Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1864-02-26
GIN. Z, w. CAN'T AT CONCORD, N
The following effective passages are from
the recent speech Of Gen. CAN'T, at Concord

The following effective passages are from
the recent speech Of Gen. CAN'T, at Concord !.
NO NEoRo sLAvERY.
The State that have the honor represent has already
held state invention represented by three our'hs u
the people " the state What have they donei They
have amended their constitution and Wiped Of It the
slavery cause sud substituted one inscad declaring that
slavery and involuntary sery,ude shall exist in
the State u ArkahsM. loud applause.) That has
been unlimited 10 the people in order that the thing
Be fair, and they will vote upon il in March aud tay Il
b, an otetwhe Ginning majority tRencwed applause y
spoke before leaving my State to some Afksnsans,
I've call them mountain led, many of whom had been
IN Ptoes army and had Just abandoned IT, aud Others
who had been Union men from the start. Up in he
mountain gorges and on the rugged banks u forest
streams tn fires Of patriotism had burnc in their hearts
They organized regiment and requested address
them did 80 before lef, snd asked hem this ques.
ton; I'VE are now preparing to go hack to the Union
n our fihers Shall 20 with without negro ,av.
ery ~ They vo'cd upon II the next day and how man,
a. sou suppose said go back without negro slavery -
There were right hundeed IN the regiment and Just eight
hundr'd voted nv IT, (ApplAuseJ
Thee Vas another regmcnt-just Eve hundred in it,
not quite formed Three days afterwards the vote was
submitted to them aud they voted to 20 back without
sAser tho whole Ave hundred and on tn top Of that
hey said That they had taken up 10 sustain the gov.
eminent aud they intended only sustain the gov
eminent hut lay down their until the cause
N The "a itsslf had been removed cloud applause -
W' that was great deal further than msny n ou
come All We !. ths slavery was The cause nj
the wait has desolA'ed the South-t has brought
mnuruiuy a-nu n0th-ta tfestics. southern people
undcrst ~ the NJ the war, aud fpf srad-
eating 10. Why IN the NAME Of common sense can't ytu
sAy lt Il X That doest make YOU aboltioniss does
h} vas ajolitionis aud ia Davis was an Ab9li.
uons, and caused the destuotion Of slaveTynot you
Are you snns to shed tear. over its detructon We
are satisfied tn let it go Nov what do want 7 I
'pesk for my State and much OF the South when
utter these sentiments. We want h'si-pescc. In the
tsatplsce' We want r.tm'neni peace " his qne' .n
las 60" AZ Aon Tor f'tv yean culmnaing in tot dJ
w.t ash yru " peace ia made aud the question:
len IN the g''e'nmtnt' would be permanent peace
tbs PKooLANATtos
l. I, sometimes said that the Bnancip,ti Proclama-
ton prolonged the var @h did il How did 1t 10
long The war! bet whether ~ prolonged IL nf no.
'ay. Il B, one N the hardest blows got, AID /
know, fr I fyt It myself When Lincoln commenced
mlnnNing Do. rftcAmHtipns. he comm,n ed b tiiny
pretty had. Whist dit we tell him W. told him
shfte uu' strength lay SAmsn's 81 eng'h Ia, in his
To- ks Nhen th 80 were shrrn off, he wa stronger
than We told Mr. Lincoln whefc our tfrcfyth
la, that in f'ur million Of slaves who would
ult'vse he soil when all the white Of the -ou
went 10 vsr white you have to ave just many viii
men At home 90 cultivate the soil Dill say that
Ncrv WILL We were not vety smart il is true. N SAY
ing that We ought TO have kept it to ourselves, but
God Almighty nteulsd th thing should be ovefturnel
and therefore made u' just "a big FOOLS this question:
A. pn.sihle daughter
Wen .pm~ nouhrrner was sh ewd enough 10 see th,t
i don't know WIN It wind Mr. l.ucuin thought II
he idea NJ making pt'rla zion us as veil as
trlins To ,hopt M W. laughed az tain u We said
you make any thing out oft nv It on II don Z
N0ply 90 ne fir we have * government ard cnnsu
ton NJ mr. own aud can't apply your goternmsn
ierau'e yonhaver got any niSsrs You cant p oil aim
Akalhl Gun lliu'inn more tntn queen NictOftA
could or any more than YOU ould proclaim the serfs u
RusriA rec. because different Government "
Wen, ittlc like the people ia the oden time
~hen God proclaimed hist food was 10 sweep over the
"a Ill nnd dcstr"y all tho people.
Old Niih 49, shont uldiig the ark aud the people
christ-ned it"N All fily Srwe rhristened Lincoln :
proclamation " lnooln's fully But the rains descend
ed aud ht and be- en- h'ods came; but sill fcastsd
and danced, aud did nnt believe there would be q aood
that would swrep the entire country The people
on the hills 10 kt a on thpscin the leys in tho
eniN ~ o. cir 10 H. an sid" surry 'or YOU
Oh nking hoy thens lvrs out ufth reach Of tn
ter; hu ' aud by he ods eli bed INC hills oscrtop
ped the high mh1niAins AID Nu,h's ark rested upon
Noun Aatat aud uuy 'htsr VIII were Boo Dr. vtr SAVED
N Prtclt'nuim " lincoln went SUI n ward suI
pcoule laughed ttit iu' around il rallied 1raye het's
with IL the constitution NJ the country H.
the Nag. and Eout marched, siiil southward.
rom the blazing throat NJ every the Procl maion
va hundred and the chains tell from the limbs u
manaced 'iNves tL'"ul applV1se)