Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-11-13


Bmttlehoro bad Is
Montpelier had 10
- J0hnsbury bad Q
81. Albans had
On motion, Brattoboro was declared to be the
place selected
On motion, adjourned to meet at the same
place at holrpa-t one O'Clock, p. IN.
MrmyooN
The Committee on nominations made the fol-
lowing report Of officers for the ensuing year
President-Col Rodfeld Proctor. Rutland.
| Vice prc>idents-oen VIM W Henry, Bur
/ lington Col. Thomas o Soayer. Cayendish.
/ Ireosurer-G Gen Perley p Ptkin Montpelier.
Recording Sccretary-Gen James ). Peck,
/ Montpelier
Corresponding secretary Adiutont John C.
Stearns. Bradford
Executive Commi,icc-Lieutenant X Haskins,
Bmtileboro Capt Richard Smith, Tunbrdge
I Capt Samuel +. Buruham, Rutland.
The report was accepted and the officers elected.
The Executive Committee were Instructed to
call the rext re union during the month of Oc.
! tiber
Gen. pitkin made his report as Treasurer. from
which it appeared that there was deficit Of
Sll.30, which report was accepted and ordered
TO be placed on Gle
Gen VIM. W. Henry was appointed Marshal
On motion, the wives Of all officers present
were invited to he present at the supper, this
evening
Adjourned.
EVENING
The procession of officers was formed at the
Court House at "a O'Clock, and marched to the
inspriting music Of the Mortified Cornet Band
to the Representatives Hall in the State House
ed to order by General Thomas who. after an
impressive prayer by Rev n. Newton Gazier, Of
Montpelier, introduced Col SAMUEL +. PNGaEE,
Of Hartford, as orator Of the evening.
We regret our inability to give this address
in full, but trust the annexed abstract will be re-
coguizei by those who had the pleasure Of hear
ing it.
COL. PINoREE's ADDRESS.
Referring 70 the call Of the committee to ad-
dress his comrades upon this ninth annual re
union alter these occasions had been honOred by
the eloquence Of dynes and statesmen and by
soldiers true and tried, the orator expressed de-
gree Of embarmss ssment in following them in the
duty assigned him.
Unlike the unrepublican governments Of the
old world, the discharge of the soldier in tie
United States IS not a discharge from duty; with
Us the muster-0ut devOlyes upon Us the ennobling
duties and responsibilities OF the citizen which
our s)ldiership held only in q temporary abey
ance The fostering Of those sacred virtues that
guard the best interests Of the state, is one Of
our duties and in doing this the present genera.
tion at least cannot neglect to keep green in their
hearts the memories of those comrades who died
in war that we might live in peace.
This is one of the primary objects OF our Asso-
ei tinp nd in tho f1IHlltnput oft tbia nbipat
mpusiyely recall with what measure Of astonish-
ment We listened 10 the early notes of war. The
emotions which then thrilled our souls seem to
come back TO US again, though not with all their
bewilderlng amazement but are recalled as the
-chO0l-day experiences Of people untaught in
the science Of arms 70 recall some of the incl
dents growing out Of that impending conflict
which called into being that great barrier to the
Nations ruin, the speaker had selected for his
subject " The Army of the Potomac, - and pro.
ceeded to give many interesting details and incl
dents connected with the history of this grand
old army from its inception to the final close Of
the great struggle which had demanded its crea-
tlon. Said the orator, most of us shared in its
great subsequent history. Ii was in its " days
OF labor and nights devoid of oase,n that that
great company who now swell the vast biyouac
Of the Nation dead, were taken from our ranks
as offerings for the Nations purifation.
Glancing from the present standpoint of peace
and Quieto over the stormy period, and even beyond,
q curs0ry view of the government, established by
Washington, under which we lived in 1861 was
given, and the great development OF the country
prior to that period was briefly sketched. Peace
| fu enterprise had knitted together the remote
States, penetrated the inland lakes and rivers
with innumerable lines of water craft, filled up
| the wilderness with teaming population of
thirty millions of people, developed arts and
manufactures, given life 10 that skill and cum
ming which published and fashioned the recon
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cation among the masses, advanced the pursuits
of science, and so enlarged missionary operations
as 10 invite the plaudits Of the christian world.
In this glorious realization of the fruits of
peace, war seemed to be remembered no more.
How foreign TO our sentiments, how estranged
from our interests, how unnatural TO our intelli-
gence, became the rude calculations OF humane
ist war. The speaker dwelt eloquently upon this
epoch in our peaceful history which preceded the
era in which this republic was compelled to pur-
chase its perpetuity by the marshalng Of her sons
in war,-a lesson which her statesmen, her schOl-
ars, her people must be trained to learn amid ex.
| pertinent, peril and confusion Without the sad
lessons in the school of disaster, no sublime fore
cast of her sages could have organized results
| from combinations,
The reliance of the President upon the better
angels of peace, the assurance of the State Sec
rotary that few days would bring summer skies
and more cheerful atmosphere, and the impa-
tient confidence Of grave Senators to see the re-
bcllion ended by the first levy OF undisciplined
| troops, were well alluded 10. The press took up
| the key note of offensive action, and the public
mind was beguiled into sounding poems of exult-
alton over a PROSTATE rebellion even before the
first effective blow had been struck. The venera-
BILE Scott the great captain of the age, disap-
proved an advance until the unframed egions
| were converted into soldiers But the impulse OF
the popular heart demanded action which did not
contemplate defeat
The startling shock Of unsuccessful battle with
the lesson which it brought lesson that must
be learned, came early in the struggle with its
srangeness Of gloom, its decentralization, its sup
posed disgrace % our arms-the route, the
4 panic upon the like of which said the speaker,
1--WE never had occasion to look upon again" Il
left us with its rich heritage Of instruction. Il
.I,o hlto mind that m tnnn the task