Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-02-01
lanta at Savannah. We have revolutiouiEed
the naval architecture Of the world.

They have learned too, something OF oui
strength. They have not failed to see tba,
the one State OF New York sent to the front
more than three times as many fighting men,
as there are in the whole English army.
They know that they have no general equal
to either Grant or Sherman. The London
Herald has reluctantly owned that We are
now the leading war power. And if the
sudden sprInging of myriads to arms at the
stamp of the Presidents foot, amazed them.
they were equally sstonished at the prompt
disbandment Of our army. Sheridan's fierce
rider is to-day driving the pen IN the count
ing room, and Sherman's hummer filing with
serene gravity the Office of Justice Of the
Peace IN his native town; and seeing the
spectacle, our foreign friends own that if We
are the most powerful we sre also the most
peaceful ofpeople.
They have learned the strength of our In
stitutions. Time was when John Lord Rus
sell, WHO meant in b. laundering way to be
our friend, said that - the North was fight
ing for Empire and the South for indepen-
dence; and when Mr.. Gladstone said that
Jefferson Davis &" bad created nation" A
pretty nation il i. over which Nr. Davis
rules to-day-und how MI Chancellor Of the
Exehoquer. would You Ike to administer its
fnancce. Oar true ificnds abroad, the Gas
parins and John Bughts, arc not faiiing to
press home the l,f;on, that our free institu
tiJns have sustained az ordeal such as no
foreign government could stand. And our
triumph has lei day ligh' into many dark
home, where the Lancashire lsborer has
rrsyed for tie suecss, Of The workinsmsn's
fight.
We Of tic North Ear, armed something.
We have learned sho arc our true friend,
abroad
We have learned new e1ufienee in our
government and people. 10 this connection,
Mr. Angel Iaid en- eloquent tribute to the
ccnstaucy, foItitudc and fidelity of the
American people, and to tie female hcroism
displayed in the war.
VIC have learned, as our l.,t and greatest
lesson. 4 new devotion % Principle Men
lave teen asking theiuscl1,s are NY prin-
ciplcs such that ean die Tor them - Tie
volcanic fires have Lifted the nation to c
iehsr rlsne Of devotion to Truth, in place
{ cxt,di,rcy. We have learned that no
question is finished tll it is finished right. |
Oae grea, question remains tLus to he fin
isbcd, and tAen the Land shall have Pace.
Oar abstract, We are conscious, Will give |
= very imrerl,c, idea Of the lecture Mr..
,nccl srcak- without notes, and with a
Wy graceful aud effective delivery. If there
'as little ofnovelty IN the separate thcughtsof
he discourso-anj he sand at the outset
laa, be could hope on such subject 10 offer
iothirg that was nev-thc fcrcihle and /
,hle arrsugomort and Presentation Of them.
z delicate lumor. the glowing rhetoric,
g sound deductions, tie earnest, fair AID
Ipelul sTiri, Of The lecturer, held his hearers
more than interested intent srd delighted
an hour and bali and i; must have been
= very imTas i've tesrer who did not gain
hope and impulse Tor good as
well az entertainment from the lecture. 1t
Was frcqucutly interrupted ty applause, and
q hearty roand a, the close ,yinced tie graf
,c7tiJu If tie audience.