Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1863-08-14

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cause our patriotism shall flag, our courage shall
fail, or God has deerted il Then we repeat that
as surely as we have been able TO trace the steps
Of our progress from the stability OF our lnsttu-
TONS and from the glorious Union which we have
enjoyed long we shall date the total ruin OF all
sections alike from the very day OF disruption
God grant exclaimed the great man IN the
very bloom aud ripeness OF his eloquence, 81 that
when for the last time my eyes shall be turned to
behold the sun in the heavens but you Will call
TO mind that pcroratiun. It's not gratuitous as
sertion. IL is founded on many precedents It IS
drawn from analogies from lessons OF history, 1t
is the induction OF true reason that QUE UNITY
once gone we must inevitably perish. United
we stand, divided we fall We cannot live apart
and maintain onr respccaGili'y' nor alter disnn-
ion, would There he single nationality ON inns
continent oi any grandeur or Whlch would com
mand the respect OF the whole world. There are
no natural barriers to keep ihe Inherent sections
OF tins country asunder Inc mountains now
ever high or rugged, open OF their own accord, o.
as If God had cloven them asunder Tor an express
purpose and present way OF intercommunica-
ton. The mighuest river ls ike one stream OF
life flowing through one boly All inc rivers
the marlboro, aud the sea-coast belong TO as alike,
and should serve to unite us m hrn alliance.
There is no common possession winch eau be
properly alienatcd, and If we are torn asunder' 1t
must be by an act OF the most cruel aud unnatural
violence. We are one people-lnaTel though
we nay-with the same language tine same reh-
gion, the same law Che same customs ana over
looking MINOR considerations contemplating the
good OF the grand whole, we have only one great
interest. We have 10 keep tins great idea oil
Union, as our only bulwHrk-ls a necessity, as a
prize, as trust committed Co ms, perpetuauy bee
fore our eyes.
Let us look ahead for little distance al the
probabilities in case of "a division. The ideas
which shall present TO you, have perhaps been
advanced by many, and have occurred 20 every
one who bias Thought upon the crisis W nat II
the separation were effected between the two
parts of this commonwealth now az war; and we
should ntiiy a peace with our neighbors 10y let
ting them 60 as some have suggested, or as they
have distinctly asked hy letting them alone, so
that they might direct their own interests.
Such peace, accomplished 90 due form, would
Doe the most delusne aud omiuous calm winch ever
proceeded storm. How long would the bonn-
diary line remain fixed: How long before Jeal-
ousics aud animusiues would revive when our
late advcrsarcs should bee Wttcd against as with
q deadher rivalry and more hagraut ambition
when the goods which belong to all m common,
which are essential TO the prosperity OF the whole.
shall De appropriated or claimed or restricted IN
use 10y the onet Peace, though desirable above
all things. would be of brief continuance, at the
rresnlt in the ixed establishment Of the roycrn-
ment, otherwise it will open tine way for eyerast-
/ ing chickering's. The blood already shed must be