Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-07-11

ALWAYS right. They lett TO their cnlluIeh
the legacy Of as good government as hui
man hands have ever framed. They little
thought. those day laborers at the post oil
dutv. that they were raising monuments 10
themselves, which would never perish While
the race survived. They were not the flrst
who have builded better than they knew
Soldiers in the campaign OF life, whose
faces are constantly set on the future
Halt here and turn them backward over
the great highway which has been trodden
by tie army of mankind. Back in the
depths of prehistoric night, in that dark
age when primeval man first commended
with weapons of stone, against brute beasts
for the dominion of the earth; II begins
in his savage lar among the reedy fens and
dank morasses of an antedlluylan WIDER
ness. 1t Is strewn thick on either side,wlth
skull and skeleton, mute witnesses OF races
that have persisted by the way. The night
encampment where each days march was
ended. has once been marked by ITS own
memorial cairn. At first SO slight that 1t
fell with the first wave that washed the
place where it stood, SO near the next that
il i doubtful whether it marks an advance
or a retreat, then more permanent and DIS
tant, a. the race moved on until at length
they rise. majestic shafts, proclaimlng to
all the future the discovery Of a science or
a continent. A. we stand on this grassy
mount, and look down the wondrous colon
made, which it has required all time to
build. it Is lighted up the meridian splen-
Tor Of present civilization In bold re-
lief stands ont the record OF each
great achievement sculptured upon the
pllared capitals. There l. one arcade
where the clustered columns seem to rise
loftier. and the record to flash out in more
golden >plcul0r. Ii marks the birth of our
republic. the day when our fathers lived.
~ we fix our eyes upon 1t their age be-
comes heroic, and those plain farmers rise
t. the stature of great men. The State
they bounded has grown in strength and
hon1rs, and l. filed with the comfortable
homes of an energetic people. Their de-
sccudants have carried their names TO the
ends Of the earth. To he honored wherever
they are known. The laws of nature seem
to ho reversed, and these men rise a they
recede. Among 1hem We behold statesmen
broad in conception, wise in council, firm
in execution; orators whose words OfpOwer
ire the soul dIplOmatists who met antagO-
u~ts trained in courts and skilled in in
,rigue, and worsted them lawyers eleva-
ted to the level Of legal principles, who
with them could frame constitutions sol
dier- brave in war, moderate in peace
philosophers splendid in success. dignitied,
aud therefore more splendid in adversely.
Ii j. "a discipline to human pride to look
upon the picture, for over il Is written the
inscription, " There were giants in those
days.
One Of the monuments of their great sol
der we complete to-day. He was the leader
of their little army, the defender Of their
simple faith. Simple it was truly, for its
creed was summarized in the maxim. - To
every one his own. and comprehended
nothing beyond the natural right of every
man 10 hold his opinions and his posses
Slons free from the control or dictation of
every human superior. Ii was Symbolized hv
no heraldic sign. biazOned upon no knightly
shield. But 1t was impressed By the Al
mighty upon the hearts of men. and in the
subllmlty of IT. poweriS surpassed by none
save that embraced in the two command
ments wherein hang all the law and the
prophets. To such men a. Allen and his
contemporaries, who defended it when its
apostles were few and its enemies many and
mighty. the world owes the fact that ii has
now become the faith of nations. and num-
berS among IT. pro~eil ties the good and the
true OF all the earth. Since Ii was born Of
Christianity IT never had more faithful
soldier. Inc few scattered rays shed from
tie light of history upon widely distant
portions of his career are only intended TO
sketch it, outline. Would you do him Jus
tice. you mg>t study the record and fill up
the picture. lie was not model. and
none 50 well a~ himself knew his imperiec-
u1us- But he never concealed them. nor
have / departed from his example Alike
ln victory ANA defeat, in success and adyer-
SHY. De compelled tine admiration of his
enemies. When. ike the P>almist. - in
Vulnerable evils cJmpa~Sed him about. -
and troubles clme Not single spies. bat
30 natialon>, hc never de>paired. but rose
above thea. serene. uuconq uerable. and
always a soldier. The ceremonies by which
\ ermlut recalls his deeds and commendS
him % the grateful remembrance of her
ch;ldrtn are indeed imposing: but since she
had lag u defend there have been no
hnnur> III her service more brayely won
than those which she lays to-day upon her
grave.
Men Of Vermont The reproof- of in
~trucllon are the way OF life. Nonder shaft
and statue. the monument Of a soldiers
glory are your instruction. Think not
because brave men won your liberties. and
secured the blessings which You now enjoy.
tina; Nou have nothing 10 do. but 10 ~it
quietly down and ha~k in the Sunlight of
Your ancestral glorie> There is a work for
every man and yours lie before Won. 50 long
u by >loihlulncsS the building decaveth. 80
long can the blessings of "a free government
be preserved by labor and watchfulness
alone Mark the notes of warning which 4
rise from your nations capital and |
sour sister State, calling you to watch |
NTH eagle eye the sappers and miners of |
'prrupuon, approaching with stealthy /
-tcp> on every side. the temple wherein j.
he treasure of your inheritance. You |
nave besides mission whose field i the /
world. Your dGty cannot be performed
anu corruption. tyranny and oppression
ire driven from the earth-until every
iuman being created in the image of his
Maker. i freeman. in full possession of
MS natural hirthrght of life. liberty and
he pursuit of happiness. Duty rises with
+ knowledge and the ability to perform it.
lad Allen and ms associates taken wet a
little more sleep. little folding Of the
iands 10 sleep. instead of Vermont with
Ter record anG her influence. there would
iaN been a provincial county or a country
district Let \ermouters emulate their
mercy ana follow their examples and there
nay be Yet other Nermonts on the Pacific
hure>. IN the Celestial Empire and
arther India. Not upon Us rests all the re-
possibility, 1t l. true, bat IN the great army
4 humanity We are all soldiers. We live
n a favored age. Art and science are
moving forward with gigantic strides. Every
ay l. made glorious by the snleudor of
ONE new and grand discovery which
larkS the progress of human DEVELOPMENT
mother stage. The war which began in
den i not yet ended. The prize of the
at'le is the empire OF the world. The ar
lieS are gathering for the final campaign
very nation must furnish it, own quota
nder the black flag. serve all the satellites
slavery, injustice. oppression. corruption
hl ce-pouc hlrhari-m under the bann, -
Christian civilization are all the tr,e
be Ja-t and the free. Oar loyal seryi, - i,
uItH winch, IL need be. We must PEI form
lth"ut rank or pay. londer, upon dis
M ointment, It may he upon th e very
''t where man tr>t fell from his high g.
tie, i the stronghold and capita cit,. ,r
re enemy. His soldiers are enca,5,,oi
nnd about 1t. On this side lie. the Vii
'rne>S, with it. brea>;w0rks. OF tno.ts an5
doubts. which swarm with the ieqions of
e Zoe. But the wilderness IN ust Lc tn
rscd, the capital city must be taken the
envy must he destroyed. \ re we ready
the last campaign ? The hour of the
niiict draws near. The note of prepara
N has already sounded Its music sti
blood and touches the heart of ey r. II
eman- From town and city. mour -
d valley, bill and plain, the recrui. 'a.,
urlns in. They come a. the win : arr
waves come, gathering thick aiIu
nnal leaves that Strew the , q" "u
llombroSa. In one corps let Il IooT : o.
ierlag heart. no doubtful an ere DC no
/. And when the order for ,Wer 10 the
III come, let it ring throur t nc. naIcn
ng every true mans he aie "I Li9L
be and unialtering 20 AT VIII. IN hish
an o 81 rig'TiyIShar and clear, as once
in the fro. ;. plains - Put the
ann - ana close up the
go" vas me Of Mr.. Chittenden's
-, I-0- : ''' tied, earnest. historically
'',e anu INT 81 ap propriatc to the occa-