The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-29
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! gN"if ilNlNliitl liuustl tllStON
cred one Of the most beautiful rivers upon
the GLOBE, and In the famous Ilalfmoon. as
early as October. 1909. sailed M TO the
mouth Of the Mohawk landed upon the
banks OF saratoga. and named that point
| l1ailmoon The dust of Ellsworth now
ieposes in the town Of that name. unon
the banks OF the river at our fee, only
eight miles above the point where Hudson
then made his landing. Only a few vnars
later, and in 1920 the Puritans landed Al
Plymouth Rock, aud from thence west.
ward advanced III their career of moral
conquest.
From the day when Champlain reached
this country, until the treaty made be.
tween France and England, February 10.
liG3, when the former ccded to England
all OF Its dominion on the continent, the
valley Of the upper Hudson. and the soil
of Saratoga has been the highway owe,
which have marched and countermalchcd
the armies Of freedom. From wonder hin
the brave Col. Williams led his men into
the valley Of the Hudson. where he rave
his life for the cause Of our fathers. Here
passed the English in 1875 on their way to
meet the French and sayages under
)leskau at Lake George where the great
battle was fought under Sir William John
| son. near the point where the waters divide
and flow northerly into the -. Lawrence.
and sculhcrly into the New York bav
Here also passed in 1903 the army Of
Abercrombie of 1900 soldiers on their
way to attack the French at 1iconderora
In sight Of this place for years passed the
brave men from New England on their
way to join in the strife OF this great war.
fare which has done so much to advance
the cause Of civilization During that cen
fury and half our sparse population were
schooled in the armed conflict to determine
whether the Protestant English or the
Catholc-French should be the dominan,
power on this continent As the conse
! qucncc of that experience only a few years
later the infant colonies threw off the for
eiga yoke and declared thcii manhood July
4, 177G. just one hundred and sixty.seven
| years after the arrival of Chaluplain
the first white adyeniurer in this wilder
! ness.
On the 10Th day ol September. M, our
armies met those Of the mother country
/ under BurgOyne, al Saltwater. and that
/ great battle which turned the tide of war
in favor Of the colonies was fought upon
this range of hills within eight miles of the
| place where we stand to-day. Thus for
nearly two days the soil of SARATOGA was
consecrated by blood freely shed in the
cause Of human.progrcss. while the hardy
sons of native orc were being purrcd into
| patriots and treemen.
To show the value or the institutions
which Ellsworth gave his life to save. it
trv now with Via # ,ros minn,,, rnor. o,rI,
nj HE closr nf ma rc,.nI',ticyr39,,' ,,.,,,
Then the whole nation had ohont three
millions and now if has about fnrtv nil
lions of neonlc Then Nov Yorl, state
had lint about three hnndro1 thnusand.
now il has over five millions Thnn Soro
| torn county, Ind onIv ahnni thrnn tho,,-
sands while If contains thn bannv howe
of over fftv tbousanJ nno,Io i'
The monument we tbis dav dedic,te
stands in fnll view of thn crnat channels
of travel and commerce and within twelve
hours ride reside more han rirht millions
Of people. whose virtue and intellicrnrr
are unsurpassed by any other nation or
people upon the globe. such was the
law S,,ch IL ,ho ,,lnno 49,, ,I, 49, w.
ur> ouc, II 'ie pace upon inc banks
| OF Inc none HUDSON where his ashes re-
pose. and upon these lialfmOOn heights,
,ilc ""cctioH "Iu p"tIi"'is'i u tle uution
nave erected lhis monument, ana as re-
| membranes OF the life. the services and
the martvrlOm of thc heroic dead. BY
.n'H "' may W. NN"9 utV ou4 ,Oif'9 I"
! the cause OF truth and Justice, and remem-
| her that the institutions that he rave his
Efo o., e,,s,,;,, o,,, ,,,t, ln ,,or,t,,n,o1 la.
educating ourselves ana our pOSterlty 10 DE
| lust and 10 do unto others rs we WOllO
! iL,t tIo,, sborl1 40 INIT, ~
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| own child. and il Is Il remarkable cOinci-
| lnnco that az "a ehould ho tho fret and thn
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| other lle last martyr ul the wal.
nose. oltho1gh II was never fnllV revealed
p9i; ,l ~ itf l ~
| ~ MN by HiS cNall'pic' "a hlc "hu us
| death, lie accomplished more Tor the cause
| Co.., ,ooro 80, ri, ~, ,,,,. ,nt n fou
'O'i S,"'o !V"'a' i'io III. ""o '''' " i'i-
! IRE. lie was prcdcstlneu Tor the mission
| he made full and his name is rightly writ
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Ten. Bullaru concluded ny rccltlnS the
! follo,vinr noon, which ,vos written hy- his
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