The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-06-21

'"o'' - W COMMEMORATE n great char
acter In our country's history.
Judge Wendell Phillips Stafford
who Tor some years adorned the'bench
OF the Vermont Supreme court but
now one OF the judges OF the district
court OF Washington. ID. c.. has writ
ten OF Garrison the following lines:
Tie called to every passing hour to
stay.
Lend him strong hands and break
the tyrants rods,
The needless hours went by but far
away.
The slumbering Years awoke, Ike
ayengirib Gods"
DIR Jennings address was as fol.
lows:
MY Friends:-We are gathered 10.
day 10 honor the memory of one who
was In his later days the honored OF
the best men OF two nations and dur.
ing nifty years OF his stormy life, one
OF the potent factors In the evolution
OF American freedom.
Bennington donors herself IN erect.
ing To this man this creditable marker
aud may take Just pride In the thought
that the clearness Of her mountain air
the beauty OF Der natural scenery and
the freedom IN thought and expression
which has ever characterized her yeo
manry. afforded n natural resting place
Tor the incubation OF those Thoughts
ana purposes which have made the
name great
II was but a brief six months that he
maintained his abode amongst us
Ihey were six pregnant months. They
brought him into contact with strong
men. They were at a time when
great thoughts we're seething I'm The
body polite. There was crying need
lor a fearless leader. The heirs OF the
lnhdelity OF the French Revolution
we're a power yet The inheritance
OF the mistaken policy OF the fathers
called FOR some one 10 storm the tide
Without fear aud without favor. and
William Lloyd Garrison was the man
0t the hour. Though n stripllng IN
Size and years. the work he aid here
precursor Of the work be was 10 do
later was the effort OF a giant lust com
INK 10 a sense OF his power. IL was n
Norh which made the stalwart men OF
THIS state at M and take notice. and
10 commanded itself 90 other states
that the list Of HIS exchanges demand
ed by other editors. who saw the worth
OF his paper. grow 40 that his succeas
OF was compelled To announce. after
his SIX months abode amongst us was
ended. that he should be Obliged 10 cut
u down. since II was too much of n
drain on the papers resources. Start
Ing a IfHnfIN Ia
scriber. less than six months were suf
hcient TO command a hearing at the
ccnterH OF the nation.
But you viii doubtless be eager 10
hear something ofthe history OF this
man and OF the antecedents which con
meet him with Bennington. for II Is no,
my purpose 10 detail that entire life
Tor you but rather 10 40 link him IA
your thoughts with the history OF our
town a. 60 warrant the pride you NAV
take today IN his name
You are aware Of the incidents.
which perhaps connect bennington
With the opening Of the valley OF the
81 John In New Brunswick TO the res.
idencc Of the Royalista aud other An
aud about Boston. Who found the Al
moaphcrc a little close for them dur.
lng the quarter century preceding the
Revolutionary war. although this was
several years before such n place az
bennington was known. Among the
"migrants who sought this land Of Nv.
anEeline were the ancestors on the
mothers side OF our hero. perhaps on
the fathers side too. though OF this We
cannot be certain. AZ the same time
that the small colony from HardwIck
and Amherst we're making their way
To this wilderness. these emlgrante
we're seeking home In Acadla. That
they were sturdy people. capable OF ins
dependent action and thought Is man.
Hest, Tor We find the name OF Daniel /
Palmer attached 90 n Declaration OF |
Independence which ante dates our
own by three weeks aud has all the |
ring of a true self respect la II. though |
In the heart Of the Kings country and |
surrounded by his arms aud forts
This seems 10 have been the popular
movement There were some. how
ever. a very few who thought different
" aud among the three or four names |
We may include that Of Joseph Garrlr |
on. William LhydE grandfather. who
thus shows he strain Of Independence.
IN taking the unpopular side. which |
marked his grandson. Joseph Carrlg. /
ON found. however. that he could agree |
With the daughter OF Daniel Palmer.
II he could not with her father IA this |
matter. one Of their sons. a ahlpmaa.
ter. later finds n wife on Deer Islud |
~ PaNHamaquoddy Hay. Fannie Lloyd. |
by whose family name her illustrlous |
son was always known among his |
early associates aud with her sails back |
TO Massachusetts 10 the town OF New. |
buryport. where Just a few days be-. |
Tore our fathers dedicated yon meeting |
house on the 10th day OF December.
1898. their son William was born. |
Some things we know he Inherited
from those parents. From his mother |
hiEh moral sense. a religious even /
puritan conscience aud sturdy lnde. |
pcndcnce. and from his father n liter.
airy taste and glft which determined
his final choice Of occupation and by
the law OF oppoaltcs n fun ficdged an.
tagonism 90 the use Of ardent spirits.
10 which his father, Ike many saIlora
was n victim.
Early In life he was left 10 struggle
Tor bis subsistence aud the aid of his
mother. by his own resources. lie
had very little OF the thing known IN
those days No schooling" under
The tender or hard mercles OF even n
district school. What he knew he
learned from his mother and his own
eAertions. lie was early apprentIccd
10 me hhoemaker's. before he even
could hold q lapstone. trade but his
healh would not stand H. Then he
Iried the carpenters trade but this too
vas not his appointed mission. Proyl.
ience. howeyer.at the tender age of
thirteen found him a place In a print.