The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-08-22

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4 ibuty
Thp = aker said tia, there was Toryism
AID treason 10 the days q The Revolution
bet !, wa- an hereditary treason, very az
ftrtb, from ibe parriciial treason Of cur
time. Under The diseouragemenis which
,be,. existed ,he success o. the British ierc-
E. al Bennington and o: Durgoyne al saSa-
tora. might sell have been the feather that
brole lie camel's hack. Bui the battle Of
bennington decided Saratoga. Saratoga
maintained the connection between the at
aud other portions Il the nation. This enc
neetion determined the war and from this
connection the event we commemorate de-
riyes It's Importance.
Tie war and Independence thus achieved
came 10 Us couseeraied by the prime pies to
which they gave birth The event Of Wal
loomsao was but one Of the birth-lhroes Of
I The nation, and the inauguration q = grea,
principle-not The completion Of the strug-
gle. lie knew Of no great question IN the
world that coald be considered as settled
We have not even yet closed discussions
touching our ovn nationality.
He considered The elements Of nation''
life as three fold first, its idea, or IL pur-
pose; second, its institutions, third, lis
men.
1t is truth that everything has
purpose We recognize this fact wherever
the purp Csc is right before our eyes. Eu
although it may be more di6eult TO predlc
their destiny or trace out the ir work, eau J
be supposed that the great organic coWmu
mites of men do not have purpose as well
as individuals Nations are not hnilt, GU
grow where God has planted them. Ours
: was not born 10 the mythical time OF hIsto
nv. Il has an organization for the pro 10
ton Of its purpose. It's great ! ga is 'h
diffusion Of lib,riy aud the principle Of self
government Our government Is govern
{ meDt Of the people,by the pelpe, for The peopI
( The speaker here refsrel to the power nm
6 aud the perpetuity Of ideas lie said tina
r if we had failed in the late war, the geptle
: men aristorats Of Europe would have la,
i no occasion 10 fhlter themselves that the
i had conquered; for ideas are more tha
/ bullets they boot "a thousand years ahea
:, and hit the mark nj last Under this hea
!. he also spoke eloquently Of the natioua
c. Gag as an emblem If the national idea.
= was something more than mere abstract,
10 those who saw II in distant handsome
.. thing more than mere abstraction 10 tho.
ID followed il through the smoke Of hattie.
:, a second element Of nationality re i
institutions. Under this head the speaks
y treated Of the scope and meaning Of Il
= Constitution, and discussed the suicidal do
"A trine Of State sovereignty. He did not WIS
i TO raise any i'll feeling. lie was not incline
. 20 reyile those who have imbibed II bei
in the doctrine with their mothers milk; OIL
I. ly If honestly deluled all the more stout
Unjust we combat them But be was sorl
to say there was q class Of men among
who. whether their rights are disturbed {
not, are always dissatisfied; who, it the
we're trees, would he cross-graInei; II sun
!, they would kick; if horses, no RaIey cou
ever tame them The doctrine Of secess',
is simply the right Of one member to L
the body. Ii is not as State but as
ion. that we are to fulfill cur desny
a united people it has been given US to VI
the sight Of sef-government; TO uphold a
dihuse the national idea; not by aetI
propapandism or offensive dictation, but
all q eat feelings are difused-by the exa
pie Of practical working, and by that slle
: energy which is felt through every spit
Of sympathetic life. Therefore without a
arrogant assumption or national egoti'm,
z affirmed that with the preservation CT Q
nationality, we advance our freedom g
the interests Of freedom throughout
world. The Constitution gives US the M
perfect form Of government ever seen by
q world; State Sovereignty has been trNd
:. its fallaey proven. Our nationality
broader than the lines Of Stales-its DO
are The mountain ranges, and its arlei
are mighty rivers. When We have not
the union Of hearts and Of hands. ID
ie'e .,ill remains the union Of lakes and Of lal
" Mountains and valleys, seaboards aud
ers, forbid disunion. Il was not for
State, but for the country, that Stark :
Warner aud tire men Of the he'oiu'
fought. II is not as wolverines, y "su
ers. (" and Buckeyes" but as AmeHca
~ that respect is paid US as We wander
ibs world. All the gory u our past
the hope q our future lee IN cur naiio'
- A nation's fuIis.oluble lite leaps I