The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-08-29


Pittsfoid Quarry Company. through
Messrs Bicknell & Griffith. am sure YOU
will agree with the committee in the bro.
priety of this public and grateful acknowl.
edgemcnt of their generosity, and after this
statement you will not be surprised that the
committee are able to present to Won
monument the cost of which, under ordin.
airy circumstances, would have been sew.
era times the sum set apart by the town
for this purpose. And now 1t only remains
Tor me to offer word of congratulation.
We may congratulate ourselves upon the
time of this dedication. 1t Is only within
the last ten years that those events have
transpired that enable us to lay undisputcd
and undoubted claim to the title of a free
people. 1t Is said that to complete that ii.
tie three things are necessary.
First-The people must show their ablll.
ty to establish their own Independence.
This, Caleb Houghton and his brave com
rades helped to do hundred years ago
Second-They must show their ability to
resist foreign aggression. Our strength In
this respect has been sufficiently tested in
the intervening years and probably would
not be seriously questioned by the nations
of the earth But the third great requisite
to perfect ity-namely-that we
should show our ability to suppress do
nestle insurrection and civil war
ten years ago was an unsolved problem. At
that time many a gallant Vermontcr some
perhaps who are now present, was strug-
g.ing upon the bloody fields of Gcttys-
burgh and Antietam to establish this last
great condition of complete nationality as
the others had already been settled. 1t is
only within the last decade that our claim
to the tite of completely free and indie
pendent people has been established. and
our monument commemorative as II does
the time and incidents of the early days of
the struggle for national life. NAV also for
mark for us the completing of that strup.
gle and the perfecting at all points of our
claim to place among the nations We
may also congratulate ourselves upon the
influence which this stone will exert unon
the feelings and sentiments of us and our
children to the remotest generations. Com.
mcmorating rs it does the heroism of our
ancestors. il cannot but excite and strength
en- feelings of LOYALTY and patriotism in Tho
breasts of their descendants. we are
creatures not of reason alone. but of ir.
agination and of sentiments of the heart
capable of being wrought upon by what
appeals to the eye. Watch a procession in
the streets of New York and Won will find
the very highest pitch of excitement and
enthusiasm is reached as it marches mast
the statue of Washington. Or attend
mass meeting in Fanucil Hall in
l1ostoh ana see what response is
historic cdificc Who shoii os,;r'o,o , ,hn
influence of that towering path surmount-
ing thc MI upon which occurred the first
,,o so,,;,,o,,s .uS liz III iouiung
of Massachusetts from whose windovs II ia
visible Robert Toombs knew what u
sung nc gave 70 MS lmpudent boast when
I,nc ,rharn hn sho,ih .',wn.,iic'it az .hc
roll of his slaves. | can recall no scene in
my own life more impressive than that,
WIN ,h LILY ht,m sedns NO. on ,, inc anniversary
many thousand others near The base "f Thar
magnificent structure, and listened to the
! glowing cioquence OF Bostons famous
tha ba7io. ~ o'' e ,u' lay NV mass ,alu
spcct of the world-across the river lonr
wharyes lined with merchant vessels that
nave no sea INVESTED ana across the couh-
danes aud sn;res Of a. hrndr,d o;t;na' n 'ri
villages, the homes of free and bappy
people. And then, when our hearts swell
ing WIN emoton' our thoughts were dl-
,rated bv Tho monument "nd ,vhnn an
old man bending. beneath the weight of
more than hundred years. was introduced.
the sole survivor of that battle. no tongue
couiu describe inc scene OF Wllo enthusiasm
And the source and Inspiration of that
enthusiasm were the thoughts, the men,
oiies anu ''iu ooiisl"s;s susgeS'eo by inc
In n similar way nv friends even if in
lpss lcurcp thiS co,pnorotivnlv slight
memorial "nich we ueohcate to-day VIII
lovolty and notriotism Of our nconle If
will quicken our emotions of gratitude to
our forefathers. 1t Will increase our apprc-
ci cay OF llielr 'rlais anu suheflhss. IL
tbe ncacc and nlentv nrrvailinr now