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

uncomfortable. Tns reminds me of the transmit
grafton philosopher who begged man to deslst
from the chassement OF dog, for, he said, be
could recognize in its howl the voice OF a deceased
friend. There are q great many politicians,
think now, who the moment they hear Slavery
crying, believe that they hear the voice OF de-
, ceased friend. Loud laughter and applause.
| Now have been one OF those conservative pso'
pie, net according to the modern doctrine OF con-
servatism-for was old-fashioned in my dsfn
tion-but was for letting the institution of slave
ry entirely alene to work out its own problem un
der the guidance of benefcent Providence-no
interfering with 1t in any shape or manner, bu
leaving it 10 the localities where it existed, to be
dealt with in their own time and way. When they
said L" Constitution, | said Constitution" WheE
they appealed 10 that as their shield, invoked it,
protection for them. When they said powder, ]
/ said powder. Applause. And when they IN
CURED who can make war upon the Beast, | saIc
the American pc pie. Cheering. have had
no anxetieS upon this subject, except to afford
them the shield of the Constitution SO long as
they invoked it. But when they threw it away
when they resored to arms, | said then, put them
down by the whole power Of th- American people
T Applause. And | say so now. Cheers.
| was an old-flShiOned Democrat, as you may
remember. am Democrat now appause OF
the straghtest sect. But great many who were
Abolitlonists when | was Democrat-or tried to
be ii it paid woll-now call me to account and
say am radical, very radical indeed, and they
are conservative. Well, will admit they are con-
servativo in one sense, and only one, ald that is
not the chronological or technical sense, bat it is
the American sense, and that is, opposed TO the
Government and all its institutions and interests.
Applause They say am radical. admit
am radical IN this radicasm, il they intend by
this that | am for making this cure complete, and
thorough, and efectua, then am radical, for, be-
ing fairly in, have an idea TO see this war fairly
out. The question of Emancipation has become
one of the questions Of the day. 1t cannot be
blinked at any longer; and have no disposition
to get around it. | will meet it as have always
met questions. Many of you thought was on
the wrong side; but always took one sde-I
ter and cheers took the side of letting this
question entirely alone, SO long as they appealed
TO the Constitution; when they threw that away
and repudiated it, | said, as | say now-and |
want the reporters to be sure to get me down
speak for the benefit of political sneaks general
" cheeringl-I say that the only safeguard of
Slavery was the recognition of the Constitution /;
that the opinion of the world is against it all the
instincts OF humanity and religion are against it !;
the advance of civilization is against it; the inte-
rests-moral, material, commercial and religious
OF the country are all against it and while
would prosecute the war solely and entirely for
the purpose of putting down this rebellion, if
Slavery happens to go along with it, will hold
up both my hands and cry amen to putting them
both down. Great applalse.] / never favored
it as institution. | favored letting it alone
when they invoked the Constitution; when they
threw that away, and exposed its npkedness
and deformty, cared not how quick it went by
the board. CHEERS They sent their pitcher to
the we'll once too much. Laughter Icarus
scared SO near heaven that the suns heat melted
away his waxen wings, aud he came down to des-
truction and baptized the lcariaa Sea, we are
told. Although his father cried Icarus, Icarus,
lcarus, he needed not he was determined, in bis
ambition and security, to soar up to the heavens;
and thus he was destroyed. Slavery had traded
50 long in the politics Of the country, had con-
tr0lled convictions had made the mean mighty
and The little great, that it thought it could do any
thing, and not remembering that soaring up like
learus melted Waxen wings, it went right down
ward. But 1t melted its waxen wings there and
destroyed the institution forever Great laugh
ter and applause. The friends of Slavery have
done for 1t what its enemies never could have
done; and the Abolitonists ought to hold day
of thanksgiving and prayer for the friends Of
Slavery for destroying it from the face of the civ,
iized earth. [Applause.]
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