The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-07-11

Ethan Allen. at the age of thirty-eight.
years, made the world-Tenowned demanu
for the surrender of Ticpnderoga, "by tne
authority of the Great Jehovah and inc
Continental Congress !" And the artist
has succeeded in presenting the manly
form and appropriate expression OF one
who is earnestly making a solemn demand
with his left hand pointing upward, m
dicating his High Authority, and with ms
right grasping his sword as the means OF
enforcement, while at his feet, a military
mortar characterizes the act as one OF civil
lied warfare. This design, under contract
with the committee, made i'll January, lS'E,
has been produced in marble statue eight
feet and four inches in height, wrought at
Carrara, Italy, by the firm of Cassoni and
Isola of Carrara and New York, and by
them transported and placed where it now
stands on yonder grant column-a splen.
did specimen Of monumental marble and
sculptural art
In the bottom of the granite pedestal OF
the statue is placed an air-tight caskct OF
lead i'm which is deposited for the gratii-
cation of some future and far-Of age, the
act authorizing the statue the report OIL
the committee on the completion of the
monument the narrative of Ethan
Allen" Hugh Moore's memoir and Sparks
life of Ethan Allen the literary periodicals
and magazines of the day. illustrated and
otherwise; Hon. J.. L. Chittendcn's adj
dress before the Vermont Historical So
ciety, on the capture of TiConderoga tue
newspapers of the state and of many other
cities; Tyndalls and other lectures; the
Tribune Almanac Appleton's Railroad
Guide Walton's Vermont Register spec
linens of our paper currency photographs
az gl,. tttf, 4. of
Ethan Allen various garden and agricul-
tura seeds and the programme of this celc-
braton,
And now, honorod sir, this statue in
honorOfone of our most distinguished heroes
having been completed and placed upon
the monument for which it was designed,
and the functions of the committee in this
behalf having ceased, it remains to lis but
to formally execute the purpose of the
contributors and present the same,
as we hereby do. to the State he
SO dearly loved. and which you,
sir. so honorably represent And
long may it stand over the sacred ashes
of the patriot soldicr-thc ornament of this
beautiful spot on the banks of the WinOos-
appropriately backed by the Greer
Mountains on the east and boldly facing
the Adirondacks on the wcstn view OF
that rural retreat where at the aye of fifty
two years he died, and of that beautiful and
historic Lake which nincty-scvcn years ago
bore him and his Greon Mountain boys to
the bold assault upon TicOnderoga, and
which still washes its interesting shores.
Yes, sir. long may it stand ON its granite
pedestal, through the coming centuries, to
bear testimony to the high appreciation Of
grateful people Of one, who, with an
over active and dalmtloss spirit, by the pen
and voice az we'll as the sword, Warrol
against the most desperate and powerful
enemies, successfully, and largely contrib
ted to the establishment of state and TIL
Independence of a Nation And whcl
time and storms shall crumble this statcl
column and statue, as crumblc they must
and the antiquarian of the future shall cA-
plor the ruins and deyelopc the contents oi
the eaden caslct they enclosed, may it b,
divulgod to free and noble people, who
shall still recognize this GLORIOUS anniver-
sary' and cherish the memory Of ETHAN
| Allen
Governor Converse then accepted the
statue in behalf of the state in the follow
ing expressive and pertinent address
GOVERNOR CONvERsE's address,
I'm the name of the State Of Vermont it
! becomes my duty, as it certainly is my
| pleasure, to accept the gift you hm so COT
daily rendered. | do, therefore, in the
name of the state and in the presence Of
this vast assembly of our fellow citizens
most gratefully accept the same in the hear
ing of this crowd of witnesses. | also de
clare the sincere thanks of the state for tho
same without hesitation. | assure you thai
] l,te L.,
in the heart of every Ncrmontcr as well a
| every patriot in our nation. As an assllr
ance of the appreciation with which TIL,
honorpd gift is received in the name of tho
state promise that the same shall be vigi
lantly guarded and tenderly cherished Il:
long as marble shall endure. or the deeds
of noble daring shall find admirers among
the brave and good.
After music by the Queen City band
Mayor Dodge introduced Hon. l.. L. Chit
tenden of New York, who delivered NJ
able, interesting and eloquent address
We must content ourselves with simple
allusion to the address to-day, as pnr spac
does not admit of its publication at length
or an elaborate abstract
NIX. tlllIlENDEN ; GRAFTON.
The speaker commenced with the re
mark that There is one Republic that il
not ungrateful Vermont to-day records
her gratitude to one of her founders il
crystalline granite and unsullicd marble
witnesses of a monumental record. gravcI
in the memories of her people, in charac
tiers as impcrishable as her everlasting
hills" lie then proceeded to give a sketcl
of the carly settlers Of the State, and re
viewed the public and private life of Allel
drawn from historic sources. closely arraly
lizing his character commenting it in somt
particulars where others have condemned
lie estimated him as the man to whom
above all others, our commonwealth oweC
its existence, as an Independent sovereign
ty. His defence of the New IIampshr,
grants, and the organization of the Greer
Mountain boys, to resist the encrOachmcnti
of New York, had an important bearing
upon the success of the revolutionary
struggle, and thus aided in the establish
ment of the nation. lie alluded to his bolC
stroke at Ticondcroga, his love of right an,
justice, and his instructive hatred of wron.
and oppression. He frankly acknowledged
that he had faults and weakness similar {,
other men, but notwithstanding them al
he must forever remain leading and com
handing figure in the history of the Stat
and nation. He pointed the lesson of hi
life to Nermonters, and the young men o
to-day
After the singing of America by til,
choir and audience, and benediction b,
President Buckham at five o'clock tn,
procession was reformed and marched b,
the monument, and returned to the cit,
and dispersed.
Although several slight showers fell dur