Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-08-05

now ed sta''s the sa"e GENERAL ci
Evarts, is pew A ~ quarters nt tSo se.' i :
well informed, tn cAearlns . the 70 f.
MIR. Stewards min relative II
,eymour's Nomratlt as
Among the speakers at the re1Ra rooll. p
and Colfax ratification meeting Woodfol II
N 800 and Gallant soldi%. Some Leg as
pl", ero SON tried to his him down, WI m m
I IT +; Ibis his resnects t. Horatio Seymour 4
ne pau ~, eldnuers and truthful languat III
inc loilo",n ~ 7 fwsuld that l could jus m
- rrords without reference to hol I'll
c.os1 snese Rnt fidelity alike to hlstc M
w" ~ mu old comrades in the army, iivl u
anu anu d dH comnel that should speak OF o.
anu oe =, his public history. | make d.
pas.E unop Gov. Seymour as man. Ms al
ao',rtcons and Gentle in his manners euite4 Y
W Nd and persuasive in eloquence, ias
yate character is without spot OF o,e
But his official acts are g 5SSRsps ivy
criticism. On the Fon1ta151ft Suiy
when governor of theqsssessf Ix{tll
Academy of Music iiEde1N 4. rsnAlins
most elaboratedb iae91 o1oe1s slike 70,
slavery, the Is44th ,azAa ~ 51lion. lie
had no word s6 7s; ~ for patient mar mar
who was bearin& tbes natioh Borrow in tht
capital He hsd Word of Encouragement
for our gallant sOfdleas who KIT very hour
were graphing withLee in fe and death
struggle among the hills of Innsylvanla )
nothing but icy sneers, but cole alcnlatIons
and but lily concealed sympath. With trea-
SON Thank God, at that same h99u' Meade
gave the lie to his eloquent scgnisty a, he
| hurled aa baoL in torribIa a1feat from Gem
etery Hill and Round 9aSde so ., at Gettysb',s
cowardI r hnt q .oealed appeals Tor comnr,rn
-. and ~ .nder as Vicksburg fell and pm
tso al. am host cast down their flags j..
few short days passed, and on July l3tL
of the same wear the terrible draft riots broke
out in New York city. NV do not charge
that Seymour did not seek u qncll the riot
But | do charge that those iots were the
natural, logical, and almost necessary result,
Of his sneeches his teachings aud his pub
of6cial acts 1t was the logic Of his polished
brain rooted and growing in the r"s1-'h H., =
the mob And A1cn who" the s'orii iid'
gathered. he ad.ressed these hlauueIou' =. :,
3|1:noa r;otor as his friends, and besouSl'
their patie,ec by the plea 1hat NJ l''t - o La
~ f;,.1ant General to Washington 60 DEG
. i.o he draft might be suspended. hel
~ eidincs Of these riots and Seymour 5 con
Sict and speech reached me with my req
ment | was toilng along a dusty road D
MARYLAND in pursuit of the retreating rebeE
Painting under the terrible heat, some tall
inr and even diving by the wayslde, our m'i
were still pressing on. The loyal arms in'
been victorious at Gettysburg, and we lh'
heard the glad news from Nlcksburg. W.
were weary. but still we could see the enc
ano. >hn victory drawing nigh. Like thune
from cle,-- sky fell the tidings of this coy
ardly uprising az nur own home against IN
government and the nag. Strong men wq
with shame and rage. Firm lips closed IL
fierce wrath they whispered the noa
down the ranks, and muskets were grippe
with vengelul feeling such a. we had 10
known before in skirmish and battle. Cod
we have filed that day into Broadway ther
would have been bloody reckoning. "a
short work would have been made with ii
excellencv's friends. We had left home
| fight your battles, and we felt that you,Iwcj
bound to tax yourselves. if needs be, to,Soi
last dollar to pension our widows, u snccC
our wounded, and to feed our little one
we're there Just much for your SAX
as lor o"- own, and we felt that whcIf
RANKS grew TIL" we had right to reIr''-
ments that you wu-e bound in h n :"
| send us your young mer and W -tr,'.6 =
men, even If your old men apfa.,~ hs'I
work your factories, and yor,,a1ie" "'N 49,.
till the fields. We were tie by IN e'riie0'
We were fighting rebels. meant to stanu
up to our work. and we solemnlv HI
tended that you should ST squareiy up -
yours. How reverentlvvc thanked you
when the good Lincoln an the lion hearted
Stanton said the draft <loIld he enforced
And how we cheered TT soldiers who We're
uphold the honor & our FLAG against the
Il We, mo
Horatio Seymour. n .he hour of our so--
row and WEAKNESS he had no encourage
Tor us, no faith IN our courage and no faith
in the final victory. Now, in our trinmnl
when the flag streams out on every hreez,
and all our land is one again. we have ~
need for thee, lIoratio Seymour Let south
ern rebels shout thy praise let the burner
of orphan asylums. and the deserter and the
skulker from the draft Irvine laurels for thy
brows: we viii stand by the old. gawb;1o
Great captain Of our arlni,~
our own Ulysses Grant. At the battle Of
Lookout Mountain, as following the line oil
fire. our surgeons climed up the hllly steep
they met four soldiers coming down and car
rvine in n blanket II shapelcss mass. Laying
their burden tendcrly down, they asked the
doctor to look at their wounded color Ser
geant. His shoulder and forearm had beer
torn away by shell. The surgeon T., II,
and putting the hair back fror' .''9 nun.
brow, asked My bra cycosed 'J f' "mo omc %h'
YOU NJ answered Almost at the top
!. y 10, my good man whereabouts are
you wounded?' Again his pale lips moved
MS he whispered, | was almost at the top,
sir, bearing the flag, when the shell struck
me. One moment more and | should have
been clear up He gave one gasp and his
brave spirit was gone forever. And SO, dear
friends, is it with us to-day We are al
most at the top, In faith and love we have
carried the dear old flag for four long years
of struggle until now we are above the
clouds, fighting Joe Hooker fought up in
the clear sunlight of absolute justice and
right. Only once more close up the ranks.
Only once more press up the mountain slope,
and we shall plant our dear old flag clear up
the mountain top of a final victory for lib
ertv and the rights of man.