Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-07-07
will make haste to lay her last son, in the
prime and the strength of his early man.

will make haste TO lay her last son, In the
prime and the strength Of his early man.
hood, upon the altar Of her country's
sacrifice, sooner than see the bright orb
of this Republic go 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 in this
Union. That is the spirit and that Is
the determination that is to put down
this rebellion, that is to restore this
Union, that is to save this Republic; |
and it is therefore that say again, this |
Republic will be saved. Such is my |
faith, such is my reliance upon the 10y |
atty, upon the patriotism, upon the val |
rihcing endurance, and above all upon
the uncoquerable will and the undying
purpose of my fellow countrymen.-
Though long and severe and terrible may
be the ordeal, yet, God helping them,
believe the strength of the American
people will prove equal to the task-that
the virtue of the American people will
prove equal to this great trial.
Sir, / will detain you no longer. This
Republic must be sdved and twenty mil
lion responsive voices give back the an
swer, "This Republic of ours shall be sag
ed"
Mr.. SpRAaUE. / have no doubt that
almost every Senator believes every
word that has been uttered by my hon
orable friend from Vermont, and thele-
| fore move that the Senate do now ad-
journ.
The motion was not agreed to.
Mr.. MCDoUGALL. | have been more
than pleased, have been edited by the
old Roman talk have heard from the
Senator from Vermont, worthy of his
experience, worthy of his years, and of
! his high and well-known character But,
sir while indorse all those noble old
Roman sentiments that he mas SO well
pronounced, and | know has so strong
ly felt, | cannot concur with him in his
conclusions. l concur with him in the
heart of what he says, in the spirit OF
what he says, and in the will to do all
that he would himself, and yet | am
compelled to express the opinion that
the philosophy of the doctrine which is
involved in his conclusions is, In my
Judgment, altogher unsound. Sir, if we
were old Romans or old Greeks, or men
of the Republic as it was in 1776 and in
carnated in 1877, we would not ask for
additional Communication. 1t is the evil
of the whole course of our policy with
regard to this war; and protest again,
humble as my opinion may be, or as my
judgment may be, or as my position
may be as against the Senator from Yer
mont, that we make a grave mistake in
supposing that the citizens Of the Re-
public should be purchased to go into
the field.
This is a proposition to increase the
price of Communication. We forget the
; law that lies at the foundation of repub-
lican institutions. do not propose to
discuss the question, and | shall not
dare myself to undertake to rebuke the
very able. and long Inexperienced Senator
who represents the green hills Of Yer
: mont. He is always able to teach me,
and bow my head to him for instruc-
ton. But, sir, l trust that we shall get
back to the true principles upon which
armies should be organized, and upon
which a republican people should be
put into the field of battle. am con-
| fident that | am right on this point, OF
otherwise l should not be so persistent
in repeating my convictions. Weshould
not undertake to carry on war upon the
priciple involved in the proposed amend
ment; and if we do not learn it to-day
or tonight, if we do not learn it this
year, if we do not learn it next year, it
will be compelled into our recognition
by the experience Of years.
was as highly pleased with the dis
{ course of the Senator from Vermont as
by anything / have heard this session
| think it has somewhat elevated my
own feelings of patriotism. As regards
| everything he has said in the form OF
general remark and appeals to the high
, sense of the Senate and the American
: people, | would be proud could l have
: expressed myself SO well and said what
: / thought in the same form of language
t But, sir, | insist and it will come to be
, the conviction yet, that it is not The
paying of large sums to bring men into
the field that will accomplish victory
: We commenced with grave error, anC
! we have got to retrieve that error before
r we shall be able to establish ourselves
v perfectly as strong, commanding pow
e er as between ourselves and our enemies
:
, LEA terrible catastrophe occurred a
, sea on Sunday morning, about one o.
9 clock, from collision between thu
steamers Locust Point, from New York
and the Matanzas, from New Orleans