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

The following are the addresses deliv
cred ut the Reunion lately held at Rut
land, for which we had not space las
week. The address of Gen. Devens il
given in full. The others are only ab
stracts.
GENERAL DEvENs' ADDRESS.
Fello,o Soldiers and Fello,o Citizens
i rejoice aud congratulate you tba,
you are able to come together on this
day, in this beautiful, fertile field, and
that you are ablo to bring together so no.
BILE and true-hearted body of men as
were the soldiers Of the State of Vermont
1t is day that brings with it, in auy
aspect in which you view it, remiDiscen.
ces the deepest and most thrilling and
Instructive. Men are bright remui.cen.
ces of victories aud triumphs past,
there are old rccollections Of men who
have enjoyed and suffered much with US,
and have now passed beyond the vale
| know it is said that gatherings of this
nature have a tendency TO keep alive the
evil passions which have been provoked
ny this spirit Of war. yet am quite
sure that there is no body of men more
desirous to he ut peace with their fellow
courtrymen than are those very soldiers
Of the late war of the Rebellion Bat
they have right to recall what they
nave done. They have the right to have
the record Of what they made for them
selves, their State aud their nation. Per.
petuated WAT is, know. national pride.
which, by the thought of what those who
have gone before us have done. .iuctes the
people to noble emulation and high en-
terprise and pours iuto all the spirit OF
patriotism, that nation is not to be con-
gratulated-it would be blind-that ne.
elected to fasten such a national pride AS
this. How stirring aud powerful during
all our controversy were our recullcctions
of what our revolutionary ancestors had
ioue How dcsrous were we to preserve
untarnished that iborty which they trans.
nitted to us; how determined were we
that in our hands at least it should suffer
no change or dltnlnutloD. 10 now Hlauy
a soldier came the remembrance Of that
heroic age, and to the lips of dying men,
lips that were to know joy or grief no
more, there has come a smile as they
have remembered 1--WE too have trod,
and with no uugallant step in the paths
marked out for us by our great fore.fath.
ers." AS the men of rs were an inspi-
ration to the men of '6l, SO will We be.
lieve that the men of 81 are to be
hereafter in the hour Of trial an inspira.
tien to those who, after you, are to till
those fertile fields. Applause. l hon.
or the memory Of the patriots of the
Revolution Green Mountain boys who
fought with Ethan Allen and Seth War.
ner at Ticonderoga, and under Stark over
here in Bennington, yet know they we're
not better or braver men than Vermont
sent to fill our regiments in the army of
the Rebellion. Sure am l, os l look
down upon them, that I recognize them
as their legal descendants and not an alien
offspring, for on every battle field they
proved themselves true representatives
Of the old heroic ages [Applause !
Would, my friends, that had time and
the ability to sketch here the services Of
your noble regiments aud to speak of the
honor that they brought their State, but
it is the task Of the historian and not a
duty Of him who delivers merely casual
address. Yet there rise before me
many of your brave men with whom
| have been connected in the army
and with whom l served. You will par.
don me, am sure, if ulude to the
Ninth Regiment, because it was long un.
irr my own command aud because il Wa,
Away. faithful ard true. recognize
to-day the old brigade h.g that went into
the city OF Richmond. Applausc] l
emembcr full well 10 that brig lde was ii
colonel of your own, aud in that brigade
The glorious Ninth Regiment.
True it was, we reaped that which 9th.
ers had sown. but it was much that we
we're able to bring again to that rebellion,
citadel the flag which is our symbol o'
law aud equality aud justice and union,
Even there, there were eyes that were
lin, there were cheeks that were Wet
with tears, as they gazed upon its starry
folds. remember well the day a!teI
The city was taken, as sat on the piazza
~hch formed the river trout Of the hous,
Of a lady. wel-known for her devotion t,
the Union prisoners, lady who was her
self prisoner in her own house. and
think it no improperly to mention he
name, Mrs. Fanloo-as We sat there OF
the river front oi her house she pointec
ont to me the road over which our troop
marched that morning. "Ail night long,
he said, "we knew that the hour Of ou
ieliverance was come, for we heard th
retreating rebel army, and as mornin;
dawned we came out here, my daughte
aud |. to wait. and we saw ut about sun
rise IA struggling line; what were those =?
| told her what, of course, need not b
explained to you, they were-the skir
mish line. Then over the hill," sal
she, "came the solid column of blyonet.
and above it waved the American flag
it was the first time we had seen it 10
four years, and we saDk down here &c
gether aud thanked God that He ha
allowed us to see it come again and com
again in triumph
If allude to my comrades Of the ol
Vermont brigade, you will recollect thi
| was always soldier of the Army
the Potomac or the kindred Army Of Ii
James, and that know well how bra,
and how true its men were how complet,
y aud fully identified with the Army
the Potomac it is. | recollest the FIR
time when | was ordered to report vii
the rank of Brigadier General, the thr,
New England men that sat around Il
little fire of few sticks 10 that dan
country of the Peninsula, all of the
are in their glorious graves-Brook
John Scdgwick, and the gallant and tr'
Gumnnr Of MassachnsntIs IRanant,