Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-04-10
THE VERMONT PHGNIN BRATTIEBORO FRIDAY April

The governor then delivered the remarks
which be hal prepared Tor the occasion.
which We give herewith
think ti.-re ar tsit three ~ me var governors
nova living who s-r- in uflu- AZ the sane time
With myself Cos Sprague VI Rhode Island A.
TIE youngest Df The uaI gatcfu1rs and Wa ne
.in.s. The var Logan iu April i~i' H1s many
have pas--i beyond th- uver. hos much
changed many % a. yci living. ami hos caanss,l
BOD Important rtsr--Cts. IS uur country We ar
nov Indeed and in truth. Nation. hiit compf-s-i.
n..yerthris--s. Of q galaxy u states
Distinct a. the bluWs
But 1na a. The 80 "
Slav.ry IS abolished: and tii. old idea h~h by
SINE = states right" a. paramount g. all 9th
~ authority had 60 give place tu The other Idea
that Tor certain purpYzrS aud under certain con
ditious the authority " the nation is supreme
over all rlere Is much greater srope fur the 80
iiyldua than ever t-fpre sud throughout our
wide domain PROSPERITY rrisils a. never t--tufy
IN many interesting rt-fuins.a 4-nts-s ~ the lat
" Ar come 90 l--forr me uu this tssaasiDu thAt ]
hardly kuoa which O. relate. icing aNar- thai
several SPEAKERS % ~ h-arl this evening aud
that ought D. - quit hri-f { will tl-raf or
g1onnne mys-lf mainly b. the relation ~ une 10
lfient 10 the early days ~ thu var The late
G-u u n Baxter. who vas INV chief " STAN .
REPORTED g. me the sulfstan,- 90 conversation
b. had with Lieut. Gen S'ltt n Washington
think t worth REPEATING THIS evening. a. -srntS
80 cl.ady proved the ,v'rrettn~ss Yf tn preir'.
fiuu then made hN the venerable ant houur'Vi
commander 10 the army u the lnited stats
ten ~,ott remarked O. G-u Baxter that th- boy
al people 10 The niuu heel not thiuk 70 strange
10 90 the eariy stages 90 the the South 81 Jul
-eefn a. gain the advantage At The start the
southern soldiers will H. more air'uspmed % thr
u-.4 81 firearms aud Co. ru-lty aud The sh-ddins
u blIpi than thos- of the North; a. rub theS
ALL H. i-tfar hur--ueu. ur NOR As7iistufnei tu
The saddle. their rank aud hl- will IT, habuuaivi
90 cttr--r aud poorer fare ami ruugher style Of
living than those ~ the North. The utarchfs aud
battle ~ the war Wil h. mostly on southern sol,
Boo climate o. uhiel southern soliirrs are a..
.aHHa IaIH HI d.. oft ~
uui-rgu an at,liruatiuE -Np--ri-ne. mote OF i-s,
d-liliiatinE and diz'YuraginE. thus hiudrriug
their rarll prpgrr~s ani sues 49, 90 arm. ani me
~putheru temperament t--iug more iWl--tuous Aii
rs~'El--s than The northern. that may az hr-i give
th- FORMER tr-rtain Advantage Rat aid Gen.
~'utt. y have long hs-n familiar with the ten
i-rain~nt aud charaot-ri-tie- 81 northern and
southern TROOPS Boo our old army. aud DO not
hesitate t'rSrt-iict th- ultimate su,'-s> u the
Union arms The more fati-ut rudurant-, thu
calm, r'-s'lut- aud determined rpurtg- under az
parent rrters- AMI fiflrulties which the north
eru troops will - sure 10 display and all height-
ened, withal a. th-y t-CluIe Injured Co thr mill
tary s-ryic- and experienced loo it. operations
Nill enable them ." conquer var aud pr-s-rs~ the
Union
HoW tnumphautly the truth of these early pro
phriic words " the ag--i commander was Illus
traled IN the foloviu events.
l. The virtury II Thomas over iiest at Nash.
vile. Tenn ~ rompi-t- A. utterly g. u'ui the
army VI Hood
3 sherman, march through G-orsia To- the
ga, eliminating 90 The surrender 10 ten Johns
s. Grant, sublime adsaur- through thu vii
d-ru-ss
& sh-riiau'- campaign in t- Shenandoah
Valley
Grant aud sheridan together through Rich
uiund Co AppomattuN aul the surrender % l.-s
and bis army and the rl,s-- u ih~ var
Ana % the cl0sl- - the var We is-het a Union
army 90 men Is ho hal t-clm- indeed --ar Wnru
veterans tough. hariy. iuurrt 20 var 90 every
pa~ aud DEPARTMENT thoroughly a7luaiutrd
Nth AL - OPERATIONS an army indeed, which
% u,'-i'-i wnuli nas" Outmairh--i any army Thea
u the world
The Grand Army of the Kapubls. was organ
I-d 90 commemorate Tor time the great struRgl-
% The var Tor uur rSt-tsue- a mon 81 stat'-~
aud a Nation. atth thr government u the -.
, plr. ~ The p-iplr aud Tor thu iruIi-, oct ~
i,h-yi from the -arth. bat firmly yindirate'i and
Established uI-sn the earth never i--fsr- And
% Us most fitting that this 9TH quarter century
anniversary II tins grand organization should h
duly hailed aud celebrated throughout the c0un-
ty. aud CRAFTY INK % think that u T. being cel-
I nrai'-i iy nearly 7pD representative posts CON
IsH-t-l 80 men ilu ri~k-yi life and endured untold
hariu'-S, 10 the ~--rNi'- ~ their country aud Wh'
[ appr-. lat. the aorth - ,nuulr, AMI the I-rI-tu
/ arou % The hi.-,sing, = ire government
From this time on there u a. a lively eco
mingling u grave aud gay, humorous and
pathetic. a. Col. Hooker called upon the
different SPEAKERS and they responded The
colonel made his usual f-licitous introduc-
/ tons. giving some sharp grind" upon
those speakers whom be introduced The
other speaker were Rev. +. j. Parry. Col
Fuller DR. Holton, Mrs. j. G. Howe for
mer department president Of the Relief
corps, Rev MIR Webb. James Fisk Hook
er Tor the sons IT Veterans, Geo A. Hines
who recited all original poem entitled
Vermont Col Estey uf the National
Guard, Rev r l. phalen Principal Nc
lArhhn, Col Taylor, Rev Mr. Rabbit
Rev +. " Sprague During the evening
f one or two songs were sung by A. Max
ham The services closed with the singing
Of America by the audience. with Mr.
Ma than a. leader