Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-31


OF the country responded and the instruction
was quclled the constitution and the laws were
upheld, and to-day We have country the central
idea Of whose government Is liberty to all and jus
tlce 10 all. In that sharp encounter some fell
The sacrifice was great but the cause was great
also Four hundred thousand Of Ms laid down our
lives TO preserve the constitution and to give
new birth to liberty among men,
The orator made O comparison between the sta
biliiy and freedom " the American institutions,
and Those NJ other countries. like France Mexico
ana The South American republics. where the pa
trio, Of to-day may feel the halter tighten round
his neck tomorrow, and said Can We, then.
value too highly a government which for q CEN
fury has known but one character, which has
been enshrincd In the affection. oi the people
themselves, aud which to-day stands in higher
repute among the nations " the world than ever
before Aud how can we ever do Injustice to the
memory Of those brave men who gave their lives
for The salvation Of snch government? How
they fen all along in the red burrows Of that four
years struggle-somo at Manassas, where they
first felt the hot breath Of the enemy, aud knew
he was In earnest Others at Antetam. nj Gettys-
burgh in the Wilderness, at Five Forks, aud 9th.
ers STILL spectral host, are lying in the capa-
cious trenches of Andersonyilc Saiislnr, and
Belle Isle
It is well In this fresh spiing-timc. for the li,-
ing, to visit the resting-placc Of the heroic dead
and from the silence Of their graves receive new
Indictment to patriotic deeds They laid their de
votiou at the shrine u liberty, and Offered up
their lives Tor the universal freedom Of man, aud
II The poct be right, they died in the right place.
Whether on the lcanodhsh.
Orin the battles van
The httcri place where man cam die.
o. where De dies for man.
Though dead, these men str speak to u.s.
From their silent graves the dead exhoit NJ to
duty, stimulate MS to patriotism and admouish MS
against the yanities and foes Of this world. one
hundred years hence, when the work Of the pres
ent generation and noble and pure patriotism Of
the heroic dead and their surviving comrades is
placed alongside Of the work Of men Of the revolu-
ton, and the whole begins "a be seen in the mellow
light Of history, our children will be alta loss which
most To celebrate, the birth the regeneration "
the republic. And In that day, among these green
hills, the question will be, what part had Yer
mont in these two great dias Of American indie
state only hunting ground. our fathers. in their
buckskin breeches and homespun shirts, came
down from their mountain homes aud took part
in the natal ceremonies at Bennington. from
which came the first streak OF light in the birth
day Of the nation. The deeds Of Vermont in the
last great struggle are too recent and too well
known 10 Justify extended comment But eener-
atoms to come will do her record justice But il
may be said that Vermont can look the world
squarely in the face aud say that she did her
share. She not only did this, but more She
kept ahead Of all calls made upon her by the gov
eminent for troops, and had to her final credit n
surplus Of one thousand five hundred and Thirteen
men The reason why She did this 80 easily is
because men are one Of her chief products
Though Vermont cannot boast Of a merchant ma
rne, great cities piled with the goods Of foreign
lands Of true, bnve-hearted men she has plenty,
which above all things constitute a state and are
the sure foundation Of It's greatness and security
" But peace hath her Victories no less renowned
than war" The orator wildly sketched the tri-
umphs Of American invention and industry during
the past century the steamboat. the electric tele-
graph, which he termed the ermnd boy of the
period, and this brought him to his peroration
as follows
My friends, great a. we have been in war we
are greater still in the achievements OF peace To
oar care and others of our generation il left the
duty Of preserving and transmitting unimpaired
the precious institutions for the maintenance Of
which the heroes. whose graves we to-day deco
rate, gave up their lives You, their surviving
who so brvely and faithfully bore the
al tl,a G.II
inch and falter in the performance Of your duties
as citizens. Eminent rs soldiers, you should be
eminent as citizens; maintain our liberties, pre-
serve the Union Of these states, the supremacy of
the constitution and the laws And finally, in
the work still left you to do, be true in all things
true to your God, true to your neghbors, and
rue to yourselves"
The Grafton ELECTED the undivided attention Of
the audience, and at its close General Grout was
warmly conplimented upon it, It will be found
to be a scholarly and interesting production.
which will well repay perusal
At the conclusion OF the address the choir rem
dered in fine style Roselinda's beautiful song,
- An offering Of flowers to thee we bring" The
ritual Of the decoration ceremony was then read
10y the officers Of the Post after which flowers
were deposited upon the last restng-places Of the
following deceased comrades
4 Soldier effhe Revolutionary War Elder Zba Wood
worth. wounded 40 Font Grswoli Coun-ior inanv ,e,r.
pastor the Baptist church ln this vlaee-d n is.E
SofdiutqfH- Var ~ lsls-G eneml Farley Davis ,,tn-
nlnder OF regiment Nc the Battle OF Plasburi ,ii n
Montpelier April a. lsg, Lieutenant Joseph Hows icln
Montpelier. April 26. ls3; Cyrus Ware Patt.huruh Com
pauy died in Montpelier, February H. lsiq; Jonathan
shepard. Pattsburlh Company died n MONTPELIER July
26 l'tl Thomas Rect Jr. Pittsburgh COMPANY died n
Montpelier April 10, lsI Dalins Boy,len p,ttsi,nrsh
Company died la Montpelier, December a. is5s: Amns
FARLEY Plaftsbursh Company died in Montpelier Feb
ruay D. lsa6, Ahilh Howard Plattshurgh COMPANY died
In Montpelier December a. lsi0; Daniel wilson Regular
died In Montpelier June lst ls5; Roger Hubbard Pl,tts-
bursh Company, died in Montpelier November 49, lsis;
Captain Timothy Hubbard, Captain Of Montp.lier Com
pany died In Montpelier. October 2s 1880
Soldiers qf the RelsiiiuH- Captain Luclns Rostwi,A.
Company r. Thirteenth Regiment died june g. 1863; Cha.
5. sioirs Company X seventh Regiment died Of wounds
received at spanish Fort April TO- 1855; Gilman d. storr.
Company y. Tenth Regiment died at Orange Grove. Va
November "a 1861; Henry Black Second Maine Regiment
died at sloan Hospital Montpelier July O. l.4: John
Mooney, died Sloan Hospital Montpelier January ~
ls6i Thoma. Hunt Company 49, Second Regiment died at
sloan Hospital Montpelier. January 5. lsss. Wallace H.
whitney rust cavalry died at Sloan Hospital MONTPELIER
,..,, ,,, "sn.n = ,AIsen' V"nlany l. Ninl
phllander A. Preston. company e fir., ca,air, Gr N,
Nhd''sohNii'' january 70 1867 klpha@t Bryant United
,oss u,so at hi,lnond, Nnsima' sep.noe'
Montpeller July ao lsss Charls. n sv,,e, C,n,r,r,
L. Thirteenth Regiment, dcd In Minneapo. In l,5: Henry