Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1864-10-07
SPEECH or HON. srODDARD 3.
COLBY,


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SPEECH or HON. STODDARD 3
COLBY,
Delivered before the Lincoln aud johnson
club Of Washington City, sept. %, 1864
. GENrtBNES ~ am proud / anu Veruon,er Yo
hzyt ntatu my native state spcak fate aud sue has De
hne1 my popuon. her deeds in The I'D you all know
The heiosm OF her brave Petersburg Ncs suu
Getty sburg, fftdeucksDufs thc x, ~ o her deeds
times 1i the Revolution we'll As ln t.e dajs Of u
qWt1us rebellion. are all fresh in the memories OF be
3. gtat Col counuymtn. she viii sycak again in th
grand rally iof Dnun ana ifetdum un the oh Ui Nogtm
' Never before were Aaeriean citizens in,ittd 10 th
polls under 81 s0emn respunsiblues H e have befuf,
us in the graud cause of sei feserFauu the spectacle
OF beloved and hunored republic struggling Leiocal,
uitVua, who care for her little and love less, freight
ei ~ith tie dearest and mlst exalted Interests u mau
Kind appealing 90 us by every sacred cOusderAtun
iay round lhe Union aig tor G.d, and hOerJ aud Law
Ice pary OF Chicago, claAlug Co be the iegattcs o
Democracy must bs tried aud judged by platform
LAT lhs record lee issue To be tntd is 70 be con
lued 20 lhe pe.glngs NOW 30 is sale 20 asser that al
the Gains protest. and preteuce u Demucracy %
tae pact are al with this spirtess and spurious at
form Of Ch cago, ana hence 90 not hesitate 10 asstr
IS pr poslr.u easy to establish .-
Ihut ~ Democrat can c0HssSfeahy ytrs he sup
port 10 pOicg dssf1 ttfte to ths cyiry 40
rance ioilh tts Den0cr-tc htioty.
Tue motto " mat party has eve, been our country
betf rtghf urOng Ia lol2, The DenoctAcy favored
the Wal with Dfeat Britain, wagd ou account OF the ana
pressmeuto VI few seamen. But tLs late Democracy
Cd 1eensels ships every Itis Ottet aud buoy
u arr4snins Our own Goyernmeut, aud ciudsmuiug It's
f0us TO suppIe the rebellion, butt has rebuko for
Vie oefbafous e1posuteof our pusonets TO mureeioua
hfe lt uttefs cordial sympahJ iUf those noble
~ho went down sh colos hyIng IN the al starred um-
oerand, no loyous e1ultauon with the heroes of the
keauAfge.
In lo.4, lhe old Democracy charged the Federal
leaders ia the Hartford C0nye.tuu the design Of mera
eng distgTDancesoi tue sacred nlua the luon,
Anu, suspicion Of such oaseneas, they
ssued tnat whole poht ca paG,y to ,Le dph Of
UUIta u aIu H so
This inoigu rage, that Aduou has is OF certain
toWn IN Nes ampshe that the auth Iiues refused to
count fedetGl sute ii ssing thAt II must have betn
th,opn by mistake while Gov. Martin Chit.encen uf
vermont ncsecTeeuVeted from the storm OF DemVcE auc
vTah that i On his head because OF his fool sh
ORDER mat me state troops must return At once nom me
ued u Plattsburg a. u unconstituuo al ior the
PCsdet 10 order state troops beyond the ms Of their
oNn state IL vas Democfauc Colonel WIZ wrote the
reply % the order said; " The meauest SOLDIER
ere is iu this eaup better obey order
that is AIMED directly a. the heart uf our county.
What then wou- the Democracy oi ldl4 have said, If
a. Choago IN view Of hat sout ern conclaNc Of eOels
aud traitors n uTnef Craven mission, thiuk ye &
Never ue modern democracy have with no ntuc ao-
-ouy denounced as dangerous those theUiis the
Abolition party who allowed themselves even 10 sptak
aud write uisropeotuuy OF The Consultation. Yet they
ntVe n0 eud uf dtnuhcnuou Tor secession traitors who
lA'e e.saytd 20 disrupt the Union by armed fury and
No honest DemoCrAt a. that tseutful period OF Cal
touus treason, aud iudte ed OF any laru cut ot
,outu Carolina, could have hesi ated 60 march under
Jackson 70 the res ue of the Onlon aud no man
I3uutel then s,nle that the oid would have
hetfiu gwen the order lue p4rpuac6 OF the ircsl-
tnt were very warmly expressed as vas his tusten
die Old courier, Gen SAN Dale, descuUes his visit at
-e bic house m terms so sraphic as almost 10 re-
,roduce the scene lie ssys;
The IRON man uembl,d with emotion, and for some
ine covered has face with he haud, dropped
Vt his knee. / was d epy Affected myself lie TOOK
OF thtce turns across the ROOM and then abruptly
aid Dale they aie uytng he here you vi witness
u out by tle God of heaven 1 Nl .phGld the law
Inc Democracy the hfst secession Of South Cafoi-
ma, stood by Gen. jackson. Mississippi Louisiana,
Atnuoky aud rsiniA all shoulder to snouloer
b. AsuA A.aF aIa.m aN y IN
.plo his sten threats OF armed co,roou.
Nj Jefferson, COZ roi0uist under the old con
isdrauon Of States, declared in let to ~ Meusner
'he tght u ali the States 10 eoe ce any Of their number
maj refused obedience to the General doverumeit'
deAi hiu;
When any one State in the American Union refuses
obedience to the confederation hj which they have bound
nemselses, the rest hare natural gtt compel them
ooraeAce Congress would pGOUtb exercise long
ience bd re they would force but II the
Ultimately required H. faty ooutd use tat recurrence
lhe speakei tnen continued al some length TO review
he cou Of events and the oondcct Of Of the
prominent mtn OF the county daring the past po oinung
out the fact that in that history no such spirit as was
manifested by those VINO had allied themselves 10 the
Chicago movement was auyshere to be louud, aud 10
the resolutions Of he Chicago platform such patriot
c Spnt he had shown % exist the days Of ebster
ana Jackson was exhibited II the Chicago platform
Was sanctioned by the people, they would oondenu the
va ~ defence OF he LniOni they would invite uresn
nauuns TO do what Chicago has done 70 acknowledse
ouihtfn Independence That PLATFORM inscribed inde-
loe 4lssaee ON eV y solag' TOMB ana saho5s gave
Who hau given biz life blood for his country The way
10 tel what your antagonist ant 70 do was 10 look him
10 the eye. The platform the e) Vt the convention
an showed that their blow was TO be at the vitals Of
the Union
Ihe men who assembled at Chicago claimed to be the
iegsl heirs Of the Democratic parry Why did not they
act their athe did in the days Of Jackson Then
hey placed the enre power Of the country IN the hands
Of Jackson for the preservation Of It's liberties All these
democrats now hold that there must be rash nea
suTs towards traitors in perpetuatng the unity Of he
Government 1he last words Of Douglas to his country
men were, - Stand by the Union and the onstiutOn
ii died too soon. Where were Governor Dickinson
and General Butler The latter stood by the Democracy
unrl they came tquArey upon the ion OF treason
aud loyalty, aud tnere ne said, the roads might fork
they might take the former and he would take the lat
| ter Nobly had he kept his word
suoh biei is the record Of the Democratic party in
the past PIofesssng loudly 10 be the fathers u the
Union jealous Of the slightest infringement Of eonstiu
tonal law, ready and eager for any war with foreign
powers, Great britain OF Mexico, FIR any or even
ianeie. ~rong. Is it not melancholy spectacle that
the heirs apparent and legaees OF such party should
In the face ~ wrongs and Outrages upon county
compared with which all Others shrink into insgnih
canoe Abieoty cover into saWsh submission and cOoly
abandon the Government TO whatever tate pitlless
Oellion, usu'paton and tyranny may Pracolsy bestow
upon it
IL is surely no sorprise that gentleman Of Mr.. Nc
Clelans associations 30 long schooed among the pat
riots Of the army 10 say nothing Of the gentle admo
nitions hom AuAute and Mobi e. should out Of self
respect, rteul with Tror from the thought OF
placing his own repu alton IN jeopardy upon so coward
y base as that Or that when al length hesitatingy
aecepurg the pohered nomination. he did 50 after pro
test solemn protest, pregnant with be ~ satire upon
the Whole nnpncplsd Prog whleh hlS suppoi.eIs
had constructed for him Such protest Is unaVaiing
T the candidate, isolated OF divorced from the PLATFORM
becomes " Bishop without Church Ia leader with
out parlyl
PassiHg 10 a further review Of the position OF MeCle
Ian, he stated that hat gentleman favored an Immediate
cessation OF hosiiss Rrmisliee, and withdrawal Of
That would enable the rebels 70 TelAke and
epenish the fors and Arsenas which Ve have captured
Mould il n, be better TO settle the question Of peace be
/ fore having an sTmisuoe AZ the wit Of Louis XIV
lhe mona ch, who proposed 20 execute those per-
sns uhn had hfesen,d lis fe aner they should have
killed him, said the y eakeT In bis case " Would
you not have ihen hurg 'een inmate. before
thrr than een minutes stsf 'hes shaft hive KILLED