Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-08-19
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and fierce? If any or all of these ques
tions can be answered in the affirmative
then, we ask, who has done all this fo
us2 Who has kept our homes safe from
the hands of relentless rebels, and PIE
served our laws Intact ? Alas I alas I! ]
we look over our cemeteries and glance a
the monuments that to day do honor It
our fallen soldiers, We can readily tel
who.--that our fathers. our brothers ant
friends have done all this We are prout
of our State and Of her fair record in th,
great struggle for Union and Liberty, ami
we citizens Of Lamoille are proud Of thu
part onrIo own sons have played in THU
great national s,ru GLE Who in our be
loved County would not flush with angel
at any attempt to cast disgrace upon Oul
fair fame in yermont's History. vel
earned in our great civil war? Nothing
could touch US so sGnsitively as a NEAR
attempt to show that we have been recre
ant to duty, and that our services have
not been worthy and meritorious. say
no one could intrudo upon the soil Of
"Spuuky LamOille' and with impunity
the character of her soldiers.
But see here Look within There is a
link out in our own midst. Are we going
to put this link in again or shall this
breach grow wider and deeper o
Indeed, must be personal here, for must
try and touch the cham where it is brok.
en-, and hope to induce some to try and
restore the lost LUX, aud to use care and
not drop another. During the latter part
of the war men were sought from every
source, and large bountes were offered
for recruits to fill quotas. The town CT
Morristown held out inducements for men
to fill her required list, and at times voted
but there continued 10 be calls
for recruits Morlistown, through her
selectmen and recruiting officers offered
oountles as large as any town in the
county was paying, and thereby enlisted
Ter quota without any specified bounty
~ town assembled. She finally voted a
IN III pittance to the men she had prom
scd so fair, after she had lot them in
Jncle Sans strong grasp. hoping to pac
v them i'll that IN inner. But what then ?
After the men had gone to the bloody
ield of war, Morristown, with her wealth
md aspiring citizens, assembled themselves
ogether, and tchen her oaon sons were near.
ng the most terrific struggle Of the war
the campaign Of '64)-yes. | say, then
he 'patrtotic' people of ,lorristown as.
embed, voted to reconsider the bounty
'ote, and then voted to let the soldier
boys fight and die perchance, with no
rope Tor recompensc from their hands =
What manlness and patriotism p! But
his is not all. | might say more here,
lad | time and space. must mention
me other act of this town, which
be town would be glad to nullify. which
vill be uulifed if the selectmeu and town
Ulcers are successful in their very patri
Iic(Oeffortslo AT the time veterans were
e-cnlisting in the field, there was great
all for men at home. Morristown then
'oted to pay three hundred, dollars for
nen to apply on her quota. Accepting
his offer, some Of her sous, veterans in
he field, enlisted (they did no, know how
iorristown lived up to her pledges) /
epeat, the town voted three bundred dol
airs tor enlistmentS to apply on their
uota, and their re,y careful Town Clerk
recorded the vote These veterans who
nlisted in the field to apply on the quota
t Morristown did not get their bounty
hould they have it? They entered
nit in Court against the town for their
ounty 'lbe officers of the town are not
D stupid as to DO unable to see tsat il
lust be paid. They are now inAugurat-
ng legal proceedings to change the Town
'ecord, claiming it contains an error, that
ne vote was not recorded as il was made.
'hcse officials have, no doubt, undergone
great renewal # memory. They ave
ow so clear that they can detect errors
nat were made in the Town Record yea,s
60, Their memories must have received
great stimulus at the present time, or
nis error must have been detected before.
there any dignity 10 LAW. or, must
lese tried and true soldiers be deprived |
their bounty, Of their just dues? Let
] the towns in Vermont notice the pas
llanimity of Morristown in these acts
Trnly yours, KAPPA
a colony of perhaps thirty or forty
milea are ,hout 10 s,art e.. M,