Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-10-06

~ kiA Mr.. Ei.soln ~ given Us. as have !
1s,is the prinsiple Of wisdom cod Of safety, and
sse noshing m The esadurt Of the President Of
the United stats,, his successor, which makes Il
Impossible for him at any time IN the course 81
biz sdminissratiOn. TO returu TO the senei%l IDEA
and theory Of settlement that have Advanced.
And let msaJ 70 yeA, hot IN TIE way Of prephr
ecy, - 20 expression Of opinion formed after
Year,, not only of labor bat OF erherrng, thai
whether the settlement o. our Affairs be post
poned i've, ten o. twenty years, the settlement
viii be based upon this idea; and take that to
/. orr OF the most satisfactory. and alto ether
TIE mos, honorable and Useful periods Of my life
that have passed in Louisians in endeayoTing,
- far q could, with but little support either
on the part Of Governmen, or the people. to
embody these ideas in political measures
Gen. Banks plainly Indicated that in bis
opinion, ~ Tar as deviation was MADE from
tho principles and piane o. reconstruction
adopted BY President Lincoln. it would oF-
crate tssiy Tor all, and especially for the
loyal black population Of the South
And you will find upon An examination OF the
\ question, that while all the measures now sus-
gested for the protection and elevation Of the
Beerv, will disappear One BY one, silently. er,A
/ ne shall be left Unprotected IN the hands = his
| frmer owner and employer, that the leEitims'e
and certsin rss-lt q the measures that w-re ID
augur.s.i IN Louisiana, would h.ve ben MS
-isA-sion BY the people n That State 10 all the
I rights Of ~, independent and intelligent ls-
4 borer srt citizen Of the United Sts,es. DO oct
hesitate 10 stste this xithont quail cAti' :. ne
cause | know the truth o. -ftt ! say, and
have no favor to ask O any human being
! Genera Banks then paid an earnes, tribute to
/ r. courage and patriotism OF the brave . ldieis
OF his comman l.meniiouing 40 worthy Of special
praise the men given 10 the army by tie CITY Of
Lawrence In this connection ne spoke OF the
embarrassment under which the ofh'ers labor
| ed who mad gone % the field from civil If. aud
expressed his conviction that when the history
OF the struggle Wa vel understood il would h.
found that NJ f-sst an eousi part OF the merits
| Of Ito great results wss 70 be sftribrrel 70 IT.
volunteers n well a. to is accomplished and
patriotic professional soldiers.
- an here To-Day sail the Genera, ''Au
older, viser, better, freer and . poorer
MAJ than vhsn | LEFT you four years ago -
[ Loud spplsuse.1 Having been silent four yetrs
ference TO me what Interpretation y given TO M
remarks; but mean that ,hese men Who have
stood by me, and tboee women VINO nave be-
frieniei me N the past, shtl ave = chln-e O.
know that have dishonored neither myself nor
the favor they nave shown me-"
The speaker then p-Oceei,d to show tina. At
the battle Of Ceds- Mountain, he va guided by
the expires, order Of The Commanding general.
asd ne rad the order, dated 9Th o. August
9 A. o'0ioct, a, follows
&" Gen. Banks vii move 70 the front imme-
i;stely. s..ume eommsni Of al the force IN the
front, deploy ne skirmishers. and. II the enemy
approaches. attack him Immediately e soon a.
be approaches. and b. reia,orced from the
front"
KNOWING That the only means Of maintaining
thelr position Wa io hghi II accordance with
Ordert, they entered upon that battle. ami nei-
iher the manner in which II was fought nor IL
results would dc discredIt TO the American AZ
ny. The men lespei to the hghi. AM 800
men met = column Of 5000 or perhaps - 900.
snd sustained themselves IN sucn a fight a. they
had never known, for two hours, until darkness
separated the oonbAtNnts
Gen Banks then gave ~ interesting descrir.-
tion Of the csptur, ofPort Hudson. and declared
that but for the eolored troops, the Union army
could no; hsve been successful
The General concluded by expressing the
opinion ths.. II political power =; the sou D va.
given 70 the rebels, the result would b. the de-
s,ruction Of free institutions and principles L
given 70 the mS..-s o. the PEOPLE, v'h such
support A. the Government cOald give then. the
result would be the security and Perpetu.iion o.
itee institutions. and the maintenance q the
nights Of al ciAsse o. our citi1ens