The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-08-10
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When we look away TO this scene of carnage.
all strewed with the bodies of patriotic men Wto
courtca death for themselves, that their country
might live, and then look upon the homes whlc:
their fall has rendered desoate forever, we re-
alze- what think the popular heart in its for
bearance has never comp plctely comprehended-
the unspeakable and helsh atroci,y OF this re-
bellion. 1t is q perfect saturnala OF demon!ac
passion. From the reddened waters of Bull Run
and from the CORY field OF Manassas, there IS
now going up AN appeal to God and to millions
of exasperated men against these fends in hu-
man shape, who, drunken with the orgies OF AZ
Internal ambition are filling to its brm the cup
of nations SORROWS. Woe, woe, say, to
these traitors when this appeal shall be answer
ed
must offer you my sincere congratulations
on the leadership Of that true patriot ana sol
| der, around whose standard you have gathered,
When others hesitated he WIS decided; ; when
others faltered Ae was bold. The Government
| laid its hand on his loyal bosom and found 1t
burning with the ineXtinguishabie fires OF pa
riotsm at Il time when so many others from tt.t
best mo ives in the world, were carefully pack
ing themselves away to keep IN the ices OF neu'
| trallty. honor MN, inc hutton WIZ '"'0-
! him.
When YOU move, rs soon you may, to the seat
Of war, Kentucky, despite the whispered cat
ton of politicians, will cheer you on, and viii
hanc with praverlu solicitudc over YOU, alike
upon YOUR march and amid the heady currents
of battle Loyal men everywhere are exclaim-
inc God speed you,' and " All hail to your
coprage and PATRIOTISM Glory beckons you
onward and upward, and could the illustrous
dead hear in the graves where they sleep, your
every football, as YOU advance to your country
battle fields would be music 10 their ears.
am grateful to you all but especially to cur
fair countrywomen, for this distinguished reccp-
ton. 1t can never be forgotten that 1t was
= from Spartan mother that come those words
G Of heroic patriotism which have never 0eS'
pn,,aled by any that have fallen from the
| Ins nf man. For more than twenty centuries
| the deeneniny shadows have fallen upon the
!. rivers and the seas, upon the mounta!ns ano
t the plains Of the past, and yet, from the mlo9'
Of all this gloom these words still glean ou'
7 unon US like tightening from Summer clouu
For more than two thousand years the earti
II has been conyulsed and shaken to Its mora
n foundations nations and generations OF na
n tions have risen and perished by slow decay OF
If amid the shock of battles and the wall OF ou
Is stricken race has gone up over sepulchres ahk
le of men and of empires
7e Yet above all, these words have hoateu 40"
ut to US, and still float abroad among the airs .
W the world like some kindling strain OF music
ct ever caught up and ever repeated with hashlni
ut ewes and heard with widely pulsatlng hearts
c. Such is the power of patriotism, and such IN
,e spell its truthful expression exerts over IN III
m great spirit of humanity 10 woman ever trn,
a. id in tie sunshsne, but brave IN the storm
to we offer our thanks for tLis, and we teel tina
at we must shut our ears to the voices OF her love
m and veil our souls from the illuminatlons OF he
H. presence, before we can cease to be wiling
ed five and to die IN defense of those institutions
IT. Which more than all others that have existel
o. have ciyen to her that position of dignity an
IS moral power which the shining impress 81.
ed bears from her Creators hands so tully en'
n ties her to occupy.