St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-11-27

IIlt tAulllDlt VI NilllE hlh l'lNg NNhlhr''
He scaled the walls ana burst Ike Il
cyclone upon the garrison Of TicOnderOga.
His shout TO the commander OF that Tor
tress who asked for his authority, that he
demanded the unconditional surrender,
"in the name Of the great Jehovah ana
the Continental Congress- was senll-
ment which carried many bloody fleld
in the seven years war, because the Con-
tinental soldier believed that his cause
had the sanction and approval OF the God
of Battles. The capture Of TicOnde1ogH
over year before the Declaration of liz
dependence by the Continental Congress
had an inspiring effect upon the colonies,
far beyond anything which has usually
been credited to this most important
event. II secured Il great store OF arms
and munitions of war, but il did more. II
demonstrated the quality OF the soldier
farmer not only for resistance III defence
of his home, but Tor invasion and assault
where the veteran might well have quail
ed. The Green Mountain Boys, once
aroused. swept over Lake Champlaln lnt(
Canada. A handful Of them came nehI
cnpturing Quebec. If they had beer
properly supported they would have scz
cd the Province. The crisis OF the lteyO-
lunionary War approached. The most
perfectly equipped and largest army OF
veteran soldiers ever before assemble
llpon the North American continent was
marching under Burgoyne to join TIM
forces Of Sir Henry Clinton on the llIld'
son. Had this union been effected the
rnllse of the colonies would have beer
lot. Washington could furnish no help
but these brave mOuntaineers knew now
to help themselves. They hung upon The
flank Of this army. they ambuscaded III
fulagilg parties, they cut off its source OF
supply. they harrassed il upon side ano
rear and retarded its advance unit
Schuyler and Gates and Arnold could pre-
pare at Saratoga for the decisive conflict.
They met nj Bennington the flower OF
Burgoyucs army, and won Il victory
which had the most important bearing
upon Burgoynes subsequent movements
and the success Of the American forces
The churches were the recruiting stations
ci the Continental Army. The Puritan
mIlDit preached resistance TO tyranny and
the Puritan minister followed his Hook to
The field II was Parson Allan Of Pitts
field who came up with II company OF
NJ lssachllsetts militia, and took old Gen
Cral Stark to task because the lighting dld
not begin at once. But Stark SAID to him,
AS soon as the Lord sends lis sunshine,
if | don't give you fighting enough III
never ask you to come out again While
the hail of bullets was pouring from the
farmers upon the lIessian mcrcenarles and
their Indian allies, and they were reply
iig in kind, parsOu Allen mounted a
stump, Bible in hand, and eXhorted the
Germans and the sayages IN his choicest
English TO surrender and lay down their
arms. A vOllcy was the response to his
appeal. Then this fighting parson, laying
down his Bible and taking up his musket,
proved himself the best shot i'll the regi-
mcnt and the foremost in the assault,
lighting. us he believed, against the enc
mics of the Lord.
II was the battle of Bennington which
furnished another of those phrases which
make up the vocabulary OF patriotism.
They live when all else is forgotten; they
recall for the instruction Of pOsterity the
acts of the fathers when the mass of his
tory had obscured them. In every school
house IN the land, for more than hun
died years, the American youth have felt
Il new impulse for freedom as they have
read the cry of old General Stark, rs he
led these farmer-soldiers to the assault,
Those Red Coats are ours to-day or Molly
Stark is IA widow
The early citizens of Vermont were
forced to fight for their lands and their
homes against the whole official power OF
the Colony of New York, for their lives
against marauding bands of savages and
for their liberties against the tylAnnical
operations of the British Government.
The young colony was university OF
liberty. It's sllldehtS were every man,
woman and child within its borders
Because of the position of New York and
New Hampshire at first, and OF the slave
holding states Tor lhe lear OF announcer Tree
state Ill the UNION alieIWaIus' NcIliol l'
stood Tor ~ years absolutely o'oou al'iuiiS
the EnSllsh settlements. 9ne Wot,u hol
JON Canada ana continue II Dlilisli Ioiohy,
and she was not permitted 10 enter ille
American Union; Dut III lhese tIylhS
times the people JuslIlieu lile lIle s ,N,cl,
them ny old Heneral 0lalh, WHO Salleti
them "the tllfpuleIl SONS vi IIecuoil'
They organized the RcpuDllc Oh liepIeeH
Mountains, ana III constitution anu laws law,
demonstrated that nara experience mac
advanced thelh l'rIiler IN INC .ilc iessoli Vi
liberty IMAM any ol me tniIsCcil co,oll'es.
Ihey llrst saw tne sill Oh AiIlGali siuNcl
ana recognized lliat ~ was oolii n'oi .l
ana political CRIME. lhey hIst p,'H iii,o
their constitution perpetual plonlp ,I
against IL, anu l's aI tllie "mG', ~, WIZ ti
was no sentiment III lne Wll9 WORM vi lie
subject when had any slhi'ul;1s OF power,
They eslaDllslleu universal sunluSc 9tnIa ,
before oliier sth'ts htu view
property Is not aquii'iic"''oii lo' S'''i'"SV'
IN irhn,,rh Vnrnout had cmtured Ticon-
1ornTo md Grown Point thourh she had
fonoIt n na unnn he lakes ihou.,h She
had Contributed n regiment TO thG Con
, H"" '' Armv vet hGI ISOLATION romnell-
od hn, to i,an; i1c whole Of her share of
tha oxnnmsrs Of the Revolutionary War
The IN ITnitnI Mes found itself unable TO
,''.,, ,hn T,n,;mentoI r,rrrncv which il
mnS nr r,t IN sunh enormous o,rntities
' W.. ,,i,s IF its Fate mis- currency was
r ~, '' '1 and IN" loss fril wholly mon
IL p hni'I'r, INT Tho vomnn Renuhli9 of The
H ~ Mn,,n u,i E9dIv faced IFS obi~n
lions Is and met Them in That true spirit of