Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-07-12

view of the heroic sacrifices and the viz
tues of the Pilgrim Fathers the great
achievements which our foretathers
wrought out for themselves and for our
selves upon the battledelds in the war
Of our National Independence, and the
noble work accomplished by the early |
statesmen in the formation of this gov
ernment-the moulding OF the colonies
into q nation. And the speaker contin' |
ued by showing, that the spirit OF 10 |
had not grown weak or lukewarm |
through the lapse of years that the love |
| OF liberty which fired the American |
! heart in the Revolution has been grand
! " reproduced and rekindled during the
American Rebellion; that Washington,
| Warren, Putnam and Prescott have
| found noble cOmpeers in Lincoln, Grant,
Sherman and Sheridan,
The two great wars, the Revolution
and the Rebellion, We're nothing more
/ nor less than the same idea flashing It's
sword through the land, The same
spirit which drove Puritanism from
England two hundred years ago and
which brought on the Revolution seek
| inc again TO drive IL from America, fired
on our flag and plunged the nation into
! civil war, In the one Puritanism was
Young and weak, but In the other 1T Is
| mighty in its manhood The sublimest
of political truths, mans capability OF
! selrgOvernment, has been vindicated in
the face of tyrants and despots through
out the world.
A distinction, howeyer,is to be made be-
tween the Revolution and the Rebellion.
The objects of both were alike, yet the
results reached were different. Only one
question was really settled by the Revo-
luton, and that was national independ-
ence; all the other great and vital ques-
lions which pertain so particularly to
the social and political conditions OF
mankind were left open and undecided,
and out of them and this indecision
grew our fierce aud bloody Rebellion
The sword has been compelled to settle
and decide what the pen of the Fathers
wrote and declared. The sword has al
WAYS written better and more efiectually
for humanity than the pen. One was
writing in ink what the other has writ
ten in blood One was proclaiming free
dom in high places, the other was free
dom itself marching its cohorts upon
the battlements of slavery.
The contest. all the way through from
the birth of the ration TO the end of the
Rebellion. has been one continual strug-
ole between democracy and aristoCraCy.
The contest is ended and democracy
stands crowned with victory. DemOc-
raCv triumphant in America startles ev-
ery despot in Europe. Kings and prin-
ces are reading their inevitable doom
out OF our history for the last five years.
4 When the words, Lee has surrendered,
went laundering across the sea, they
had a far fuller meaning to the Europe
/ an world than those memorable words
Z which ended the Revolution and gave to
q. America the proud name Of Republic
-" CORVALLIS has surrendered" The
truth that all men are created free and
equal is no longer an abstract principle,
but the faith and foundation OF the Gov
/, eminent. This is what Lee has sur
- rendered means to all the people Of all
the earth. Three words fuller Of mean
ing to mankind than all the wars Of
Z Caesar, Alexander or Napoleon. The
d great cost OF this great victory, in tht
?, blood OF the best of the land, culminat'
e ing IN the assassination of President
Z Lincoln, was spoken of in most eloquent
!, and impressive terms. But heroism put
Il forth in such a cause pluCks the sting
u away and heals the wound.
Il Open rebellion, continued the speaker
has indeed ended, but the warfare ha:
- not ceased The sword Of treason haE
=, been sheathed, but the spirit that drew
) it has not been subdued Battles have
/ vet 70 be fought, not on the field, but il
the council halls of the nation. 1t is N
time to cOquet with great principles
IS We are living in terrible earnest days
Old foundations are being removed, AM
new foundations are seeking anchorage
At this very hour continental EurOp
trembles beneath the tread Of armie
W going to battle. Her old political dy
nasties are rocking to their foundation
"A beneath the onward march of demOcra
CIV. Ca,l it, jr YOU will, a war for bound
d aries but there as here, mankind ar
e arising from machines to living. think
ce ing beings. and are asserting for then
ne selves their iualenable, God give
nj rights There thrones are crumblin!
~ sceptres are falling, in the mighty col
- tlCt of systems. The current Of event
IL" in the old world as in the new, is rapi
ry and onward. To retard it is folly, I
at stop it-suiCide. We cannot, if W
at would, fight successfully against the fl
If ture. Great and difficult problems mu:
~ necessarily arise in the settlement
u these new issues.
lg Our duty is to met them manfully bl
IN honestly, and render our decision upo
he the settlement Of each Gin spirit
L. malice towards none, but with CHART
a for all"
tv We must see to it that the fruit Of Il
d; war shall not turn to ashes at the touc
he of peace; that none Of the great que
ly tions which are crowding upon us
an rapidly for elaboration be left uncerta
". or undecided, behind which the spirit
in slavery may entrench itself, aud ther
of by retain some fragment Of the pow
le- which it has justly lost. Treason on
he committed is sufficient for all tim
We therefore when we are burying SLAYER
tn the author of treason, let US bury wi
he it everything which grew out OF it. !
hoe with the