Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-08-01

The army needs an element Of older men /
to give strength and firmness to the spirit |
OF our brave boys. The South has sent her
middle aged as well as the young; erTy
able-b bodied man there is in the army. Let
the North do likewise and how long can this
thing last? Bat our farms and business de
tain Us. Are We to make no sacrifices? We
must leare our farms, our law Offices, our
families. We must 60, not for money, not
for glory. but for our country,-to save ex-
piring liberty. And We must remember
that there or here We are in Gods hands, and
that we are always safest in the path of
duty. lie hoped to meet many OF those be-
fore him, in the army.
Mr. Woodward's remarks were most I'M
pressiye. They touched the night spot, and
were frequently interrupted by the heartiest
applause.
J. S. ADAMS SPEECH.
Mr.. Adams was loudly called for and
greeted with hearty applause. lie said he
felt like entering Il protest against some OF
the statements be had heard OF against the
inierences to be drawn from them. The
men OF Vermont are not lacking in patriotism
They are not cowardly. But when an intel
ligent people accustomed to free discussion
are told that they are not 10 bring their
Judgment and common sense to the consider
alton OF this momentous business. that they
have no business to criticise the action Of
our Generals or Of the Government when
the men they have freely sent are put to
guard rebel property and left to melt away
by disease or fall upon the field with little or
no effect on the grand result it is no won
der they hesitate. But they see BOW the
signs Of a change. The clouds are begin
ming to break, and Vermont will again send
forth her sons by thousands and tens Of thou
sands. He had heard also objections - the
Offering Of bounties, but there was practi
cal view to that subject Many a man who
would 20 IS tied by the care OF a family
Others who would gladly but cannot 90
themselves, are ready and willing to help
those who can. For himself, physical
disability prevented him from enlistiug as h.
had longed to do but be was willing to
contribute or to be assessed To his last cent
to help the families of those who would vol
unteer.
Mr.. Adams spoke with great eunes'na--
and was loudly applauded.
Ma. CAnPBELL's SPEECH.
/ Il. r. Campbell. Esq, said that De va
glad to hear, though just at it, close, what
this meeting was Tor. I. was 10 I'll up a
company OF volunteers now two-thifIs raised.
If the men to do it cannot be promptly fur
nished, he, for one. should be ASHAMED OF tle
town and county If the North would uot ilT-
nish all the men that ara needed be should
he ashamed Of his country. We should DE-
serve to be called towards and knay.=. he
had been looking into the census ID itile.-
lie found that the eleven States IN rebellion
have a free population Of j,j12,2l2, and a
slave population of 3.5j5, 067,-hAsirg 1000
slaves to every 1860 white men-whIle a
portion Of the South-viz. the four States Of
South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, and
Georgia, actually contain IS 600 more slave,
than free men. Ten per cent. of the free
population Of the Rebel States gives them a
military force of 557,22l. They claim that
they have actually mustered ; per cent.
giving them 4i0, 600, and leaving them a
reserve (0f the ten per cent? OF III ,22l men.
Against this the loyal States have a popula-
ton of 2l,sl9, 227 lreemen and 42S ,293
slaves, who are more loyal than their mas
tiers. It ten per cent. Of the free population
of these twenty three States is called out, II
would give an army of 2,lSl,922 men.
Three per cent. has been mustered, thus lar,
amounting to 654 ,0G0 men and now one ana
a half per cent. more Is called for, making,
in all 9Sl 600 and still leaving Us, of our tn
per cent. u reserve OF 200 coo men. In
the face of facts ike these, to say that We
cannot put an army into the field that will
crush out the rebellion in 90 days, is to own
ourselves the arrAnt towards the SJutherners
call Us. II Se don't do it, We deserve to be
rode. as We shall be, by the Shareholders,
harder than they drive their slaves. II the
young men are not ready, let them call on
the white-haired men. lie was ready TO 20,
for one and he wished to hear no more
about Green Mountainism OF Green Noun
tain Boys. till they had indicated their good
name, by furnishing all, and more than
was asked for, for the support Of the Gov
ernment Mr.. Campbell spoke with his Gus
tomary vIgor and the audience applauded
him to the echo.
Hon. Geo. F. Eimunds was called for, and
moved the appointment by the ch If of a
Committee of twenty citizens to take mei-
sures to raise at orce the number OF recruits
needed to fl mp the Chittenden County
Company for the Tenth Re Uncut, and that
the sand Committee be authorizsd to obtain
subscriptions, call meetings, and DO any 9TH
er act necessary to the end in view.
The motion was UNANIMOUSLY adopted, aud
the Chair appointed the following gentle
men as such committee
is Adams. Geo T Ejmuuds, q W B.ne-
diet, Daniel Roberts, VIM q Shaw, WA II
uoyt, Geo II Bigelow, Samuel Huntington.
Carlos Baxter. VIM L Strong. \ Shedd
Henry LOOMS, james Mitchell. p II Ca;iin.
IL p hickok, T f Wales, Henry Role, y
b Flanagan, 5 NJ Pope and Edward Lyman
Hon Daniel Roberts then sang Dr..
Holmes Ode, "Now or Never" which was
loudly applauded, and the meeting adj ourn
ed.
The Norwich REBELs.-It seems that Part
ridge, the former L. 5. Marshal AMI POST
master Of Norwich. and the leading secession
ist ofthn Norwich squad WAS nor arrested. rs