Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-06-16
Hon. Henry Wilson's Remarks at
the Hale Dinner.
The sixth toast was as follows:
The Fuf,lre Of The Free DemocracY.-


We grasp the weapons he has given,
The Light and Truth and Love Of Heaven.
Music" tail to the Chef."]
The President then remarked:
Ladies and Gentlemen In the year 1910,
when 1t was hoped that there was beginning to
be "a North" there was heard the testimony of
one, whose voice since has never been silenced,
and whose name since has never been obscure
His old political afinitIes, like those Of many
others of US, sickened in the plague of Texas
and died of the fatal dslemper of
the war forthe extension of Slavery. But they
lett vigorous constitution behind, to do good
service in the cause of Freedom. Cheers. Let
me ask your attention, ladies and gentlemen, to
HENRY WILSON, of Natick.
Mr.. Wilson, in making his appearance, was
received with the most enthusiastic APPLAUSE
He spoke as follows:
SPEECH OF HON. HENRY WILSON,
Mr.. President, Ladies' and Gentlemen To
day we are here to pay the tribute of grateful
hearts to the chosen leader of that Democracy
which embraces 10 its affections the whole coun-
try, including the North Applause and, merri
meni] and the people Of every race and condi
ton. We are here to bestow no unmeanlng
complllnents-no empty honors. Men who fully
accept the sublime creed which teaches US that
the iowiest bondsman that treads the soil of the
Republic is man, brother whom God made,
and for whom Christ died, are not man-worship
pers. When Louis Kossuth, the exlled Hunga-
rlan leader, was welcomed to the heart OF the
Commonwealth by the enthusiastic greetings of
people whose hearts ever beat responsive to
the tones OF Liberty in the Cd World or in the
New, one manly voice, rising above the cheers
Of the mighty throng. shouted IN his ears the
Words " We ,corship not The man zoe tcorshtp
The Principle !" To day we repe the sentI-
ment IN the ear of cur trusted leader: +" We
porship not the man; zoe tOorship Inc Princi
ps!"
Yes, sir, "we worship the principle" and we
love and honor the "msn" because he has been
true to the principle" The umperlshnble re-
cords of the republic bear witness TO his fidelity
to the cause our hearts love and our Judgments
approve the cause of the equal rights Of all
men OF every cline aud race. The American
sailor, who carries the flag of the republic on
every sea and in every cline. will not forget as
h. proudly walks the deck Of his gallant ship,
the man whose tireless efforts have saved him
from the torture and degradation OF stripes. The
lowly bond inan-the victim Of that "lnfernal
traffic" 10 use the expressive language Of john
Raudo phi, "whose trophies are the handcuf,
IN nHcie, and the blood-slalned cowhde," will
remember the man who plead his cause in the
unwilling ear of his master The patriot who
would make his country free, grea, GLORIOUS
an example for the natlons-- who believes with
Sheridan, that tout of oppression is squeezed
retrlbui N that " Whenever the heel of Up
preston is raised, trodden misery springs up
and glares around for vengence!" will deplore
the retirement from the Senate OF a statement
who comprehends the idea, genus, and spirit Of
on, Democratic institutions. Applause.
Lord Durham. statesman IN whose prema-
lure grave was buried so many of the hopes OF
the r. formers Of England, IN reply to the bitter
,aunt Of a stateman whose early manhood was
conseurated to reform, but who has lived to illus
irale The truth OF he phrase of our own Emer-
son. that the Conservative is Democrat gone
to seed, uttered the noble sentiment that He
regretted every hour that passed over the ex
lsence of recognized and unrefnrmed abuses"
The records of the republic will bear to the
future the evidence, that the man we this day
honor has acted up to this sentiment which the
Retormrs of England engraved upon their ban
ners. Cheers
Men, Mr. President, in our time and in our
land. as in other times aud in other lands, have
too little faith in principles, unless those prin-
clples lead to immediate success In view of
this tendency, to test principles By the immed-
ate success or failure Of events. Wilkes said.
that Revolution ,Oas written on the front of an
advancing enemy Rebellion on the back of d
flying toe" Wise men know that principles
outweigh success that principles will ultimate
ly command The one hundred and
sixty Thousand Free Democrats, who give their
/ votes last autumn for our honored guess, know
that "freedom's battle" though "baffied oft,
is sure Of achievement. That future which
t shall witness the realization of their ideas, will
concede what interest, passion and prejudice
now deny, that they were actuated by lofty mo-
tives and guided by iar-reachng sagacity in
their efforts to preserve the Constitution, the
Union, and Democratic principles France
has been botted from the list of republics
Two hundred thousand only of eight millions
OF men voted against the usnl patton of Louis
, Napoleon. Democracy all over the world rec
ognizes those men the sturdy Democrats Of
France, worthy counrymen of the incorrupti
, BILE LA Fayette and the inAexlble Carno, who
, half a century ngo resisted the Establishments
Of the first Napoleon. The future will consgn
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thu equal rights of all men, to what the brilliant
Irish orator, Henry Grattan, ca led "Oppression's
natural scourge, The moral indignation Of history
Applause
The old Roman patriot closed his speechos
with the declaration, that Carthage must be
i, destroyed" The world was not large enough
for Rome and Carthage TO exist together! The
, American patriot should proclaim 1t, at the ris.
lng OF the sun aud at the going down of the sun,
and IN the broad light OF mon, that slavery must
be destroyed and freedom established! The
boundaries Of the republic may be extended. the
banner OF the Union may wave over the North
, American continent, but there is not room suffi
, cen' for freedom and slavery to dwell together
on the North American continent. Under the
constitution and within the Union, whose bless
ings our own distinguished Senator has so eo-
qnenIly portrayed. the Free Democracy mean
ITO fight on and fight ever" until they have made
a public sentiment which shall obiterate slavery
and lis power and influences every where within
the jurisdiction of the nationa government "a
public sentiment which shall sustain the ga a n,
son of Kentucky land other noble suns of the
South, who will rise up inspired by his example
In their Efforts to blot out the crime and stain OIL
slavery! The Free Democracy mean to labor
tor freedom, until, In the words OF our owr
Whittier:
Its blessings fall,
Common MS dew and sunshine, over all
Appause,]
Organization, action, vigilance iu the conflicts
Of The future, will insure victory for our sublime
principles Bright, brilau, prospects are loom
log UP on the horizon ot The future Orr sent
mrnts are spreading with wonderful rapidly
The onward march of events has broken the
combinations If interest and ambition which has
pressed upon the heat of he country, casting
the gloom OF sadness over the future The Fu
gl'ive Slave Law dynasty, with union on III
lips and p.undcr IN it's heart, has passed away
F with the stain of corruption on it's memory! All
men now see the waning power of the self ap
pointed Union savior. Great men, pillars of The
slave power, upon whose strong arms it leaned
for support" have passed away. Gaming said