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PRA1sE.-During the late tour of Col. JOHN
SON through Vermont, be was received with en-
thusiasm wherever he appeared At Montpelier
he met the people in the Assembly room, and
Governor Mattocks (whig) welcomed him in the
following brief address:


Col. JOHNSON: Sir-In behalf of the Legisla-
ture of Vermont, and in the of the entire po-
pulaton of this honest little State, bid you wei
come 10 this their capitol.


Sir, you Statesman and Soldier. AT the
Thames you led charge with dashing gallant
ry, that has never, never been surpassed. You
have fought and bled-ay, bled-in freedoms
cause. You are brave and generous TO proVerb.
Can there be any higher praise ? There can: you
vndcated the honor Of your fellow citizen and
your General when some who knew him not es-
saYed TO tarnish the military fame of that hero,
now alas no more.


Magnanirnous man! again say, welcome, thrice
welcome, here amid the descendants of the Green
Mountain Boys.


Please to pardon, sir the conciseness of this ad-
dress for am an old man of few words, but sin
