Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1861-07-11


reminded of the assassination of the youthful
and gallant Ellsworth 2, Do you need to be
told how often and how insultingly they have
fred upon your national flag THAT beauti-
fal and honored flag of ours, emblem, at once
of nations liberty, of nations Union, and
of nations loyalty-that national flag of
ours, under which you and 1 were born, and
under whose ample folds, by the blessing of
God, we mean to die-that flag of ours which
| has doated over a nation of freemen, and
which has commanded the respect and the
| admiration of the nations of the earth for
more than seventy years that flag of ours,
say, has been dragged in the dust-has
been insulted and outraged and betrayed (;
and, in one section oil the country, has been
suppl4nted BY a rebel flag, representing a
rebel Government, not appropriately sym
bolized by crawling, Kissing snake.
Such are the men and such are their acts,
who, at this day of our nations history, have
( proved themselves traitors to their country
/ traitors to the cause Of free government
/ traitors alike to the cause of~humanify an6
of Christian civilization-traitors, in short, to
/ the best interests and the fondest hopes Of
/ mankind. No wonder they now supplicate
/ US to ''let them alone ~ Was there ever an
assassin, public robber, a traitor, or COM
mon felon, who did not desire, most Of all
! things, to be let alone Others, with more
audacious afrontery, beseech Us TO c0mpr0-
mise with them, You are commissioned to
I give ol,r answer You are commissioned to
show them how we shall ''Iet them alone
Two hundred and fifty thousand armed men
in the field are commissioned to dictate the
terms of compromise with them.
These, fellow citizens-citizen soldiers
are some Of the causes-these are some Of
/ the threats and some of the acts-these are
some of the wrongs and some of the outrages
this Is the treason aud this is the crime
which have, as it were, in a moment, sum
I moned a nation of lreemen TO arms. 1t is to
I the defence of your betrayed countrv-it IS
/ to the support Of your betrayed Government
! it is for the preservation of the Constitl-
ton and Union of your patriot fathers-it Is
( for the yindicatiOn OF the national flag and Of
! the national honor, now trample1 under reb-
ell teet-It Is for these, and much more than
these, that the good and loyal citizens of this
Republic are called TO arms. 1t is to nut
down treasOn-It Is TO put down rebellion
il Is to put them down for once and forever,
that YOU are called to put on the armor Of
war.
II is for the defence Of your country, my
fellow men-it is for the defence Of your
homes and your fresides-it Is Tor the de-
fence of your wives and your childlen-it is
for the defence of all you hold most dear.
and Of all you hold most sacred on earth-it
/ is for the desence and for he maintenance of
all that IS worth living for. and Of all that is
worth dying for that you stand here IN this
presence to-day, attired in the habihments Of
war.
/ Such, tellow-men in arms, is your great vo-
cation. Such IS the great erraud an errand
Of patrotism-an errand of mercy-an er-
rand of humanity-that calls YOU away from
sou peaceful avocations-that calls you away
from you families aud from your homes, to
undergo the tolls, the prvatons. and the
hardships of the march and Of the camp
and it may be, perchance, to meet !anger
and death on the red fields Of blood" In
defence Of these, it may be, perchance. that
sad tldings from aiar may break with crush
ing power upon many stricken mothers
heart. But your country calls and duty
and honor bid yOu 20. Your country calls {:
and patriotism and humanity bid you 90
Your country calls and God and liberty.
civilization and Christianity, all bid you 20.
Your country calls: and your own wives
and mothers your own sisters and daugh-
tiers aye, and prattlirg childhood. too-all
with one accord and with heroic fortitude.
rise up and bid you 20, and do valiant battle
for God and ySur country Co. then. GAL
liant men; 20 hopefully: 20 cheerfully; 90
joyously knowing well that YOU 90 in defence
OF a Just and righteous cause-kGowing well
tha.you 70 in obedience TO the mandates Of
a high public duty. Go wherever that flag,
Just now so handsomely aud 50 generously
presented 10 you, shall lead you. See to it
well, that in your hands it shall suffer no de-
feat. know tull well, that in your firm
rrasD, II viii sustain no disb0nOr.
30. then, my fellew men soldiers OF frees
dom 20 10 your country's rescue. Go and
wherever you may be called: whatever OF
duty you may be called 10 perform whatever
of trial or danger You may be called upon to
encounter. am assured that you viii no.
disappoint our hopes, that YOU will not dlsap-
point our expectations. Go, do honor to
your cause; do honor to your country: DO
honor 0 your State do honor 10 your own
good names. Go; and may the prayers OF a
grateful nation and the blessings Of benef-
cent Providence 20 with YOU and be ever
round about you. Go, my fellow men : act
well your part ia this great drama of pass
ing human events. CO. act we'll your part
in this hour Of your cOuntry's sore>t trial;
and, when the victory shall have been won.
as won it viii be ; when the enemies Of your
country shall have been routed and put to
flight, as routed and put to flight they win be:
when this blessed Union OF ours shall nave
been saved from the assaults Of the desDoleT.
as saved Il will be- and when peace shall
again have been restored 70 happy and re-
jolcing people. as restored it val. De, then
may you all return and lay down your arms.
TO be resumed no more Tor Tie ruLIed work
OF war That you may all return to your
homes, 70 your families, AMI to your friends.
in health and in safety; thas you may all re-
turn 10 meet the warm welcome aud the
kindly greeting and graduation Of ,indred.
and friends, and ncigh5ors; that you may all
return to look once more upon the old ia
miIar faces, and upon the old familiar scenes
you have Left behi nd-to look once more up
on the beautiful mountains of green and up
on the smiling valleys Of our beloved Yer
mont, always the "home OF the free and the
brave" and to receive the welcome plaudit Of