Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-05-25
VOLUME XII. NO. %.

'a'eS' ana 70 thought for what tho cona;o.
wagedt Will not that mute mo,,;t,. 80 ""'
MIN In language, which, though voicclass will,
penetrate his inmost soul, and cause tba fauon
Angels OF mammon and party spirit, which bavo
'"heh possession there, to start up and vanish
dld Satan when touched by the spear of thin.
fiel : Will it not be perpetual teacher, to apv
one who sees it or reads Of it, Of the doctrine.
OF the revolution' Will it not lead him To in.
quro whether he is upholding the prime pies Of
the fathers or living them down! Whether he
Is true to the genius of his country institutions
and Is carrying out the doctrines upon which
they were founded by ourrcvolutionarv sires or
Is only mocking them with hollow eulogy while
he Is practically trampling them under his feet1
Sir, there is nothing so much needed at this
time, as for the people to be brought to the con.
slderation of the doctrines of the olden time.
For one love to go back to the fountain heads
of political truth and learn thera the lessons of
political wisdom. love to read the Declsra.
tion of Independence, and feel not ashamed to
own that its teachings are sacred and everlasting
truths, upon which rest the elevation. dignity
and glory of the race, instead of being the ex
travagancies Of fanaticism, or the lourishes Of
too vivid rhetoric. I love to attend an old
fashioned celebration of the fourth of july
Independence day and to see the banners
Tying, and hear the cannons roaring, and to
witness the procession, and to listen to the an.
them and oration. The people never attend
one OF these commemorative occasions, but they
get imbued with theold sprit-their veneration
for the old doctrines revives. and they return to
their homes more, much more, like the men who
fonght at Bunker Hill and Bennington, than
when they left. This monument will be sort
of perpetual celebration of the Battle of Ben.
nlngton and perpetual memento of the spirit
and principles of those who fought it. would,
sir, there was monument on every battlefield
OF the Revolution, and on every spot made "a
cred by struggle or martyrdom for the liber.
ties of the country. | say on erey battlefield,
whether victory or defeat was the result of the
conaict-nay, | would sooner sec them erected
where the heroes of freedom, struggling against
the giant power that was attempting to crush
them, suffered reverse and yet struggled on,
than on those spots where victory smiled upon
their banner; for those monuments would teach
the people, if ever the day of trial and struggle
for their liberties should come again, to rise
victorious over defeat, and to fight on, unterri.
fed and unsubdued, as did their unconqucrable
sires. Let have monuments throughout the
length and breadth of the land, and let them be-,
not only to us and to our children, but to those
of the Old World, who are now lighting up the
fires of freedom caught from our altars--" pill
grim shrines the very Meccas of Freedom
And the sacred ground of Bennington. when
this monument is erected, shall be one of the
holiest spots trod by the devotees o. impartial
and all-embracing liberty. While monumental
structures consacrate our storied fields, and
while we celebrate the birthday of our coun-
try's Independence, no domestic or foreign tyrant
shall ever enslaye us or our postcrity-the usur-
per could never wear his diadem beyond the
setting of the next fourth of July's sun, and
the armies Of the invader could never penetrate
beyond the precinct of one battle monument"
Mr.. Speaker, rs I travel back in my imasina-
tion to the 10th Of August, l777, see the
strong detachment from Burgoynes army ad-
vancing to take from our rebel fathers the stores
they had collected at Bennington, to use in de-
Tending their country and ts liberties. That
detachment came well supplied with arms and
mmunition-officered by veterans who had been
bred to war, and who were accustomed to the
shock of contending armies-its rank and file
were disciplined and were familiar with fields of
blood-they belonged to conquering army un-
der renowned CO nmander and they marched
to meet Il foe whom they expected easily to over
come. On the other side, to meet this invading
force, stood our hardy mountaineers, gathered
from among the wilds of Vermont and New
Hampshire, who had come together clad in their
homely habiliments and with such arms as they
could snatch for the occ.sion-few of them
knew anything of the discipline of the soldier,
and but few of them had ever looked upon the
strife and carnage of the battle fed-the enemy
was before them, their viv.s, their children and
their homes were behind-their soil was profaned
by the step of the invader and they had come to.
gether to L" do or die" for their country and
their fre-sides-at the head of this undisciplin-
ed, yet unterrifed phalanx, sat their heroic lea
der-he gazed upon the approaching foe with
unblenching eye and unfaltering heart, and as
he beheld the extent of the peril and felt the
dread responsibility of the hour, his gallant soul
rose above the thought of flight or defeat, and
turning to the self-relying ranks behind him, he
uttered those memorable words which have
given his name to immortality" Soldiers, there is
the enen,y-they must be beaten before the sun
sets, or Molly Stark sleeps pido,o this night"
And they ,cere beaten And now on the field
Of that triumph let the monument arise, and
when we visit it and gaze upon the solemn and
silent teacher, let it enkindly wit in US a new
attachment to our country, and inspire US with
a nobler devotion to its principles and its mis-
sion.
REMEDY FOR THE BITE OF A MAD Doe.-A
Saxon forester named Gastell, now Of the vener-
, able age Of eighty-two, unwilling to take to the