Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-09-02
Spl ach ot General Fremont.

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Object, 20 far ~ it relates to the enrolment Of
TIC volunteers required, has already been at-
tanned. The events Of the last few weeks have
made 20 apparent the necessity for immediate
ren,urcements, that hope nothing else has
been needed to procure a prompt response to
the call OF the Government, ana to that mute
but strong appeal Of your friends in the field +,
who to-day constitute our bulwark against the
surgcs Of rebellion.
The chances OF war do not admit of delays
The enemy is pushing it forward with renewed
yigor, and the loss of few weeks, Or even
few days, may involve disasters shameful to
record and impossible to retrieve. In this
condition it will never do to let differences Of
opinion as to how the war should be carried on,
interfere with its vigorous prosecution First
ill the ranks, and leave to those who stay at
home the obligation Of shaping the struggle to
its proper ends
But Massachusetts needs no other Indictment
to her duty than the certainty that she has one
to perform. Under this impulse her people
will come forward promptly and nobly, as they
always have done. Cheers She will be al
ways true, us in this contest she has been poet
ically true, to her historic record. The infant
that here in the :" Cradle of Liberty stranged
the serpent, is ready in its manhood to destroy
the hydra and when see, as lately have had
the opportunity to see, what kind Of men they
are, each one filling place in society, instruct
ed, intelligent men, heads and supporters OF
families, contributing by steady labor to the
wealth OF the State-when ! see such men go
ing by Thousands and hundreds OF thousands to
the field, my anxiety is not i'll regard to the
number who 90 there, but It Is that their ready
obedience and affecting confidence in the gov
eminent will be met by corresponding care
for them in the field and that these concentra-
ted energies will be directed to results worthy
of the sacrifices they are making. (Applausc)
Therefore, indulge myself IN the pleasure
of feeling that the object of this meeting is not
SO much to urge the necessity Tor further troops,
az to furnish an occasion Tor encouragement
and sympathy to those now leaving for the field
the aSsemblagc Of friends on shore to greet
the parting ship-and SO, with God-specd to
them, turn, with your permission, fora mo
ment to the duties resting upon those OF us
who, for the time being, are lett at home
had Just now expressed my anxiety that We
should obtain from this war results worthy Of
the sacrifices we are making. How this shall
be done, and in the speedlest way, is the ques-
ton which threatens still more to conyuse the
country, and is making Of the nation one great
council Of war And it is right that the peo-
pie should in this way jealousy debate their
vital interests. Not only is this their inherited
right, bought by the first revolution, but it is
also their sacred duty to keep themselves well
and currently informed concerning the progress
Of this revolution and to make known their
wishes concerning the manner in which it shall
BIZ controlled, SO as best to secure domestic
peace, and restore it upon impcrlshablc tounda-
sions cloud cheers.) 1t is in this way that
the vitality Of our institutions maniiests and
maintains itself. (Applause.)
In ordinary wars soldier is limited to the
silent execution Of his military duties. But
we are in the midst OF revolution where every
citizen is Il soldier home had her laws special
to civil war. Here the nation is stirred to the
heart by struggle lor existence, and not only
the life Of the country but the life of Repre-
sentative Liberty throughout the world is at
stake 1t is not safe to believe that we shall
! be able easily to govern TIL, revolution. And
in The midst Of such events it is not only thu
right bat the duty Of every luan to express his
opinions, and however slight his influence may
be, to employ it in laborng for the common
cause.
Lord Herbert, WHEN envoy at the Court O
France sent, thluk, by Eliaabeth--at al
events at time when on the personal relation;
OF ambassadors depended peace or war for their
natiuns--said to the French minister, who haC
purposely provoked him, that although am
bassador he was not the less u gentleman. III
reserved the right, when occasion called for It
to act in his broader capacity. So, therefore,
soldier. but not the less citizen, will in TIN
little | have to say to you speak my opinion
freely ferries Of . Good, good, and ap
plause) but at the same time | will endeayo
to do so with the reserve belonging to the frs
upon subject about which you are not al
equally united but the proper treatment o
which think equality mnortant with the prop
er treatment of our forces in the field, and if
speak of myself in connection, it is because il
the suggestions presume to make to you
speak upon my individual experience. tCrieS o
q Good " and applausc.)
Six years ago, when had the honor to rep
resent your views upon national affairs, | held
in common with yourselves, the opinion tina
slavery should not be disturbed within its exist
+ ing limits. When the Confederate States nm
nounced their existence, their executive pro
claimed slavery to be the corner stone of tn
new power. In Missouri, year ago, as wa
measure, | declared the slaves of rebels free
Immense applause cries of 4" Good an
great cheering,) believing this to be the mos
ncisiye, searching and deadly blow that coul
be aimed at the heart Of the rebellion. ZAP
pause and Good, good, Bully for you, an
cheers Judged it to be the quickest mod
to damage and discomfort the enemy, and
gain great advantages with the least cost of lii
to the good citizens who were acting with m
in maintaining the laws. \ general in the hel
in II distant aud rebcllious district, inycstc
with pro-consular powers, did this in the cS
ereise of what believed to be my legitinai
authority. Cheers Later, as the wor WEI
on, became satisfied that with its suceosst,
termination must also terminate slavery
some form GOOD, good, and cheers.)
considered il then sufficient that SOME inei