Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-10-26
II.

or whether the years go slow
Will wear In your hearts forever
The glory OF lolg ago.
8. The sons Of Vermont who Tough. at the fron,
| and fell'where they fought.
| Col. T. o. Seaver among other eloquent
words said "You will never forget the
comrades who fought and fell at your side.
They are not indeed, as we so often call
them, our fallen comrades--they are rather
risen TO the heights where sit the martyrs Of
oil time. They we're builders whose work is
| immortal"
G. The Old Brigade-In the words Of their old
| division commander, Gen. Howe: "Such troops
| are an honor TO any State"
Lieutenant Colonel Stephen NJ. Pingree
thought it was about time some one else, and
some one not of the brigade, responded to
this toast. Thirteen thousand of the "a, 600
Vermont soldiers were members of that old
brigade and tlve-ninths of all who fell, 10
| the field, fell in her ranks. She was the
training school for officers of all other organ
izations, and from the first Bull Run to APP
pomattox there was no battle of the Army
of the Potomac in which more than two
corps were engaged, in which that brigade
did not have mn honorable part. 1t was the
brigade of which GordDns rebel division used
to say that they hoped sometime to get into
without meeting that brigade with the white
| crosses.
!. The Old Bay State.
Hon. Geo A. Marden, editor of the Low
| ell Courier, Speaker of the Massachusetts
House of Representatives, and formerly
quartermaster of the First regiment United
States sharpshooters, was called on as one
who combined the qualities of wit, poet
and speaker. MIR. Marden proved this to he
So in very witty and effective speech.
Among other things he said that he "well
remembered that Vermont brigade of which
you speak so modestly," and he remembered
a time, at Gettysburg when it. arrival with
the rest Of the Sixth corps gave some Of the
| troops in the lines on the left, feeling of
relief, hardly cqualled since Lucknow. lie
had come here chiefly to see his old comrade
Col. Ripley, by whom he stood as he was
borne off on stretcher at Malvern Hill. He
| was glad he came to Vermont. There is no
State, said Mr.. Marden, that ranks the State of
Vermont. There is no country like New Eng
| land, and Vermont, with its lovely landscapes,
and thrifty people, and home circles like gems,
is the best part Of New England. This was the
| first army meeting he ever attended at which
| any mention was made or any Justice done
| to the sharpshooters, who from first to last
had greater percentage in killed and wound
den,s bum"yons Illusions os IT, Tho .,cor J,%
ate of.lima Dir If Rnti,nd y and b;s f,,nn,,
stor;as would Ina snn;loI in ranor,in, H.
| snnoch ,o,eoted,v hrr,aLt dnn,n ,rn h7'usa
rCnI Aihort GlarLe now If ,ho p",stor
7imrs formerlv of :, Aihans wv, w,s ,' nox,
called m. He said he was nnyor osb,,ned
| IN he in,rnducad "a n ctiz IN ~ V.rnnn, In,
did not feel quite So about Massachusetts,
under Butler rule. Sixty.tivc per cen. of
the population of Boston is row of foreign
birth, and the Bay State, though he was
confident it was to be redeemed, is in dan
ger of becoming doubtful element in poll
tics Col. Clarke quoted APPLY from Byron
and SAKE.
| 5. TIL, State n Eer Htmp.Aire.
| Cant II II A,bcrton of ,be Fonr,b vor.
mon, Iu,ho ,ros sav.,ni, ,,ou,doJ n, Toa,s
Mills, NOW If Manches,er n n rosn,rdod
New Uamnshire he said has snokcp here
| in nor sous pinyrrc and Vnozov and Mar
den The men If New iIamnsLirc are Glad
| to come IA V.rmrnt ,ven ,hocc Who dnn,,
oct to Inc Lieutenant sovernors md indges ot
Sour Snn-emc Cur ROBSON tho hna1,s ~
| Inc neonlo If IN" tvo Stntos ,hora ;s No
boundary line md he sons of fine Two Stats
Who toncb"d .ihnvs In IN. ,,ar ,,;l, ho fnr,,
s;%c hv edo in ,bo In,nrn ""'' VIII W io''''
.. Tho Wom' # ''r"o"t' in me Var.
Responded II by Lieut. &. G. Bene ict,
| who quoted the remark of the late Gov.
Alexander ii. Bullock Of Massachusetts, that
''ND former generation of Spartan or Ro.
man fame, better illustrated the whole circle
of grace and benoiicence than the women Of
America throughout that dark aud troubled
period"
Q. The rer1noat Militia.
Responded TO by Can't. L. A. Woodbury.
|
celebrated Vrrshirr comn,ign fuII of a dr.,
humor. which cJnyulsed tic audience wi,II
constnn, laughter. lie added few word,
of earnest appreciation Of the efficiency nj
our citizen solderv' and Of the really scyiou.
character of the emergency which aston.
cJ ,bo roccr, coll for th:ir snr,inos h,, ,hn
t;ovcrnor, - '"'
This ended tho royr,,r ,o,os 1,dr,
veazev nov welded he chair tn c,I r.
wcn Farnbom who c,iIed mn l., turn roI
Aldnce +. Walker of Rutland. who made =,
brief and effective speech, alludinn TO the dis
banding of the sixth Corns and If ibc Frs
briCade-of which he was the Youngest oil
Ger nt the close of the war-nnd tho rrIehro
lion of the anniversary of the dishandmrn,
of the revolutionary army ComrsJe Rcd
field Kendall; CAPTAIN John Ioperpan VIII,
told once more how he found The Mnnocacv
and Capt. II. G. Parsons. formerly of IN,
Vermont cavalry, now of Virginia where h,
: is the presiden, of Two railroads and a lary,
landowner-thc famous Natural Bridgc nm,
The land around 1t heinz among his noes"s
siops. Cant. Parsons made a verg Interest
ing speech. lie said Ills was tho ,irs, ca,h
ering of Vermont officers he ha1 hod IN,
S privilege of ATTENDING sine, the war lii
present neirhbors. connections hv marris ,e
a and associates in business ali fougbt on IN,
other side. lie had becn in ga,6nr; n" "" ~
: Confederate soldiers and ar n",ahIe on
4 recently, at The oedicatinn Of ,ho ,,,o,,sr
, lcum and rerlipiog statue ~ o. oo
L There were twenty thousand noon,. I;
}, Lexington. Va, lint dsv. ond M,
c anT inoted in ,ho snri;i,,, ""' nv.