Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-10-08

tory and experience Of the world Illus
uale their power,
Proud, happy. Intelligent patriotic New
England farmers there is not popula-
ton on the face Of the wide earth so
highly favored in all the substantial bless
ings of Life as you are nothing but this
explains our history, and makes us fully
comprehend the secret Of our own strength.
The officers and men who fought through
the Revolution, the War of 1912, and the
aooursed rebellion which has just closed,
were farmers, and tho sons Of farmers,
who owned the soil for which they fought.
lea, our 0ieR Mns,,-iO0 Grant, who
crushed the rebellion, and who will soon
be elevated by your FREQ suffrages to the
first place in the republic, was but few
years ago a quiet, unassuming farmer,
upon his narrow acres in Missouri.
- Important as are the interests Of agri-
culture in this young and growing Re
public OF ours, you, fellow-citizens and
farmers Of Rutland county, have duties 10
perform which are higher and holier than
any we have yet contemplated, Our
fathers transmitted to us, baptized in their
blood, one Of the wisest, the happiest and
best governments on earth, and upon you
devolvos the awful responsibility of pre-
serving it, and handing it down to your
poSterity, unbroken and untarnished
You have one of the purest and brightest
regulations on the pages of history to sus
tain. Vermont early took her proud posi-
ton in the very zenith of our political
armament, and there she viii continue t.
shine, if you perform well your duty, ii
all the bright effulgence of her pristine
strength and beauty, as a terror and warn
ing TO traitors, and as a beacon light Il
the oppressed and down-trodden in al
parts of the world.
No people on earth, since the deliver
ance of the children Of Israel from Egypt
have passed such an ordeal to reach tn,
promised land OF liberty as the people o
Vermont; conceived and brought fortl
in the fiery throcs cf the Revolution, ant
led on to battle by the immortal Aller
and his illustrious compeers, they tho
roughly imbibed the same spirit, and drew
their inspiration from the same pure foun
tain; they inStillcd into the people thei
own ardent and intense love of liberty
and hatred OF tyrants and traitors they
had fired their soul, by burning, heart
felt eloqucnce, as they appealed to then
in their rude cabins, to follow them, and
they would lead them to deeds which
should cover the Green Mountain Boy
with impcrishablc glory and make theiI
names the watchword of liberty, while
tyrant or traitor should remain 10 dis
grace the image OF his God, or pollutc tn
earth with his presence.
How the heart OF every Ncrmoutc
swell, with honest pride as he review
the early history. of his State, and calls t,
mind that grand old song, said to hay,
o'eh composed uy E'''"'' -Ai'en h''i'Se'l
iio' all TO tine borders, Ncrmontcrs cant
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brown.
With your red wooden caps and your moccasiu
come,
10 lno E''n'''''3 summons o' trumpet "'''
Come down with your rlNe-, let the grey wo
rr,a "" "a, '1 H., ,,. ,,1. ,r,,,t,,. r.r..
/ LET the bear feed securely from pis-ncu an,
stall
We have two-lc-2ed came for your powder an'
Docs the old Bay State threaten, does Congress
complain
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