The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-10-17

NermOnt's very envable fame as the mother
of men eminent in national affairs began with
the first brace of Senat that was born of her
union with the young republic. Moses Robin
son was the fl st Chief Jus ice of the State,
had been its Governor, and as Senator was the
friend of jefferson and Madison
Stephen X. rradley, the colleague of Robin
son, was five times elected president pro tenn
of the Senate, the third office in the govern
ment was the close adviser of jefferson and
Madison, and during the period of his sena-
tOrship, extending down to 1873, was regarded
as the ablest and most potent Democrat in New
Eng and. lie was an intimate associate OF
Ethan Allen, wgs one of the foremost states
men during Vermonts unique existence an
independent republic and in guiding its des-
times filled brilliant career. lie was a man
of brains, first among a long and distinguished
ist of names in that heroic period when brains
and courage made the man
There WAS Tichenor, another of the Fathers
of the State, elected to succeed Moses Robin
son on the cath of the latter, but resigming
the senatorship to accept the Office of Govern
| or, to which he had also been elected in a
stress of political circumstances following on
! the retirement OF Governor Chtenden from
his long tenure of the Office After serving
| eleven years as Governor Tchenor was again
elected a Senator and after public service
filling thirty eight years out of for y-four, re-
| tired to private life il 1921 1t was a clear
head and strong will that Tichenor carried
on his shoulders.
Nathaniel Chapman was another of the Sena-
tors who early gave Vermont high standing
and controlling influence among the eminent
statesmen schooled in the fruitful period of
the Revolution, period prolific in men of the
first rank. lie one of the most noted
| jurists and statesmen of his time, and besides
being a Senator of the United States from
Vermont was a Federal judge and judge of
the Supreme Court of the State for many
years.
Elijah Paine, Senator at the close of the
last century. succeeding Bradley in his first
tenure of the office, State judge and United
States Judge for forty years, had a bushel Of
brains, ana posses ed character typical OF the
Nermonter in its rugged aspects and the wide
range of his accomplishments His long pub
lie career wa one Of strength and honor
! throughout, and his marlIable combination
OF abilities wrung success from all his under
| takings, which pertained to industrial anb 9TH
er enterprises as well as the law and DO itics
He was on terms f personal friendship with
Washington, interested in many movements for
the INTEL, ctual and moral betterment of his
times. and in close relation with the best minds
of his day Intellectually he was one of the
most versatile men Vermont has onlained
| Dudley Chase. twice a Senator OF the Unit
! ed States, and for four years Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of the State, is not too well
| known by the men of this generation. That
brains was this mans title to public prefer
ment, aside from the high honors his state
| conferred upon hi n, may be Judged from the
circumstance that Salmon u. Chase the great
Republican statesman and Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court of the United States, was of
this family, the Senator's nephew, and the
nephews illustriOus career was directly attrb
utable to advi e in his youth administered by
his Senator relative.