The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-01-24

iiea q eur country WllLa cer
lengn foil8 oal aad take he eaase
quncas of his statement Ri S. h
wlIba Oblileel rs coaee3e tha en-
State or tae people 1efaaal may b
+ ordnance take themselves oa 81 ta,
Union. am sare tAo rondenaI
dee 10, believe q
New ! would devote q lew mo
meuts @ lhe policy Of ihis msasare.-
/ j & policy io pass tais resolution Il
tits time The indications 81 Prov.
dcnce are ihai itis. 1iS recent cleo
+ tons inicale what TIE viii az the peo.
PIE is, and that y to DO away with thh
great evil,the most accursel thing ,hu
has existed in this govsument since
lhe formation Of our Constitution
which has been a blot, in cur own es-
iimation aod in the estimation Of The
people Of tae earth, upon our fair es-
eltcheon.
i is said that slavery vas not tic
cause Of the war. That Il was the
immediate cause of the war am not
prepared 70 say bit il led to STATE
OF things which necessarily, IN the or
der Of things must produce a war
The North, stimulated by free labor.
bad steadily and wonderfully progress
se3 in population, wealth and power.
The Little tree which our fathers had
planted upon Plymouth Rock had
grown up and spread from the Allan
tic 70 the Pacific, until every man
might come and repose beneath It's
shade. The little brock that came
out Of the fssures Of Plymouth Rock
had crossed over this continent. until
every man conld come and drink Of
waters dedicated 10 freedom.
Why, sir, the North has progress
I'd with the strides Of giant. Yonng
states have awakened like giants re-
reshed by new vine and they had
become an influence and a power,phy-
'ical and moral, that the South could
70 longer resist. They could not re.
.ist the free states because they had
70 right TO say that the majority |
hould not govern. The war has cost |
Is millions and hundreds Of millions |
II money and nov at every New |
england iireside, at every hearthstone
the c5nntry, East and West
ears are shed for the dear ones who
re- lost, and prayers ascending to Al
iighty God 70 shield those who are
~ LETT % fight tho battles Of tho
ountry. The blood Of the nmion and I
be tears Of The widow call ior lho pas
age Of this resolution.
And ] tel you, sir, tha. tliis rebcH-
/, by reasod Of omnipoleut power,
1mipg that viii he favorable 10 ne
lGsc Of liberty here aad elsewhere.
lave you not read sir, recent book
riiica by Victor lIugo,one oftho best
,holars and most tIoqacn, writer's Of
ance2 lou have doubtless seen in
description Of lie battle Of Wat 1
Loo What doe the author say ?--
,as Waterloo a victory Z No. Was
won or Iosf because of Napoleon, ]
,canse Of Bucher, because Of Well
ston No; il was lost because Of Z
cd. The history Of Napoleon was q
Vt written in the nineteenth century. 9
he brains Of the universe had eulmi- I
,ied in the head Of one man, and all e
lmre moared with tie plethora
encs, Waterloo was not "A victory S
on By armies alone; il was yicto. b
Ron By God. So with this rebel s
N. ls is not simply a rebellion It y
not simply war 1t viii end in c
e triumph Of the Union; Ii will end n
the honor Of the glorious old flag, {
that il shall float again over every y
ch Of the soil of the old Union but v
{ alone because Of Lincoln, or Far q
gut, nor Sherman, nor Grant, but p
canse Of God. Slavery has been p
ell at the bar Of God and found d
lnting. lis history is not written in 81
J history Of the nineteenth century.
hen we come to the great and final RI
tory, il will not be a victory alone, NJ
, but it viii bea change Of front Of hi
/, universe. Sir, il will open to tic p'
pressed people Of Europe renewed d
pc Of freedom for themselves md til
.ir children. Ii
Ihe adoption Of this amendment bc
! he beneficial TO the South. SIR nc
nov that this war will end and | ga
reat gentlemen upon the other side ha
he House to act with US in putting pc
w, by constitutional meaas, The aa
Sc Of this great and direfai ealau. Pa
The war will end VIGOROUSLY ne
Us bat want this resolution IS m,
$, and then, when il does end, tile Isl
uiilul statute Of thc goddess OF ID ua
Z which now crowns thc majestic ~
le above our heads, may look to oil
north, south, east, and west upon VI
ee nation, untarnisiled by auQhl gr'
with freedom redeemed, i've
;neraied and disenthrailed by the cal
us OF universal emancipation. uaI
ir,l hope the resolutions viii pass. to-
plo
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