Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-07-25
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PafrIofS In FfieV-

The selection Of the last Fourth of Jl',
| for the ceremony Of erectinga marb.eina-e
/ of Ethan Allen. of Revolutionary fame. lyer
/ the place Of his Sepulture in Burlington
/ Vermont, was - thoroughly in harmony
/ with the associations of the anniversary
/ that 1t might be suggested for the example
| OF a most appropriate mode of celebrating
/ the day for the future, until all the old con-
I tlnental heroes live gain before the ewes lf
a grateful p0sterlty in enduring stone ami
/ bronze. After the graves Of those Reyo.e-
tlonary veterans have all been marked with
| ethgeS of the men whose ashes moulder uu-
/ derneath, 1t would be worthy of suggestion
To take the Revolutionary battle-held>. ami
place upon every one of them noble NOM
ments IN concentration of the men and
the cause that have also c0nSecrated them
IN our national history. ~ the purpose oi
the various celebrations of the national an
nlversary begins to fade in its expression.
the farther We recede from the great event
which 1t marks, 1t l. eminentlv proper that
those IN whose hearts the wing fire still felt
IN all ltsenergy should prepare new modeSof
retaining the national fragrance of the dav
and imparting perpetual freshness 90 it,
patriotic lessons. The c0neourSe AT Bur-
lingtou around the grave of Ethan Allen
be who thundered the command of an In
choate American Congress IN the ears of the
a~tonlshed British officer at T.conderora-
was composed of some of the most diSrin-
gulshed public men of New Eqrland and
the country. The President of the nitei
States was obliged to 20 10 Philadelpbig
and could not attend but there were pre-
sent on the occasion all the Cover
nors OF New England, all the eastern Sena-
tors and Representatives in Congress. all
tle Hdges, together with large number
OF clvlc and military organizations for escort
uuty- Inc spectacle thus presented was iu
every respect worthy Of the rough hat rc-
nulne hero who illustrated in hi imperu5sS
career the gifts both of the patriot and bor-
der partisan. Though it Is but bv a few
personal deeds that Ethan Allen made his
marx on our earlier history as a nation. his
peculiar merit was that he made it legih.e
and permanent. His few ringing shouts.
borne over the green Vermont hills, were a.
good as host in arms 10 inspirit the men
OF New England, and tone them up 90 the
weary work OF seven years
BY fortunate coincidence. the statue of
Israel Putnam l. placed at the Connecticut
capital, with that of Ethan Allen in The.
chief city Of Vermont. Both men wer.
among the truest WORTHLESS Of the Revolu-
ton. Both are 70 stand in efigv before the
eyes OF their admiring cUuntrvmen. wearire
the same rough, sOldierly look they wore in
the days v hen they won their lasting fame
W hen the>t cid heroes step down out of the
historical past, IN the same historical hats
and continental uniform which - well be-
came their large and vigorous phvsi4ue. DO
awakens the buried feelings to see Them
again IN the ancient garb, aud one become
impatient 10 take down the rusty RevoIu-
tonary muskets that hang here and there
over the seasoned hreplaces, and load and
FIRE hon in Ks
i still living character. though seen h.L
in marble; Israel Putnam hrings bl.k r6.
mouidy traditions, though the granite thaf
clothes hum Is SPECIFICS. Both DISPLAYED
their peculiar characteristics Of partisan
fighters, with souls fill Of the rourh-auI
tumble element-Allen after the Revolution
began, and Putnam before British and colo
mai commanders had learned to plunge rrs
sword OF war into one another's hearts
Lake George abOunds with historic s--.-
Citations in which the names of borb ar-
permanently bound up. The sroric, taat
attach to Ethan Allen are favored with
via romance from core 10 circumfersnea
Among the Vermont hills he was foremost
On committees of safety, and until very re-
Gently the Oh tavern was standing in Ben
1ington. before which he hoisted a stubborn
Tory 10 the high arm Of the Sign-pole.arI
kept him in his chair at that cons,icg.r-
altitude, under the characteristic catamssnt
SKIN, until he repented Of his obduracv. and
vas glad to he let down convert patriot
Ana the well Is still to be seen in Connect
'ut, with the outline of his house riunla-
ION ard by, at which Israel Putnam drew
ne sparkling, water % flavor with Oh
Jamaica and pass 10 the Revolurouary
,ihcers who were wont to travel that way.
All these "reminiscences are perishable. Boo
tatues may Reproduced and perpetuared o.
he latest posterity. And standing oui
'eiore the people, where they may produce
nth a Hash of thought the value IF themcn
hey. represent, they are a. the seeds of
atriotle sentiments sown broadcast over
ne country, TO connect the present with
ne past by mystic ties. and keep alive and
resh the deeds of the heroes bv the .impI,
act their representative presence with U.s..