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Concluding Exercises Of
vermont's Dav,
August 18th.

had been introduced and delivered his Grafton
upon the civil government of Vermont, dur
ing the last hundred years, which we have
already laid before our readers. and Mrs
DORIS admirable poem had been read, the
President introduced as the representative
ef Connecticut,
EX-GOv. JOSEPH r.. IIAwLEY,
of hartford, who SPOKE as follows:
Mr.. Chairman and Ladies' and Gentlemen
| am more afraid than thought woul1 De;
/ found myself among the and
others" set down for brlef re-
marks to-day and mere l am called to
spalk iu the presence of the still thrilling
and glorious words of the poem and grafton
| feel proud of Vermont, the child OF Con
necticut. l do not feel that am a stIlngel
here in any respect when see such men as
Jennings aud Hall and Others. The world
better for Vermonts first century. Inc
speaker then referred IN glowing terms 70
the capture of liconderoga, where elgnIY
three men took fifty prisoners, and one nun.
dred and twenty cannon, This was tue nrst
time that the British flag struck to the
young republic. The speaker said we as
people practiced the religion Oh nghuhe
our debts; but he knew Of one bill that tue |
State had never paid-a bill OF one shilling e. |
be paid by the 1st of January. l7S2. de SAID
he did not come to deliver an historlGai au-
dress. Speaking of tue opinion OF tne brltlsI |
in regard to the American 'rebels," he sald:
Iieut -(ioy Cllden, acting Governor OF New
York consolcd Lord Dartmouth thus; Inc
only people of the province VINO had any
hand in this affair were that lawlcSs people
whom your IOrdShip has heard much VI ul- |
der the name of the Bennington mObW S
t. the seizure made at HiCOnderOga the p2ak-
or said that Cong 'ess was sGtred ana com
mandrd tue removal of the cannon and stores
to the south eud of Luke George, aHu dlTect-
cd an "exact inventory to be taken of al the
cannon and stores that they might safety be
returned" on the restoration Ot harmony
New Hampshire, MasHcauiettj ana Conhec-
tieut strongly protested at thls' anu tne IT,
mOYal was not made.
Arnold insisting upon command, the COun-
ell nf Safety gave Ethan Allen a certificate
ito keeDthe command and possession OF The
same for the use of the AmCrlchn colonies
nntil he should have further orders from. the
colony of Connecticut or tao Cont1nental
Congress" Connecticut sent there u regl-
meut one Thousand strong, de SAID he was
glad to see here 30 many people from Connec-
ticut. aud went on putting i'll claims for
that State as to distinguished men IN a
manner which was highly entertaining to
his hearers. Among interesting historical
data he gave the following; A well written
manifesto setting forth reasons against the
government of NewYOrk which was issned by
the Connecticut Council in October, l776. 10
answer to the New York pamphlet Ira Allen
wrote: Miscellaneous remarks on the pro-
ceedinRs of the State of New York against
the State of Vermont" printed at Hartford
by Hannah Watson, next the great bridge, |
1777." On January 18th, 1777 this State was
declared "a separate, free aud independent
Connecticut. The Convention then adjourn |
ed to meet the first Wednesday in June, and
official notice of the adjournment was given
to the Court April 14th. The Convention |
Of the Court March seventeenth, 1T77,
The New York delegates spoke, of Roger
Shsrdn nd b aPTpos & Gt send9g Y6T Gsiega5es
district. This appears to us all the more
necessary as Roger sherman. of Connecticut,
who brought in the petition for these people
to Congress, has GU along acted openly as
their advocate and tbeir patron, and IN the
sa,SS ae.. P.i - t.iot S.Iiie VIZ l = 80 - 49, -
other instance, and which was Iar from being
On the first Wednesday in March, 177s, the
first election was held, and the Legislature
met at Windsor, March 19th of that year.
Col. Joseph MaIsh was elected Lieutenant
Governor, and Ira Allen. Treasurer.
Gen. Hawley interspcrsed his remarks with |
frequent sallies of wit, and kept his audience |
in the best of spirits.
Mr.. Phelps then introduced 0s a represen-
tntive of New Hampshire Ex-Governor HaT-
riman. who said:
A WORD FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Ex7Gov Hartman of New Hampshire said
that he was glad of an opportunity to re-
EpOnd to the honor done him in calling upon
HIM TO speak for the state of New Hampshire
He felt that he was standing upon ground
sacred IN the annals of the states history, on
the ground where those patriots, Seth War
ner, Ethan Allen, Remember Baker, had
Tough so calamity. The state for which he
was speaking WAS one of the original thir-
teen states-a state whose hill had glOwed
with the beacon-tires aud whose valleys had
re-echOed with the songs of liberty, u STATE
which produced such men as Stark, LangdOn,
Sullivan aud McElrOe. He wanted to have
AZ remembered that at Bunker Hill. New
n nINNW EUuu hall
thirds of the number Of cUlonsts there. New
Hampshire was also well represented
at Bennington. Dauiel Webster never
said that New Hampshire was a
good place to emigrate from; it was
libel on mis- fair name. No New Hampshire
man need ever blush that he was Of that
state; on the contrary, he may recall with
pride the lllustriOus proof of the ardent pa
u1Otlsm OF his ancestors. He said that he
would take broader scope. The states are
one. aud the Union il one. Though there
may be clouds in the political horizon, this
IS no time to despOnd, nor to argue, nor to
blunt the glory Of the future outlook / see
before me nation whose sons and daugh-
ters toll nobly for the right. see our vast
Territory peOpled with an inteligent hardy
race. see the treasures of earth and hill
and stream and mine made subserVient to
tine common behO0f. | see a stronger patri-
Otism growing up, which shall place our
country IN the vanguard TO the hoped for
millennium. He could not but think of the
1ringed rivers of BIbylon more than twenty
three centuries. ago: AS for the truth it
enduretb and is always strong. 1t liveth
and conQueretb fOreYermOre"
Gen. Banks was then introduced and he
spoke as follows:
He regretted that the illness of the chief
magistrate OF Massachusetts prevented his
appearance for the Bay State. They had had
30 much elOquence and such an eloquent,
NhWN U.auN. I. Il a
make wOBJd form n sort of background for
the illustration of those other and more
tnteresting performances. They had heard
me gentleman from Connecticut, who
thOnRht that Connecticut was q fine state.
He should judge that every Connecticut man
that came from there, from what be had heard,
had found an office New Hampshire is a
fine state. aud the people are fine people
Whether or not it is good state to emigrate
from, be did not think. from what he had
heard, that Vermont would have had very
much love for herself il New Hampshire
could have had her way. Massachusetts had,
in the early history Of Vermont, taken the
part of the Green Mountain Boys in their
sOrTows and troubles. He was not very
much learned In the facts of that portion of
history, but he did not think that upon the
roster Of YermOnters could be found great
number of Massachusetts men. He did not
believe that Massachusetts, had even claimed
any portion OF the Vermont territory; new
ertheless. Massachusetts had q good name
Its people we're good, and he was not al all
surprised when he arrived Mt Bennington
this morning TO find 80 many good looking
men and women. New York is a fine state
The honorable president of the day and the
learned aud eloquent secretary of state
will perhaps excuse bis saying that but
he remembered that when Vermont
was struggling for admission into the Union
Of States, New York would not allow her 20
come in, unless she would give up q large
portion of her territory. He had always
thought IL was that concession OF territory
WrunR by New York from the State and people
Of Vermont that had laid the foundation OF
the mnRnilinnnt nrnannritv Of ihn Gfntn ~