The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-08-08

tears shed at the sight of its starry folds
by those who longed for the day to come
for their dcliverance. remember well the
day. stood with lady ON the piazza of
her residence in that city on that day and
realized as heard her words the truth of
this touching scene. The lady was one de-
voted to the Union cause, and well remem-
bered by the prisoners in Libby who were
greatly indebted to her for many
kindnesses received, whose honored
name is Mrs. Van Lew. She pointed to
the stars and stripes that were flung to the
breeze over the walls of the city and told
me of the anxious days of watching for its
appearance-the glad hour of dclvcrancc
and how when that morning had dawned
she heard the tramp of the sltirmsh line,
then she saw the solid column of bayonets
and above them all the dear old flag Zap
plause)-the first she had seen of it for
four years. She said her daughter and
herself sank down together and thanked
God it had come again and in triumph.
When | alude to the Vermont brigade
you must recollcct | was member OF the
army of the James, and | knew how truly
brave they were, rs the army of the Poto-
mac, were well identified with my own
command | knew of Brooks (applause)
the gallant commander of the old Vermont
brigade-of John Sedgwick (applausc)
whom every man loves and whose memory
| .lo1iuht IN hgAnnr al thp Gallant
| of Massachusetts, and another from Con
nectcut. Do | forget the galantry of the
I'd brigade? Those men who so dstin-
guishcd themselves at Gettysburg the
great eliminating point of the war When
the Colonel of the 10th (applausc) was
brigade commander. applause and
checrs)
Comrades, pardon me, but would like
to hear three rousing cheers for General
Doubleday. (No sooner said than they
were given WIFI y Will
Time fails to detail the glory won by the
Vermont brigade. You have won for your
state proud and gallant name When !
recall the unity and strength that marked
the state of Vermont during the war
cannot but hope that memorial structure
may be raised to commemorate the memo
ries of her heroic dead The statue of AL
len commentaries the memory of that
hero, and the days in which he lived and
acted So would like to see the comment
Grafton of the dead who gave up their lives
| In tha Of tIn rnbpl1ipn ID | gnpnls
they seem to rise before me in all the fire of
patriotism that distinguished them when
on earth.
Soldiers Of Vermont: You have honorcd
me in inviting me to address you today.
Let me remind You of your duty as
citizens which press upon you. The world
has witnessed an army Of II million men re-
turn from the fiery work Of battle to their
stations of peace Let them see the sol
diers take up the loftcst and noblcst ideas
of peaceful citizenship. Let your deeds
still inspire you in all the relations of life
and in your duty as citizens. The rebel
army comes no more to insult the free light
of heaven. Against the luxury that dead
ems the life of nation interpose the manly
dignity of your lives. Against the corrup-
ton that is destined ever TO prey upon a
prosperous government show yourselves
unalterable and uncomfortable foes. What
ever may be your different opinions, stand
shoulder to shoulder in one equal temper
of heroic hearts.
, Before you left these hills you gave your
, oath of allegiance to the Union, to defend
, her against al her foes. Nobly in Il hun
, dred battles have You kept it, But you are
not yet absolved from that vow then taken,
nor will you be till uc.ti. releases you.
Pledge yourselves as you meet here to-day
a VOW of fidelity TO every citizen of the
union-of undying devotion to the flag
whereverit floats, on land or on sea.
The speech was heartily cheered at its
close, and made Il striking impression upon
the minds of all who heard it. The above
brief abstract conveys but an imperfect
idea of its merit, while the speaker was
very eloquent and most effective in his de-
livery.
After music by the Sherman band of
Winooski, General NeaZcy presented Gen
eral Joseph r. Hawley. of Connecticut, as
one whose name, so well known, should
call out three as hearty cheers as soldiers
can give, which was done.
GEN. HAwLEY's SPEECH.
FelIow Citizens and Fello'o Soldiers Il
am grateful us a Connecticut man for the
honor of addressing you and very glad to
come up here for few days on this occa-
sion. We in Connecticut claim a sort of
cousinship to Vermont and take warm in
terest in her success and glory More than
a quarter of your towns are name sakes of
ours and we are united by families through
out the state. find to-day that we have
furnished you a Governor Converse who
was born in Connecticut, while the honored
Allen and Seth Warner came from our
state, so that you are indeed part
of us with Massachusetts,. We take q
share in the glory you achieved during the
war, as well as in the contests you have
fought with so much honor and fidelity.
At the opening of the war people doubted
our strength and the spirit of the Yankee
was ridiculed abroad as being too weak to
carry on great war. They said king
could give orders to his people and they
would bcSpbeyed-that only monarchy
could successfully carry on a war. But
since the first discovery of our country We
have demonstrated our greatness and
strength and ever since have built it up.
Our enemies said that our people would
not levy taxes upon themselves would not
submit to such a state of things. Then
they would see us come to a lamentable
end Had we ourselves been told in 'G1
that from five to eight millions of lives
would be sacrificed in the war we should