Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1861-06-28
IMPORTANT SPEECH BY THE SEC
RETARN OF WAR
THE NEDFLs MUST SUMMIT OR w OVER-
WUEAiED

THE REBELS MUST SUBMIT or BE OVER
WuENED
Allusion has been made to a speech by Mr..
Cameron, Secretary of War, at the festival Of
the 81. Andrews Society in Washington ON
Tuesday evening. As the Secretary's re-
marks on that occasion were highly import
ant and significant, we copy from a full report
his remarks on national ahairs
"Thc dcudcd people down South have strangely rcck
oued without their host when they determined In tear
down and dishunor the American Tag They have pos
percd they have Crowned iai and powerful under that
Nag, but al last they have become foolish. They be-
heycd that the North and the West would be divided mp
on the question Of supporting the nationality " The
United States How sadly mistaken they have been ll
reasonable men must now see Gentlemen. we have nov
ia ihr field 25OOD men. 10 has been said justly that Doc
where Boa the history uf ihe world is recorded subm,
an uprising Of frtc people Never was such am army
raised loo so short a time. tApplausc.)
There has been much talk of the hosts gathered iI
Chrsteudom 20 rescue from the lnhdcl the sepuohro oil
the Son uf the living God but they nothing tu those
increasing armies which threatened just punishment up
the authors Of On unpruyokcd and unhuly rebellion
tGrcat applauscD In less than Three months quarter
OF million Of ARMED men have Orcn put into the held
in response 20 the call Of the President, To preserve h
integrity " our free Institutions, aud before six months
have rolled around, have mo- doubt half million enlist
ed % the same movement viii be At the command OF The
H"'unmtnt lHrcai applmscJ Ihus those VINO nav
been deceived by their ambitious politicians will eithc
wisely repent their fuos viii have To he swept before
the indignant and overwhelming army that will soun ht
upon them. (Applauscl We have patiently fothun,
tie nsolcncc and the tyranny Of tine Southern monar
chisis f1r than generation. The American poo
pie viii bear 10 mo- longer (Great applmsel Observe
that when aScotchman, or am ltishman, German
10 the United States be mcrges his naonal
~ into the country that adopts him son and so
when this revolt is suppressed and this is CudCd our
burhcCnt government will no longer be pcrplcXcd by
doubtful questions. There will then he no more talk
II Nupiuaus. Mnylaudcrs, Ponnsy l,anians or Mis-
sissippiaus No, gentlemen, thank God We shall then
be all Americans Great arpiause)
Then there will be no caty but that 10 the Union aua
AZ lodi uo yu
oasusry about the doctrine OF State lights, and at
tempt M incorporate the hcrcsy of secession into
ten. will say nothing Of the Administration beyond
a President as honest and upright man as over lived
and believe that this will mot end, with BIS conso
until there will be no cause lgit for tAppauscJ
Talk about the weakness uf this government altcr all
IL is the strongest government to-day in the world ~ ID
the government NJ the people Evey here soycr
egn, and every uun is acting In defense ul his rights
while ubcdicut 90 that great bond which uuite us IN
common brotherhood aud makes every inch of Amen
can suii sacred 10 the whole people
This army which has been gathered, represents sucl
people and when Congress meets L am confident the
will gladly rauiy everything that has been done 10y t
President and the Cabinet, under The extraordinary en-
ergcncics in which they have found themselves GAP
pause On the other hand the Government ut th
monachisis " the south ignores The people aud is al
ready seeking for examples among the dcspousms of DO
Old world tO conduct and complete this experiment p
decentralization. They have no sympathy with thc in
dust0us aud lnhuuug masses nl our people. They lN
by thC sweat NJ other men htuNs-lhc suewH and mus
tlcs uf other feed thcu, aud their misfortune s tha
they have done nothing but govern hDre u tuc gran
army VI she Republic You find hc tailor aud che lawyer
the merchant the clergyman and the ptuiu snr Oh tla
es and trades miuplc together. aud urc moved hN u
SAINT influence and resolved tu protect and preserve M
country that protects aud preserves tieu such pea
pie can only De conquered, but win Away, cot
] qucr when they resolve TO do SOL