The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-29

I TO lay his life beside II.
| The hand which hauled II down, fOr5OOth
Knocked at Deaths ebon portal,
| II ope'd and 10! GODS fount Of youth.
And Ellsworth was Immortal!
Friends hedged him round friends fond and
true,
Fame caught him in her meshes,
| Skies spread above him clOudess blue
Whose future was 50 precious"
| But as his life burst into bloom
| lie manfully resigned II
/ And this the lesson from his tomb,
| Who losc HcH hfe ShaH dndH.
| lie laid his life IN weakness down.
| And at the scll-same hour
! The cross changed to a victors crown
| And weakness rose in power
| Thenceforth he led twofold life,
one In Celestial regions,
| The other In the crimson strife
still lighting mid the legiOns
stlll nghtlng-when the lightning bore
] The tdngs to the nation,
| That ELMER ELLSWORTH never more
Might toll for her salvation.
! Then ere his sword could gather rust,
A countless host embraced II,
And swOre the flag he traled in dust
Should stay where he had placed It.
So, being dead he spoke and fought.
In battles fiercest brunt,
His mem'ry deeds OF valOr taught,
Still kept him In the front.
Slll saw his comrades on his breast
golden clrclet cleaning,
"Aon aoJis ned pro patrid,'
The best Of notices daeming.
To-day, as rolls Potomac's stream,
No picket guard stands by 1t;
'Twould seem like rawlings of dream
To ask il all was quiet,
Long since the sword forgot It's foes,
And lost It's love OF harmlng.
| And now, beat to a pillow. It shows
All that II knows Of farming.
| The angel peace with us abides
10 shape the future's story
! To urge us on with rapid strides
| From glory unto glory.
/ But If Secession ever wills
! To raise the Old cry louder,
] Then God again Will run HIS mills
And grind II into powder
! Rest, here amid the flowers OF May,
| Thou to fell treason fatefui,
| We plant this SHAFT and thus would suy,
| The cOuntryS not ungratefu.
| To-day her spirits lowering here,
| o, more than llOw'r OF Sparta,
| She names thee, dearest OF her dear,
Fair freedoms foremost martyr.
| When Ellsworth was shot at Alexandria, the
| bullet from JacksOns. his murderer's pistol
| droke gold circlet which the young hero had
worn on his breast into his heart. II bore the
| inscription, "AOu nobiS sed pro pdtrid."
GEN. GEO. :. BATCnELLER's ADDRESS.
FeHop Citi.ens:-I esteem it a high hon
| or to be permitted to participate in the pa
triotc solcmnities OF this day. We are as
| sembled to pay fitting tribute to the men,
DRY Of one whose course was brief, bril-
| liant and immortal. Here, within sound of
the cannon whose cchoing thunder marked
the progress Of the great battle of Il GEN.
! fury ago, which. in my estimation decided
the natal day OF the republic, we come to
raise the memorial column to the young
hero who was the first of his rank to lay
| down his lite to preserve and perpetuate
that country which our revered fathers
! then won upon the plains of Saratoga.
! There are events in the course of every
nation which mark epochs in its history.
They stand forth like the great mountain
ranges and lakes of our own dear land, to
command the attention and admiration of
the world. They attach their associations
! to the mind and heart of the people, so that
they are no longer the exclusive legends of
a locality, but are the household treasures
of the entire land Such are the deeds,
such the memory of Elmer L Ellsworth.
We are upon historic ground, All the
memories of the revolution descend to in
| spire the thoughts of the hour. Let the
| country for which his life WAS given be the
| cherished idol of every home. Let the ac-
ton of our civil life be so moulded that it
will become but continued pulsation of
those noble hearts which ceased to throb
upon the glorious fields of our country.
| Let the commonwealth be upheld with pu-
rty and integrity. Let the sentiment of
virtue in public affairs become so thor
oughly infused and firmly established, that
| it will hencefoIth be as honorable to serve
the state in civic spheres as it ever has
been upon the field of battle When pub
lie men shall become prominent examples
of a chiyalric rectitudc in all affairs when
rising generations shall aspire to emulate
their record. and all shall feel assured that
! in their control the government will illus
trate in reality what the fathers ordained,
"A republic with perfect principles, admin
| istered by faithful and honest men,-then
! shall Ellsworth and his heroic compatrots
not have died in vain. Let us then conse-
| crate this monument to the gallant dead,
and commemorate the career of him who
now slumhers at its base, by dedicating here
an altar upon which the fires of patriotism
and public virtne shall glow and brighten
even unto the perfect day, Thanking you,
gentlemen of the committee, for selecting
me TO preside on this occasion, | will pro-
ceed with the order of exercises, which You
have established.
THE HISTORICAL ADDRESS.
The address which zen. +. r. Bullard
was expected to deliver is as follows;
All great revolutions in which the cause
of humanity has been advanced have had
their baptism in blood. Ellsworth, the
first hero martyr of our last American
armed conflict, had his birthplace upon the
plains of Saratoga, within ten miles OF the
locality where the memorable battle of
saltwater was fought. When we look
back to the history of this county, and
find that for over two centuries its soil has
been enriched by the best blSod of the
race in its struggle for freedom, we are
almost in doubt which has the greater
honor, Saratoga for being the place of his
nativity, or Ellsworth for being the off
spring of that historic ground.
On the 4th of July, 1909, Champlain, the
representative of the French, first entered
this state through the lake since bearing
his name, and on the 3Oth day of the same
month fought with the then peaceful ma
| ,;,,oa tho first hattie that history has re-