The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-06-20

AT the meeting of the Vermont lIistori-
cal Society held at Montpelier on the 9Th
of October last, an address was delivered
by Hon. Lucius L. Chittcndcn on the above
subject Its great merit as an address and
its value as a State paper led the Lcgisla-
turc then in session, to pass resolution alt
thorizing the Secretary of the Senate to pro-
cure the printing of twenty-five hundred
copies Of the same for the use of the Cen
cral Assembly and of the State This has
been accomplished and the book has been
issued by futile q Go. publishers of Rut-
land, in very attractive and substantial
form. The work itself is one of great value
to all interested III Vermont in her strug-
gle FOR Independence and in the history
given in its pages Of the deeds done by Gen.
Ethan Allen, our beloved champion and de-
fender Of the rights of Vermont. in her
opening and carly days 1t will find a
place in the archives of Ncrmont's most
glorious history and be read with unbound
cd interest by her sons and daughters the
world over. Every town within the Dor
dcrs of the State is supplied with copy AS
well as the public libraries and institutions
of learning.
Mr. Chittcnden, the orator and historian
is peculiarly adapted for the task he has so
ably fulfilled. A long time citizen of the
State, Il grandson of its first Governor, and
holding positions Of public trust and honor
in her administration in years past, he has
abundant facilities of procuring the rcqui-
site facts of her history and Of the deeds of
glory that adorn the names Of her carly
settlers. The capture of Ticondcroga as
the text to work upon gives ample field for
the enlightenment OF this later generation
regarding these times that tried mems souls
and especially Of rccounting the interesting
history Of the gallant Ethan Allen. In the
address the simple orator asccnds to the en-
allied plan of the historian and receives for
himself in this work the gratitude of every
true Nermontcr lie saves the honored
name of Ethan Allen untarnished, and
many of the daring deeds of the Green
Mountain Boys" from utter oblivion.
The address is in Mr. Chttendcn's best
style, written with the pen of genius and
enthusiasm and bristlcs throughout, with
the true cloqucncc and patriotic fire of a
| Ncrmontcr- lie it is who has been chosen
to deliver the address at the unwilling of
the statue of Ethan Allen at Burlington on
July 4th, and no filter person could be
| brought out Goa thnt oo4--;o.-.
Of the many illusions made to the His
torical society address, we clip the follow
ing from the New York TriJane.
The Hon. Lllcus L. Chittcnden, whose
name will be pleasantly remembered from
| its greenback associations, read before the
| Vermont Historical Society, at their annual
meeting, last autumn, an elaborate paper
| upon the Capture of Ticonderoga 1t had
a great success among the Green Mountain
GERS, and the Legislature ordered a large
| edition printed for the use of all the public
| institutions in the State. Ii now appears
in a neat pamphlet, and justifes the appre-
citation with which it was received in Yer
mont. It contains full and graphic ac-
count of the famous march of Ethan Allen
and his men. and entirely dispcses of the
absurd claim set up by Benedict Arnold to
the glory of the expedition. 1t is a valua-
bic permanent addition to the monographs
of the Revolution.
M. b. Carpenter, Esq, Secretary of the
Senate desires us to notify all entitled to
a copy of this work under the joint resolu-
ton of the legislature, that the town bun
dies have been sent to the County Clerk OF
each county where each town clerk can get
| the bundle for his town.