The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-02
Senator Dillingham; Delivered
Memorial Day Address at
Armory Monday
CROWDS FILLED THE HALL

and Alive-BrOOks Post, G. A. r.
Company II and Other Organiza.
tiOns Observed the Anniversary.
| Montpelier did honor Monday to
her soldiers dead and living who par
ticipated in the Civil War of the six
ties. Despite light rainfall, Al vet
Grams, somewhat feebler than last
year, perhaps, but still vigorous,
marched throughout the principal
streets escorted by other organiza-
tions and flags flew gaily from many
buildings in tribute TO the boys in
blue. A detachment of police led by
Chef j. w .Durkee headed the pro-
cession. followed by Chief Marshal
George Felt and his aide, Raymond
| W. Payne, on horseback. The Mont
pelier Military Band followed next in
line, and Company H of the National
Guard with Capt. w. A. Pattee COM
manding. The small boys of the
High School drum corps and buglers
lied by Prof. F. J. Brownscombe,
Merrill Harris and Earl Glass were
followed by the veterans, George w.
Kidder bearing the flag, four of the
members of the post riding in car
riages. The carriage containing May
or Dawley, Senator w P. Dillingham;,
the speaker of the day, and Rev. w.
! j. O'Sulliyan. the chaplain, and the
carriage containing the Board of AL
dermen brought up the rear of the
procession to the Armory.
The Exercises.
At Armory hall, crowds filled the
balconies and floor space when the
program of the day was begun, Com
mander +. E. Joslyn of Brooks Post,
presiding. The drum corps played
several selections following which a
chorus of fourteen youngsters from
the public schools sang a patriotic
medley, Miss Eva Rundell at the pi-
ano. Rev. w. j. O'Sullivan offered
prayer and Richard Cutler delivered
I.incoln's Gettysburg Address in a
manner which won merited applause.
A selection by the band was followed
by the memorial exercises participat-
ed in by e. E. Joslyn, Hiram Pierce
and S. w. Benjamin of the Post,
baskets of flowers being placed on a
mound constructed at one side of the
platform. Sixteen young girls in
white decorated the grave and gave
a pretty march, Mrs. George Goss at
the piano, and Commander Joslyn in
troduced the speaker of the day
United States Senator William P.
lDillingham.
Senator DiIlingham's :ddress.
The speaker said IN part:
"The exercises here this morning
brought to my mind many recollec-
Itions tender in their character. | re-
alize that about fifty years have pass
ed since these men turned their faces
to the sun and came forward to pre-
serve the Union, and l am old enough
to retain vivid recollection of all
the circumstances of that enlistment
THAT service and that sacrifice en-
Idured, not only by the men at arms
but by their families. | know wha,
the great victory and the preservation
lof the nation cost the American peo-
lple. 1t is matter of information moi
to be obtained from schoolbooks OF
histories but was borne in upon the
hearts of those who lived in those
days. There are some great facts
some great lessons TO learn which the
young people who are to take oul
places must realize if liberty is to bt
preserved. They should know why
the war was fought and what it die
for our nation and the world.
eve cannot approach the question
without remembering that the Ameri
can colonies conception of libert,
grew out of the movement of tn,
English people to shake off absolu
tism and to establish government
for men and their protection, deriving
it's powers from those whom it gov
erned.
Look back 10 the awakening of tn
18th century when Great Britain at
, tempted to throw off the shackles o
depotism. Charles the First was tn
, personification of absolutism and tn
/ men who rose against him were me-
J who determined that individual righ
: must not be subordinated to arbitrar
decision. Look at the 18th centur
' and Cromwell, the restoration Q
James the Second, the Revolution @
1858 when the British people secure
their great charter. The movemen
] toward America was but part c
' this great movement. Men turne
I their eyes to the new country an
: came here to secure what the
e thought impossible under the oil
n form of government. The kernel {
$ liberty was the compact of the Pi
8 grims as they reached this shore, d.
> Gliding to form civic body politi
with laws for the public good, tn
y first written constitution embodyln
q 1.-THE kernel of liberty.
I "A century and half of self-go'
: tha povernment that has endure