Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-08-24

ton where his good or bad faith can serl-
ously affect any one beyond his butcher,
his grocer and his laundress. He is now,
as Byron said of the first Napoleon,
"The desolater desolate!
The victor overthrow
The arbiter of others fate
A suppliant for his own.
The speaker then reviewed the recent
events in Europe, the unification OF Italy,
the new government of Spain, the modlhed
policy of Austria, the growing repuolic-
anism of England, the diminished power
of the Queen and of the House OF Lords,
the manumis7ion of serfs by Russia, and
the enlarged privileges of the jews, All
events tending to greater liberty to the
people He then portrayed what the
American Republic had done for the ad-
yancement of science and the arts lhe
telegraph, the steam engine, the cotton
gin, hard rubber, etc, etc, are American
inventions. and had incr the pro-
ductive capacity OF labor in the world, at
least tcn-fold. We had made ourselves
respected by the nations. The apology OF
Great Britain in the Treaty of Washing
ton showed this The Chassepot and the
Needle gun are the bost arms in Europe,
but we have cheaper guns with which the
Yankees could stand half mile out OF
range of either and kill the Frenchman or
Prussi IN behind his rifle.
He referred to the Indignation created
by the lines of Miles O'Reilly commencing
"All hail, the Hunting lie " and to the
emancipation of slaves during the rebel
lion, and said
The ransom is paid--our banner is
purged of its deceit-all men are free
among us now, and if the poet could to-
day cp,strophize our flag. his verse would
he freigbted with some such sentiment as
"Hsil. thou banner of Liberty matchlesF
trinity of hues! thy red the emblem of
thy blood birth and preservation, thy
white the symbol of thy purity, thy stare
the light for the ages yet to come, aud
thy whole, like Gods seal upon the skies,
bow of promise to the nations OF the
earth" Loud applause)
The speaker referred to the political
nartie. which existed at the time OF the
Battle of Bennington, and how the patri
otic mothers took down their bedstoad5 to
furnish ropes to tie the Tory prisoner, and
how Samuel Robinson used the prisoners
to tramp down the snow in tho streets.
He spoke of the condition of our national
fnarces, prophe-ied that the Ry~tem OF
minority representation Is one of the tri-
umphs which lie in the near future, and
called attention to the rapid and danger
Gus encro ,chments Of corporations, and
praised the conduct OF the sons Of Yer
mont on all occasions when their country
called upon them The orator then con-
.cluded in the following eloquent lam
guage:
Bennington therefore has purchased the
right to participate generously in the
glory of that day on which Liberty flung
her banner to the breeze, over the United
Colonies, never again to be fnrled or
struck until the last throne has been alb
dicated and the last man freed
Liberty goes forwad from that base,
peacefully, it ia true, but to see disappear
before the triumphal march custom house
barriers, secret tribunals, capital punish
ments. bloated arist1cracies, close corpora
tions, standing armies, CensOrships and
m0popolie-, to confederate in holy alli-
ance nations differing in l4ngua2e and
manners, in the name of "a common inter
est, and In the name of their indePen-
dence, their dignity. their civilization,
a., their tranquility and their happiness, on
, thi4 triumphal march. She will never
=, stoop to-, but de-pising all idle conquest
. and all false greatness, it will be her
struggle and her pride to redeem and tc
] elevate. No deaolation will mark her
pathway, but commerce will receive life
from her and the fine arts inspirAfion
; She will be served disintel e-tcdly and
| loved with rapture. She will excite the
first aspiration of youth and the sublime
invocation Of ola age, and having broken
every chain, she will conduct the last
slaves with palm branches in their hands
a to the latest funeral of Despotism.
But VIXEN the rising Sun of Liberty
q nears it's topmost arch and gently pause
= there-wben our good stara. multiplied
: into a hemisphere, have twinkled through
; the ages and frightened with their year
= when all the breezns, both the gentl'
and the turbulent, which Fate may have
!, charged to watt the lesson of liberty
down the stream of time to men, shal
: have spent themselves in calm-thei
. message delivered-may it still be thu
. proud privilege of America to stand 81
-, elevated and ennobled by her virtues au(
i her triumphs that whatever of good 'r o
blessings the Great Father may cOude
! scend to bestOw upon mankind f-r thei
/, deserving, may seem to fondly in2er o.
q our heights awhile before descend
q ing to be common among the nations o
q the earth. And now,-
!, Oh, God look down upon the land which
a Thou hast loved so well,
And grant that in unbrOken truth
l. her children still may dwell.
d Nor while the grass grows on the hill
i or streams flow thrO' the vale,
- NAV they forget their fathers faith
IL nor in their covenant fall
n God keep the fairest, noblest land
q that lies beneath the sun.
= Our Country-Our Whole Country
- aud Our Country ever One.
- At the conclusion of the Grafton th
President introduced Gov. Stewart.
n GOV. STEWARDS SPEECH.
k He said he had exacted pledge of th
II committee that he should not be calle
- upon to speak, but he supposed sue
"a pledge were more "honored in the breac
1e than in the observance" He though
Id however, be had right to be here to-da..
ps for both bis grandiathers and two or thrt
~ great uncles were in the battle of Bel
in nington. These were the proudest leg
it cies he bore There is a principle unde
iy lying this celebration that is broader tbs
as State or even country, as it brings US bat
as to the living, glowing light of great e:
an amples, and it is refreshing in the mid
,e, of our struggle for wealth and fame