The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-02-24

great and good have been celebrated through all
time, wherever civilization has travelled, and the
memory of the patriot Washington has been held
dea- by the American people. [Apphuse.] He
was one of those who founded the great Govern
ment of equality, who repudiated the idea of
heaven-descended rulers, aud with the first
parents of this Republic ingralted the great and
sublime idea of equality lie and those with
whom be acted acknowledged no ruler but the
Ruler Of the Skies no sovereign but the Sover-
eign of the Universe ; no protector except Him
who notes as well the fall OF sparrow as the de-
structon OF an empire. 1t is this that has made
the memory of Washington dear. Well might
the shepherds of the political Bethlehem, if they
had known the birthday Of Washington, have as
sembIed at his birth to see the stars in the east.
He aided in founding this great Government of
equality, and it is this which has made his memory
so dear. lie discharged his great and benign
mission on the earth, and, like the prophet Elijah,
passed away in fiery chariot to heaven. " My
father, my father. the charots of Israel, and the
horsemen thereof" was exclaimed by the Amer-
can people when earth lest and eternity gained a
mighty spirit. Cheers.] Bat if the mission, if
the history, if the work OF George Washington
was cheat aud deluSoD, if this Government
was founded only to blast expt Citations, only to
dsappoint hope, then It would have been far bet
ter that George " ashn ton never had been born,
and that this Government had slept forever n the
wide abyss Of possibility. Yea, my felow.ciuzens
far better that the birthday of George Washing
ton had been cursed as the ldumian cursed bis
natal day "Let the day be cursed ia which
was born, and the night in which it was said that
d man child has been conceived" But this can
not, will not, shall not he. Loud cheering. This
Government is destined to pass on by will
stronger than all human exiStence-to pass on to
the glorious and great fruition that awaits it, and
we can not only see this mighty people of this
great and glorious Government but we can hear
the footsteps of the coming millions in the dis
lance. Cheers. In this great constellation of
political hope, these lhjr'y-four sons and these
blooming territorial daughters, we can see in this
bright and beautiful constellation the Empire
State, our pare0t queen, unyail her peerless light
and shed Iusre and glory and genial warmth upon
all. 1t is the second land Of promise, like that
region between the Mediterranean and the Jordan,
full of oil the elements of greatness, full of all
the elements Of wealth, full of all the elements
of success, moral aud material, that can bless a
people. Look out upon her mighty expanse, see
her great inland seas, see her mighty rivers NOV
ing to their destination like human soul to the
bosom Of its father and its God. See its contri.
industry, its letters, arts and arms, see all its
greatness, its internal improvements, its bright
and beautiful hills, its sunny slopes, its silyery
streams, its smiling valleys, and then say whether
this land is not worth preserving, and Union is
not worth fighting for that has such people.
* Breahes thsrc with soul so dead,
That never to himself hath SAID
This Is my OWE, ny native land:" Appla use
In the midst Of this Rebellion is upon US. This
great and becign Government, that has come down
10 bless our people. ike that genial sunshine that
sheds lis rays upon all Gods children alike, that
has come down like the refreshing rains Of heaven
or like the ferlizing dews, unseen< and untel
this good, this benign and unequalIed Govern
ment, has put its nose into the water that came TO
Rebeldom to drink This OFF OF Government
has attempted to fasten its fangs upon the lamb,
the Rebellion Laughter What shall tie En-
pile State saw? WHAT shall the Empire State do
10 this emergency? There Is no halfway house
there are no compromise measures here There
are two great antagonisms, Government and a
Rebellion Government at Washington, a Re-
belhon hatched 10 hell. [Cheers.] Where shall
she cast her potential voice? She has taken up
her position with the Government which she
hened to found, and of which she sits empress
browning this mighty court. We say, the Empire
State shall say War, uncompromising war loud
cheeringl, war to the Knife until the Rebellion is
nut down. [Applausel If a riot should arise in
YOUR CITY here, would our friend the Mayor send
out an ambassador of peace or would he send out
the representatives of the law in their IN lesty to
,sh It down TO darkness and to dust? (Cheers.
~. ,ueson between the Government and the
1t has been nothing else, it is nothing
ta" or will be anything else; and you
a font of iohdel politics a,
.FEt.E E h84wheni it comes out the
al esx + ..e.44r 4 a,sd n i'll be seen. Laughter
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