The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-08-19

would like to hear three cheers for tn
division commander, General Doubleday
who is on this stand. (Thrcc cheers wer
given with hearty good will aud no
only three but six and "tigers' nnumcr
able)
Time would fail, comrades. continue,
the speaker, if should continue 10 pursu,
the history of your Vermont regiments
| have spoken only Of those who wer,
nearest to me, yet | know that on othe
aud more distant fields your sons won fo
their State a gallant and proud name
But when | recollect how noble and how
united this State was 10 that war of tn,
Rebellion, cannot but hope that a
some time or other, there shall somt
monumental structure rise that shall hon
or together all her brave and noble dead
The statue of Ethan Allen, which tn,
citizens of Burlington have lately erected
in aonor Of that heroic general and al
his brave comrades, leads me to wish thai
at the capital of your State somo monu
mental structure might rise which woulu
commemorate all tho brave men, 10 mat.
ter how widely scattered, that served il
the war under the flag of Vermont. Aud
as l speak Of them, they seem almost It
rise again in all the pride Of their faithful
devotion, in all the fire of their splendid
courage, iu all the glory Of that patriotic
enthusiasm.
Soldiers of Vermont, you have houored
mo by allowing me to address you. and
now let me remind you that upon you all
the duties OF citizens press. Upon those
who have done much, much always re.
mains to he done. The world has wit
uessed with admiration the return of al
army Of more than million of men to
citlzeus and the pursuits of peace, aud u
has seen them return with brighter aud
loitier ideas OF the true dignity and glory
of citizenship. For yourselves aud you,
State YOU have made a bright record aud
let just consciousness OF your achieve.
mcnts still inspire you in every relation
Of life, in all the duties Of citizens
The rebel army goes no more with
longer insults the free air 81 heaveen' pnH9} pnH9}
your loyalty is not to be shown on the
battlefield alone, but in the defence OF
the fundamental principles of our liberty
and in constant aud unwavering warfare
against all that makes against it against
that luxury that would enervate nation,
oppose the power Of your own earnest and
heroic lives against the corruption that
always seems to prey upon a prosperous
nation arm and show yourselves uhalter-
able and incorruptible. Before you left
the shade Of these hills, with uncovered
heads and unified hands, you swore your
great oath Of allegiance to your country
and that you would defend her against
all her foes Nobly in the fires of an
hundred battle.felds have you kept that
oath; but you are not absoved from it
yet-far from it. Death can alone re.
lease you. Pledge, then, to day, anew
as you meet and as you remember your
faith and fidelity. to always honor her
aag wherever it floats, on land or IN sea
SPEECH OF GEN. HAwLEY.
FelloD Soldiers and FeVo,c Citizens
AS Connecticut man, am glad tc
come here during short furlough from
public duties to look upon reunion o
Vermont soldiers and to be priviledged tt
address you few words of fraterna
greeting
never had the honor to serve will
Vermont troops, but every Connection
man claims cousiDship with Vermonters
The names Of your towns are many o
them, more than one.fourth, | think
named from those Of our State. You
Governor Converse was born in Connec
ticut. aud the men who answered to tn,
houorcd names Of Ethan Allen aud Setl
Warner. came from us to you, aud ",
are accustomed to claim that YOU belon,
to us, with Massachusetts. We are gla'
to be allied to you in fidelity in all con
tests, political and otherwise.
Before tho war We were greatly mis-
understood. The nations argued that a
war is despotism. only despotsm ca
carry on great war successfully. The.
said republic cannot carry on grea
war aud especially gigantic rebellion
Many of OAR own people thought SO toe
II you or had been told iu 1861. tina
we were to have war of nearly iv
years, costing so many lives, and 50 muc
treasure, we should have replied, ou
people will not carry on long war. w
did not know our strength and powers
We abhorel war and dreaded enlistment
at FIRST, but the progress of the war dc
monstrated that no people can carry o
great war as thoroughly as free pee
pie. [Cheers,] No King can SO concer
trate the powers OF nation as a reput
lie.
Our great danger arises from grow
ing Indifference to politics. 1t is tn
duty of every man to be politician,
the true sense of the word. We no
know what it cost to put that flag in til
sky. and when in times Of peace We al
inclined to sink back into the grooves
contentment and Indifference, We must r.
member that "etorpal vigilance is II
price of liberty" Cheers. Gener
Devens, the soldier orator OF New En-
land, has told you of the entrance OF Il
old flag into Richmond About the sau
time, | on another field and in anoth
line of duty, received several thousar
+ prisoners from the prison pens Of Il
, South AS they passed between tv
, rebel officers on one side and :wo feder
ofiicers on the other. to be counted, tn,
f presented a terrible appearance thu
were starving, and dressed in rags.
roics, "And some want ye to forgi
, them for that Yes, when they repe
D aud do works meet for repentance.
D told them after they were received in
our lines aud sat and stood awaiting to
sent forward, that near by behind sol
9 timber were some thousands Of our "bo
4 in blue" with brimrning kettles TO fe