The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-07-22

working eut today anil siie resoafd-
ing n war-rys and lHe ringing 81
srus "a lAe bloo aad eama g q CIV.
q waf. laaealh ihe battles og iaaf
hanas iisr a pall absv o..
rae ~ t msk pefy elat
oar sa0ets ar andl ia. @len
upon ii4. generation aad laoagh he
/ cod s uot yet ve laAe seen enough o
+ prgre tbst sbe il cqYal 70 the emer-
enry. The triad has comes We have
mrt il tie sllock is rasi and ile na-
iitn stand. nog weakened by lhe
ggle d trembling with lbs shock
bui iieo apd relian, % the dese.op-
nent of iis miehiy fesoaroes-ia ts.e
surpassing glory Of Us logiy palfioi-
ism. The iahlt 81 the people % The
itliumph Of their government las been
liae that OF the Romm patriot, who,
when the enemy was laundering at
tbs gates Of Rome, bought as . high
/ price, the very spot of land upon
which tie victorious Hannibal had
pitched bis tent 80 confident WAS he
ot the ability of his government q
/ repell the invader from Italy. BY
this eoniiding patriotism we conquer
AID are bound 10 conquer, till the hall
con days Of peace SHAH smile upon a
prosperous and happy naiion-pari-
ied BY the fery ord-al--weighed in
the balance and not iound wanting.
/ We stand upon the threshold of a
new era--the dawn Of a more glori-
GUS day. The anticipation Of coming
4 danger has blighted our interests and
paraly zed our efforts, But having
I bravely met the danger. We know our
resources feel our strength. Tie
only sectional interest that could ever
defy the general government has re-
I eeiVed is dealh-bloy. Iisnceiorh we
are to have a central power that can
pot down traitors, whether they come
/ from the North or the South, he East
o. Tie West
Tic fearful siorm-elouds, the por-
enlous gatherings d 80 ears, have
burst upon the ship Of state !. and.
having endured without the starting Of
u timber, the first furious blasts, she
ha> only 70 toss for while upon the
j dying billows, TIL, settling ID peaceful
repose, she sails graDdly on, with gen
tic breezes, upon cain ocean, be-
meath an azure SKI.
When frs, our troubles came upon
Us, it was feared tlat our patriotism
Was not seli-saciidcing enough 70 sue
cessfully meet them. lae spirit Of
'76 had gradually died away. Rous-
ed BY no great emersehcy, i had de-
generated into tIai holiday patriotism
which displays Itself in pageants and
oraiions. Oar past years had hal the
effects Of The soft strains Of some
peaceful tune, borne from afar on The
still night air. which sooihts the soul to
quiet resi-. But this crisis has been
ike tie clarion tone OF the trumpet
which drives the blood through The
veins, nerves the sine~s and rouses US
to noble deeds. II has given US a
/ trusiful, enthusiastic and unyiclding
patriotism. The daik days Of our
early defeats have given Us some Of
that abiding trust, with which, amid
dssensions and distractions, tile Ger
man students clash their swords and
| glasses together around tie board, sing
the songs Of FaihcFland. and look
hopefullr forward 10 the time, when
/ Germany, united and regcneraie, shall
stand forth in the panoply Of power.
II has given os seme Of that fiery en-
ihusiasn with which Tie Frenchman
looks oRon his sacred eagle. j las
tempered this enthusiasm wiih some
Of iliai sterner. holier patriotism, with
which, III that memorable contest from
/ which we trace our liberties, the peo-
pie gathered around the Parlimeut,
resolved il its jast defence 10 live
and to die" We may now speak Of
America il tie language with whit i
England's blind bard referred to lis
native land in the days Of her regen-
GRAFTON So Meihiaks | see in my
mind noble ana puissani nation,
rousiug herself Ike strong man af.
ter sleep aal shaking her myincible
locks mcihiaks | Sc heras m eagle,
rfarn her mig " young a d kind
i.g ler uadazrIed eyes at the foil
III d day beam
We are 20 come forth from this con-
test, sterner men and. trust, truer