Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-02-25

presence teSJlneQ TO warm corner IN the \
heart OF everv citizen for the G.. A. II. \
He then in terms of highest appreciation \
and praise introduced Commander-in- /
Chief Warner of Kansas City. The com
mander-in-chef said IN substance;
''There is nothing so hard as to be in
troduced in a roll one cannot III. 1t is
written that a prophet is not without
honor save in his own country, and l have
travelled 2000 miles to learn that l am a
brilliant orator and can present words of
burning eloqnence. / am proud to stand
in the presence of soldiers, statesmen
and citizens of this state which has never
faltered in performance of it's duty.
Your governor has informed me that
there is no man, woman or child breath
ing this free atmosphere who Is not
thoroughly loyal. without flattery l
will say to you that was in New Hamp-
shire and met with a reception better
than deserved; l was also in Boston at
the encampment there and stood before
magnificent audience in Faneuil Hall,
but here 1 stand in the presence of such
an audience as never before met me. L
was not prepared for such an ovation,
which was not to me, nor yet to the gov
ernment, but to the Grand Army of the
Republic, the grandest organization the
sun ever shone upon. These % yeals
since AppomattoX have strengthened the
friendliness and tender ties, the tenderest
and yet enduring beyond any other; born
of shot and shell, baptized in blood and
blessed by the after sunshine of peace
Every one feels himself to be i'm the pres
ence of friends because of this comrade-
ship. Who is there in all our ranks so
poor, so beggard, that he would sell his
right to this organization or exchange
this badge for anything? The comrade
who would wear the badge with honor
must look up. Above us our trinity
fraternity, charity loyalty-shines forth
| from every star in our banner and is writ
ten on every stripe. The blood OF our
| comrades was a libation poured upon the
altar an eternal witness of your patriot
ism. SO long as our people remain true
| to the rights which these sacrifices secur-
ed, so long shall we be recognized before
the whole world as great nation. The
| Grand Army has done much to hasten the
! coming time when the rights of American
citizens shall not only be respected at
home but shall command respect abroad.
! Grand Army men are found in every rank.
! Our platform is so broad that all who can
present honorable discharges from SER
vic, whatever their color race or religion
can be admitted"
The address was eloquent throughout.
Governor Dillingham; was next intro
duced by the chairman. He said "At first
l felt it was not right to have mere civ
| ilian take Il movement of the time, but
perhaps it Is proper that as the represen-
tative for the time being of the people OF
the state / should assure you that Yer
monters will never forget you and your
deeds. There was never a time when
Vermont was disloyal. Goiug back to
Revolutionary days. Vermont fought
herself into the Union and will never
fight herself out. He recalled the attack
on Fort Sumter and how all Vermont was
fired by the news. Spoke of the impress
sion made upon him by events of that
time, of the work of that grand old man
Gen. Steven Thomas in the legislature at
that time, paid tribute to Col. Henry, his
own townsman, and told how grandly
Vermont rose aud took her place. He
offered tribute to these old soldiers, to
the Old Brigade, to the I'd brigade and TO
regiments. The organization will keep
alive the memory OF that time. The ris-
ing generation must be educated to honor
all these things and to understand their
worth.
Col. Hooker remarked, in announcing the
next speaker, that it was always a most
difficult task to select from the host OF
applicants suitable speaker to respond
to ''The LADIES' and humorously pre-
sented EX-Gov. Farnham, who retorted
with hit at Col. Hooker and then pro-
ceeded to the subject, speaking of the
calls upon the endurance and patience of
the noble women who in their homes and
far from the front, had none of the fury
and excitement of warfare to carry them
through their anxious watchings. He
paid high tribute to those noble women
who displayed grand patriotism.
Col w. G.. Veasey, introduced as the
next national commander, spoke chiefly
of the great need of bringing before cit
iZens, legislators and others the sad failure
of our present school text books to set
forth plainly enough the right and wrong
of this great struggle. They seem to be
written with view to being used i'm both
sections of the country and are not decid
ed enough in this matter. Text books
prepared for southern schools teach that
secession was not treason, refer to brave
Col. Ellsworth as a Chicago rough, and
to jackson, who shot him, as an early
martyr. Another selection by the band
was followed by a brief talk by Gen
Henry of the 10th VT.
Col. Fuller, speaking for the militia ac-
knowledged the debt it owed to the
Grand Army, and eloquently spoke of the
monuments that are to be placed on Get
tysburg's held and what they mean. Prof.
MaXham gave several war songs, the au-
dience rising and Joining in the ohoruses.
The speech OF Col, John II. Linehan of
COnCOTu, N f1s was ueyoui dhy IepoIbs
being a sparkle ofbrilliant witticism from
beginning to end At the request of the
commander he sang in chief "The Wear
ing of the Green"
The following officers were elected and
installed by Gen. w. W. Henry: Com,
A. S. Tracy, MiddIebury; S. V. c., ID. }.
Stafford, Morrisville; J. ". c., Ii. w.
Hutchins, Bellows Falls; M. d., h. +.
Ketchum, Brattleboro; chap, j. IL. Bond,
West Rutland A. A. G., Anson X. Karr,
Middlebury, A. Q. g.. f. w. Bird, Mid
dlebury; ID. c. of A, r. T. Johnson,
West Concord, Geo. III. Blake, Barton,
Thomas I. Farwell Waterbury, c. ii.
Forbes, Brandon, j. w. Williams, Ben
nington; Delegates to National Encamp-
ment, Redheld Proctor, Proctor, S. w.
Cummings, st. Adams, w. w. Sprague,
st. Johnsbury, j. c. Jones, Chester, w.