Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-06-06

Before the first notes of war were
sounded, we were proud of our country
for the material properties it embraced.
Its commerce, communicating with every
| zone; its manufactures, making vocal
the air with the hum of it's industries 4;
its cities of thrift; its homes of comfort :;
its vast stretching tracts of virgin terri
tory; its mountains, hiding stores of
mineral wealth, bidding enterprise un-
lock their hidden treasures.
We were proud also of the general
| scheme of our government inviting the
! oppressed to our shores, emphasizing the
| fundamentals of liberty, giving encour-
! agement to labor, holding out the high
est rewards to the humbGst citizen, de-
i mOnstrating the capacities OF wise
! union of coordinate communities, caus-
inc the flag to be respected by the world.
| A scheme at once simple, comprehensive
| and elastic,
The evil that existed was chargcabie,
in great measure, upon the prosperi-
! ties we enjoyed.
| Too busy with our stocks and lcdgeTS,
we paid too little attention to the false
| theories of government, which springing
| in measure from the failure of the
! Fathers to provide certain essential safe
! guards Of nationality. had been pushed
| by the stress of a brilliant but treacher-
! Gus logic, welded bv master minds to
| wicked conclusions
/ A ppOpIe claiminp to have the freest
Government in the world could not fos-
| ter an institution which initiated against
| the genius Of such a government without
! coming at some day face to face with
! an ..irrcpressible conflict" whose only
arbitramcnt was the sword. whose ONLY
arena Of debate was the battlefield.
Looking back to the causes Of The
| great rebellion. | am not here to impugn
the honesty Of a single Southern poll
/ tician who anathematized the Union,
much less the sincerity OF a single South
eTn community that took up armsagalnst
1t, Inc crimes with WEIrh they are
charged are to be referred back to the
education they received.
/ InS'lutioh' seeming 10 lhem TO De h'ceS-
aUateI ny "hat they cIailhcd 10 He c:-
| s@hljdi dlIftrehces OF race IL was their
hirthright. it was the palladium Of their
HDeFteS-it was made sacred by the
SANCTION OF holy writ:
from inc AtreS7!l!es ol me case II
herrsv. the supremacy of the state over
the national government the primal al
lcgiauce due the limited rather than the
cuIarred constitution under which the
citizen ACQUIRED his preroratiye and en-
forced his RIGHTS.
There il no s91drr utteranca in fine
literature Of thr rebellion than the vail
which i haorI in tha 1ottor of Cen 7 aa
rasirpinr his position in tbe Union Army
nj tho call Of his State the dpsnprafp
conflict of his vicions cdncation with his
sauea of dptv To his aar
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., II. ~ ,>"d1' S'Iu'A i,f slavery Ir Il! at
'" I H'"H' we >'I ucN Io' ~ me Ch'',h'
'''i H''.>Id'I, d. slavery: ne PIu,c'd-
I'". "H OIL II'SideoJ Lincoln, NEt1
br"%' I'D" manac.S OF TOUR millions OF
h'nu~"i'n' was Glll the sequence OF or
u'F"ji'h /" ne IhioM IL was as lQNl AS
J.. Wa '"'.'h ui- nf trFIPFfNSt'.f con- .
,->I "..% "'"fts'1r@. ne hl.'ory OF or
+-l9s"ai'A proves II. IL Is Io.l'na'cu III
!h' COMPROMISE" ot IN" c"hNltuunh II
Is nAisiZe" III the Slafp disCuNs'otN
OF l>'V IL gave a '"'tloie hole Oh warn
ln@ III ihe naidiiea'l'h FeNoiH.i"Es "l .
SCUM aroma; II e was rrcogni|,,u ny .
tA''&hiinI m'2,s ,,s.,i. ID io'1; IL was PiaullE
a2A'.H.rnu hE " liti:m II. Seward In th..
ai,r 4t:'G.f; II 4aIe ~ a tfat"ry @l .
9'""'' Oh 'le l,tlnS Oh h"l-aS SPOKE
from me SCa,io." Ct Johh Brown 1t
SPE'nT i1,[o 3'I! armed h"ihg, when An
d.r~o4 T''.ra o' ms rag ana Ala,S2c3u- =, mn
S1''> "''"I ''he' I"e 71F'' Is o. b'''-
more.
When the sound Of confederate guns
from the battlemonts Of Sumter. in
April, 1861, was borne to the North on /.
the Southern breeze, the North awolla .
to discover that war was impending.
70 discover that liberty and Slavery.
with mailed hands were 10 contend far