Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-08-07

ing treason in Bellows Falls" He was panied
that it was necessary to issue such call in this
place. but there was no Disgusting the fact that
there were those here whose sympathies were
with the rebels He would advocate no vio-
lence, but these sympathizers with the rebels
should be put down by the strong arm of the
law, and public indignation. He read an ex-
tract from the Argus, showing the reasonable
attitude of that sheet, which he denounced in
unmeasured terms. He concluded his speech
by offering the following resolutions
Resolved, A rebel IN arms can only operate
directly and personally against the government;
but northern sympathzer with treason, If he
is permitted to exercise his pernicious influence,
unchecked, inmisr epresenting the purposes Of
the government and its supporters,-in palliat-
ing and excusing the conduct OF avowed dis
unionists,-in opposing the adoption OF strn-
gent war measures,-and otherwise, in doing all
that lies in his power to dompen the ardor of
our people in their ssorts to uphold the govern
ment and suppress the rebellon,-has far
greater power, and a wider field for the accom-
plishment OF this unhoy purposes, that the
armed traitor. And while our soldiers are bat
Ting the enemy in the field, we should do oar
duty in crushing out the insidious. foe at home.
Resolred, That mere general condemnation,
however strongly expressed, will not suffice.
The issues of this contest are so vital-nvolv-
ing as they do, every consideration of national
greatness as well as Of individual prosperity
that to hesitate to wipe out all treason and
reasonable manifestations at home, would just
ly draw upon our heads the obloquy and scorn
of the whole State and to the end that the
foul den of secession sympthizers in Bellows
Falls may be broken up, we hereby pledge our
selves, individually and collectively, TO ferret
out and hunt down these traitors--to make
them feel that the mark of Cain is upon their
brows and TO the Editor of the vile secession
sheet published here-which owes its life and
being to the patronage of the Government it
now seeks to destroyo-we will say in thunder.
tones, "Let that spot be purified, or let it cease
to be of New England, and we believe the
arm of the law is sufficient for thst purpose.
Rev. Mr.. BASS was next call upon and ad-
dressed the meeting. lie said he was COM
parative stranger among the people here, but
he would assure them of the deep feeling he
entertained for the cause. There was no doubt
of bad state of feeling in this place. As to
the resolutions, they would have his VOTE
and if he were TO amend them, he would spice
them higher. He startled the audience by the
announcement that he had two brothers, one of
whom was in the federal army and the other
was in the South, and though not in the rebel
army, he was a rebel, and he would no longer
own him as a brother. Mr. Bass remarks
were truly patriotic, and he was frequently in
terrupted by the hearty applause of the audi
ence.
Hon H. Z. Stoughton offered the following
resolution, which he sustained in an able and
patriotic speech:
Resolced, That it is the duty of every Ameri-
can citizen TO stand by the government, in all
its departments, in this its trying hour.-to
sustain it to the utmost of his power in its
efforts to crush out the most wicked rebellion
that any people were ever cursed with and we
hereby pledge ourselves that we will send forth
every able-bodied man, if necessary, to fight
the rebels of the South until the flag of our
Union floats, under the Constitution, over every
inch of Southern soil. And while we are assis
ting the government in the attainment of that
object, we pledge to the country that sufficient
ability will be left to grapple successfully with
all rebel sympathizers at home.
Mr.. Sloat moved the adoption of the resolu-
tons offered by Mr.. Brdgman and Mr. Slough
ton, and, the vote being taken, they were adop-
ted unanimously.
ru mullen il vac ,uten that the Editors of
the Bellows Falls TINES, and the Brattleboro
PHOENIX, be requested to publish the same.
The meeting, which had been very decided
success from the beginning, then adjourned.