Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-06-04
The Address.

The Address.
In opening his address Capt. Dunton referred 10
the hunors universally paid the patriot dead III
all times ancient ami MODERN. While we wrcai he
these graves let not be uumindiul Of the thou-
sands OF brave men who fell al the South amt lie
buried there, The speaker then briefly reviewed
the causes Of The civil and its results. In this
connection he narrated the following anecdnte OF
tn. Martyr President President Lincoln. almost
w,ih Inspiration, siN IN tine gloom and darkness Of
the first year OF The rebellion. thai 1t tile VIII
OF God that tins war should be the death of slavery.
To friend of mine who met HIM IN the yard Of
the Whit. House on Ia, morning that the news of
the defeat OF the Red River expedition irst reach
ed Washington, he said .'>uch news affects me
far differently from What II formerly dbl. The
Government has been blamed for not holding out
the olive branch oi peace II the south. The truth
Is liberal prop" sltJn- iGr peace have alwIys been
Indirectly before them more especially after We
hlt gained some important Success; but before the
SOUTH hal time 10 consider thch they IN turn would
be- most Unexpectedly successful against the great
cst odds lhIS has led rae To feel that Presidents
Cabinets aud military commanders are OF second
ary Importance IN thls great contest :; and taking
oil hi, hal ind turning nls eyes upward he rcver-
cntly aided: The great tsminLndci-in-Chei mas
ms war III iiis hands, 10 WORK oul MS purposes IN
: His own good time. ENCa Il mental pledge on my
part 10 lake 4 step ni advance towards Righteous
ness anu Justice 10 IN" oppressed has been more
potent th.tiI the wi,c-t military rInIbinLiOhs.'
our government nov has or ITS li;c-giying prInci
pie the Idea Ot right. before the II
who,e mind OF the country. EVrry soldier who did
his duty faithfully. however humble his position
| ter II Is hard for the Of the south tc
adapt themselves To the order of things. For
the poor whites things are greatly changed for
the better, since the WAL Inc War has proved a
great leyeller there In lev years property will
be equally distributed as al thr North and the
term .nrsl family Is rapidly 10 igg It's sIguitic.nc
Before the wd- the Two civilizations, North and
South. were totally unlike. Northern mr.I are now
going there with their habits "i industry and their
example Will have It's rIfrci,. II requires NO pro-
phet 10 fore,ec IA future of urcNlmPrd prosperity
and growth Tor the Repuhhr. Whn bat envy
| the men OF the next century, ASSUMING. ~ We all
hope that ths country IN the end VIII be true to
itself!
Patriots memories sr tir Strength OF nation.
No nation IL ricEcr IN these than uur and II
for The State L. make thls legal holiday.
1t said by that II has itrudrncy To create
and Keep alive hostile feelings between the North
Ln,l the South. f.,,s II uni fh're - less hos
Tiny t1-II, between the Su.;A.-.T .Ind southern
soldiers than any othr5 els lac st,liers Of the
South were forced hy the IT, rr>prc; the North
and for the most part they Az wiling 10 abide by
the result. They have hIi all the war they de
sire. Are We willing To forget tn. numerous battle
fields of the rebellion where vermont soldiers
fought and distinguished themselves: No. rather
let fondly cherish their memory. not IN hale
with malice. but with that pride naturally resulting
from high. noble and patriotic action. Let Yer
mont children he instructed IN the gallant deeds of
Vermont soldiers. As each successive year rolls
around. let Us continue To decorate the graves of
our dead comrades ami Keep them AMI their brave
deeds green IN our memories. Let us also Strew
with flowers every patriots ggavc-the graves Of
the heroes "f the Revolution, the soldiers of the
war of lsl2. and the men VIII" bore our nag IN
triumph lGtn Mexico IN the war VITA that unf"s-
tunatt republic.
The doNology was then sung and the bene-
diction by the chaplain brought the exercises
to close. The procession then re formed
and marched through Monroe. Pearl and st.
Paul streets to quarters.
Thus closed the public exercises of the
day, All along the line of march the streets
were throngei with spectators and at the
more available points great crowds were col
lcced; while the beautiful Battery Park
was alive with people. Everything connect
ed with the celebration passed oil smoothly
and pleasantly, and nothing occurred 10 mar
in the slightest degree the imprcs-ivcncss Of
the occasion.
by the thoughifnlntss and courtesy of the
Water Commissioners the streets on the lnc
of march were thoroughly sprinhled, and thus
Il principal source of annoyance on such oc-
casions was avoided