Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-11-24


the sights and sounds of woe-let me throw
pail over the scene, which no words can ade-
quately depict to those who have not witnessed
il on which no one who has witnessed It, and
who has heart in his bosom, can bear to dwell.
One drop of bam alone, one drop OF heaven
y, lile-giVing balm, mlngles IN this bitter cup
Of misery. Scarcely has the cannon ceased to
roar, when the brethren and sisters Of Christian
benevolence, ministers of compassion, angels oil
pity, hasten to the field and the hospital, to
molsten the parched tongue, TO bind the ghast-
ly wounds, to soothe the parting agonies alike
Of friend and foe, and to catch the last whls-
pered messages Of love from dying lips Garry
this miniature back to my dear wife, but do not
take it from my b )som till | am gone. " Tell
my sister not to grleye for me, am willing to
die for my country" {" Oh, that my mother
were here" When, since Aaron stood between
the living and the dead, Bas there ever min
istry like this 1t has been said that it is char
acterstc OF Americans to treat women with
difference not paid to them in any other coun-
try. | will not undertake to say whether this is
SO, but will say that since this terrible war has
been waged, the women OF the loyal States II
never before bave entitled themselves to our
highest admiration and gratitude, alike those
who at home, often with fingers unused to toll,
often bowed beneath their own domestic cares,
have performed an amount of daily labor not
less than hers who works for her daily bread,
and those who, In the hospital and tent OF the
Sanitary Commission have rendered services
which millions could not buy. Happily the la
Dor and the service are their own reward
Thousands Of matrons and thousands Of maid
ems have experienced delight In these homely
tolls and services compared with which the
pleasures ol the ball room and the opera house
are tame and unsatisfactory. This on earth is
reward enough, but richer is in store Tor them.
, Yes, brothers and sisters Of charity, while you
bind up the wounds of the poor sufierers--the
bumblest perhaps that have shed their blood
Tor the country, forget not who it is that will
hereafter say to you " lnasmuch as ye have
done it unto one Of the least of these, my breth-
D rem, ye have done it unto me-"
3 We are obliged to omit Mr.. Everetts conclu.
siye argument against the rebellion, and con-
tent ourselves with copying the following ap.
1 proprlate peroraton
Q The people of Loyal America will never take
+. to their confidence or admit again to a share in
: their government the hard. hearted men whose
cruel lost Of power has brought this desOlatne
I war upon the land, but there is no personal bit
g terness felt even against them. They may live
5 if they can bear to live after wantonly causing
E the death of 50 many thousand fellow men they
! may live in safe obscurty beneath the shelter o.
the government they have sought to overthrow
+ or they may ly to the protection OF the govern
: ments of Europe-some of them are already
b there, seeking, happily in vain, to obtain the at
OF foreign powers in furtherance of their owr
d treason. There let them stay The humbles
f dead soldier that lies cold and stiff in bis grav,
= before us is an object of envy beneath the clod
/ that cover him in comparison with the living
d man who IS willing to grovel at the foot OF
y foreign throne, lor assistance 10 Comprising tn
IS ruin of his country,
/ But the hour is coming andlnow is. when tn
n power Of the leaders Of the rebellion TO delud
J. aud inflame must cease. There IS no bitterness
i, on the part of the masses. The people of tn
r South are not going to wage an eternal war, TO
;, the wretched pretexts by which this rebellion i
!, sought to be justified. The bonds that unite u
+; as one People, substantial community of or
gin, language, belief and law 1.-THE four great tie
that hold the societies of men together, )commoi
national and political interests common hit
tory common pride in 0 glorious ancestry
b common interest in this great heritage of bic.
1t sings the very geographical features Of tn
r. country the mighty rivers that cross the line
J. Of climate and thus facilitate the interchang
it Of natural and industrial products while tn
d woodworking arm Of the engineer has levele
e the mountain walls which separate the East an
West, compelling your own AleghanieD, al
y Maryland and Pennsylvania friends, to ope
,e wide their everlasting doors to the Charlie
?. wheels OF traffic and travel these bonds Of ur
IT ion are of perennial force and energy, while th
ID causes of alienation are imaginary, facttioul
II and transient. The heart of the People Mort
Or and South is for the Union, Indications, to
ne plain to be mistaken, announce the fact, bot
a in the East and the West OF the States in rebe
Id lion. In North Carolina and Arkansas the Fl
ne tai charm at length is broken. AtRalelgh an
III Little Rock the lips Of honest and brave me
y are unsealed, and an independent press in III
b. limbering its artillery. The weary masses
n the people are yearuing to see the dear old fla
p. floating again upon the capitols, and they sig
Il. for the return OF the peace, prosperity and ha
er piness, which they enjoyed under a governmeI
v. whose power was felt Only in It's blessings
e. And now, friends, fellow citizens Of Getty
lie, burg and Pennsylvania, and you from remou
lie States, let me again invoke your benediction,
ht we part, on these honored graves You fe,
though the occasion is mournful, that it is goC
to be here. You feel that it was greatly au
picious for the cause OF the country, that 81
NJ men Of the East and the West, the men of min
IL teen sister States, stood side by side on the pc
70 llous ridges of the battle You now feel it a ne
Nv bond of union, that they shall lie side by side Ii
at a clarion louder than that which marshalle
n. them to the combat shall awake their sumber
Ne God bless the Union--it is dearer to US for Il
of blood Of those bravo men sized in it, deiens
Il. The spots on which they stood aud fell the:
sS pleasant nights the fertile plain beneath them
ar the thriving village whose streets so lately ran
Sc with the strange DIN Of war; the fields 6eyou
Is. the ridge, where the noble Reynolds held Il
or advancing foe at bay, and, while he gave u
ne his own life, assured by his forethought an
Il. seli-sacTihce the triumph Of the two succeedin
rs days the little streams which wind through Il
I'd hills, on whose banks, In after times, the wol
d, dering plowman will turn up, with the rue
ut weapons OF savage warfare, the fearful missil,
~ of modern artillery the Seminary ridge, Il
Il peach'orch'rd, Cemetery, Culp, and Wolf Hill
It. Round Top, humble names, henceiorward deG
" and famous, no lapse Of time, no distance ,
Of space, shall cause you to be forgotten.
Re " The whole earth, said pericles as he stoc
e. over the remains OF his fllow-citiIens who hat
no fallen in the first year OF the Peloponessian wa
rs " the whole earth is the sepulchre Of llustrou
Cd men" All time, he might have added, is Il
III millennium of their glory. Surely would d
no injustice to the other noble achievements
s, the war, which have reflected such honor
at both arms Of the service, and have entitled Il
he armies and the navy of the United States-the