Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1866-04-27

great masses of the American people
for In them is my hope for the saliva
tion of the country. l am with you,
citizens, soldiers, and sailors. Who
has sacrificed or periled more than
the humble individual who addresses
you? Has not my all been put on it
My life, my property, everything sa-
cred and dear to me has been staked
upon it, and can | now be suspected
of faltering at the close of the third
ordeal Of the nation? Where is he
i'll public private life who has sacri-
feed more, or who has devoted more
OF his time and energy to the accom-
plishment of the great end than |?
have done it from the promptings of
my own heart and conscience. [ be-
lleve it was right, and with your hearts
and your cOuntenances and your en-
couragement, | shall 60 through on
that line (cheers and laughter) and
when L come to talk about sailors and
soldiers, about this to be done and that
to be done, all want is for you to
wait and see; so, as far as the future
Is concerned, wait to see if [ do not
stand by you, although every other
may falter and fail. (cteers) | want
to see measures of policy brought for
ward that will advance the interest of
that portion of the people who con-
stltute the gallant and brave men who,
IN both branches of the service, have
upheld the national flag and sustained
the country in the recent struggle.
thank you, gentlemen, for the encour-
agement, | thank you for your counte-
nance on this occasion 1t cheers me
on, and gives me strength to perform
the work before me. If we are true
to ourselves-if we are true to the
Constitution-the day is not far dis
tant when this government will be re-
stored. Let us 90 on and restore the
government. Let US enlarge the area
OF our commerce and trade; and let
Us not only inspire confidence at home
but respect abroad, by letting the ma
ton resume its career of prosperity
and greatness. know that some will
find fault with me, and say that [ am
too lenient-too kind, and all that
If we were all to be put to death, or
punished, or thrown away for one Of
tense, or for the second offense, and
were to be lost and excluded from So
ciety and communication with our fell
low men, how many of Us would be
left | have felt when | have done
wrong and repented of it, that [ was
as sincere and honest as he who had
done no wrong at all. We must rea-
son with each other and understand
our nature and what is necessary to
restore peace and harmony and con-
cord to a distracted and divided peo-
pie. In the time OF war it is right to
burn villages, sack cities, and devas-
tate fields, to lay waste a country and
cripple and reduce the enemy; but in
time of peace the converse of that
course is policy. The only right and
true policy of a nation is to rebuild
its cities, its villages, and renew its
fields of agriculture and let all the
avocations of peace and prosperity be
respected | know there are some
who have been home, calculating du-
ring the war, and who bring to the
consideration of questions of peace,
harmony and the associations of civil
life, all the feelings Of resentment
which animated them when the excite.
ment was running high. But take the
brave men who sustained the flag on
the field and on the wave, and you
will find better feelings and better
Judgment on these questions than you
will find with those who have been
sitting in the closet, and never smelled
gunpowder. (Cheers.) Yes; from
the private up to the commanding gen
eral, they know better how to treat
the present circumstances than any Of
these close patriots and humanitari
ans.
Then, my countrymen, fellow-citi
zens, soldiers and sailors, let US re
joice that peace has come. Let US re
joice that the relations Of the states
, are about being restored. Let us make
every effort we can, on proper princi
piles, to restore the relations which eX
|, ist between the federal government
and the states. And [ thank God thai
: peace has been restored. | thank
God that our brave men can return tc
their families and homes, and resume
, their peaceful avocations. | thank
God that the balcfui planet of fire anC
} blood, which Il short time ago was il
, the ascendant, has been chased ava,
/ by the brilliant star Of peace. Now
that the star of peace is suspended il
t the heavens, let US cultivate the eartl
and the relations of peace, and al
these associations which appertain tt
t men in peace. The time is not dis
= tant when we can have political mil
: lenium, political jubilee, and whel
: we can proclaim to all the nations 0
t the earth that we are again a unitet
} people, and that we have triumphant,
e passed through our third ordeal
1 have peace at home and power to biz
5 defiance to all the world Lou,
: cheers.) Remember one thing, gen
e tlemen. that in my past life, thoug
e shareholders may misrepresent, non
e can say | have deceived or betraye
0 him. 1t will be for you to see in th
i future who will redeem all his prom
l. ses, and who will be most faithful.
e thank you, gentlemen, for the con
e pliment you have paid me.
: HIS SPEECH TO THE FREEDMEN, APRIL 1e
It my coiored friends Il have notl
IS ing more to say to you on this occasion
s. than to thank you for this complimen
If you have paid me in presenting YOU
d self before me on this, your day {
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