that after this
singular correspondence it will not be surpris-
ing if Greeley Allen should take the advice of
Grandson Allen and actually apply to the next
Legislature for change of name.