Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-01-20


one Samuel B-eck, of st. Adams, was then
read to the prisoner Young, and he was ask
eli viat he had to say to the charge. inre-
ply, he read the following
am citizen - .he Confederate States, and
a soldier ~ t,ieir service. | hold, and here
with -fcJduce my commission as Isl Lieutenent
in the army Of the Confederate States, and the
instructions received a; the time that commis-
sion was conferred uron me, rcServing the right
10 put in evidence further Instructions save
received at such time, and IN saob Tsnner rs
my unsel shall advise
My heart is as easily shJcfci as most oth-r-
at measures of retaliation : out ! have suffered
so many harlshIps. and endUrcl so many priva-
tons IN the cause Of liberty and ifte lOm, that
my heart Is steeled agsln., sympathy for the
invaders and oppress0rs of my beloved. my ma
tive land. Fresh from scenes of devastated fire
sides and >-ined villages, and listening 50 lately
to tie -ail Of the widow, and the cry of the or
phas when behold the ruin and the deyas-
t.uon that mark the track ofthe Federal troops,
can any one wonder that the fires OF revenge
and retail ton slUmher within my bosom, and
only need the occasion TO burst into flames
There are but few households in the South that
have suffered TO privstions, endured no hereave-
meut In our great struggle for the Inherent
righs Of our race. Truly, in this war, civiliza-
ton has hcen male 10 slrc2ler, and demons re
joice on the backward march o.: all that is en-
nobliug and worthy OF the creature made after
Coils own image aud after His own likeness.
Whatever was done at St Adams, was SO done
by the authority and order OF my government.
! hsyen0t violated the neutrality laws Of either
Canada or Great Britain. nor was the expedition
20 s.. Adams set ou foot or projected in Canada
/ have lett home, friends, luxury and ease TO
battle for cause eudelrcl 20 me only as the
cause OF right Disfrauchisel and driven from
my native state lkcntucky) ! espOused the
cause Of thc people whose blood fills my VEINS
and whose feeling and interest are identical with
my own, aud having cspou-ei tlis cause, | will
never look back, bat, rather than yield, pour
ont ny blood rs q sacrifice on the altar Of the
dearest and uoblest cause That can call forth the
efforts OF man. / have facet death many times
this. and should I, contrary Co All precedent,
be- extraiitcd. | am perfectly well aware what
M fate viii DE. / can die AS a son ct the South
and the agony of ten thousand deaf viii never
cause me 20 regret what [ have done. and the
part hawthorne iu this struggle Of right again
might n
had believed that Canada would be true TO
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