Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1864-02-26

lio sentiment might con ra to ihe ever .ohsns ng eond
ton Of things that slavery by the ravAges Of nigh,
more eheotually be sstrputed Can man with a
clear eyed vision, with teverehce in his soul with be-
lief within him in the right, of Jehovah, fa 70
retd that purpose--the extinction Of siaUeryf
Sir, was g eay delighted with the beautiful apostro-
pho 70 Union pronounced yesterday by the gentle
from Kentucky. IL s, indeed, the palladium Of our
liberty, the only ark of safety and II s stand Lot
no loyal heart be discouraged The lines Of the rebel
already greatly crippled Is hopes Of foreign aid
destroyed. Let the people Who love the Union and iree
dom still, stand by the old hag, and not single star shall
be boted out Star aer star shall be added 70 the con-
stellaion, until Il eliminates in splendid GALAXY
spanning the free continent Of North America.
Sir, have been astoni'hed the spirit evinced by
certain gentlemen upon the other side against the Ad-
ministraton which is earnestly endesEofng 90 put
down this rebellion While they proclaim tnat they
would prosecute the war they seem quite indisposed 70
sustain the Of the Administration or Of Con.
gress, BY which alone the can be carried Dis
tingushed gentlemen from OhioI learned from the
marks Of my friend from Ohio upon this side Of the
House-who now pTate their patriotism 80 loudly, are
fresh from the support Of VAllsndgham in the recent
gubernatoria controversy 10 that State. II so, sir we
must somewhat disrust them, for cannot be charitable
enough TO believe that like poor dog Tray they were on
y caught in very bad company Sir had not been for
the Naandi shams Of the North, the rebellion, II inau-
guraied At all would never have assumed is gigantic
proportions The traitors Of the North have held up
the hands Of the rebels Of the South and poor and
despised valaudgham. by the verdict of loyal people
they will receive herreward NAsnd CHAN, nov with
OUT Government without home, fnendless and alone,
will rrtc his name among the Afnolds and Buus of his
country
The gentleman from New York a few days since dev-
cred most remarkable speech. It's only virtue in
Judgment, its Aukness. and hereafter loyal people
will have doubt 70 where the gentlemans sympa-
thiea lie quotes literally from Burke and Chatham,
those immortal English Statesmen who always defended
the people against hc cnoroachmens Of the Crown and
appli the quotations 70 the present rebellion Is The
gentleman honest or Is he blinded Can he see dis
tnctuu between that gre and manly struggle for indie
pendence nvovnf the right Of seigoternment aud Tree
Institutions and this rebellion which seeks u rthf0w
and destroy them tn Can be see no disunc ION be-
tseen people rising IN arms who are taxed without rep
reseutat n who Inundated and oppressed BY unjust
dccrecs and ordinances and regulations, and people
rising ia rebellion against the most beuhcent Govern
ment earth Sir do wonder that he is the req
resentatse Of city which required forty thousand nation
al troops 70 protect from the violence and rapne u his
constituency and the peculiar friends Of the Union
loving Governor Of the State " New TX.
The unjust and unwauantsble assertion Of the gentle
from New York respecting New England merits aud
meets my hearty contempt New England needs no vim
dcaon from the aspersions Of the dcaders Of treason,
the advocates Of human bondage Her sefe build
eth in the cedars top. and daes with the wind, aud
scorns the sun " Her soil is made sacred by The hrst
blood of the Revolution. Liberty hrst Graded upon
hor bosom and the history Of her is written upon
scroll sh'ch appreheud tue gentleman will never reach.
Hers wss the urst martyr Of III goddess rebellion and
ste will stand la the front ranks with all her men and all
her money until this Government shall be restored and
The old hag shall hoat Ia triumph entire Union,
redeemed, fegeneTated and dsinthraed from the curse
Of American slavery It's impossible % nrcsee what c'-
the teachings Of such gentlemen may have upon the
passions OF Before to-day, tie clouds OF secession
have lowered land. Before to-day liberty loving
New England has been treated With conumey and
Before to-day has the old Bay State the mother Of New
England and the mother offeedom been unjusty ai
ed Bnt there stands she stood more than thirty
years ago when the immortal Webster ia his reply TO
Mr. HAyne. said " There is her history. The world
knows it by heart The past At least is secure There
Boston and Lexington and Concord and Bunker Hill,
aud there they will remain foreveT The bones Of her
fallen the great struggle for independence now
lie mingled with the soil Of every State from New Bug-
land Georgia, and there they will lie forever And, sir
where American liberty raised its hsst voice, where its
youth nurured and sustained, there Il still lives in
the strength Of its manhood md fn n rs original spirit
II di-oord and dsunlon shall vuud it II PARTY strife and
bir ambition shall hawk at and tear It; II folly and
Madness II uneAsiness under necessary and sautary
straint shall succeed in separating It from that Union by
which alone its existence il made will stand ia
the end blythe SIDE Of that cradle in which its infancy
rocked and will fall At last II fall it must, amidst the
proudest monuments ofits glory the very spot Of
It's origin"