Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-10-10

( half Great sacrifices have been made. No
man can tell how long it will continue but
| | cIn til you what must occur before II
clo--> the race Of slAveho .dsrs on this cJn-
tineui must be exterminated. NuciieTJus
applause Not the people of. the South
| but the race OF Shareholders on this continent
mus, he cx,erminated. before this war en-
end. Loud aud prolonged applause.
Ga tne 23d Of this month, the first great
step was taken toward the determination Of
the race Of shareholders by the declaration oi
the President OF the Republic that in 90 days,
il the rebellion had not ceased, slavery in the
ii sece ed States should cease Applause.
And when thnt declaration shall have been
made d PRACTICAL tact, as 1t will be, then the
race Of Shareholders shall have ceased; then
the dawn Of the day of peace will have ap-
pearej, and not before. Applause. Now,
then, we must grid ourselves anew f1s the
contest, aud have already indicated what
the ,pirit Of tie men in the council and in
the ii ID should he-earnestness Of purpose
and fidelity 70 the country-and when such
men shall lead armies, when such men shall
give direction 20 public affairs every where-
in low places as well as high, then the day
Of triumph shall have begun. Loud al
Il4use
,aii the race Of Shareholders in the iuth
is to be exterminated. (Applause.) What
ioll1W-? | say TO you, knowing, | think
somewhat the mind Of the army, Of the men
who have already trOdden the soil Of Nir-
giuia, | say Of tie American people what
S.neca said OF the Romans, d" W hereyer the
Roman conquers he inAabit-.' (Applause.)
That wherever the American cOnquers he in
habits. (Applause.) From the Thousands
of men We are seading into the field from
the North, hid the South take warning.
for We will pour over the border from that
section during the next ten years a quarter
Or a half a million who shall resenerate the
whole State OF Nirgiria, 50 that she shall
Be. when IN the embrace Of gted0m, what
she could never he while living under the
power Of Sayery-the first State in all its
industrial resources, not only Of this c0nti-
neni hut OF the world With her climate,
with her fertile soil, with her inland Eaviga-
tior and her resources in iron, gold, and
other minerals Of the earth, Virginia shall
be the FIRST State of the Republic. and We
who tonight proclaim and advocate the ex-
termination at the race Of Shareholders do it
m behalf of tbr people Of the North, Of
Ireland. 81 rmauy, and Of the oppressed
all over Europe, because We open 10 them
fields % enteIpri-e and industry, wealth,
work, and domestic property and happiness.
lApllause
The people OF the NJrta who carry on this
war for the maintenance Jl the nation, do it
in behalf Of the human race, and it shall. on
the page Of history, be the reproaeh Of Eng
land, that iu the hour Of adversely she look
Cd upon Us with hostility, that she was IN
willing that a great and tree Republic should
be established On this contineut-a country
that to-day is u derive from this revolution,
next to ourselves, the largest amount Of at-
vantage-because the time shall come, and
that not far remote, when upon Southern
soil the free labor OF ia North and the free
black labor of the South shall increase four
told the production Of cotton-and without
cotton England's prosperity must cease.
We shall come out Of this war WISER
better. and more powerful people, with a
debt no doubt # five or ten hundred millions
possibly fifteen hundred millions Of dollars
but with credit unimpaIred. And, gen
tlemen, many OF You will live to see the day
when that debt shall he paid, because we
have in this country elements Of wealth
which are denied 10 any other country on
the globe. Every acre Of the South which
we shall redeem from Slavery-every acre in
the Far West is the basis, when it shall have
been occupied by a free laborer. ont Of which
we will at once give security for the payment |
Of the debt, and furnish the means by which I
1t shall be psld.