Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1865-12-29


are some men VINO profess 70 De more ueVot-
60 70 zoe rteslaen' IMAM 'ne great mass OF
'ne men wno e'ec'eu MN Tvs our ou'y 10
give 'he rieHoent manly, generous ana
earnest support am sure ne wants none
o'her' Let US look win nope ana coincidence
ie. US DC piu1en. 10 speecn' put ie, US De as
inneA'oie as uesuny tsei' in me maintenance
o., o., the cause 0, equal, UNIVERSAL ana impartial
ioefty 'nroughou' the whoie country sa-
c'eu cause, ior whicn 'hree hundred ana
.wen'y,hVe thousand Union soidiers sleep In
-tnelr oioody graves to-day holy cause Tor
which more than four hundred thousand scar
req ana manned heroes tread the soil OF the
hepuohc' Inc gallant heroes OF twenty.six
hunoreo actions nave done their duty, Their
whole duty they have tiampled the rebellion
Gown unuet the IRON neel OF war
COMMITTED not 10 me PRESIDENT alone,
not 70 congress alone, but TO an Administra-
uon ahu congress placed In power oy the
american people "nen the land was convuls-
"a with civil war, 10 PROVIDE mat there EMAIL
DC no slave no olack law no rule, no regula-
Non, no'n'ng wna'eVer 10 Cypress the men
we nave maue ifee. lney are our WARDS. 70
use the WORDS Oh the PRESIDENT OF the United
states. Abraham Lincoln pledged himself
I
pauon ana the maintenance oil their liberties
anu .na' P'euge' oereVe' every department
OF TINS Government, executive, legislative,
ana Juaic'ai' VIII lnne1ioiy MAINTAIN
on nope that we, the men VINO carried
.ne country tnrough the war; VINO gave the
Government men and money and everything
asked who stood by It, who reelected
Abraham Lincoln, and took Andrew Johnson
Ipnnasapa hnna ma lie IN
President because he had been brave and true
to the cause OF the country, will be as bold,
as firm, aye and as prudent now as we were
when the land was baptized in the blood Of
our sons. We should look hopefully to the
future; but to do that we must not close our
eyes to tue facts that are about us. We must
take nobody's fair, soft words we must not
trust to anything but irreversible guarantees
OF liberty. | will not trust repentant rebels
with the Liberties of the meanest man that
treads the soil of the Republic; | will not
trust ourselves, nor will trust others.
hold that there is not freedman treading the
soil of a rebel State to day who is not entitled
to the protection OF just, humane, and equal
laws as much as | am or any man that sits
about me.
We may differ and we do differ in regard
to some modes Of action, but trust there
are no differences among us in regard to the
great purpose TO be attained. That purpose
is to make this country united country and
a free country; to make it the great North
American Republic, the admiration Of all the
nations and all the ages. We differ in regard
to modes Of action. Well, sir, let us differ I;
we can afford it. The friends Of liberty and
the country have differed for twenty-five years,
and they grew and strengthened and prosper
ed oy a Tree and manly discussion Of great
puohc questions. l say to my friend from
delaware Mr. Salisbury that he does not
know the men who have fought this battle
Tor the country and for liberty II he supPoses
that those men, accustomed to speak their
thoughts upon all questions with the freedom
mat becomes American citizens, are to sever,
disunite, and be disrupted for the benefit OF
men WOO have linked their names forever with
the cause ct human slavery on this continent,