Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-08-14
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WaVS faithful ana true. L TeCOSHlLe
to-day the old brigade flag that went in
to the city of Richmond. Applause.
| remember full well in that brigade was
a colonel of your own, and in that bri-
gade, the glorious Ninth regiment.
True it was, we reaped that which
others had soWn, but it was much that
we were able to bring again to that re-
bellious citadel the flag which is our SYM
bol of law and equality and justice and
union. Even there, there were eyes that
were dim, there were cheeks that were
wet with tears, as they gaZed up
on its starry folds. / remember well the
day after the city was taken, as | sat on
the piazza which formed the river front
of the house of a lady, well-knOwn for
her devotion to the Union prisoners, a
lady who was herself a prisoner in her
own house. and I think ii no impropri-
ety to mention her name Mrs. VanloO-
as we sat there ON the river front of her
house she pointed out to me the road
over which our troops marched that
morning. Gan night long," she said,
'.we knew that the hour of our deliver
ance was come, for we heard the retreat
ing rebel army, and as morning dawDed
we came out here, my daughter and /,
struggling line; what were those 2" 1
told her what, of course, need not be
explained to you, they were--the skir-
mish line. "Then over the hill, said
she, ''came the solid column Of bayOn-
cts, and above it waved the American
flag it was the first time we had seen it
for four years, and we sank down here
together and thanked God that He had
allowed us to see it come again and come
again in triumph. .--.,-.--.. ....
If ] allude to my Comrades of the old
| Vermont brigade, you will recOllcct that
! was ALWAYS a soldier of the Army of
! the Potomac or the kindred Army of the
| James, and that | know well how brave
and how true its men were, how COM
pletely and fully identified with the Ar
nv Of the Potomac it is. I rccOllect the
| first time when | was ordered TO report
| with the rank of Brigadier General, the
! three New England men that sat around
! the little fire Of a few sticks in that
/ damp country of the Peninsula, of
/ them are in their glorious graves
! Brooks, John Sedgwick, and the. gallant
and true Sumner of Massachusetts. Re
peated applause.) Now, wlenI speak
/ of the glorious Vermont Brigade, ! do
not forget the gallantry of the Second
! Vermont Brigade | congratulate you,
! fellow citizens and soldiers, that you are
/ able to welcome to this stand to-day so
4 many officers whom / have already had
the pleasure of recognizing, whe distin-
| guished themselves upon that ever MEM
0rable field of battle, Gettysburg, the
great eliminating point of the war. l
/ am proud 10 recognize here such men as
the Colonel of the Sixteenth Vermont;
! Capplause) as the Brigade commander,
General Stannard, whom you have al
! ready so cordially remembered. Gap
/ plause.) | rejoice, and | hope you will
pardon me if / say would like to hear
three cheers for the division commander.
General Doubleday, who is on thiss stand.
! Three cheers were given with hearty
good will and not only three but SIX and
s'tigers" innumerable.)
1 Time would fail, comrades, continued
the speaker, if | should continue to puT-
sue the history of your Vermont regl-
ments. | have spoken only of those
who were nearest to me, yet know that
on other and more distant fields your
sons won for their State a gallant and
tproud name. But when L recollect how
noble and how united this State was in
that war of the Rebellion, ] cannot but
hope that at some time or other, there
shall some monumental structure rise
that shall honor together all her brave
and noble dead. The statue of Ethan
Allen, which the citizens of Burlington
have lately erected in honor of that he
roic general and all his brave comrades,
leads me to wish that al the capital OF
your State some monumental structure
4 might rise which would commemorate
all the brave men, no matter how wide
" scattered. that served in the war un-
der the flag of Vermont. And as lSpeaB
Of them. they seem almost to rise again
in all the pride of their faithful devO-
tfop. in ali the fire of their splendid cOur-
age, in all the glory of that patriotic en-.
thusiasm.
Soldiers of Vermont, you have hon
ored me by allowing me to address you
, and now let me remind you that upon
you all the duties of citizens press. Up
on those who have done much, much
ALWAYS remains to be be done. The
world has witnessed with admiration tht
return of an army of more than mil
lion of men to citizens and the pursuit.
of peace, and ii has seen them return
with brighter and lOftier ideas of thu
true dignity and glory of citizenship
l For Yourselves and your State you hav'
: made a bright record and let a just con
sciousness of your achievements still in
l spire YOU in every relation of life, in al
the duties of citizens.
:, The rebel army goes no more Will
drum and trumpet, and their banner M
I longer insults the free air of heaven; bu
, your LOYALTY is not to be shown on tn
! ! battlefield alone, but in the defence o
the fundamental principles of our lib
7 erty and in constant and unwaverinI
{ warfare against all that makes agalns
{ it; against that luxury that would ener
yate a nation, oppose the power OF you
: own earnest and heroic lives agalns
the corruption that always seems to pre-
y upon prosperous nation arm an
!; show yourselves unalterable and lncol
II ruptible. Before you left the shade
Z these hills, with uncovered heads an
> uplifted hands, you swore your grea
: oath of allegiance to your country an
II that YOU would defend her against a
Q her foes. Nobly in the fires of an hun
Il dred battle-fields have you kept tina
y oath but you are not absolyed from
d vet for from it, death can alone n
It lease you. Pledge, then, to-day, ane"
!, as YOU meet and as you remember you
- faith and fidelity, TO always honor ht
flag wherever it floats, on land Or on sc;
IS Gems. Hawley, Doubleday, Robinson
E. Griffin, Sprague, Yeazey and Chaplain
n Trumbull, followed Gen. Deyens in pc
i i tinent speeches, which were well receive
with cheers of approval by the assen
m bled ''vets," and the vast multitude.
l report of their remarks will be fonr
he in our next ISSUE
10 In the stand during the review al
u delivery of the addresses, besides u
W Governor and staff, and Command
IN Veazey and aids, were Ex-Goy. Stewar
in Gems. Doubleday, Robinson, Grill
l. Stannard, Roberts and Sprague, Go
= oressmen Poland and Willard, Lieu
at- Gov. Taft, Hon. t. W. Park, Ho
re- Pitt w. Hyde, Gen. il. Henry BaxtC
IS: and Judge Advocate Gen. Sidney
/ Al.