Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-10-11
From the Watchm4n and Reflector ]
mot YET AROUSED"

Two are not as people aroused get, said
Uncle Jacob.
"l'm sure, think We are, slii KITE
Didn't you say yourself, after the taking
OF Fort Sumter, that the uprising ot the
people Wa. sublime ?
Yes, very likely but sudden impulses,
however right ana Just, are in their nature
transient. 4 single outrage broke the ma
lions apathy last eprins, indeed, but to
keep US UP permanently 1t tuat state OF
hcro.>n aud -eii-Sacrihcc, would require such
a baptism of suffering rs wo little dream
Of.
You always seem to think. uncle, that
good comes out Of evil. but I would rather
have the good alone.
See here, child, SAID he. here is q
specimen Of the courage which comes from
adversely. At the sisgeof Leyden, in 1874,
says the author Of the RISE Of the Du,cl
Republic, when the inhabitants were 10 ouch
q state Of starvation that they actually ate
their old shoes, besides devJurinS dos and
rats, a few Of the idnt-hoarJed assaulted their
heroic burgo master. ADRIAN Van der Vert.
with rrproICh,s and tYreals. now hear
what he says standing on an cicvIted place
be waves bis hat for silence aud proceeds
wv hat would We, my friends Why
do We murmur that we do not break our Y vs.
and surrender the city 70 the Splnmrls?
tell you that ! have made my oath to keep
the city. and may God give me strength o.
keep my oath | can die but once, whether
by your bands, the enemy'5, OF by the hand
Of God. My own tate Is indifferent 70 ne,
not Sd that Of the c.jy Entrusted to my care.
know that we shall s-arye II not s9uu r.
hev,d but starvation Is preferable t.
t.shouOrtd Gca4A when is the only alterua
tive. Your meo4ces move me not, my lite
Is a. your dis osal here IS my sword,
plunge { into my breast, and divide my
G'sh among you. Take my body to apIea-e
your hunger, bat expect no surrender, 50
long as | remain alive.
"Wasn't that grand ?' said Kate.
" When. said Uncle jacob, man
comes to that, that he cstcems his own lie
but lightly, in comparison with the succ SIS
Of a great cause, ho becomes by tina. act
being Of unmeasnred power. \ people a.
uatcd thus, become inyincible. NV hear
the words of those besieged Laydeui,cs, who
had listened to their burgomast-r This is
the way in which they spoke from taer
rAmpar's to the enemy "' Ie call as cat
eaters and dog eaters, they crisd, and 1t Is
true. So long, then, as yc hear dog bark OF
eat new within these walls, We may know
that the city holds out. And when all has
persisted but ourselves, be sure that We viii
each devour our lett arm, retaining our right
10 defend our women, our liberty, and our
religion against foreign tyrant. Should
God, in his wrath, doom us to destruction,
and deny Us all relief, even then we will
maintain ourselves forever against your en-
trance When the last hour has come, with
our own bands viii we set fire to the city
and perish, men, women and children to-
cether in the flames, rather than suffer our
homes to be polluted, and our Ii norties to
be crushed.
. But surely said Kate, you do not
mean that such rightlul herJism u necessary
Tor US, OF likely to be p
" No, only that we should be ~ to meet
the occasion, such as 1t Is. You remember
the words uttered by GOV. Spraguo to his
men Immediately after the tattle of Bull
Run =
" Yes" said Kate. Is it Is beautiful
" WAT Is %
= Why, that devotion which makes a man
like him count for nothing his fortune and
life, laying it all upon the altar Of his coun-
try. And think uncle, we shall all sym
pathi,e with such spirit rs this, ana be
ready to do our rart
- Kate -
- What uncle -
" Didn't hear you yesterday refusing to
knit IA pair of socks for the soldiers. when
you were requested 70 AID ?
Kate blusned and was silent ..s