St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-06-25
Bunker Hill.
The Celebration a Great Success.

rIIE rLn'E>>Iu\ TEN MILLS LONG.
Bn>r"N. Thursday. June Il.
The experience gained tn Lexington
and Concord has been of good use tu
the managers ot this greater centennial.
and they have "ndcaN nrcd to keep the
crowds ont of small squares and narrow
streets. a> far ~ pos>ihlr. and to dis
tllhutr them. ~ soon a> might bc. oNrI
the area of the whole city. But the
pcculialilic> of Chhllr>ioWm are such
that Il small crowd goes Il "Irat WAY
there. and the MASSES of people about
the monument to-day. WcI" >omcthin"
>tuprudnu>. The procession made il :
way. hoW"'cr. and III" orator said his
say. though il WAS early evening before
the thHl">tnNn part of the celebration
WAS finished. Judge Drvrn> would
have occupied two horu> with his ora
tinu. had he spoken the hole. but ht.
WIS considerable enough To rive his aU-
dicucr only Il portion ot What hr had
written. lc.Niu" them to read he resi-
in the new >papcr>. which had it all in
type. Yesterday. lie spoke we'll. a> h,.
ALWAYS does. and the other cNcrci>,.> of
the Bunker Hill monument n>~nciati"u
were creditlhlc to that bo.ll and its
representatives. \odiumcr WAS served
ON the monument grounds. the great
entertainment of the dIN being ut the
tent on Boston Common. where The.
Ancient and Honorable artillery lrcciN-
ed their guess with Il banquet The
procession 10y day and the illmuiiIItio ION
bN night we've the absorbing features of
the occasion. however. and those to
I ,NI Inch nn mel ,..Iu l,, trIl
Justice. The crowd itself waS another
feature. and perhaps the m"sl remarkable
of all. Its numbers can scarcely h, cS-
timatcd. hut probably not less than
100 900 persons. ur twice the whole
population of Boston. were within its
borders to-day. and about half Il million
of them in the older portions of the city
and in Charlc>town. During he morn
ing review ut the state house all that
part of the city WAS throngrd. hut M
| less So were the streets and squares
here the others were gathering for the
procession. Evcrvthing WAS late. a>
usual ON such ocr;i>ionS and il WAS after
| | before the head of the first division
of Massachusetts militia. with Gen.
Butler and his staff in the van. began
to pass before Gov. Castor. Vice PrcSi-
I dent Wilson. Gen. Sherman and the
other notahlcS on the reviewing plat
form in the Statr-houSc NaId. The cX-
act time occupied in this review WAS an
hour and Il half. and So the procession
could not start till about | o'clock.
In the procession. the greatest objects
of public curiosity were the military
companies from other states and par
ticularly those from South Carolina
! Virginia aud Maryland. two-thirdS of
whose men had served in the contrder-
ate army. The welcome given to these
/ Vice president Wilson. Gen. Banks. Mr..
Quincy and John Quincy Adams. had
sufficiently shown with what feelings
their visit is regarded in Massachusetts,
and the enthusiastic cheers given to
| FitZ Hugh Lee. to the South Carolina
| light infantry, to Gems Sherman. Burn
side, Fitzpatrick, etc. must have con
vinced the politicians that our people.
though 10y no means forgetting the late
war. are determined now to have peace.
and to give the white men of the South
Il fair chance. The narrow policy of
hatred encouraged by Grant. Butler.
! Boutwell, and some wiser men than they
found no response among the myrlad>
gathered here to celebrate the Union
formed ut Philadelphia, and cemented
III blood ut Bunker Hill and Fort Moul-
trie. Had Grant and Sheridan them
selves been here, they must have seen
this, and, perhaps, they would have
seen the propriety of emitting the word
'banditti" from their dictionaries fol
the present. The real reason why
Grant and his cabinet are not here j.
said to he. not the .'personal inconven-
Ience" they experienced at Concord and
Lexington, but the fact that the ex-