Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-12-20


Had he liv,d in more modern times, Ben
edict Arnold might have been President OF
new clnfederacy, and glutted his avarice
by the issue Of fconfederate bonds, and quick
ened their circulation by the use of the
bowie knife and revolver, TO convince peo-
pie by the fact that, as Mrs. Toodes says
" II Is a handy thing to have in the house"
Mythology tells us that when Minerva
was borr It rained gold in Rome, and South
Carolina apparently believed that at the
birth of secession, if it did not rain coll, it
would rain guneas, not bearing the stamp
of Victoria but the stamp and image of
Ashautee and Dahomey, and if they were
dark at first they would rapidly become
yellow by reroining. Laughter) One
of the lifelong visions of South Carolina
has been resized, and by meriiorions per-
severance the goal of her expectations has
heen reached. She has long bowed at the
shrine of free trade with foreign nations,
and the hopes Of her priests and prophets
have at last been rewarded. That enter
prising commercial navigator, Commodore
Dupont, has catered her best harbor with
large fleet from great nation, which she
recognizes as foreign, with flag which she
has seen before, and has opered trade
sufficient even to satisfy the longings of SO
great State as South Carolina--a trade
unenbalr rassed by customs, and so free has
been the trader in all his transactions that
she has been enabled to shell out on the
spot. The national emblem which has SO
recently greeted her left her shores in the
first breath of summer, but now returns TO
float in her gentle breezes forever. Gap
/ plause.)
North Carolina has at all times before
the present outbreak, been true TO the con-
stitution, aud her loyal people have been
drawn into the whirlpool of secession by
her aspiring politicians. They are already
attempting to secede from it, and long once
more TO receive the paternal assistance and
protection; and when they shall have re-
turned, all will unite in welcoming those
wlo were dead and are alive again. Gap
pause.l
The effcrts made to drag Maryland, Mis-
SQUAT, Kentucky and other States into Sc
cession, show how other States have been
brought under its influence, in defiance Of
the real wishes of the people. There is
old Virginia, the land of greet deeds and
the mother of great men, the birthplace oi
the Saviour of his Country. She was once
the compeer of Massachusetts. Where il
she now and where is Massachusetts! The
one at the very pinnacle of greatness, and
the other sunk clear down to the depths ot
degradation and shame. (Applause.) In
attempting to tear herself from the Union
she has torn her own vitals, and lies pros.
trate and bleeding. Scorned and despised
by all
: the world;
But now 50 poor to do her reverence
And no Antony comes TO bury, much les;
to praise her. Her power and prosperity
are all gone from her. Unable like other
kinds of relics to take TO themselves wings
the slaves have adopted less poetical mode
of locomoton, and run away.
We are now al an important point in the
worlds progress. We are creating materi-
ais for history. The past and future have
been torn asunder by convulsions. Time
has leaped forward half century at a
single bound, and has drawn the past, with
its abuses, its combinations of plaee-hunt.
ing politicians, and has given us emanci-
patton from the shackIes of party despotism
more just appreciation of our free inst
tutions, more catholic spirit of charity
and 4 purer love of country aud OF the
whole brotherhood of man upon the earth.
(Apolause.)
The first great duty before US is TO crush
out this rebellion and yindicate the Consti-
tuition. We must treat them as an ire
pres.ible mob. tossing, heaving and murder
ing, directed by self.elected leaders who
had rather reign in hell than serve in
heaven. If we would have an honorable
peace We must conquer ii, though the con-
hict be as protracted and bloody as that
which on Bosworth field ended the war ef
the Roses. Could the spirits OF the illus
trious dead participate in things of earth,
The fathers of the Revolution might aid
us in the duty that devolves upon US TO
strengthen and uphold the Government
whose germ they planted in the name OF
I liberty. The conspirators who have plotted
/ against this Union have not lost sight of
their own purpose, and win yield 10 no ar
gunent except those which all Governments
have extended TO conspirators and traitors.
We are admonislied by the teachings of re-
ligion and by the necessities of hume nifty
to put down this rebellion as speedily rs
possible to strike it hardest where it is
weakest. (Applause) We can strike it
with deadly aim between the joints of the
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