The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-10-24


our manufactured, which have given the
name Of Bachelor reputation through
out the world and of business men. But
| can only speak of one more charac-
teristic Of the people, and that is Of their
patriotism.
Walingford is q true Vermont town in
this. that 1t has always been on the side
OF liberty. The period of it, settlement
was one in which the elements were
surcharged with contention. it was
Just proceeding the war Of the rcyOlu-
ton. And it was one in which the lib.
critics Of Vermont lnot Vermont then.
but the New Hampshire grants as well
as those of the nation), were at stake
Its territory was claimed by the two ri-
val states-New York and New Hamp-
shire-with neither Of which the inhabit-
ants were willing to consoH But the
patriots of Green mountains were equal to
the situation, and though during the
period of strife, anti-dating their existence
as a state, they were in many narrow and
stormy straits, yet the star that never -ets,
at last beamed out for them with a serene
yet refulgent light. You are .amiliar with
the names of the champions Of human
rights and civil liberty who brought this
about. The names Of Chittcndcn and of
Allen and Warner are to you rs household
words. And with these men in spirit were
the Jacksons, and Joness and Bradlevs,
and generally the early settlers of our
town. They were all men to Use the ex-
preston of Mrs Benjamin Bradley, " who
were for God, for liberty and the indie
pendencc of the New Hampshire grants"
And the spirit of these carly settlers. eXhi-
bited in their threefold contest, is the
spirit which the people have ever continued
to manifest; it is the spirit which burns
now in bOsoms of their descendants. |
have not time to go over all our past his
tory and show what Wallngford has al
ways been in this regard. but / wish to
speak, at the close of this address, of
events which we all remember, and which,
| trust, we never shall forget, which tran
spired in the great contest through which
we as a nation have but recently passed
When it became evident that there
must he war, in defence Of our
government, the position of Wallingford
was not for moment doubtful To the
call that went forth for defenders of the ma
ton, she gave most hearty response. She
gave not of her poorest but her best. She
sent forth the nOblest of her young men,
for they would 60 And thank God there
was no hand intcrposed to keep them back;
that those bound to them even by the
closest ties were ready to let them 90 that
with love OF country, mounting above every
other feeling, fathers and mothers gave up
their sons to whatever God might have in
store for them in the terrible conflicts. o.!
they were noble boys. and a noble example
have they left. We will not, and the gen
eratiOns to come must not, forget them.
Some of them returned, and we thank hea-
ven for their spared lives, and we trust that
it is the prayer of all that they may long
live to enjoy the privileges and blessings
their hands have helped to win.
Others came not back, but were among
the
Z" Brave who sunk to rest
With all their country's wishes best
But there are living compatriots who
will speak of them and do them the Justice
that my poor tohgue would in vain essay.
And now Mr.. President and fellow-citi-
zens, must bring these remarks to close :
and in doing so | will say that the day is
afar off when there will be another gather.
ing Of this kind. We shall not see it and
the names of few of us may on that
occasion be on human lips. But let us not
regret this for it is the common lot. 1t is
the ordination of heaven and there is doubt
less wisdom i'll it that oblivion shall throw
its veil over the names of the largest num-
Der, and yet all that has been valuable in
their lives may still live. They are not,
therefore, lost, but if they have been right
will continue to bless succeeding genera
tions. You remember the lines of the
poet
Need be missed II another succeed lac,
Reapng the fields which in spring 1 have
Who ploughed or sowed Is not missed by the
But he's remembered by what he has done.
Let us store up this lesson. Our names
may perish so that they may be no more
heard, but in our influences we shall not
die. Let us then be sure to have them such
as that they will bless those who shall
come after us, so that in the return of
another century though our names may not
be heard here we may still be represented
in the good we have done.
hon. d. L. NICHOLSON
of Rutland, former honored resident of
Wallingford, made an interesting address
of which we can give but brief extract, as
it was delivered eXtempore. He COM
menced by saying that this diversified en-
tertainment had driftcd near to its close
and he would not weary the patience of
the audience by extended remarks He
considered it an embarrassing place to put
man after so much talent had been
brought into requsition and so many price
less facts relating to the purposes of the
gathering had been spoken consequently,
the audience could not expect much from
him. This gathering, said the speaker, is
of itself new. The attempt has been made
at Rutland, but of course, as il is SO near
Wallngford, it devolves upon the latter to
make the thing Il success. The occasion is
a significant one. We have here had. said
he, all the different specimens of the gro
tesque and the ridiculous, while in contrast
to that has been the dramatic and tragic, in
the sudden demise of that old centcnarian
who sang his song TO us just before. The
speaker said he had been greatly impressed
with all that had been said, and remarked
that it had been assigned to him to give
sketches and anecdotes of these men who
lived here in ancient times. His acouaint-
ance there for the last forty years had fur
nished him with more matter Of this kind
than he could possibly deliver if he should
make the attempt and under the circum-
stances he would not indulge in such
"reminiscences. lie then went ON TO say
that in respect to the settlement OF the
town of which so much has already been
said, he might state that in his professional
capacity there he had defended the town of
Wallingford from the old municipality of
HArwich and through the aid of the town
had brought to light facts and preserved
them intact which had established the
southern boundary of the town beyond
all further controversy. Clarendon too, had