Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-11-11
The Officers, Reunion.

prepared and eloquent one. The Mont
pcIier Comet Band furnished first rate
music for the OCCASION.
After the Grafton the officers and many
of their friends adjourned to Bishops where
I COOL supper awaited them and where
with it and talk, of old times several
pleasant hour, We're spent.
Col IIt-hins acted n t0ast-master, and
:icorr4 NJ Clark. DR.. Shcerar, and others
.niycnrd the occasion with songs. Hon.
Walter c. Dunton. Major Josiah Grant,
Major Rounds. Hon. {. W. Wi lard and
tlrr, responded t. toa>ts; rs did Chaplain
\. Y. Gl1zier. Gen Thomas, Capt. j. G..
Baker. Capt. Ormsbcc, Lieut.. Harrington
Lacius Bigclow, Maj. Childs and Col.
Vcqzev, who was elected president Of the
-ocittv for the ensuing year. \ warm re-
..,.ptiun was accorded to Gen. Stannard
md brief remarks made by Gen. Henry,
CAPT. Livingston, DR.. Ballard and Hon. T.
!. Woodbridge. We have room for but
.,.w Of the remarks made on the occasion.
Mr.. Willard, in response to the toast
+, Ins Congress ot'Me United States-When
not in session all is quiet on the Potomac,
-lil:
He had come in to acknowledge the
courtesy. now shown and on former Occa-
~ion>. in extending IN invitation to him TO
he present and Join in the festivities of the
occasion. Next to going to war oneself
wit II those who had q
md celebrate with them the victories and
hear them recount the achievements. 1t
VA Il glorious privilege and magnificent
memory to have been the instrument Of
Icing the great work which the soldiers
had DONE not only i'll their own day and
generation. but in all time to come. The
cast WIS Il reminder of the bulletins her
lltlrd the first of the war a> to the condi-
ION of the con.ending armies in the null
f Niryinin. 1t was true in the sense of
: precise lanruaTe: the member of Con-
rr,~> were also quiet ut such times i'll what
we may call = otf-year>. At other times
hey were in Il state Of di>quietude, although
he majority had now got into a state Of
Iuiet that would last them two wears.
PrriIal~ the hardest work of :, congress-
man was endured in getting reelected.
To hr serious, he had heard members of
Western states say their most serious duty
l. congressman was the difficulty to get
reelected. Many members will work in
lu-triuuslv ut Congress. and at home 90 on
! he stump in the endeavor to keep right
| he politics of their district for their own
salvation. Then it WAS "Iniet on the Pc
oma. TO return to the value of these
..union~ lie did not regard their highest
| value to he the mere recalling of incidents
If Your campaign. There WAS a value in
| -emrmbcrinr that a country should ALWAYS
,r ready to preserve its institutions. and
that a country which WAS willing to fight
/ Na> sure to have them worth preserving.
| 1t WIS cnprvatrd and dcbauchcd with the
prosperity of business, that commerce.
wealth and riches, which has Il higher
value to the people, than it wis of all other
! jlnrcr. But when 1t puts above all per
-onaI argrandiZemcnt> the liberty and in
gritty OF the country. it thcn had in itself
IN energy and Il virtue which insured its
PROSPERITY. There is Il common love of
orln.rv overriding these petty differences
| f political warfare and bringing men to-
.rilrr ~ The reunions bring thcm which
t-tnd steady and firm by the flag against
every man who opposes it. Applause
| 1t i when we know that under all differ
-nc,.- are one in love of country that I
gathering like this has it- value.
The GruM Army Of he h'pNblir-it>
principles, fraternity. charity and loyalty
ire tin, sentiments of all true soldiers.
Cen. stephen Thomas Of Montpelier re
-ppnd,d H., could >aN nothing better for
he Grand Army than had been spoken hv
Major Child-, if lie should Try u month";
nIcrlthc words of the sentiment are true
he believed it the duty Of every discharged
-,l Her to become Il member of the order.
Nh cil j. associated together for the pur-
o~c of p"rprtuatinT the friendship and
ties that soldiers possess toward each other
| .Ie Wa reminded Il short time since of
.Wrivr Years ago IN such Il might. the 35th
| f November, when hr moved INFO the
I icld in Louisiana. when he never suffered
more of cold in his life He WAS al
'non!~hel that he must soon pass away.
while lis friend near by had the seeds
~uWn in the field of Lnu~ianr which he
would never out@row. What was true
there was true in other parts of the service.
We We're forgetting incidents every day
which would he valuable when read by
he Young. ana would do for them what
he revolutionary soldiers did for u~ The
els of patriotism >own by the fathers OF
he revolution We're sprinTing up and bear
inc fIHit in this generation. These Incl
Tents of tn, late Wlr may never be handed
loWn t" the rising generation unless some
fort BE nude i'll that direction Every
rivatr and every officer should write out
very Incident that fell under his obscrva-
ion. He desired most sincerely to have
he~e principles carried out and have the
Organization prosper.
TIE Women Of TerDloW-Our inspiration
pride and >olacc in camp. battle. and in
or homes.
The president called on 1.-The gentleman
who wis sitting next to the best looking
lady Capt. +. j. Ormsbee of Brandon
That gentleman thought it was too bad
and WIS Il little embarrassed under the
rircum>t mce>. He WIS not here however
10 question the statement with which the
president had prcf,ced his introduction.
Laughter and applause.
Departing from this it occurred to him
that the subject might we'll be spoken up
on in Il serious manner. We have to 90
back only to 1861, where we find truly
Jfiat tie bravcst hearts of all the brave
We're possessed by the women of 81 and
to. Applause. Can YOU rccolIect a
~ingle instance when 4 fond mother or a
devoted sister discouraged YOU from going
forth to battle for your country? and con
~idcred, too, how much moro courage it
required to encourage you, and waited
until You came back, or are waiting now
and will wait forever? How much more
courage it required on their part, than for
you, to 90 surrounded with all the natural
enthusiasm of war, 1t was not strange
that You should 90, but it does seem
strange that those true women of the land
should have taken the stand they did.
The speaker did not think it necessary
to contine himself strictly to the subject
and in regard to these reunions he would
~;v - one who took pleasure in coming to
them, he hoped all would DO all possible
to encourage the presence Of their wives
/ Capture them us we might, he thought
they were entitled to share the pleasures
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