Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1840-09-14
VOL. s3, NO. s2-wHoLE NO. 17Ge.
A VOICE OF 'z6


Tho Newburg Gazette brings us the following
eloquent letter from one Of the last Of the LIFE
w hhDo OF GENERAL WASHINGTON
Let the ireemen of America heed the honest war
hing OF thls venerable patriot. Let all who are
able to enlist tor the war adopt the advice OF this
aged veteran and enroll themselves as the Lite
Guards of the Country.
To the descendants of Revolutionary soldiers
An old soldier of the Continental Army asks
for the last time to speak TO his countrymen Du-
ring the suffering service Of the Revolution was
in sixteen engagements, and wns one OF the little
band who volunteered under Sullivan to destroy
the Six Nations OF Indians / was one of that
small company selected as the Life Gudrd Of
George Washington two Of US now living.
was at the tough siege of Yorktown, ut Valley
Forge, Monmouth, and in thirteen other hard but
ties, and saw CORVALLIS surrender to our old
General. My service ceased only witt the war.
After all this hardship and suffering, in the street
when go out in my old age to see the happiness
have helped TO give you, am pointed at as a
British Iory-yes, British Tory--I have said
nothing when have been told so, but have silent
| ly thought that my old General would never have
picked out Tory to form one of his Lite Guard,
nor would Tory have suffered what have suf.
! tered for YOU This abuse has been shamefully
heaped upon one of your old soldiers because no
is what he was when the war broke out and what
Washington told us must always be when he
shook hands with us as we all were going home.
| was a Wing in the Revolution, have been one
over since and am one now. AS a Wing enlist
ed for the lctote iodr was in favor with the other
Wings of Thomas jefferson, went with the party
for James Madison, was in favor of the last war,
and 10 I've consistent in my last vote, must give il
for Gen. Harrison. He is brave man, and was
never known, wherever he has been, to take
penny from bis neghbor or the Government that
was not fairly his We have trod over the same
ground fighting for liberty. His father The was
one of us in the Revouon) signed our lndepen-
dence roll, and then we all went out together TO
fight for it, and we proved it was true.
1t really appears me tina; this cannot be the
same government that our old soldiers helped
|, Washington to put up here. We fought to have
a government as different from any in Europe
. we could make it. We'll, we done it, aud until
, lately things have all gone on smoothly, and Eu'
rope was beginning to get ashamed of the way she
made slaves of her subjects by making them work
and toll for seven poor cents day with aStandng
: Army over them to force them to it. But our
n President now tells the people that things have
i gone wrong since the Old War that there are
s twenty three miserable governments lin Europe
e where the Kings wear crowns, the rich purple,
Is and the poor people rags, that we must fashion
Al after them we want to be happy and prosperous
: We had English. Jaws here once and they were
1t the best in Europe, but we couldn't stand them
and we put them under our feet. We used to
e work for mere nothing then, ard we cannot do it
, again. Working for few cents day may do
e for slaves but not tor reemen whose liberty cost
d the very first thing that started the Old WINS
e the Standing Army that the King kept quarterred
sr on us: we told him that we wanted no soldiers
: over us in time of peace, but he refused TO mind
re us. and saw Lord CornwaiS, surrender np
r part of them to honest George Washington. Our
Is President now proposes to have standing force
what for ?-Beware.
n jefferson never asked for armed men TO re-elec
er him or elevate his successor. Madison asked for
I'd ,nor, only In the time of the late war; and warned
A. the people when he left his Office to be careful
ne about keeping soldiers in time of peace. Ou
he streets are filled with idle men who were active
to iaborers once when employment was TO be had
s. The men of enterprise who once employed then
y, have been ruined by the government. And now
these honest but unemployed aborers are told by
al the government that when they go 10 work agaiI
be they must do il for few cents day-that Labor
re must be as cheap here as it is among the slave
IN of Cuba or the slaves of Europe Ambition AM
" ignorance on the part of our Government have
shut up our shops and stores, scuttled our ships
oil filed our streets with idleness and bankruptcy
NJ and given no encouragement 10 the farmer as b
lie looks at his grain. Are not these thnps so YO'
III, know they are, and have no motive in sayin;
IS what may be false-l am too far advanced for OF
fee or any thing else but death.-it will soon b
IA here My little pension, and thank you for il
OF will soon stop, and go home with the rest OF tn
m Life Guards. There is bur one remedy only 10
So the safety of the country have served. Put 9th
err men to stand at the tiller and rouAd the cable:
'ty and you will soon be back ON the old constitutions
on track. Gen. Harrison is honest he never deceiv
ce, ed YOU and he lost battle, and the People
OF wont let him loose this Accept my advice anC
est you win all have my bessing-my advice is tha
sh all of you become the Life Guards OF the coun
he try and my blessing is that your old pge ina
lg have less fears for liberty than mine.
~. BENJAMIN EATON.
all One of the two surviving Life Guards of Georg
md Washington.
.NsOburgh, NJ y Aug. %, lS4Q