Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-11-10
three taps of the drum" at Williams

! Iar1D, Savage Htdllou duu luOSe lOuSu
/ fights at Gaines Hill, and in White
j Oak Swamp, where Brooks was wound
ed: that stern mans lip long afterwards
quivered, unusual for him. when. with
moistened eye. he bade the old brigade
goodbye you remember Malvern Hill.
regretted. but no fault of yours, South
Mountain and Antietam, Harper's Ferry
and fredericksburg; you remember
Banks Ford You remember Gettys-
burg. where, with the lion hearted Stan
nard at your head, you dealt, on the
flank. and in the trout, destruction
devastating DOOM You have seen the
oak on your native hillside. So stood
Vermont there and when those others,
opposite. charged, calamity, dashingly,
in line, they laid in a moment like au-
tumnal leaves at the very foot of that
oak; and the saddest part of all was.
You were of one nation. one kindred.
one tongue You remember the Wilder
ness, where you lost so terribly, yet
fought SO grandly, losing nearly one-half
of those engaged | had namesake
there who fighting fell" None more
noble, none more brave than he. You
remember Cold Harbor, that hole-y place,
and Petersburg. with its mine. the Shen-
andoah. where that tired horse with fly
ing feet" bore to the field his master,
and the master of his men-and when
he spoke word of cheer along the line
how did the ''Old Brigade, again begin,
as begins that ancient hymn. EARLY,
my God. without delay, we haste to seek
thy face Cedar Greek was won. You
remember with reason, Chapin's farm
the rest, the hospitals. prisons, Appomat-
tox, and home again. The war was en-.
ded, and '.Old Virginia, y and 1.-The low
lands low had heard from Vermont.
No matter how few the hills of corn be-
tween the rocks in those years, no mat
ter whether the boys kept step or not,
they fought. and they fought for high
and mighty purpose. they returned,
alas how few,-some with one leg,
some with one arm, some with one eye.
E and have ever since been entitled to the
respect of mankind Blest meE espec-
tally, the rank and file, who. for country
endured the march, the heat, the cold,
the knapsack, and the conflict. The
spirit of Great Ethan, and the fiery zeal
of Stark led their hearts, and even led
, them on. Did not time forbid, should
like to speak of each individual one/
should like to speak of Badly Club
and Elijah but these, and all the
rest, living. and dead. who left home
with that patriot sigh, which made then
wish to live. and dare to die, will for
ever embellish the historic page.
!, The widows the orphans. tie fathers
the mothers. of these men who fell viii
also be cherished with an er-growins
love. This is the first natural result o
the war. Another result. is emancipa
ton. As Tom Marshall of Kentucky
' once said of the Ohio State grants. so i
can be said of the South .'All that fail
" land was doomed to freedom" The great
> ness of that act 70 race can fully com
prehend For generations were needle,
to make Africa > sons equal to us unde
the law. and who can estimate its effect
on generations yet unborn. This &C
will ever show to the world the depth
: and width. and might, of Lincoln's illus
: trious patriotism. Let us remember hi
= mystic chords of memory
: '.lt is ofininite moment" said Wash
ington, that you should properly est
mate the immense value of your Nation
= al Union to your collective and individ
ual happiness that you should cherls
. a cordial. habitual, and immovable al
: tachmeht to it; accustoming yourself
; think and speak of it, as the palladium
= of your political safety and prosperity
: watching for its preservation with jeal
(" Gus anxiety Remembering, now, tina
% we have laid down our arms and agai
~ become citizens that the children of t.
! day can hnt tremble, when they see you
- gallant acts. and intrepid deeds, an
u many years of sacrifice, in danger, frol
~ the influence of National sins among til
!, people. :
~ Then let us emulate high endeavol
ever guarding our old and tattered fla
r with the '.harmlessness of the dove. an
IN the wisdom cf the serpent. So sha
t. our institutions be preserved intact; s
D. shall no Grecian fate be ours so sha
e. no northern wind, or southern cloud dis
ld turb. but we shall have country
r. which it.can be truly said, She stane
OF first under the whole Heavens.
In Comrades my task is done Vernon
Gu will yet have her Macaulay-and whe
re he puts pen to paper how will each pas
ne glow, like molten fame. with tt
ue strength of the individual character
az her sons. and in turn, of their infuen
. on the nation. Far away, in dista
o. mountain cavern. the water has trichl,
Ia down for ages, and formed a crystal al
at yet ever increasing spar. Sc, these P
rst triot heart beats have formed manhoo
ell which in its outgroMth, shall. wi