Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-05-26
The Banquet of the Army Of the
Potomac.

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gentlemen in high civil sui jai.-a -...
I Along the front Of this table ran a.a..-s..
breast WORK Of moss. about six Be- a.. t.a. OVER
which small field pieces o. bras
IS frJwnei, " as they siways a- l--..s.1- .f
bstteries, down each Of d. ...
which, SO right angles 90 a. -...
filed the Hall Over three a-lsl
/ GERS sat down 20 the banquet. Iael.r- ---
tons Of the tables were very elegant. r-a---
among which was superb Sixth Corp .i-s.
Of white 5zltics, With the f-ure d ia ----.-
flowers IN tie centre, Eliel was p-sss-'eI A.
General Hooker in the course Of the egel--
Taose Who know what k.ni os dinners are g..
up by the rropd.,e-s Of The Revere Hauss wien
they really try, Will not usel o. be Toll that -.
banquet was mes, luxurious AMI elegant a..
Our limits viii MT p1l1ii, uz 20 report, even a
brief, the capital speeches whle- i5iavsi III.
things were worth l0,cins-oue, the s--s--.
read long letter from Admiral Potter. v1..-
in response to an invitation 70 aerrs-ea.
soldiers think very ht,s Of Porter. as a.a-
as letter writer, a1d the noise al e.a.
male it Necessary to abandon tle rs-il--
Litter after a few sentences hl3 been I-1
the company. The other was 'le lee- O.. -
Of an effort to ger I'D three cheers i-r oa.t
Mcclellan.
After the regular festivities hal c-
ed there eusueI supplementary ss4..
speecb-msAing sul l.ari,y, over vl..l.s-
Pleasanton presided Among others vl- ms.
fsli,itous speeches. was C1L W. O.. Weary
in response to a sentiment comp ire--sr7-
the Vermont Brigade We give -e-or ADJ So
s,rsct Of the speech b1- which hardy .a
up to what the Col SO admirably Sail
coz. vEAzEr's SPEECH.
The l.leuess Of the hour fer5ii- ,z-.l...
marks in response 20 the complainant
Vermont by the sentiment just ..si, AMI -..-
tate 10 sreak in this listucs she'd r-
without having hal moments r--- -.
was 10 be Other than a listener Tonight
Of 20 on, 20 on). But T. % Pc tie r1e-
eminent citizen soldiers o.! Vermont aba
tables, snd especially the order o.. my ..i .
and commander Gen Stauulri,
shrink from the task, relying ucol -ae
soldiers will not b-olE any Uusiulg --
Of comrades fault.
It is true that our little Safe up ---.l-
green hiLs.wlere liberty and loyalty la--
dwell, was largely Identified with tie army
the Potomac. Wifh population but i-.-- .l-
than that of this grand Oh h1sp.ut.e CITY,
sent 5000 men, nearly 81 BE- to The us-
born, % all in SURPRISING the great
lion. Thee men with but ieF
served 81 some time in the a-my ot the ,-
mac, and nearly all Of them servci tar--
their entire term with rha, army. Is io--
less known 20 many Of y0u that tls Pl'1-l.
army never fought battle in Which the Gr
Mountain Boys did not participate '1I BE- -ss
source Of no ltJle pr.letl as lha- t--.l-
the four years Ct war they never l--l-s-
Not enc Of those Sacred emt,sus committed
their charge ever felt tAe po.lltiu-
traitors hand. We feel 20 hrt'e pr
fact that Vermont not only respo- every
call for men, but always la. .--
number standing 10 her credit IN a--l-
every call and when the war c.se.
1000 to 1000 beyond her entire 1l0-a u.- Or
credited 20 our State. But mini y1a.va
cisim that credit for tie mex. war. -r.--
pesuleace Of war again breathe gr.l ls. V.
heaven folfeul, si0u' the integrity 0ftle ls1..-
lie be again threatened, whether - lie hlul
p
snd raise al1ft the only remaining 1a-l % 1---
eral >tauuard SIS security lar che p.ei-e, t..-
Vernon. VIII not 0uly furnish S.. 1Il uel .e.
every man capable of bearing a mgsset l-.
those are not sufficient. beg women 900, O.. 7aI-
sni everywhere irresistible, who wl-l s-til
those hatiie-toru flags aal return them l -s
'front.' their FJuted place iu the hour of .--.a
and there maintain them aCaiust every fle -t t.1
uatiln, which WAS fashioned under q Wls1.1--.-
and preserved under a Lincoln. Long Applause
WH1 ABOLISHED SLAyEsT.-One If Horace
Greeley's "blockhesds,' Of the loyal stripe. vi.
edits few copies Of a s1-ca'lei newspaper Dr.
the sake Of the pay Of those legal aiysr,ss-s-s
which the late ''ioil" legislature stole from
the press Of Alabama, is quite exercised
because in the reprint Of the Constitution "a. -5e
Unitei States, the Register omitted tho three l-.
amendments. We inform this '' t.ocslesl.
and hrs party, that iaasmuch rs they have ia-
stroyed the body ami soul Ct the Ola tl------
ton, they have no right o. complain 5. We tlrt
only curta.et the venerable char,s- az tle .--es
black sppendages Of their own attachment Ne
meant 70 punish the I've Constitution at -.
fathers, aud Tot the dead corpse that J4.-.-
inism has male Of it. s. cal up your --a-s
and blow about it as uuch as yen Lac, anil r.
- blessed
This same ''blockhsal' takes the occasion 81.
swell the lying cry into negro ears. tas- they
(the neEroes) are indebted for their l-ael u
the Alllth Of the new amendments. and. there
fore, are under obligations Of everlasting --4.-
tude to the radical party. It was nc, the A'--.-
amendmen, that abolished slavery in 8.s.s--
II was done by an ordnance Of state c.-v---
ton, composed exclusively Of white A'lh8u.a-s
It was, therefore, the white people % A.l-a-a
who abolished slavery, during tie Pres l.1r
Andrew johnson, and those white people
had the constitutional authority to Do Be- l-
quires the brass Of the DEVIL and Of al
AZ once. 10 aver that the white people
South have either thought or desire 90 ,e-s-.s7-
-ish African, or any other sind Of. slavery
this country. We have got r.i Of hat 1a.s
elephant, and We devoutiy thank Sd rr
And yet the radical papers are perpe-u, 3 li-l-
ing upon the filsehood they knowing Do 9. .--
iaisehood-that if the democrats carry The g--s-
iential election the negroes are t1 be- reilcel n.
'!avery again There is just s61l- 's -i.l
'hsnce for it as there is 20 re-ests 81 t1e .-I
New England system Of drowning 8li burning
I'D women as witches. Lincoln 5ers1 ihe 4t
var, not only without thought oi freeing
negroes, but pledged on the records OF the u4- ne
against it. He and his party never csatear 81
Il It until they found how hard the rc-
ought, and that it was necessary 20 cal 90 -
backs Of the South TO help them. Teen o.
Emancipation proclamation was first conceived
nd put into execution. II was the bard i-l---
# the confederates, at last. that brought
mancipation 50 that every shot fired bya -
olt was virtually shot for negro a.i1---
Noble Register, 10Th.