Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-11-18

trail ~. lk 0he thu Of 90 victogy. O.
many, no logger wiling % brook AustrSaa
| despotism, welcomed Prussian intervention ;
and when the famous quadrilateral yielded,
4 was Q triumph, no less for German free.
dem than for the genius of Bismarck. But
what ID still moro noteworthy, Austria her
self in turn, seeing that the world really
does move, is emulating, even outrunning
| her neighbors in liberal legislation, which
always means liberty for the people. Italy
in the German-Italian war, won for herself
| all that Germany did. and again In 1907,
rallylng under her Garibaldi, dealt blow 81
the supremacyiof the church, In temporal
affairs, which at once awoke the feeble, In.
coherent mutterings of the vatican, and
started the Pope's Nuncios, post haste, for
the Emperor of the French; who, once a Re-
| publican, now yields an iron sceptre, aud is
q standing apologist for tyranny. Almost
the only monarch in Europe whose govern
ment has not responded TO the triumph OF
liberty in this. But in France the early
dissolution of the Empire is looked for IN
the threatened dissolution OF the Emperor;
after which, if the signs of the tunes may be
trusted, the liberty-loving, enthusiastic
Frenchmen will make another attempt at
the establishment Of civil liberty, and lot us
| hope successful one.
Spain, also, once the pioneer of all that
was bold, aggressive and civilizing, but for
4 luecc ldSL uuuQIcu 1CdIo iuOiC EfSu
over to ignorance, vice and bigotry, has, at
last awoke from her degradation and imbe-
cility, and through the sword of Prim, and
the trumpet tongue of CASTELAR,, is inaugu-
rating an era Of social and political reform
not an unimportant feature of which, is the
sending away the profigate and dissolute
Isabella, and the saying TO the world, we
have done with the Bourbons. Cuba, too,
sitting beneath the shadow of our institu-
tions, too near to withstand their influence,
stimulated by our example, and copying the
lesson of the mother country, asks 10 be
\ free These, comrades, are some of the
effects of your late victory upon the strug-
Cling millions, throughout the world, who
are painting for free institutions. But VINO
| shall compute for the ages the blessings OF
that victory, not only abroad but al home /;
and who shall measure its effects upon the
future of our own country Ii should be
| remembered that we are but yet in our in
| fancy: only SO years old. Greece saw a
| Thousand wears, and Rome 200 before the
g Goth and Vandall Numbered at her gates; !"
| - And massacre sealed her eternal night"
| Proportioned only to our youth is our
nresent greatness. Who shall tell the future
under our regenerated constitution! AS
| the shock of great battles usually arouses
| the natural elements, and the roar of artll-
lrry is after little, answered by the artillery
| az the clouds. which is followed by the cool
refreshing shower, always SO grateful 10 the
wounded and weary combatants; SO great
wars almost invariably arouse TO new vigor
| the energies OF man, and peace hnally
| comes the civilization which succeeds, Is
always higher and better than the one which
went before. Ii war destroys, ii also creates,
| n I, exhausts il likewise makes strong.
| All know how the crusadcs, which Tor two
centuries agitated Europe and left her in
utter pros;ration, were followed by the reyi-
val OF letters, which, four hundred years
before, were buried beneath that barbarian
! avalanche from the North; were also closely
! followed by Wickliffe, the morning star OF
the reformation" who arose out OF the daI X
night of that middle period, asserting the
| freedom OF conscience, and the emauclpa-
| lion of mankind from the Papal Dee was
begun.-And, If the reaction which followed
the terribly depressing effects OF the holy
wars, lifted Europe out OF medieval oarbar'
! ism what triumphs in art and literature, in
| religion in law and in liberty, may We not
look for in this new era OF the republic; with
| every impulse of our teeming millions quick
| ened by the heroic, energizing Influences oil
the late war? Let Us NOT, however, lose
sight of the duties of the present in any
dazzeling visions of the future.
Let us, the rather, remember that upon
each succeeding generation, and now upon
this generation is deyolved the high work OF
preserving aud transmitting unimpaired our
| matchless institutions, and II our oppoItn-
mites and privileges are great, IN exact pro-
portion also are our responsibilities. Let
Wisdom iom The the ~ Pa s ahu OfiS ahd
courage from the present; and, like Narro
\ whose fidelity TO Rome nothing could shake,
and who in Romes greatest trial when the
stoutest faltered did not despair OF the
commonwealth" let US, whether soldiers or
citizens never wayer in devotion 10 our
country and the flag; the proud old flag
no less proud tonight, as here IL hangs in
peaceful folds, than when flung 10 the
breeze, amid the thunder and hail Of battle
il beckoned you on 10 victory. And though
every conceivable disaster aud peril oyertakc
the republic, let US never lose faith IN the
union OF these states; so lately assallcd
but through your valor preserved, and ce-
mented with your blood and suiierings, and
the blood and sutferings your comrades,
both the living and the dead-not idly
vauniing the glorieS OF that Union, nor
blndly asserting its perpetuity; but trusting
TO the republican doctrines OF equality and
selt-goyernment, and 10 the intelligence and
virtue of the people let US, comrades, I'M
der that union, strive 10 make the moral
and intellectual granduer OF The Republic
equal TO its material greatness. Then, with
out arrogance, and with no disregard Of the
laws of national life and longevity, can we
express the hope, that 10 peet, OF thls,or any
future age, may stand amid Inc RUNS OF this
country, and ask OF us, rs Byron did OF
Greece when he drew his sword in
defence of religion and liberty in that classic
but degenerate land
shrine of the mighty, can il be-,
That this is all that's left ofthce
Col G.. 6. Benedict.
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