The Bennington daily banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1877-1877, 1877-08-17

To stand, to fight to die;
Nothought of fear was in the breast,
No quailiug in the eye.
II the lip faltered. twas with prayer,
Amid those gathering bands,
For the sure rifle kept its pOlse
In strong, untrembling hands"
This consecrAted spot speaks TO us lesso
OF maternity. This region was once the Ne
Hampshire GEanti ana Bennin. tons chart,
Transmits the name OF Benning Wentaorth,
new Hampshire Governor Nlue.tenths Of th
early settlers of Vermont came from Massl
chusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island. Th
troops Of these oommonwealths fought in
noble rivalry and with equal courage Tor Ii
safety OF these times aud for the commo
veal. 1hsir dead sleep side by side. 40,
Us look over the roster OF those Fequif
meDts / read the Welsh rAme OF Evans, th
Norwegian Peterson. the Ssotsh Webste
Phe names OF MeGreRor. McClary, Gregg
Stark aud their companions SHOW that ih
Scolch-Irish furnished some OF the best fight
ing stock OF America, while the great bulk O
those troops were OF pure Anglo-SAxou blood
So was it on the broader scale throughout th
war. The name OF Gen. Sulliyan's ancestor
was O'Snllivan. Lafayette was already viii
Washington. Kosciusco the Pole was abou
to plan the eBtrenchments at Slratoga, anC
his countryman Pulaski was now o voluntee
and prospective martyr Tor American liberty
and though those German troops that ",
fought on yonder heights had been sold lik,
sheep in the sbambles aud fell here like sheer
IN tue slaughter, we may not forget that 1t wal
Germans and Quto1men who tan days befor,
had defeated st. lsgeE at Qnskany, and thai
derkimer was dying Of his wounds even
while Stark was winning this victory MOI
may we forget tho faithful De Kalb already 10
our ranks, and Sgeuhen, who made our fght-
srs into soldiers aud our soldie into an ar.
my, then disd in poverty and slept in long
forgotten grave. Aud why need mention the
names ofDupoitail, Gouvier, RIdiere, Launoy,
Fleury, and the Chevdlier Armand.
"Out Of twenty-uiue major generals in our
Revolution ry war, eleven were Europeans.
The toll and blood OF many races purchasd
our laud Of rest and privilege. To mFey
races let II be home Of privilege aud blssn
ing. Yea, they have come, ScAndinAViAnR
and Welsh aud Irish and Scotch aud Hebrews
and Italians. Six millions OF Germans are
gathered voluntarily on the soil Of our ooun-
try. Here let them flourish. Five millions
OF Africans, hero not BY their own will, toiled
and suffered, but n on the battlefield, and
their delverance t)o, in dHe time came. A
hundred aud atty thousand ChineSa Me bu,
the "Avauut-couriers" OF millions to follow.
Let them too come on With lkeir Industry and
economy, The iyee Fiction of our free instl
tutions shall wear OF FROM them at length the
rust Of ages, and stamp them With The super
scription Of this free republic Does II not
stand written in the DsclATAt on made by this
now state, seven months before the battle.
that the inhabitants that may hereafter be-
come resident, eitheT by prooreatioA or By
emigration within said territory, shall be eD-
titled 10 the same privileges "and on the same
as "tho present Inhabitants" and
IS "of any OF the tree states Of America" We
have but to be true to these civil principles
lor which the Green Mountain Boys fought,
aud to that God to whom Nichola and Allen
aud MeClary prayed belore they fought, and
then shall these vast bodies oil diverse ele-
ments, enough to have changed the character
Of half the empires OF Christendom, be assim-
lated by the same understanding power as
heretofore; and that Constitution which ha,
been loOllshly called "rope OF sand" shall
continue to be a wall OF Ademant around us all
But Bennington teaches too. that the for.
siguer must come hither TO enjoy, aud not to
destroy, our institutions; as a laW-abidIup
citizen. never as a lawless invader. He may
uot mistake the home OF freedom for n land OF
license; nor think that whom ho has escaped
the terror OF the "sena d'armes" abroad. he
may inAugurRte - reign OF terror here. This
Oommunists who burned down the TrillsFis'
and tho Hotel de Vile. cannot, under the
name OF brotherh 7nds aud unions, be suffered
to make bonhres OF our railway stations and
our warehouses, Hostile bands will no more
be permitted to plunder our trains OF meT-
than formerly to seize the stores Of
Aud If Breyman, with the bes,
troops OF Europe, might not obslruct this
great highway with his cannon, still less may
the Films aud LoshsIs and Zspps, with rum
an hands, arrest the movements OF our great
steam thoIouRhiarss, and pATalYze the whole
business OF this country. The strong arm Of
the nation must teach them that u they will
not work, neither shall they foreibly arrest
he honest work OF other men.
No mob though II be forty thousand strong.
shall trample on the rights OF forty millions.
Aud one grand lesson that should sigDalize
tho opening OF this new century, is. that all
hostile and violent demonstrations upon
citizens shall be as thoroughly and
rs summarily quelled as they were on this
,pot one century ago. When bands Of men
patrol our streets with threats in their mouths
and weapons aud frebTands In their hands,
It is war, and they are enemies. 1t Is no
time for blank cartridges but for poiut-blank
shot Next after the riot act sud the ware
ing 10 Olsperbe, COho tho DlgOhOs huu 'hS
bullet, the grape shot aud canister.
At Piltsbureh, three weeks ago last Satur-
iay and Sunday, On, for one hour OF Warmers
aud Stlrk5 brigade II would have
scared the way from New York to San Fran
,isco. And here, on the borders OF that old
battle held, and in tho freshness OF Ihese glo.
nous memories, let these noble bands ol
Green Mountain Boys lit up their right hands
20 HeAye and swear that the descendants OF
hose whom the best soldiers oil Britain aud
Germany could not eIpel from their farms
md their homes shall never be driven from
heir lawful labors for an hour by the floating
cum Of Europe and America.
Bat we are reminded here that some old en-
mites are dead or dying. Six weeks ago
earched In vain on that Hessian bill for q
race OF those sntrenohments which Onot
,luzed with hostile fires. Long silent toe has
,een
The drum suspended by its tAttered marge,
That rolled aud ratified to the Hsssisn's
charge.
Even so four years ago 1 stood In the old
Iouse Of my ancestors In England, whose oo
upants a century ago were probably in full
ympathy with the Government against whom
nv American pTossnitors vsre eontandins
nth swordsand muskst, but / vas there
'eleoms guest. aud but just nov in the palace
1hers the demented George was hardening his
ood. nAtursd heart against our country,
he British queen received to her home circles
ur great Captain President. while the whole
aiion stroVe 10 do bin honor. Thank God
hat British hands no longer strikeht Anglo
axen lives; that English blood drips not. from
ratrloidal wounds, but on both sides Of BE-
ride Atlantic flows fresh and strong in sym
athletic hearts. We celebrate to-day the valoI
hat relieved our liberties without q thought
I bitterness towards those from whom we in
stited aud from whom We wrested them
cry Britons from very Britons.
Aud let Us also r'joice also To-day that these
centennial oommsmoutioos have come intl
brow the vail over later ana bloOdisr wounds
that conquered Buuker Hill aud Bsnning
On aud super-improved upon AntttAm and
isltysbureh aud TIE Wilderness. 1t is well
hat by-,ones should at length be by.gones
am one OF those who thonghl that Tor their
laughter OF Il million lives aud taelr assaults
p, u the nations life, dozen chief criminals
houlj have besu hung between tho heavens
nd the earth, But II was not 30 done. Ano-
her policy prevailed. This mighty nation OF