Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-07-29
Speech of Senator Foot.

NPOOOlA VI OOldJOI UUUs
We take from e Congressional
Globe t b following extract from the
eloquent and patriotic speech made by
{ Senator Foot, OIL the evening of June
23d, while the Senate had under copsid.
GRAFTON the commtation clause of t h G
enrolment law:
Mr.. President there is but one plain
and paIpable couBe for US, and that is
to prosecute the var with all the yigor
and with all the Energy and by all the
means which Col and Nature h e
placed in our haids, d within the
recognized limits If civilized warfare, to
Pu down this REBELLION. Sir, this Re
public must CONCUR the rebellion, or the
rebellion will conper this Republic, and
there is no other alternative. Trusting
h the God o battles, through the
agency and instruuentality of our gal
laDt and heroic others a d men now
fighting in the fieldfor the cause of the
Union a n d of free Government, will
soon crown our arms with triumph and
give US victory AMI peace, we wait in
patience, we wait inhope and confidence,
the final issue of the contest.
Never despair of tie Republic. This
rebellion must be put Down. This I'm
ion must b restored. This Republic
of ours, with all its promises n d all its
hope for the future and Yor the world.
must be saved. | repeat-this monster
rebellion must be p u down-this foul
conspiracy against the life Of the best
and m benefcent Government the
world has ever seen, must be crushed
OUT we are o at liberty to douG>
about 1t l bad almost said we were not
at liberty to debate about it; it is sim
ply thing to be done-to be done at all
eyents-to be done at all hazards-to be
done at all sacrifices. If more men are
needed to save the Government, more
men will be had-if more men are need
ed--whelher it be one hundred thousand,
or two hundred thousand, or five hun
dred thousand, to save this Republic of
ours, my life upon it, you have only to
make t h necessity known and they
will not be found wanting in the day of
b e + country's peril-t b will be
prompt to answer the call. They are
not yet willing-not y prepared-to
give up this Government.
will speak for my own State, small,
unpretentious State, small in territory,
small in population, b u large in spirit
of patriotism as the expanse of this Re
public, with courage and fortitude and
fidelity as firm and immovable as the
foundations of her own everlasting hills.
Though she has already paid her sacri,
flee of blood in full measure to the demon
of this rebellion, yet if more of her sons
are wanted, if t h e exigencies of h
country require it, |, h know them
well, and whose life long has been spent
among them, tell you the call is only to
come, the summons to arms only to reach
them, and every man of them capable of
bearing arms, if need be, will be prompt
to leave his farm, his wor k shop, his
home, his household, and make haste to
the red fields of war; yes, and every
mother will make haste to lay her last
son, in the prim and strength of his
early manhood, upon the altar OF her
country'S sacrifice, sooner than see the
bright orb of this Republic 60 down in
perpetual darkness and night
That, sir, is the spirit of the Green
Mountain State. That is the spirit of
the loyal people of every State this
Union. That is the spirit, and that is
the determination, that is to put down
this rebellion, and is to restore this IN
ion, that is to save this Republic; and it
Is, therefore, l say this Republic will be
saved. Such is my faith, such is my re-
lance upon the loyalty, upon the patri-
otIsn, upon the valor, upon the fidelity,
upon the self>sacrifcing endurance, and
above all upon the unconquerable will
and b undying purpose of my fellow
eountrymen-though long, and severe,
and terrible, m be the ordeal-yet,
God helping them, / believe the strength
OF the American people will prove equal
TO the task-:hat the virtue ofthe Amer
lean people will prove equal to this
great trial.
Sir, will detain you no longer
his Republic must be saUed, and twenty
million responsive voices give back the
answer, This Republic of ours shall be