The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-18

| have no disposition to eulogize the no
he blood that may have mingled it.elf with
pebian blood in the veins of thotc men who
cared themselves so little for the accidents
of birth. am sure of orc thing, however,
tba, II controlling minds among these pco-
pie who made the heroic history of early
Nefm mt, and early Bennington, were ex-
tla)rdinary men, shrewd, sagacious and had
strong intellectual good sense and judy
mcut, as well as brave and indomltabe
wills. Benoington battle has justly re-
tcivcd high praise at the hands of the his
toni rs of America as being one of the de-
cisive of all the military engagements and
trsn actions of the revolution.
(But | r, turn to prove thiD lam sure
need only recall to you how they did
cieae, so to speak, bring into existence
ami take care of, when 1t was born the in
ant tt ate OF Vermont. When royal deci.
sion at the court of st. James was adverse;
when the great and powerful province OF
New York claimed jurisdiction over them
and refused to recognize their alleged
rights, even outlawed them; set price up
on their heads, when even some resolutions
of censure in the congress of the colonies
| were not wanting, and when it must be ad-
| mitted their petition as against the claims
| Of New York did seem not altogether clear
| in the eye of the law, when in fact they
| themselves were so poor that had they been
| obi ged to succumb TO New York and ray
| her over again for the land titles to the lit
tie esta'es they claimed by prior purchase
from the New Hampshire governor, it
would have taken their all and more too,
and to no inconsiderable extent left them
bankrupt, landless and penniless. Under
| such circumstances, against such organized
| mud r,n,yarfn1 pppocitia, "a A.
form commonwealth so worthy as that of
the state of Vermont, argues men, though
they themselves gloried in the title of
Green Mountain boys. They adopted the
following as the basis of their action in the
convention at Dorset.
1--WE the subscribers, inhabitants of the
district of land commonly called and known
by the name Of New Hampshire Grants, do
voluntarily and solemnly engage under all
the ties held sacred amongst mankind, at
the lisk of our lives and fortunes, to de-
fend by arms the United States against the
hostile attempts Of the Briish fleet and
armies until the present unhappy contro-
veisy between the two countries shall be
set led"
Sub cribed by folty-nine of the fifty
members of the convention.
The heroes pass from the earth they
go to their reward. The Samuel and Johr
Adams, the Otis, the Patrick Henry, q
Washington, the redoubtable Green Noun
tain boys, rank and file alike. If the course
of free institutions are again imperiled who
is ready for the sacrifice necessary for theil
security Whose arm is ready to be up
lifted to strike the blow, whose lips to uttci
forth the immortal inspirations of libctty
God will provide. If that hour come,
there will not be wanting, trust, the trut
heart, the eloquent tongue, the strong RICH
arm nerved to the task imposed.
The virus that had at into the very vi
tails of the body polite have been cradcat
ed and now these cen ennlal times arr
gorgeous and festive over our broad land
free, united aod in peace.
Their m nument is the broad, free lane
with its Institutions of liberty, with its typ,
and degree of advancement. In the pecul
Jar oivi liza of free government, wha
monuments are we erecting for ourselves
TIE dead heroes who went before then
looked down from heaven to see them mari
their work They have joined the process
sion and all look down to see us.