Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-09-18

only. If we were contending for ourselves
only, we might compromise and let it go. In.
dividual prosperity could be easily secured here
or elsewl ere where peace and stable govern.
mcnts reign But it is for the long line Of
generations vet to come in whose interest we
fight this battle. (Cheers..) We cannot say,
"Alter us the dtluge." but must take the time
with all its obligations. Our soldiers 90 to the
field with no short aims. Their hopes are not
placed upon the temporary success of a battle
and the impulses which govern them are not
those only of personal fame.
Remember how small their chance for il is.
No such considerations would have carried them
from their little home circles, where each alb
sence makes horrible blank. Impelled alone
by generous PATRIOTISM they fight for their
country's future--not its present or theirs
they have no other reward than the glory and
safety of the country. Such men | have seen
in the field. l know how cheerfully they bear
hardships-how silently they accept wounds
and death.
Go to the graves of these honored dead and
tell them the flag they loved floats over their
regiment upon some glorious feld--will their
sleep be disturbed? Tell them that their names
will be handed down with honor through the
succession of generaions--will the blood again
NtlliS' Wllil Will lltll tNt EllSlell
Give them, then, while they can enjoy it, the
satisfaction to know that their efforts have an
object. Already YOU hear the tramp of eager
thousands fastening to the pr pared battle
your fancy in the restless night brings you back
the voices Of their farewell. Except in dreams
of the night how many of you will ever heal
them again, those household voices ?
Remembering these-remembesng the hoar
ded treasures YOU have thrown into this gull
tor your couutry's goodwill you hesitate
People OF Massachusetts, will you hesitate tt
strike with vital force the unnatural enemy who
has compelled these terrible sacrifices? (Cre.
Of "No! No!O Shall this blood be she'd il
vain? (No! NoD Baptized in such blood
will you not name free that soil where it was
shedP (Yes! YesD Shall a ploughshare
guided by the hard of slave, throw up tc
whiten in the sun, the bones of patriots who
fell in this struggle for their country? (Cries
of No! No
Crowd your patriot soldiers to the field, hap
! py in their privilege to be there make ever,
/ fight victory, but let the men who fall on
those rel fields die in the assumed belief tha
their blood was not merely spilled upon tht
ground-that 1t went to cement the corner
stones in this great temple OF universal libert,
| (great cheers), and when the roar of the battlt
with all other mortal sounds is fading in thei
ears, let them feel that their souls, too, are
marching on to join that noble army CHEERS,
of martyrs which every good cause demands
Justify their sacrifices, and at once, by grea
act, place yourselves on one Of the grand pin
nacles of history. And if on that summit tn,
halo which surrounds you is tnged with red
dened light reflected from many bloody field
it will not come from your sitting sun, but vii
be the light of a new and glorious mornin!
which will illuminate the world. (rremendou
applause, which was kept up for several min
uteS.)