Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-01-12
Free Maryland.

law In Baltimore when the war broke
out. He shortly afterwards entered the
service of the Union as an officer, and
distinguished himself for his courage
and his gallantry. He was once taken
prisoner, recaptured by part of shert-
dams forces, wounded and disabled in
one of the subsequent engagements, and
at the recent election received large
majority az member of Congress from
the Third District OF Baltimore.
Mr.. President AND GENTLEMEN |
know of no place where a grand and
signal triumph of liberal principle, like
that achieved in the success OF the free
constitution of Maryland could be more
appropriately celebrated, should be more
cordially welcomed, than in this festive
gathering of the Sons of the Pilgrims.
The bold Incorporation into the or
ganic law of Maryland Of the principles
with which the genius of Mr. Webster
has forever illustrated New England
that each citizen owes paramount allie
glance to the Federal Constitution and
laws over any law or ordinance even of
his own State is Contrayention or sub
version thereof; the no less bold amend
ment to the Declaration Of Independ
ence, which adds TO the enumeration of
the inalienable rights with which all
men are said to be endowed by their
Creator the express assertion Of their
rights to the enjoyment Of the pro-
ceeds of their own labor" the immedi-
ate and uhcompensated emancipation of
more than eighty thousand slaves, and
the flnal abolition of slavery through
out the limits of the state the importa-
ton into Maryland of the New England
system of townships, the germs of de-
mocracy, and the establishment Of the
New England system of common schools,
the fruits of democracy; these are some
of the cardinal features of that grand
reformation, in a time Of civil war, and
as fruit of civil war, from slavery to
freedom, from feudalism to progress
from ChivalrY TO common sense, of a
State once impudeHtly claimed by trea-
son for its breastwOrk and its battle
ground now loyal and free as any that
is washed by the waters of your own
continent.
Slavery is dead in the cOurtly land of
IieIiI 15. nlall@ oiJusny tth0 GnEsl ieo
Vhe ftEsI' W tlLe a Dio0n -oL reason s.li
against IAe peoPLe' me "iIC@n ptIuot-
pes VI hu1llan IioT'OIlI anu PioS LoSS ar
seat Of the cavalier and the rough and
martial wooing Of a Roundhead sutton
in his buff and bandOlier, has won the
widowed queen of a royal Stuart.
In the name sir, Of the loyal people Of
I'Ll''i Iii 80 va 90 IN vLS l''''' VI
.tIl lio.,o '!1'''t nH'VA 80 apIIy
10 s''T'' Ca III ILe Aau4e o1 yer
ooI"'C4S, whose tiule!y EoIeS' from the
V4%hcneS auo bhe plckeL line rescued the
constitution from ueteat, and IN the
name OF her governor whose firm and
heroic ne, or, ndehty assumed ana proclaimed
n|aca in vour Iot n Lhe 4onor OF
in your cemmemoratiou ,.ran m Tho
person Of 50 unworthy A ranrasan t,,y
tive.
For myself sir, havc 40 eight to
claim a conspicuous N,ace In this or in
anv celebration Of that noble triumph
II was not my privilege to particinatc
actively in the arduous struggle which
secured its contamination. 1t was NV
fortune and my choice to be assigned with
those who were striking for Union and
liberty upon another field of effort.
Ruf from the mention of this great
movement INV sv1nnstbies wore Wholly
With il and when tbe fortunes Of war
returned me 70 INV home was r,iofrad
IN find that the GOOD work had been sat
isfac+oriIv ACCOMPLISHED nuhIic onirion
had h4en ranidlv rpvoIutionized and All
fbat remained to he done was IittIr more
than matter Of form.
Removed in Aarfv childhood from, ,ry
native valley in New England 7 thanked
God that lie had spared nv life to see
the beloved State of NV binding and
adoption made identical in institutions,
in ideas. and in sympathy with the
Green Mountain State of NV birth.
Yes thank God Marvls6d il Frer4
Civil war nav still .Lr,.l..,
ders with rcycn6afni doH l1I1'tVu a., 1 ooI-
bideous ~nnctre NJ O noa'.lJ 2uI tue
1-;ti sir5,zt,I' - !os9tDie a'ilahce
800 ,rOu q so TliGi''!H9 GouLeS'eIacE mas
80 '''riSle'' al liz '9' ''""" oI the
WIZ a.
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