Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1861-11-08

have not sent our sons to the Potomac upon such an
Grand. We would not have them do what We should
every man Of US refuse to do ourselves Would you,
Mr.. President, would the Senator from Washington,
! would the Senator from Rutland, who expressed
such decided opposition 20 both the original resolution
and the substtuto--would any Senator this floor
respond to the Mersbas call TO assist IN the rendition
u fugitive slaves No, Sir, nos not one u you would
leave TO your children the nfamy Of such decd Now
should we say, by renotcst Implication, that we would
consent 20 the employment OF our troops even n ara %
the civil powers, IN running upon the thick bosses OF
Jehovahs buCklcr, by returning forlorn and friend
less fugitive who, IN the sight n God has no
more right TO him than he has 10 you me The Al
mighty has spoken upon this point and becometh men
10 be ohcdicnt 10 his will II any Senator is willing TO
have 1t 10 forth 10 the world that he has objections
TO have soldiers, raised the Republic set up
the poor fugitive, II in aid Of the civil power let him
vote for this subsiitute lie knew that the author Of the
substitute lMr Willard had heart for such work,
aud II his colleague could sympathIe with the spirit OF
the resolution, his noble couutenance was false TO me-
heart Senators must clearly, that whatever dsrust
he might be made to feel in relation TO his own re'o'u
ton, he would not vote for the substitute
Another objection arises from the Implied admission
IA me substitute that there may he properly IA men w
whereas, neither the Constitution nor ho laws ot me
land require the army Of the Republic 10 treat any hu
man bong hc property Of any person until me gues
ton Of ownership has been adiudoacd by the eppropr
ate legal tribunal" Here IL Is proposed that the Legs-
aiure Of Vermont shall recognize the right Of property
10 man. The Constitution does not DO It. No statute
worthy Of the sacred Of law recognizes the right
and vet il is gravoly and he doubted not with pure in
tcntions proposed that the General Assembly Of the
State " Vermont shall, at least by implication, consent
to the monsrons dogma It were FAR better that heaven
dye 70 VIC question, ohau Wls substitute ee gnnP'et
No Sir, Vermont cannot taruish her nsulled fame ly
conserving. any form that man be the property of
ms loil1" man ~ we DO ihs. let nh NUM- up he gave
u Harrington, aud scatter his sacred dust 10 the four
winds nay rathcr lc us give them 20 Che ocean wave,
Tor they would sumbCr more quietly IN the bosom OF the
restless deep than n the stucts Of our mountain graves
after such deed lie gave the sublmcst decision ever
made by a mere human judge "a bin of sale from
the Almighty the only evidence thai could satisfy
him of nc title Of man 20 his fellow We have built
statue to the honor N Ethan Alien He is hero en-.
3D. HrU DO. ID lrIF of
deeds We love On tell his story Go listening world, but
uohlcr suhhmcr thing wasucycr done 10y au Amcrcaui
than when Harrington uttered those memorable words
They ought 10 be written ia letters OF gold aud q ihe
very stals (cuoush Of hem should lowe their places
and arrange themselves n the form OF this brief but n-
spucd dccisioni they could not mar the beauty Of inc
sky pay TOO costly homage TO the glory Of the sen
ment their letters Of living hght would express" II,
might seem too enthusiastic, but he had failed with all
this extravaganza, To give fitting uiterance 10 his feel
lie knew nothing more OF Judge Harrington than
that he had pronounced those words. He scarcely de-
sired know more. To have uttered those few words
was glory enough for one man. Let our young arust
whose genius gives the promise Of such proud achieve
ments put that Harrington IN the speaking marble in
spired with that lofty conception and IL shalt stand op
posite Ethan Allen, sharing with him the homage Of
proud and grateful people No sir Vermont cannot en-
dure the sopumen-oucst progeny of hel-that there
can be property IN man Tel 1t TO our mountain orecSeS'
and they will fling il back into your faces, refusing TO
carry the uathsnme burden Whisper it 10 our noun
tain stcams, aud they will not tsy 90 listen To- words
that ueuble even upon the breath ot Satan.
The substitute is liable go the objection raised by the
# senator from Washington viz that addresses itself
20 our soldiers instead Of their who
with his advisers constitute the Administration The o.
rgna resolution In plain direct language insuets The
d commaudcrn chief of sovereign state, the only med'
is Of communication between 1T aud thc general gov
VI eminent the action Of the state to tc Conn
uander-in.ohiefof the Army Of The United States When
the President wants TO rally TO the defense of the gov
eynmen he administers he addresses us through our
IS Governor When the people OF Vermont desire 90 eX
press their will 20 the Administration how can they do IT
with more proprey than through our own Executive
e II Is objected that should not mcddle with the man
j. agement " the The responsibility rests upon the
government and II must not be inttered with That
just what don do What desire is that the gov en
ment should prosecute the That is why we have
into the field in response TO its appeal
We sent them 90 their country 70 the death need
be- not to serve boodhounds Let them scent the foe
that hirss for blood and Is feeling after the heart o
kcpubhc 10 plant his dagger there's point them even
Is 70 his stronghold and they will scale his baitoments
though bristiug with bayoncs bechug thundelbols
To do such work this our brothers left their farms
It their shops her counting rooms ther ohces ahd senoo
Of learning For this has left his plough, another his
cenonc has abandoned his wife and children, another
mas iorsaken ms Ather ana mother nov many nearu
with anguish that rejects the loose draTery
Of words because their countrys peril has robbed then
OF their dearest treasures shall these noble men be eX
posed TO the possibility Of being diverted from their high
aim ofbeug humbed in their heroic purpose. Of having
their cheeks mantcd with shame by being turned into
press the unucrabe tenderness and profound reverence
/ he felt toward our soldiers For us they are clad in
10 panopy Of war, they the armed expression Of ou
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