Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-08-01

asN' eau go NOT why
as 10 ,ne oountes that were being offered
nc tnonght mat vermont mad already don't
nooiy-oetter than any other state IN The Un
ION towns IN otner states had offered bonn
yes ranging rom Sioo down to smaller sums
,., ou. 'nls was not equal 10 our stale bounty
n.s o'a'e pays bounty equal TO soi year
"n'0n amounts ih thtee years 70 Sou No
o'uS' ''a'e OF 'o"h aau oegun 20 do SO much
'u'S' ana u 'noold DC taken into consider
'''O" ""'" oo"'iueilhB the mere matter ol
Mr. W. dWelt at length upon the road that
a' III sfJu i,i w 1,i 'I' "Do.''y ana i'me' we
possessed the raten, for pobil;,y Nm .,,a
noble in this country only as they made them-
selves so by their own right arm, and tho
road was open alike TO ALL No selfish or
mercinary motives could ever accomplish it +,
u could be reached only by sei-denial and
1t rotion 10 country History was replctc
with examples of men who bad signalizod
their devotion TO their country. The wealthy
never attain an cminenco on that account
John Jacob Astor could count his millions,
out history would never hand down the name
OF Astor beside Of Washington, who, though
poor IN comparison would ever be loved and
cherished as the father of his country We
all have aspirations for cminence, and thee
were the times when these efforts can be sig
nalized, and when men can place themselves
beside w Nashington by linking their names 90
the salvation oi Their country such men as
EJmeF Ellsworth would live and shine 10 his
tory lie was the first martyr TO the cause
OF his country ON Virginia soil, and was hy
no means single instance; thousands can
do the same in the great work OF saving the
Republic, and the country calls for MS now
to work in earnest to save republican institu-
tlons 10 the world.
n G Ferrin. Esq. was noyt called nror
,,d sa;5 ho ,o,,tl 49,. .il ...l:.
tI.,
"'N '''''"l oe'" S"'N' Ou' 'ue'e was one
ldea TO which he wished 20 call attention.
hls was Democratic Government, and those
VINO were hghung to-day were not hghung
ior an isolated government for every man is
: ART oil the government and while hghung
for the country, We are hghung for ourc'ues
our country Is what we make IT, and we must
not ma ault with the government when we
are NOT supporting 1t by hghung It's battles
Ne nave not and do not now appreciate the
contest IN Wnich we are engaged and It was
dllhcui' Tor us 20 be made TO appreciate it,
we were so tar removed from the scenes Of
sU'e' lie was sallshed that we had all got
TO 80 INTO the work,-men without families
men WIN iamles'yes,a men with gray hairs
tie mad recently conyersed with Col. Hyde
and Mayor Sawyer, who were now lighting
Tor their country Col Hyde told him that
the efficiency OF the Vermont regiments was
not what II ought to be by reason of dischars-
es ana sickness MAJOR Sawyer said that
from ms experience IN the Shenandoah valley
pc was satlshed that the Southern army was
made ap 81 better MATERIAL better men, than
ours heir pest men were IN IT. Al almost
every plantation IN answer to the question
"heie Is the owner OF the plantation the
feP'y invariably was they are The rebel army.
tie sara II was true that Their best men
we're IN the service a"d zoe h1d got 10 meet
N'"' ''" me 'et men pe Aaoe got There
,,, '' I'3. u'''"s ,'e 'U''s''' a'iu
,ras no ,reater sacri6co r1r ,io bo'l..a.r;,r ..
leave his VIII, and children ,hon en- tho hi,b-
est in rank among us. Our Republican in
suutious were at stake, and unless we could
put down th's rebellion'-unless the Govern
D'en' coulu oe 'us'a'ned--Me Pf"cP'e oi
/.'', 99o,e'"ms"' ." gone II Is no government
, - ...
,bo orinr,ri, of d;s;nta,.,,;a ,G' n'il s. anu
stonoing ala,e Tho W "onl1 49,. ar1
up their highway TO the ocean. or suffer
it to be through foreign country. II we
cannot put down the rebellion, we must give
up republican institutions, for we should in
inevitably Crumbic to an indphnitc nuunbor of
petty sovereionties. But what we want now
is more men, and if the pay that is already
onered Is not sufficient he must give up his
,I''n " IN 'nI Pa'''o'I'm o' vermont MI +
to raise the man tc,,o canna, ,'a a,.Iai ,a.
should induce others to 90. If a draft was
resorted to we should loose the seven dollars
month state bounty as that applied only
W Gt'n'e5''i nu' we must nave 'ns men
mnst bo had ,,onsd;otL,
Ho, II R;cbard.on n,ovod ,bo,,f. Forrin
ho ado.d ,, tho ,,,,r,;,,., .h.,h.l h... -,
noinic5 and tho r,o,;on ,ya. a,,ro,1 80 y
!,
MI fetrlh Wlsheu LOT the company OF young
mon with hin, and ;,os,,uoh .e tL ,,,t;
' ~ ''"b
had added him TO tho Committee he moved
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'""' 'u'! "N" "''' - W Nlialui anu MS
motoh was agreed TO.
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