The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-09-04
Gov. Andrew Preaching at a Metlgdiac.
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Meeting. 'Is
Gov. Andrew, of Massachusetts r.
Methodist camp meeting, Matha, Y, d a-
August 10, aud Vas invited to ,a'!afl,
assemblage. He complied. remarkin, - y lie
held many opinions which might be 7o ,"',o4
as uniting him to instruct ncmbe,s 5 $,
Methodist persuasion; hut as there Tue
common spirit Of faith and love bres,b "a'
all rue hearted men and women. in wh;sIIY
might hope to enjoy share, he did No, '4 l uF
at liberty to decline. He proceeded II s,o 'T'
of the kingdom of God which he Io oSs1I
to mean tine reign of God among men I bD
and everywhere, and remarked that ,S Ss.e
must be a point where patience ceases "a n' t
a virtue 10 heaven, as well as on earth v
| nave never believed he continued :,
to be possible that this controversy sbauIJ o,I
and peace lesume her sway, till the drs.atDI
iniquity of human bondage had been troddan
beneath our feet. | believe it can not and u
have noticed, my friends-aIthough [ am M,
supersttlous, | beIieve-that from tho 5.s
the Government turned its back unon Il.
proclamation Of Gen. Hunter, the bIessiDo ~
God has been Withdrawn from opr arn,
We were marching on, conquering and =.
conquer; post after post had fallen beto,s
our victorious arms; but since that dav
have seen no such victories
His conclusion was in these words:
have, during the last few months, owe,
hnl
by the side of those whose hearts were torn
by natural grief as the mortal remains vara
consigned to their last resting place of maDv
of our brave New England boys. o, father;
mothers, brothers, sisters, wives, children !,
it possible that to you shall be lief, hereaffe,
this unconsoled sorrow, that they fell in vain
and their blood was poured out for naugOt'
No, sirs, such boys as Willie Putn4m and
Fraser Stearns, such sisters as some of those
New EoglaDd girls with whom | have talked
with whom have walked to the grave. in
whose ears have tried to address feeble word.
of consolation--such girls as have sad to me
We thanked you when, six months ago, you
gave my brother commission to 20 to the
war, and we thank you now, are too precious
to be wasted. They are Gu the field Of Ball,
Bluff, by the banks of Bull Run, in ,h.
swamps Of the Cbickahominy, down along
our sea-coast line, before Charleston, at Hi.
ton Head, all around to New Orleans, up the
Mississippi, on the field of Shiloh, whereso.
ever the sword has been drawn, there have
either s, God the reg iments or the single sons
of our Observation-Disclosures and noble boys,
men who went out from no love OF vulgar
glory, inspired by no pursuit Of plumber by
90 pursuit of warriors renown, not fired By
any mean ambition, but by hope that, BY
the vaor of their hearts, and by the vigor Of
their own right arms: they might do some
thing for their country.
They shall not die Their memories >1o
live green and beautiful forever in the hearts
OF their countrymen, and the spirit which
their courage has inspired shall be transferred
to other sons Of New England now risu. to
assume their cause, and as six hundred thJJ.
aud march from ont the homes Of our oyl
States from The Atlantic border to the Rocky
Mountains, and that .raLQ host all sanl
in The ranks of the free for tle cause OF ta-.'
country for the viulcation OF their co4n.y,
p0"er there shall stand with them an unseen
host of glorious spirits, Of noble, heroic, d.
parted men-they who have crossed the food
they who have stemmed the torrent Of The
battle, held-aud as they went down, bef
lair forms sinking benea,h the sod, thelr spI'
It's rose above Disseminated, like the sous 0.
meo when delivered from the castles of giant.