Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-05-17
RUTLAND HERALD.
TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1866.


IN lN0o, IN lnc tNtub vi riNuOhto WV |
zion stlll lives and his habit Of gascon-
adm lives with him. His iery spirit
is YET untamt,, although he mourns the
desola ION which the flames his own
hands Elndled, have caused around him.
virginia, his own beloved Virginia, is
his sovereign still-the only country to
which ne is endeared. The madness OF
state sovereignty still allIcts him, and
ne looks over the desoiation and sees
living men walking as dead men.
This political comet lectured in Al
exandria, Va, last Saturday, in behalf
Of the Female Orphan Asylum, brief |
alluslon 10 which was made in our yes
day mornings dispatches. After divers
and sundry remarks Of rather an in
coherent nature, predicting that the
greenbacks now current would soon be
worthless he proceeds to say
These were the times to prove mems
truth. Moral courage as he understood
II, was the courage to overcome the feel
ing o. dread which danger inspires. he
laid claim 70 this quality himself, as he
said he had never been frightened of the
battlefield. The din and ring o! battle
at Malvern Hill did not try his nerves
as had the life he had gone through since
what was called the surrender. These
were the times for people to prove their
constancy. There were among us the
orphans for whom a home must be
found in this ASYLUM and education In
4, he nd h.
ters OF fallen Confederate soldiers. You
might call the father rebel If you wish,
but ne the speaker) was alive to defend
the dead against the charge OF either
treason or rebellion. (Applause) A
little further on he remarked that there
was no power on earth that could make
him move step from old Virginia. He
had made no confessions, and taken no
test oath, and there was no power which
could make him take one. He was no
traitor; that he would swear to before
high Heave1 IF he were one, he should
deserve 10 70" shot. He had taken no
oath o. allegiance, for he was not for
eigner 10 be uaturalized. For TWO CEN
turtles his r0l fathers had lived in the
old Commonwealth of Virginia, and
their bones rested in her soil. He asked
contemptuously how many OF the for
eigners who were present at the surren-
der Of the Confederate army at Apo
mattOx Court House could say that.
This war, he said, only proved the truth
of the three lines Of political wisdom
written by william Penn, according tc
whom the form of government was but
an inferior confederation; the worst
form in good hands being almost as good
as the best and the best form in bad
hands being almost as bad as the worst
The application he intended was sulli
GENTLY obvious. He claimed to have al.
ways had .le highest regard for the
Constitution Of the United States, and
said thai when the government OF th'
United States called upon him 20 sup
press .nsurrection, and on the othe
hand mis- Stale called upon him to repe
invasion, il was simply a conflict OF SOY
ereignties, and he was not responsible a
an individual for Obeying the voice o
his State"
In &no5Der part of this harraugue, h
said
The war having ended by what wa
calico q surrender" the air OF subluga
ton was now lark with rain and putri
with me IecOmposing carcass OF tn
country The rivers OF plenty wer
dried ~. d. grim want stalked abroat
among Tne people, while crime was ran
pant. The country was not home, BIT
a grave and without the love Of HON
as foundation, there could be no am
yatrsn. l. was a grave; but to see it h
did not look downward, for it was nc
al,, hNf Of no vi n o.
A few days previous TO the above d.
monstration this comet made its appea
ancein Richmond and at banquet give
in honor Of the memory Of Stonewa
Jackson. when aud where he gave ute
ance TO the following jargon -
Il don't know that am prisone
am bound by no chain. [ have q pa|
to 90 where pleaAe upon the soil Of II
native land. At least Gen. Grant say
so. I may be arrested, but wanted l
man living TO tell me whittier l mig
20. l have the proud satisfaction
saying that fought until we had VIZ
the privilege of being paroled. There
no authority here or elsewhere to ARE
me or TO stop my mouth, so long as
obey the conditions of that parole; an
upo, that parole l ehall stand so long
| live. you call me prisoner of ws
If prisoner at all, ! am a prisoner
peace. Among the last sn2ts urea
infantry at Appomatox were those nj
by the troops that had the honor al
pride TO lead and there at Appomal'
peace was brought about.
You call the cause lost 1t is not 10
If it is lost, the cause of civil liberty
doomed, for it, too, is lost Their wa
Paradise lost and Paradise regA n'
and there will be Paradise regainen
this country. The blood that has be-
spilled is too precious. should not b
lieve in God if did not believe that
special providence would yet give vi
tory to secure the triumph Of civil Ii
erty in this country.
One thing can be said: there was Or
man who could not be driven to do tn
which he did not consent to do.
long as one man in this Commonwealt
ia voice, What Commonwealth 7