Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-10-12

| Dummerston granite, TO he erected by
| September 10 1855, for $1,000.
| Owing TO delays in quarrying the stone,
for which the contractors were not at
| fault, and which the commission was pow
| eress to prevent or remedy, the monu-
ment is not completed and the present IN
dicatlons are that it will not be until late
| this autumn.
A report of the commission and copy
of the design of the State monument VIII
| ne laid before you in due time Inere are
| many details in this report Whlcn Will IN
| terest you, and to which invite your at
tention. Should it be your pleasure 10
| provide for the full expense OF the com
mission, it will require an appropriation
of about $4,000, over and above the private
contributions already paid or pledged
BY an examination of the design you
| will see that it would be a muCh more
| perfect whole if surmounted by nHure Vi
| a statue. and there has been very geuer-
al expression from many sources that tnls
| work might be crowned by statue OF tne
late Gen. George J. Stanuard. rms would
indeed be most fitting and grateful nm.
ish to this work of art and memorial oi
| the State to her soldier sons.
The work of the commission III REFER
| ence to the four other monuments when
| it decided to erect upon the fied Is gong
| forward. To complete the work, lncIuu-
ing the statue as suggested, Will require
| in the aggregate about 5000, earnestly
recommend that you take such measures
as will accord with the proverbial patriot
| ism of our people and enable the commits
sion to finish this work as well and com
pletely as our soldiers did theirs.
| In concluding this subject, desire 10
call your attention as TO whether turther
legislation may not be necessary to make
| the uueXpended part of the appropriation
available, and also Is to whether the pow
err of the commission should not be eN-
| tended or renewed.
THE SOLDIERS HOME
The Soldiers Home located at Bennlng
ton, may, | assume, be considered AS
State institution, for the support and
maintenance of which the good Talth ana
| patriotism of the State Is untllnchlngly
pledged, so long as deserving soldier or
sailor" remains to claim its shelter anu
enjoy its comforts. Assuming this, l VIII
omit saying what | might otherwise pre-
sent by way of an appeal to your patriot
ism, and enlarging upon and amplllylnG
as to the obligations of the State 10 the
surviving and needy defenders of the ma
tion when its very existence was IN dead
! ly peril and its flag assailed ami sougnt 10
be destroyed by the hand of treason, ms
assumption leads me unhesltaunEly TO an
other, aud that is, that you Will only want
to know as to the needs OF the Home TO
make cheerful and prompt provisions for
meeting them. From this information |
point you to the report Of the trustees OF
the Home, which Will be before you, ana
from it you can satisfy yourselves as to all
facts and details pertaining to this more
Cnan commendable undertaking. 10 re
peat them here cannot be necessary.
| Among other things set forth in the re-
port is the fact that there Is no provision
of law requiring the trustees to make re-
port to the governor or Gent raj Assembly,
as is required by other like or similar
boards. Bearing upon this subject, the
trustees at late meeting passed the 1ol-
- lowing resolution:
Resulred. That in the opinion of the trus-
tees OF the soldiers Home OF We mott biIl
, | I'll Jnld be proposed and introduced IN the
Legislature of this State which shall nuke i
the duty of the trustees to make an annual
, report to the governor OF the State of the
moneys received and ex peuded in support OF
the Home. of its financial condition, ana OIL
t the number Of veterans received ana dls'
charged.
1t seems hardly necessary to even sug
gest that this opinion of the trustees
should be regarded and acted upon al
4 this session, and that such further leglS
: lation he had AS to this matter as the mer
[ its of the home may demand.
q | trust that may be paldOned If ! say
that in my judgment the trustees or tins
; institution, more than any other OF ouI
public servants, are the custodlans of the
| good faith and patriotiem OF the state, anC
that their hands should be strengthened
aud their treasury never allowed TO be
=
is in need Of its aid.
MONUMENTS TO VERMONT SOLDIERS AT
WINCHESTER AND CEDAR CREEK, NIR-
GINA.
desire to call your attention to join
t resolution No l26 of 1856, wherein due ant
t merited recognition was made OF the llber
al aud patriotic action Of Col. iterDert +
= Hill in erecting upon the battieilelus o.
= Opequan and Cedar Greek, Virginia, sub
= stdntial monuments in memory OF lhoot
j. who fell in the charge of the Eighth Regi
; ment, Vermont Volunteers, September -
! 1864, and to commemorate the desperate
struggle at Cedar Creek on October 10
1861.
Col. Hill was a member of the Eight
+ Regiment and a brave participant IN th'
l deeds of splendid valor commemorated by
= these monuments, and although a reslden
/ of Massachusetts, he has shown an I'm
= sWervng devotion to Vermont and take'
= great pride in the achievements of Yer
: mont troops He Is in feeble health, dnC
3. informs me by letter OF september -, So
e in reference TO the above matters, ina
= "it gives me pleasure to present through
/, YOU, rs chief executive, to the state O
= Vermont, these monuments and the plo
[ on which they stand, and ! respectful.
= ask that the State accept this GIT, trust
ing that these shafts will long remain tt
K symbolic the valor of Vermont soldiers
|
5 mark the pathway of desperate tight
e ing"
J. The latene,s of the receipt of Col. Hill
II letter makes tlmpossible for this matter
t to he presented to you in other than thu
J. hasty, and imperfect, and to me unsatls
It factory manner. | solicit your due atten
II ton to this interesting subject and trus
4 That you will give 1t such action as its in
d terestng and patriotic character demand
II and give such further legislative expires
> sion of gratitude to Col. Hill as to you ma
n seem appropriate.
- THE CRIMINAL AND CONVICT INSANE.
0 In view of the fact that the State
Y without an asylum for the insane, and tn
Il somewhat peculiar if not anomalous rels
It ton existing between the State and tn
= asylum at Brattleboro its crowded coud
IS ton, aud the desire of the management I
Ii be relieved from receiving the convict an
II criminal insane of the State, and othe
Ia considerations bearing upon the subject
le the Legislature of 1856 adopted joint IT
L solution No l2l, by which the governo
"a WAS hrEuupSIpd aDDOint "A cOmmiSSiO