Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-10-26

ing, then, and not before, can you re-
claim your separate: drops from me-"
"NCs, yes, my river answered the
Union, "you speak for me ] am no
mole n child, but II man no more a
confc1eracy, hut Il nation. The States
are members; ! am the body. | am no
more New York. Virginia, Massachu
sets, Carolina, Il am the United States
of America, one and indivisible. y
Amen. roarsNicksburg, Gettysburg, and
Port Royal. Amen, thundcrs the kcar-
sage, a. she sinks the Alabama. Amen,
sings sherman, as he marches t. the
sea. Amen, sings Scdgwick, as he
sinks dead At Spottsylvania. But the
victory was more than that. A great
nation may be Il great curse to humani-
ty. An imperial flag may be a black
flag of injustice. Il is not treat power,
it is not great use of power that is admi
rable. The tue triumph of war is not
that the Union shall hencefOrth be an
undivided power merely, but that it
shall be an undivided power of Justice
and equality. OF the two 70 ces that
from the first have struggled for its con-
troll, the evil principle, finding that by
all the luws of Heaven and of human
warfare il was falling sought to ruin
what it could rot rule. Baflled in its
bloody effort, let us now take care, with
malice toward none, with charity for all,
that it be batilcd forever. But this can
be done only by ceasclcss activity. Etcr-
nal vigilance is the price of liberty, be-
cause its foe is rs crafty "a il is cruel.
Beaten in one form, it will try another.
The magician who was Il tiger yesterday
will be II fox to-day. Sed swic,l d,ed to
preserve the integrity of the Union. We
live that we may preserve is justice.
From the 500, 900 who see not this peace
ful autumn sun, from field and river,
rom mount and sea, from the blow in
The streets of Baltimore. from the torture
md despair of Andcrsonville, from Fort
Wagner and Fort Pillow, from all your
heroic fields-men of the SiXt Corps
rom thcWildcrncss and Spottsvlvauia,
md from your brothers who were buried
here, comes the glorious cry, I'VE con-
luered under the flag OF the Union--thc
flag that promised liberty. We won our
victory and died SCI that you die rati-
n than surrender"
Officers and brothers of the Sixth
Corps, you stand here together for the
last time, and before parting, never as a
corps to meet again. your hands and
hearts that with his beat back the
cruel flames of war, here upon the spot
he knew 50 well, in tender memory Of
him and in bond of faithful union
among yourselves, raise this statue to
Jhe brave and gentle Sedgwicll. 1t
wrought of canon that with his eye
watching you and his heart tr isting
you, you captured in the blazing fury of
battle. 1t is a monument of your valor
rs we'll as Of his devotion. His modcsty
would have refused it for himself, but
h affection would have accepted it from
you. Here leave it, under the sky and
among the hills. Upon this soldiers
field, it shall Outwatch at its silent post
The sentinels of to-day, the sentincls of
coming years. This noble pageant, this
living multitude, these spoken words,
this roar of canon, these peals of cchoing
music, shall pass away, but thou, mute
soldier, shall remain Thy lips shall
speak when We are gone; and to the
young and docile hearts that through
ong years hereafter shall hither come TO
give themselves to the service of the
flag, say changeless lips! for us, say for
America, say for mankind 'that flag is
the flag of liberty and justice, and there
lore the flag OF peace ~