The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-09-07

Extract from a Speech of Gov. Andrew.

TX Extract from Speech Of Gov. Andrew.
as' The following is portion of speech made
Nv Gov. Andrew in New York, last Thursday,
the occasion being the reception in that city of
The 10Th Massachusetts volunteers on their way
us W ashington
II am no prophet, or a prophets son |; l dare
&c attempt to cast the horoscope of the future,
but / believe in the guiding providence Of Al
tightly God. My conscience cannot submit to
tIe idea that He who guided COLUMBUS through
\ he trackless ocean, He who led our fathers TO
he New England shore, lie who preserved them
rom the dangers of the sea and from the assaults
vi savage tribes, He who planted the acorn of
Tie great tree of liberty on the inhospitable
b,ores of Plymouth Rock, and has watered it
iince that time, and has led US through the storm
A;nf battle in our Nation g childhood and youth,
41 cannot believe that He will ever desert the
skithful and true, but will support it IN the last
f,Oble trial OF manhood. Whatever Others may
rfbink, or dream, or fear, neither by day nor by
4 night, since the first triumphant shout rang out
from one sea to the other after the l3th or
Il April, 1861. has there passed IL shadow OF doubt
over INV mind The American people, inspired
X M confidence in their cause, and by their trust
v IN God, have taken up the arms which had SO
4 lang lain unused by their side, and almost I'M
hidden have gone out to battle. FROM every
hillside, and every valley, from workshops,
4 tom railroads, and from the seaside, and from
Tie fishing smacks OF our dear old Common
jWeaItb, have they come. They are OF every cal
Hing and profession, from every sect, from every
religion and politics, from all beilef and uhDc-
lief' they all have come under the movement of
RATIONAL inspiration Whatever misfortune, if
snisfortuno should come, may befall our flag or
cur arms, whether ii shall sacrifice Philadelphia
baltimore or New York, VIC OF the East
will raIly behind the old Berkshire hills, and
make g Switzerland of New England, the ram
mart of our liberties. But neither IN New York
nor in Philadelphia, nor in Washington, will
c,,r arms suffer defeat. We went down to Bali
Ran, as | had the honor of remarklng to friend
lto-day, VIC went, an aggregation OF town meet
io0s When we march again, we march as an
Army. Our Army has been drilled, thoroughly |
appointcd, ably commanded. The men know
their officers now
N Ne will not be much longer content to defend
Washington under the walls OF the Capitol, or
son the banks of the Potomac. Washington
Bt1al be defended at Charleston, >. u, at Savan
nah, GA, at New Orleans, and all the way up
thc Mississippi. The Union men OF the South
shall be liberated by the armies of the North
and est, and, oil men capableot bearing arms,
capable of allegiance, will yet be summ9ned,-
unless bljghtng blast shall smite the head OF
every statesman and general IN Ameraa,-sha
be summonedsto the American standard where
ever the American fla advances. And it is not
Nv opin1nn that YOU will find our Generals
when uDv man comes t. the standard and desires
to defend the has--wil find it necessary to light
! candle to gee what is his complexion, or ex-
anime his family Bible to ascertain whether his
fathers came from the benks of the Hudson or
the Senegal and if they who have attempted to
overtbrow National Constitution which was
their is as we'll as ours; to destroy their Amer
lean liberties as well as ours to overthrow the
hopes OF their posterity as we'll as ours to de-
stroy civil society in their own midst, shall find
their peculiar patriarchal institution staeger and
reel beneath their parricidal blows, it will be
their chickens coming home to their own roost-
their ow u fault. And if it shall follow, in tho
GOOD providence Of God, that every man besides
those of my own complexion and blood shall
haste the, fruits of liberty God be praised. |
am glad to know that that is not hercsy in the
commercial metropolis Of the Union. Isuppose
that although we ought not to invade, CT coun-
bel, or permit an invasion of the constitutional
rights reserved to any State, yet when a State
or people tcample the Constitution Itself beneath
their ieet, and endeavor to crush us and our
children, We ought at least to have the poor
privilege of praying for the happiness of them
all-hond as we'll as Tree.
u look, Mr.. Chairman, with the assurance
and confidence of faith Cor an early restoration
of universal peace. have no idea in the slight
est that the next 4th Of July will find this pco-
pie in arms; but, il it must be, that we shall
continue to pour out our money and our blood,
and spend our lives in waging N any form Of
contest this holy war, g Let it come Lett
abide. Let it stay with US. Let the sword be
the constant emblem gttering before our eyes.
Let the dag wave defiance, and armed men draw
beneath its starry folds, and in Heaven . own
time, peace shall come, established upon loun
dations OF eternal right, upon which alone men
in future may be secure.