Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1862-10-17

among the duties that devolve upon thu
Legislature at the present session, is thai
of clecting person to represent this State
in the Senate of the United States for thu
term of six years from the 4th of March
next, on which day the existing term Of The
Hon. Solomon Foote will expire.
1t is an occasion for renewed congratu
lation that the people of Vermont have
again shown their devotion to the cause Of
the Union by laying aside. almost unani.
mously, all considerations of partisan char
acter, and uniting in earnest support Of
the National Government which is charged
with the high duty of defending and
maintaining that sacred cause. The posi-.
tion of Vermont in this great life strug.
gle of the nation can neither be questioned
nor misunderstood The blood of her
sons has redeemed many battle-f fields, and
their valor and endurance have vindicated
her historical renown. Her people admit
no thought of concession to or compromise
with, the causeless and wicked rebellion
now striking at the vitals of the nation,
and their determination is fixed to endure
and fight, and sacrifice, till the govern
ment established by the wisdom, the pat
riotism, and the blood of our fathers is
restored in its bene6cent and rightful sway
over every portion of the Union.
The struggle In which the nation is en-
gagged is clearly one of life or death,
Even though the scenes of blood and the
night Of calamity through which we may
be called to pass, shall shake the land to
its foundations and try~us to the utmost,
yet trusting in the God of our fathers,
we will not doubt that life is to be the re-
suit, and that the nation is to be purified
by its trials and established and exalted
beyond the expectations of it's founders.
Our fathers found q great evil, which
they dcplored, but could not separate from
the good. Current events are tending to
produce that separation, by uprooting the
evil. The rebellion, if persisted in, may
be the means, under Providence, of ami
hilating the institution of slavery, which
all acknowledge to have been it's cause
The territory of the United States must
be preserved in its integrity.
Neither foreign powe r nor domestic in
surrection can be allowed to establish a
rival Government within any portion of
that territory, and therefore, all means
justified by the ultimate law of sclf-pres-
ervation and compatible with Christian
civilization, must be applied to the per-
manent suppression of the present REBEL
ion. The recent Proclamation of Eman-
cipation by the President Of the United
States is logical result of the slavehold-
ers' rebellion, and as such it is accepted,
and will be sustained by all loyal men.
1t is military necessity" and has the
recommendation to our people, of accor-
ding with both justice and humanity.
Gentlemen Of the Senate and House Of
Representatives:
Grave and weighty responsibilities rest
upon US in this great crisis. Let us show
ourselves equal to our duties. Whatever
we have to do let us do it with one heart
and one mind. However humble, we are
part of the American Union, ond have
vital INTEREST in its preservation. 1t is
Union consecrated to Freedom, and it
falls to our lot and that Of our generation
to prove the ability of freemen to defend
and preserve their birthright Our in
stitutions are passing through baptism
of blood. They must and will be main
tanned, at whatever sacrifice and in the
momentous issue which is upon us neither
temporary reverses will discourage nor
partial successes unduly elate us. Rely
ing upon the incontrovertible justice Of
our cause, the bravery, patriotism and in
telligence Of the soldiers of the Union,
the unconquerable determination and the
spirit of American liberty actuating the
loyal people of the country, We may con-
fidcntly look forward to, and patiently
wait, the time when our beloved Republic,
under the providence of God, shall be re-
established in unity and power and aft
ord triumphant vindication of the capac-