The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1863-12-04
A Little Plain Talk.

recently addressed the Union Loyal League
of that city. The speech is one of great
merit. We append the following extract as
sample Of its tenor and spirit:
Two and half years ago the streets of Bal
timore was red with the bl ,od # Massachu-
sets soldiers. murdered tor tacir loyalty and
patriotism 1-u remember The cry that
,cnoed from New England to the Western
prairies, Burn Baltimore" and leave not
one stone upon another, if she stops the
pathway OF Union soldiers to the defence OF
the capital.
Now, Baltimore sends as her representa-
tive TO congress, by una imuus vote, the
boidest and most radical emancipationist i'll
the land.
Verify, the world does move
1t was long before We recognized clearly
:he fact that slavery and rebellion were iden-
teal
The verdict Just recorded at the ballot box
is that slavery and the rebellion shall both
he crushed. H!deously as they have been
in their lives. in dealt, they shall not be di-
,ded.
! Contemplate the rapid advance of Ideas
since 1861. Freedom at ths capital; free
dom forever in all the Territorities man
hung by the Government for partici pa,ns
in the slave trade Western Virginia a free
state; the great state of Missouri substan-
tally free thanks tn her radicals, who have
30 calamity fought and won the battle for
liberty MARYLAND, My Maryland" over
whelmus il her vote for immediate eman-
cipation. SO much accomplished.
Before the grass shall grow again on our
praries, Tennessee, under the lead of \: drew
Johnson, will ask TO return to tbs Un.on as
free state. Louisiana will not linger be-
hind, and ere long the Great Father of Wa
ters shall flow over free soil. from its source
to It's mouth. Kentucky, if she adheres to
slavery, will soon be isolated. Freedom to
/ the North of her. freedom to the south Of
her, freedom to the East of her, and free
dom to the West Of her. she Will be COM
PEELED TO give up the ghost of slavery the
breath of life and liberty will he breathed
into her, and she will become the glorious
free commonwealth of Kentucky. Whence
the recent change IN the tone of the world
toward our country? Ii is because Europe
France. England. at last have recognized the
fact that this is square contest between Liu,
erty and Slavery.
Hence, the people, the masses, that make
up the great public opinion. against which
monarchles cannot contend have caused the
recent radical change toward our government
Hence, Eng land places her broad arrow
upon the rebel rams in her waters, and for.
bids their sailing to the aid of slavemongers
Louis Napoleon pauses in his ambitious
American schemes and arrests the rebel iron.
clads in France.
Lord Lyons gets up at midnight to warn
Mr. Stanton of a rebe p'jt in Canada.
All this 0vca lSe tie s>u- has been made
ylel: aai square between Liberty and Sa.
very.
Such is the present. What of the future
say. push on the war. FIJI mp the ranks
:
/ !ow the retreating rebel armies intc
Georgia and Alabama; pour in the Greek
fire into Charleston. Arm the negroes. Pro
claim 1t far and wide, on land, and on sea
that wherever the flag floats it is the emblem
of Liberty and Union. Sustain and make
effective the Presidents Emancipation Proc
iamation; uphold and maintain it forever
r Strike at the rebellion and at slavery, every
where, and al all times, regarding them a
} one and indiylsbie. Let our railying or,
De Liberty and Union against Slavery an,
Rebellion, and by this sign We shall conquer
| and when We have conquered, the victor,
: will be the grandest triumph of civilizatio.
over barUarlsm recorded on ali the record
= OF time.
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