Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-06-21

'ehflul fulh, but we haQ as well ayOW il al uupa
and every lick you strike, and every rebel yeu
Kill, every battle you win, dreadful as is 10 do
ii, you are adding, il may b. year, il may be len
years, II may be century, it may be ten cenluries
70 tbs life Of the Government and the lfeeaom of
your children. Great applause. Now, passing
'yer that idea, passing over many otAer lhlurs
which it would be right for me to say did time
serve and were this the occasion, let me add.
GU are 3 Union party. Applause Your e.i.
-in has been referred to as having occurred upht
years ago. In one sense il is tue hat you afg fsf
Ilder than that. ! see before me not anI, primi.
i've Republicans and primitive Abotuusls, bu,
| see also primitive Democlas ard primitive
Whig', primitive Americans, and il. uw.Iallog
me to say, myself am here, who all ny e have
Been party to myselE Laughter ant applause
| Asa Union party Sill follow sou 10 ne ends oi
The earth, and 10 the gates Of death, applause
but as an Abolition party, as a kepubhean pafy.
as Wing party, Us Democratic party, avan
American parry, will not follow yon one lsot.
| Applause. But is true Of the mass OF ghe
American people, however you may divide and
scatter while this war lasts, while the country Is IN
| peril, while you call yourselves as you do lu tile
call OF the Convention, the Union pafy, you arg
Tor the preservation Of the Union and the des.fuc.
ton Of this rebellion, root and branch. And in
my judgment, one Of tie great errors that h3,
been committed by our administration OF the
/ Federal Cove nment, the Chief Of Wtom ve are
about to nominate for another term Of oihce-ne
OF the errors has been 10 believe tnaL we have
succeeded when We have not succeeded, aud 10
act IN manner which is precisely i0r tu0se WHO
have succeeded. You will not, you cannot sue
coed until you hav- utterly broken Tie military
power Of this rebellion. Applause. / 9r. no.
delaln you on these incidental poin,., one % which
mas been made prominent in the remarks Of ths
Chairman OF the National Committee. DO no,
! know that would be willing to 10 20 far H. prob
l0ly be would, but cordially agree wllh ulm in
| this. think, considering what hos been done
about Slavery, taking the thing as il bow stands,
overlooking altogether either 10 wa, ol coudem.
nation OF approval, any ACT that hs brought Is 10
the point where We sre but believing TO TO-, cJu.
science aud with al my heart, tlat What has
brought Us where we are IN the matter oi Saver,
Is the brgnsl sin and folly Of ire s0n aul 81. c,s-
zion. Because, you remember tn,t The Ga ego
Convention itself was understood, and, oeue,s,
it did explicitly slate, that they would uol ioLc.
Slavery ID the Statee. Le,Tmg %, therefore, aI.
| together out Of The question bow VI came where
We are 90 that particular point, We are % psrd
10 go further than the original kepub Icsrs luem-
selves we're prepared to g. We are prepared 30
demand lot only that The VhJl. teiutoD % th.
United States shall mol be made slave. bu. tdat
| he Gentrsl Government oil TOE American people
snail do one Of two thlngs-AuQ !. App-ai, .0 me
mat there i nothing else lnat can be uout--.lLer
o use the whole power Of the Goyt,umr o. ID
war power aud peac- power, TO ~ Saver as
nearly as possible back where !, wasi (ur, a-
h00gh that viii he q fearful stale VI tUc.rt,, ii is
better han anarchy or else TO use tne uA.,e
power OF the Cover ment, both Of var aud pragr,
,ad all the practical power that TOE peul be- .ut
United States viii give hem 20 c1tefmIu4.e and
extnguiSa IL. Prolonged Applause. ! asv
no hesitation H. saving iur m)seli, that o we're
a Pr0-SayeTy mani d believed Is Institution
was an ordinance Of God, anu was gwen .o man.
would INTERESTINGLY JOIN thuse Who demand
tina. Government stouu be put b "a whore il
sas but am not Pro Slavery m.l. / nty.r
vas. ] unite myself with those su1 believe {.
contrary to the br ghtest interests Of all n-u s1d
Of oil government, contrary 20 lhe .plut % lAe
Christian religion, and Incompatible vlta tle a4l-
ufsl right OF man. IN myself With }Ao,e Who
say, away with il forever, applause aud ler.
yenty pray God thai the GAY mai come wben
throusho the whole land every man may be-
Tree as you are, and as capable VI Ct juyns ft.u-
! lated liberty. will tot detaln you i, oa.tr.
One single word YOU will allow me 10 s.y u BE-.
half Of the State from which ! come, cue Of the
smallest OF the lhsusands OF lsratl. Ne kr.r
very well that our eleven ro.es are u Do o.. s.-
quenoe 10 the Pre- dental election We know
very well that in our present unhappy condition
II Ia by no means certain that We lfv here t,-d 50
representing The parry that will carry the maionly
OF The votes IN that unhappy Stale. ! k'o@ very
well that sentiments winch am utter. 2 viii
cause me great odlum 10 ths Sute in winch VAS
born, when love, where the bones Of Two gen-
etatlons OF my ancestor, and some Of N, chi.nrl
are, and where very soon / sha Jay ny own.
know very well that NY colleagues wll incur eGI-
um il they indorse what say, and they. 100. know
~ but We have put our faces toward The Wy ira
which we intend to 90, and we will goiaulo
The end. II We are to perish, We viii perish 10
that way All hive 10 say to You is, Hepusi
YOU can il you cannot, believe 10 your leaft.
that We have died ike men. [Great cheering