Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-11-05

| OAs "A AAAs
more nob'e, none more brave than he. You
remember Gold Htrbor, that hole-y place.
ana r tersourg, with it's mine, the Shenan-
ooan, where that tired horse with fyino
'eee' pore to the field his master, and the
master OF his men-and when he spoke a.
WORD OF cheer along the line how did the
oid Brigade again bcg,n as be gins that
ancient hymn, sc Early. my God, without
aelay we haste to seek thy face.'' Ceda II
reek Was won. You remember with rea
SOD, Chapin's farm, the rest, with hospitals.
prisons, Appomattox, and home again. The
war was ended, and "Old Virginia. and
the low lands low had heard from YER
mont. No matter how fe W the hills of corn
| between the rocks in those years, no matter
whether the boys kept step or not. they
| ought for high and mighty purpose. Tney
| returned, alas how few,-some with one
| leg, some with one arm, some with one eve,
and have ever since been I" entltled to the
respect of mankind" Best men especial
ly the rank and file, VINO, for country, en-
dured 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
| tine forbid, should like to speak OF each
individual one. | should like to speak of
- Badly" OF "Chub" and of {" Elijah -
but these, and all the rest. living and dead,
who left home with that patriotic sigh,
bich made them wish to live, and dare to
die, will forever embeiIsh the historic page
l have often Thought tnat there was fully
as little of jealousy among the Vermont Off
rers and men as among any in the service.
True there were some, but | think most of
them felt as did Wm Pitt in his Contest
with Fox, regarding England and French ar
bltration, when he So beautifully construed
that passage in Horace, which refers to For
| tune, w
LludO maneRtem; 81 ceLeres guahi. Pen
mas, restgno q"G dedit, et n.ea Vrlute me in
0oLUo,l probumque Pdupersem sine dote qu9ro
The widows. the orpnans, the fathers, the
mothers, OF those men who lell will also be
cherished with an ever-growing love. This
Is the first natural result OF the war
Another result, is emancl patton. AS Tom
Marshall. OF Kentucky, once said of the Quo
State grants, it Can be said OF the South:
- Ali that fair land was doomed to fire. dom -
The greatness of that act no race can fully
comprehend. For generations were needed
| 60 make s. Aries " sons equal to US under
the law, and who can estimate it's effects On
generations yet unborn. This act will ever
show to the world the depth, the width, and
might, OF Lincon's illustrious patriotism.
Let us remember his 50 mystic chords of
memory"
| Ol finance, no one can with safety venture
to speak. W nth our tremendous debt and
money monopoiIes, 1t Is fearful look, but
let us hope that this last shudder of panic
IN which so many have tumb!ed, will yet
teach US true values. No oiden Castle can,
with its drawbrldge aud feudal rights, Al
ways challenge nation. - Hard pan must
again be hard pan,' and this last token of
self developing greatness will forever distin-
gulsh itself among the masses IN its simp e,
cnIld-iike eHJrts to MAINTAIN polItlco- ECO
nomlc structure in any government.
May such a government be ours. Ut de-
signing men in Congress, too, we g mount
guard They labor, mostly, for their
eager selves, but there is something wonder
ful in how much can be accomplished when
we wIestle with evil tor great and certain
good.
:. 1t is of infinite moment" said Washing
ton, 90 that you should properly estimate the
immense value OF your Natloual Unlon 10
your collective and individual happiness
| that YOU should cherish Cordial habItual,
and Immuvable attachment TO it accustom-
| ing yourselves to think and speak OF it
the palladium OF your political safety and
and prosperity; Watching tor It's prese Va
tion with Jealous anxiety, Remembering,
now. that we have laid down our arms and
| again become citizens that the children OF
to-day can but tremble, when they see your
gallant acts and intrepid deeds, and many
| years of sacrifice, in danger, from the int1u-
ence of national sins among the people
| Then let me emulate high endeavor, ever
guarding our old and tattered flag with the
| - harmlessness of the dove, and the wisdom
of the serpent So shall our Institutions
| be preserved intact SO shall no Grecil II late
! be ours SO shall no northern wind, or south
ern cloud disturb; but We shall have
country OF which ito an truly be said: She
stands first under the whole Heavens.
Comrades, my task is done. Vermont will
vet have her Macaulay-and when he puts
pen to paper, how will each page glow, ike
Il molten Fl tme, with the strength OF the in
divldual CHARACTER of her sons, and IN turn,
of their influence on the nation. Far away,
! in a distant mountain cavern, the water had
trickled down for ages, and formed a crystal
and yet ever increasing spar. 80 these pa
trlot heart beats have formed manhood,
which, ID its outsrowth, shall, with God S
AID, help to purify governmental wrong, and
vouchsaie peace throughout the world.
God of Peace, whose Spirit hlls
All the echo of our hills
All the II urmur of our rIlls,
Now the storm is o'er,
OH let freedom be sons,
And let future Washn tons
Rise To lead their vslIant ones,
| ''Tlll Wars no more"