Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-06-02

the most helpful lesson in our coun-
try's history. For half century
these results have held the center Of
public attention, and for centuries to
come they will command the attention
of mankind
Judge Fish said that it was quite
possible for us to set the nations of the
world a correct example of national
morality. and added "And we could
if we would think, see that such
morality is observed by the other ma
tons of the world.D He urged that
we be unafraid in spite of the popular
cry that we are wholly unprepared to
rcpcl any invasion. "They tell us, -
he said, "that there should be spirit
ual az we'll as a physical preparedness
and that we are lacking in both.
admit that we lack large standing ar
my and commanding navy and that ouI
fortifctions are not the best in the
world, but | deny that we are lacking
in any sense in what is termed spiritual
preparedness. Let any nation attempt
to land on our shores, nay let any ma
ton put to sea with her soldiers, des
tined for our country's invasion, anC
there would be such an awakening
from Canada to the Gulf as woulC
startlc all the world"
While Judge FISH was speak ng the
,, rainfall became so heavy that it was
, necessary to adjourn to the Congrega
tional church, where the remainder OF
the program was carried out.
Address by Mr.. Howe.
Hon. Frank Z. Howe Of Bennington
former lieutenant governor, followed
Judge Fish, utter band selection
owe are accustomed to think of thu
Civil war as having begun in 1861,
asserted Mr. Howe, "but as matter
of historical fact, it was only tle cri
| sis that came then. For more THAI
one hundred years, the fires had beer
kindcd that finally burned the bio
of human slavery from the palladium
of our liberties.
"Like all great human achieve
ments, it was not the production of {
day or a year, but was the slow growtl
Of generations coming up from founda
tions so obscure that tlcT may not nov
be traced. We know the story of tn,
war, the final act of. the great tragedy
but, as the years have rolled on, man,
have forgotten and perhaps some hav,
never learned that the final abolition
of slavery in this country was the re
suit of hundred years of agitation
and controversy that finally reache,
its crisis in the Civil war;
Turning from the general issue t.
the state of Vermont. Mr.. Howe said
81 want to say and l know you veter
ans will agree with me, that owing t.
the distractions of the war, the coun
try has never properly honored tn
fathers who begat and the mothers VIII
conceived the race of young men, VIII
composed tle mighty northern host
In our eagerness to honor the soldiers
we have too often forgotten the gene
ration that produced the soldiers, an,
to that generation is due no little shar
of the glory of the great achieve
ment.'
"YOu have erected and we are her
to dedicate and consecrate memoria
to the Newfane soldiers of the Civi
war. 1t is meet and right and on
bounden duty to honor duty and self
sacrifice. But this monument as
, memorial tells more than story o
| military service and martial glory.
| "The soldiers who 20 to war iron
J community are the outward and Wis
IDLE sign of the accumulated patriot
. ism of that community. Mere mel