Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-06-26

IN tho ,ruest ,otriotis-, /, STANDARD ba1 froa |
course and xos rlor,esd Coll.d into active
ovorciso nv the dancer which ,l,rootanoa tho |
life Of tina nation IL absorbed md anlorgsd |
fine man II mode him desniss danoer and |
disregard nvnosura labor md eufYer-
inc If roturnad hin, th,ico 20 tho |
GeId after ha had recsiv,1 wounds
which entitIsd him IN an Memoranda dia-
ch,rgo II ,rada him otto,+iyo 70 avorv
duty and ,vben tbe hour for action carna il |
made hin, Intense keen Of sight' nromnt 70
seize onrortupitios equal "a groot eneroen-
clos A bodv Of men as intelligent and MS
n,uch In eornost ne ,,ere +ha Vermont. vol.
unteers in tbe great war for tho Union
could not fail tn racogniza tbese oualities.
md bioher nroise couid horJ,v ha f,iver to
him ms n soldier tbon to stata the foct that
il at any time in tho last two vears OF tbe
war the Vermont soldiers had been asked 30
select ono man to be tho representative
Vermont volrnteor thew would with com
,non conee,t hava noned f,aorra T Stan
uard In fact This 5isti,ctio, wa bastowed
upou him when. in 1854 the oficors of all
the Vermont ORGANIZATIONS assembled at
MONTPELIER. at the cnll OF Col. Proctor. TO
greet and honor hiro-an honor accorded to
no other Vermont soldier Vet his fap,e Is
not confined within the boundaries of our
little State. The records of this war
Of the rebellion have not been md
cannot be written without pron1inent
nlentlou OF hin, and among the brilliant unres
OF our country's history that will not Anime
with the least iustre which tells how Stan
nard with the Vermonters. seized areat
opportunity and struck what friend and foe
acknowledge to have been the decisive blow
in the crisis Of the great pivotal battle of
the war. Tho words of Con. An
drew Cowan, who with his battery did
such DISTINGUISHED service in the repulss of
Pickett's charge at Gettysburg. written up-
OH the occasion OF the dedication of tho
Vermont monument on TINT field have
so far as | know, not been disputed. IL
Witnessed said he 1.-THE valor of Stannard
and his men on Cemetery Ridge. You have
raised no monument high enough and no
eulogy will be eloquent enough to do Justice
to that splendid achievement of tue Vermont
soldiers at Gettysburg.
Gen Staunard did well his part that dny
and every day of his service as a soldier
His men did well their mart The State of
Vermont has we'll done its part in doing them
honor, The SCULPTOR. Mr.. Gerhardt has we'll
performed his part. But. in this gathering
composed so largely of citizens of Bur
lington. may not be allowed to asl; il the
part toward perpetuatiug the names and
memories of the martyrs of the late war for
the Union Our CITY holds tho dust of two
brave patriots and successful sodiers-tho
hero Of Ticonderoga and n hero Of Ciettvs-
burg The State has placed over their
! graves monuments which will stand THROUGH
the centuries to teach coming genera
lions lessons of patriotism. Individ-
ual citizens of BURLINGTON have had
not a little to do with the erection of
| these: but what has BURLINGTON as a city or
u community done The town Of Burlington
sent over seven hundred good men and true
to fight for tho fay. We decorate ON
Memorial day the graves of over a hundred
! Of them. But many Others of the number
were not buried here. They Law down to
their last rest in the red soil of VIRGINIA.
which took a deeper tint from their blood.
or on the banks Of the turbid Mississipni.
or in burrows dug with their own hands IN
the South .rn prison pens. Some met death
ON the picket post. -jne in the battle line
some in tho Wild rus, of the cavalry charge.
some welded up patriot souls in ho.pitnls.
/ They were patriots. Tney scaled with
their lives the full measure OF duty to
country and the cause of national freedom
and unity. Without tLem and their fellows
Of the rank and file. how uonv generals
would figure in the pages Of history or stand
in bronze and marble. What ms orr CITY
done for their memories Tho Irniveratv
OF Vermont has 1llc.d on a tablet IN il
chapel the names o. lis sons who fell in the
war. But where stand the names Of Besbe
and Barrau. and Sweet. and Spauidin-
and Pope. and the other Bur.iagtou bows
who gave their young lives that the nation
'nlsI' I'VE know ina; one reason why
silence Is 'ne oH'y answer 10 inns question
Is tHAt our cly mas not been VIII
ny 10 10 any sInA" '"'hS IN lhe
way OF soII'e' $ monument we have
"a'''d IN or"er 10 DO more but nave we
nov "A''ed Ions enough 9i"I we not nave
either soliIrrN monument ia youd3r cree,
o"e'.sh Oh inc battery, or IL memorial hhiI
IN the centre OF the city, Wrlch Shall testify
lHe h'""Vu"o ol ou' peop'e 20 TIE nation $
u''tAuers' anu h"Id up their nam'' 10
UhdyinS hohor Il IL Is ever to be done,
"ou'd IL not be wei to do 1t before the
last l. mon oiunjeer Is gather ed to his com
rades anu his iHthers: say SO much as thus,
because ueI!7Ve that II th2se bronze lips
coud SpeAN lhey "odIi lntorce TINS IN
junction. In 50 hohorIns tue martyrs OF