Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1862-08-15


many patriotic pilgrim in future years.
And as the future lover of his country shall
linger at the grave of some youthful martyr,
he will say, Here lies one vino fell in de-
fence of my rights to preserve to me the
Invaluable blessings of free institutions
who poured out his blood like WATER that
might still sit under my own vine and fig
tree, with none to modest or make afraid
Sacred and blessed be his memory, and
peace to his sleeping ashes +"
Never will the young men of our day
have another such glorious opportunity of
serving their country as the present Now
it is emphatically time of need, and the
old homely adage that "a friend in need IS
friend indeed" was never more true than
now, and never more emphatically commen-
ded itself 10 our notice. Nor will the SER
vices rendered in this dark hour of our his
tory be forgotten, or go unrewarded. If it
be true Of the ancient republics that they
were ungrateful, it is not true of our own
glorious republic. | can appeal to our past
history to disprove the charge of ingrati-
tude. What made Gen. Washington the
first president of the United States? 1t
was his services in the war Of Indepen-
dence. What placed Gen. Jackson in the
: presidential chair? 1t was the glorious vic
tory of New Orleans. What was it that
, elevated Gen. Harrison to the presidency !!
{ 1t was the battle of Tippecanoe, and his
services in the war of 1872. What was it
that raised Gen. Taylor to the presidency
1t was his bravery and his services in the
: Mexican war. The triumph of our arms al
Buena Vista, under his leadership, prepared
, the way to the chief magistracy of this
great people. No, it is gross slander tc
charge US, as a people, with ingratitudt
tors. And mark my words, the future rul
ers of this nation, for long years to come, viii
: be those who shall have distinguished them
f selves in this great struggle for bational ex
istence. No one hereafter need aspire to post
/ Of honor and distinction, who have not par
: ticipated in this gigantic strife. There is ev
erytLing, then, beside the amor patrte f
= awaken the honorable ambition and aspra
g tions of the men Of our times.
T have spoken of the present as dar
g and gloomy hour. And SO it seems. Re
n cent reverses seem to have diffused gloon
l. over the country. But you must not un
& derstand me to indulge in any doubt as t
'r the final issue. 1t cannot be that God ha
II planted us as nation, and given us growt
At lnexampled in the history of the world, fo
10 so brief a career. Ii would be derogator,
/ to the wisdom and far-reaching purposes G
III God to suppose that this great republic
rs with all its precious freight OF example, in
'e fuence and aid to struggling nations, is no.
ne to become extinct. Its position is so Ger
ne tral, its political institutions are SO benie
nant, its religious privileges so preeminen
10 that its fall would send thrill of sorro'
t. through every useful human institution
he the world and the ruins of its glory woul
III obstruct the path of progress for long Ger
I. turies to come. When we think of the nj
oil merous christian missions originating her,
re it is no exaggeration, no extravaganza
y; say that the worlds best Interests, and higt
US est hopes, depend more on the future {
ne America than on any other earthly infuenc
Is or agency, whatever. These interests I
en- an expcctant world are being settled in
Id large degree by the results of this confi
IS, for our nations life. 1t has been well sa
C. that if Napoleon could say to his soldier
We as they fought beneath the Egyptis
" pyramids, Soldiers, from those sun
es mits forty centuries look down u
r. on YOU" with more emphasis and mo-
le truth can we say" Unto this field of strif
IT. to which the energies of continent al
ns marshaled, all living nations and all comir
III ages are looking" If we fail in this stru
10 gle--if the government is broken dow
anu Cfusucu-t auh
We usurp their dominions--if treason and di
III loyalty succeed in their dreadful and il
'u iquitous designs, the shock of our fall wi
Is prove sad catastrophe to the world al
"a, an event to be deplored through all comir
10 ages Can it be that the hopes of the worl
OF are to be blasted by our downfall? Can
sc be that we, as nation, have fulfilled Il
al part assigned to us by heaven, in the gre
ry drama of the world Can it be that Ii
CT refuge of the poor and oppressed foreign
M is no longer to invite his weary steps hit
10 er? Is there to be no longer, on this ives
ne ern shore, an asylum for Europe's wrongt
RS and oppressed ones? Shall despa
settle down upon the faint and weary my
In lads of the old world, as they turn th,
nj eyes to these shores, which have so long pr
be fered them comfort and home? No,
his cannot be. All history forbids the thougl
he The attributes Of God are arrayed again
To- the supposilion. How can we allow ou
IN selves to doubt the final triumph of la
n