The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-09-10
Local Intelligence.


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5,h ResHsent q Ye-moni fegralg raised Ia
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wa provided - Nfs. Aaderaon. vho sraeeially
dispensed aaGcf. eAhs. Sc 70 tbs xelua,eess and
tls assouhiel guests. As seen as Capt uailsy
hsd E.eaea hs ,aen into liae. ihe Band pilyea
40 .usrltitipg sir, and Nr John Ross Dis having
hrcn invited 10 make speech. b. vas iairoducea
~ Capt. Dudley, and spoke somewhat 70 tie ial-
loving effect
Gsaiemea q ths Egpiaos Qsa8ss--l cane
here without ,he most remote iutcni'oa q saying
anything 30, battery q bright eyes Was
troarh, Is bear upon nc. spl such was tle &c
araotiye character u their fre thai bad TO sur.
render ai discretion au5--heie am Ms VEGA
ton Is That ortl.e Peu--yeurs ,l.t ofthe sword
both are dangerous wcapousi CIR finished l. some
iitass as Fatal As tlae3ebed Therefore IN GER
tain sense We agc broiher soldiers You are now
going to fight IN new holy War, and certain
am thai yea win quit yourselves yaliautly. Here,
under the shadow Of the glorious mountains from
which you take your name. wives, mothers, sis
tcrs, and some perhaps "nearcr and dearer,
viii anzicusly wait for tidings Of your welfare.
You viii not Disgrace nor disappoint them.
Think ahenever and wherever duty calls you, Of
your Forcfathers, Who bought with their blooj
what you may have to preserve with yours, and
he assured that when this sad conflict shall end,
and you lay down goar arms, the dear oEcs az
home viii welcome you to theirs Remember that
Freedom battle oHee begun,
Deaucathed from bleeding sire 70 son,
Though bafiled Of is cyerwou;'
and, when Peace again spreads her haleyon wings
over this now distracted land, may you expert
cnce proud satisfaction in feeling that in the
time of your eountry's tribnlation You stood for
ward with
q Hearts resolved and hands prepared
The blessings you enjoyed, 10 guard!
Go then, and think 81 the deeds Of those brave
men who years ago leit home aud kindred to serve
their native land Emulate their yalor, and their
virtues, and like them you shall conquer Night
by Right May you return ere long to your
hearihs and your homes, and in the then more
than ever valued tranquility Of domestic life, en-
10y the inestimable privileges which you SO no
bly, came forward at your countIy's call to secure
and perpetuate,
At the close Of Mr. Dix's address three cnihu-
sastic cheers we're given, and the Band played a
patriotic air. The Hon, a. L. Miner was then
and spoke MS fgilows:-
Ccpi. Dudley, 0Gees end Soldiers is
with pleasure that respond toyour call. have
jast been requested by the kind lady, who has
furnished you this repasi, to say to you that her
husband, our friend the Rev. Mr. Anderson,
would have been here to have welcomed aud i'd
dressed you, but he is now confined to his bed
by sickness.
It is TO be hopel he may yet be able to give you
his counsel, before you depart on your perilous.
but holy ana patriotic mission. His heart, like
those Of his who community, are with you, and
We all bid sou God speed.
Gentlemen, Why DO you leave your homes. your
flthers aud mothers, your brothers and sisters,
and some Of you, your wives aud children, to
face, it may be, the lannon's mouth, aud posi-
bly, lay down your lives upon tie altar Of your
country Ii is because our Government aud in
stitutions, which have given such ample protec- |
lion to us all, are in danger Of being oscubrown
md destroyed by traitors and rebels, who have
been pampered and flttened by the bounties Of
the very government they seek to overthrow.
Our fathers declared in the revolution that
mankind was capable Of SELF government that
rulers should be chosen by, and from, those who
we're to he governed. TLey discarded the doc
rinc Of hereditary rulers, that any man, by birth,
rad right TO govern others. After much toll,
md suffering, and blood, such as few others were
yer called upon to endure, they became indie
pendent and established our present government.
Were they right IN their declaration and was
he government they established good one -
-ook at the result. They we're but handful of
people, scattered along the coast, depending upon
,iher countries for all the luxuries, and many Of
he necessaries Of life
Now we arc country stretched from ocean to
,cean In three fourths of a century, from this
title handful Of men, and under this government,
We have arisen to be numbered among the most
,opulous, the most wealthy and the most pc wer-
al nations Of the civilized world. We have now
,yer thirty millions Of people, within my recol-
ection we had but seven.
No government ever existed where the people
we're 50 universally intelligent as here-none
where every persons rights were better protected
none where industry and skill we're 50 amply
ewarded
We see the highest places N the government,
he highest places in the learned professions, in
he marts Of trade, at the bankers board, and all
be departments Of wealth and science, occupied
y those who we're born in humble life, Of poor
parents, who have risen to fill those places by
heir own industry, under the fostering care Of
,ur government and institutions. It is 50 in no
fher land. .r.