Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-11-01


cratic parties, visiting the latter with scMhs
ing sarcasm, she speaker advrred 10 ihs
Union movement, which was ctabrYeing
members OF all parties, without prrconccrf,
in spite Of conflicting organizations. Prop
osi,ions Of peace 10 men with arms IN Their
hands ict them trace the infamous hsio-
ry Of this rebellion. II had It's great develop.
mcnt within year OF is elimination. Look
at il and see how wicked il has been. Thers
was determination TO inauguratc a rebel
lion, and when The Sou'hcrn sympathizcrs
saw they had majority Of Congress and
the Supreme Court, and when there wasno
sectional controversy going on, they avai'cd
to iuapguraic this rebellion. Bat look
back little further. II was not the cleo
ton of Mr.. Lincoln, which they might have
prevented. In lis inauguration, State al
ter State went out, stealing everything they
could lay their hands upon. Every wrong
they could perpetratc was perpctrated.
Murdeling their own citizens, driving
women and children from their homes
their robberies and wrongs have no par
alle in savage warfare. The bear is civ
ilized, the wolf is mild in comparison with
them. And yet we must make PROPOSE
tions Of peace! Those who encourage
them deserve universal cxecration.
And, thank Col, it is cnly question Of
time, Shall we go TO Rebellion, and with
hat in hand-this great Government Of SOW
ereign States-go and ask this Internal Re-
bellion what terms it shall make ["No,"
"No." Their success is further off than
when they commenced. We see but little
of its wrongs except against our Govern
ment. Business at the South is prostrated;
and for the murders that have been perpe-
trated there, there is voice of lamentation
and weeping. Why does it still so on p
They hoped for aid from abroad; they hop
ed for aid from the North. If we had all
acted together, the rebellion would have
long since been put down. II read in our
press, in the doings of committees and con-
ventions, thai their movement was encour-
aged, and heard our liberal propositions for
peace-the Democratic propositions for
peace--and rebellion believed it was 10 have
support from such sources. Let those who
undertake to inculcate such doctrines out
with these damned spots from their own es-
Eeutcheon before they arraign others. They
have upturned the rights Of their own peo-
pie. Not only have our own people suf-
fered, but It has cost the life Of an Els
worth, and, more recently, a Baker. Mr..
Dickinson paid glowing eulogy upon Gen.
Bakers patriotism. And LET those who
have lent aid and encouragement look upon
their work and find comfort if they can
The great question is one of duty. and how
we shall restore peace BY vigorously
/ prosecuting the war. If the Government
does not put down rebellion, rebellion will
put down the Government. They cannot
live together; there can be no compromise
between them. 1t must be light or dark
ness that shall triumph. The rebel army
is made up of men too young and too old
for service. 1t may act as guerrillas, but
once fairly in the field, it will be driven as
chaf before the wind. What can they
subsist upon? What shall they clothe
themselves with? They will not ciothe
themselves with fig-lcavcs. but with Con-
federate bonds. Laus shter.1 Oar army
is already gathering in; our feet will soon
be upon their coasts. They look now to
encouragement yet in this State. The Sc
cession press has been stopped. The old
Aibany A,yus, warm at first, cold at last,
/ an glad has not been sent to Fort Lafay-
ette. 1t would cost too much. Old rats,
when caught in trap, are the loudest in
t their proiestations of innocence. have a
, good deal of respect for it; the Atlas was
a Douglas paper-Fred. Douglass, l mean
, and both had their antecedents. But lei
us look abroad over all these questions, aud
up with the flag Of our country high over
, all. Applause | feel proud Of my
j country when see this great Union move.
i ment rescuing the country from the destroy.
, er. 1t is not comprehended by many
: The future lies before us; new efforts are
: demanded in the cause of human regener
c alton. Can we not look at the great prac.
!, tical duty before US, to uphold our flag and
, put down rebellion? Let those who would
:. not be crushed stand out of the way. We
: have been so long tied down by political
' ideas, we can hardly rise TO the magnitude
, of the ideas Of to-day. Now, our domestic
: institutions are being put into the crucible
: and they will come out like flowers out Of
the terrible desolations Of Winter. Again,
e in the glorious Union we shall see
. s.Truth. Lovs, and Mercy, in triumph descending,
And Nature all glowing In EJens frs. bloom;
On cold cheek of Dcati smiles and bending
} And Beauty immortal asakcs from the tomb -
Mr.. Dickinson concluded his speech amid
vociferous cheering.
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