Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-04-27

This Is the flag of sovereignty, The ma
ton, not the States, Is sovereign res
tored to power, This flag commands,
not supplicates There may be pardon,
but no concession. (Great applause) |
There may be amnesty and oblivion, but
no honied compromises, (Applause,)
The nation to-day has peace for the
peaceful, and war for the turbulent
(ApplNuse.) The only condition of sub
mission is TO submit daughter aud
appIause,)
There is the ConstWtjou-therr are
lawS-thrre is the Goveumcut-thcy
rise up like mountains OF strength that
shall not be moved they are The coudj-
lions OF peace One nation under one
Government, without slavery, has been
ordained and shall stand There can bee
peace on no other basis. On this basis
reconstruction is easy and needs neither
architect or engineer Without this ha-
sis no engineer or architect shall ever .
reconstruct these rcbcDliuus States, We /
do not want your cities, nor your fields !
we do not envy You your prolific soil, or /
heavens full ul perpetual summer Let /
agriculture rcvel here. Let manufactures .
make every stream twice musical build /
fleets in every port, inspire the arts OF .
peace with genius second only to that OF /
Athens, and we shall be glad in your /
gladness and rich in your wealth. All T,
that We ask is unsWervlnG loyalty and !
universal liberty app}ause)-aud that /
in the name OF this bjuh SOVEREIGNTY of
the United STATES of America we de I
mand. and that, with the blessings of
Almighty God. we will have Great
applauseN We raise our fathers ban /
ner, that it may bring back better bless. I
iugs than those of Old. that il may cast
out the devil of discord that it NAV .
restore lawful Government and a pros- |
pcrity. purcr and more enduring than
that which IT, protpcted before. that il /
may win parted friends from their alien !
alton: that il NAV nspire hone and in
auuurate universal liberty. mar n NAV
saw IN the sword Return IN The sLnath,
aud to the plow and sickle Go forth ,
that it may heal all iealousfes unite all
Dolicias. inunira "a nnyv national ljro
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mama. noIicfly tn .incaror f.i."I.LinN
80 instantly, f,stitntaJ ci,.iI Ii,.r,, a,5
~ nniynrs9l Chrf.tf,n brotLarboo4 |
P,,,nran,l,, ,iony1, n, bonaf,I ,,atriot !
ism W.. s1reaI ms hannny nn tha CIV
asor old mo- hn,, was ,,I,ntn5 IN ~
cioTd and with solemn feryor brseccb |
God 10 look mon if and make il the
memorial If nm rvnrIostina covenant and |
drcrpp that never aoafn on mis- fair land
shall a delure of blood prevail lAp- |
plauseN WHY need any eve turn from |
this snectacle Are there not associa.
lions which oycrIeapinp the recent past |
carry us back to times when. over North
and Squth This fac WAS honored alike
nv au7 Tn oil onr colonial days we
were one. in the long Revolutionary |
struggle and in the scores of prosperous |
years succeeding. When the passage of |
the Stamp Act, in l765, aroused the |
Hv'otiies, 1t was G-,'eu,7n OF South Caro- |
una una InaI crled win pre-, cent nInus!,
aoun we Stahu on Ile Dr. "a" I -
Si ro cl VI OLlose natural rI9hI'N ''i"v W.
an a. ICE, leel anu ,- know as men There o1EnC
49, " UI ~ NGW EnStahu man, no "o CIV
Of ne nc s nHGI W. "a ulS contlnehT 9tI ~
~ vs. say e nc, nheIIcalS' ~ MS was
Wa +ho To ol SU so Caio'lna' IhaL "a
=, lIiCO W. 2outn C"!oIIn", amt
i', ,.,t ny, DuO ~ Is Co'lIHS' we now
~ Ga" tl ~ n'nS '%"Iy VHIouSh pines ouI
~ a,tI''l " r ole"A upon I"e shore, 40
~, 1 w. l'o " - nv 0ouIn' ouO Que Unit
0'' 800 vi 1A'ilei I'd >APpIauSe,
q, mere - scarcely man porn In the
1[s.I Wno mas mas IIlIGu ms hand against
VhiS banner, out had father who would
have died for it. Is memory dead Is
there no historic pride} Has a fatal
fury struck blindness or hate into those
that used to look kindly toward each
other-that read the same Bible-that
hung over the history's pages of our
national glory-that studied the same
Constitution Let this uplifting bring |
back all Of the past that was good, but |
leave in darkness all that was bad Ii !
was nevrr before SO wholly unspotted,
so clear G. all wrong. SO nurpjv and |
simply the sign Of Justice an Libprt I
Did [ say that we brought ,,oa1. ~ ~ |