Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-01-29

country to the seat of an independent ma
ton on earth.
fe spirits of the departed cast ray of
consolation by the laundering voice of your
nation, over that down-trodden land whose
elect chlel, wandering exile, for having
/ dared to initiate the inspiration Of your
manly hearts, lays the trembling hopes OF
an oppressed continent before the generous
heart of your people--now not only an in
dependent nation, but also a mighty, glori-
oGs power on earth
Alas what difference in the success Of
two like deeds Have not done what We
did ! Yes, | have Was the cause for
which did il not alike sacred and Just as
yours II was. Or have we not fought to
sustain it with equal resolution as your
brethren did Bold though it be to claim
glory such as America has, am bold TO
claim 1t, and say, yes, we did. And vet
what difference IN the result And where
this dliierencel Only out OF that single
Circumstance, that wh,le you 10 your strug-
gle met with assistance, we 10 ours met not
even " fair play" because when we fought
there was nobody on earth to maintain the
laws OF uaturc's God.
America was silent, aud England did not
stir; and while you we're assisted by a
French hiRg, we were iorsaken 10y the
French RtpUbHc-itself now trodden down
because it has lorsakeu US
Well, we are not broken yet There is
hope for as, because there is God ia
Heaven and ana America on earth Ap-
pause May bc that oar nameess woes
were necessary, that the glorious destiny OF
America be tuihlled--that after 1t was an
asylum for the oppressed 1t become, by re-
generating Eurape, tie pillar of manhood's
liberty.
Oh, 1t Is not mere capricious change of
fate, that the eXled Governor of that land
whose name, four years ago, was scarcely
known on Your glorious shores, aud which
now (0h, let ne have the blessings of tu,
intn , i- near tie generous heart ol Amer
IcI--u Us not mere cuauce thlt iluugary's
eNi..d chief thanks the Senators OF MARY
Iaud iur the h-h honor Of public welcome
in That very He'll where the iirsi Continent
al Congress met, where your great Repub-
he's glorious Constitution was framed,
where Tie treaty # acknowledged indcpen-
deuce was ratified, aud here YOU, Senators,
guard, wlth steady hand, ine sovereign
State rights OF your own State united to
thirty others, not to make yon less free, but
to make you more mighty, to make YOU
power on earth.
believe there is the hand of God ia his
tory. You assigned place IN tins hall oil
freedom to the memory Of Chatham, for
having been Just to America 10y opposing
the Stamp Act, winch awoke your nation
TO resistance.
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