The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-07-15

Who can forget the ominous roll OF the
drum In 1861 as 1t was heard at Middle
bury college, the march to the south and
the sad coming back of a coffin bearing
the remains OF our martyred student
Henry w. Beden. The conflict cost our
Chief Magistrate his life. He had waded
into the civil conflict cautious and feeling
his way and sending for us only when he
felt bottom. From the assassination OF
Lovejoy, from the hanging of the hero of
Ilarper's Ferry, from the funeral cere-
monies of our martyred Lincoln, during all
this time the nation was in mortal conflict
with law.
But all human contingencies must adj
just themselves to the higher law as the
bark of the tree to the expanding of the
trunk. The progress of law is the progress
of ideas. One man in favor of higher
law is a majority.
Benjamin Lundy was true pioneer of
emancipation. He was distressed and
tormentcd yet he lived, says Horace
Greeley, heroic and courageous life.
| VIM ladd was for long time the president,
secretary and treasurer of the American
Peace Society for its funds came out of his
/ pocket-book, and consequently he was a
/ philanlhropist.
After music from the band the poet of
the occasion, Prot II. II. Shaw of Man
chester gave an excellent poem of which
we extract small portion
Our country Look on all the earth,
| Back, even to It's prlmeval birth,
On histories page, in MINISTRIES lays,
| In tabled, or more modern days,
| Through classic lands on mythlc shore,
| In valiant deeds or schools of lore;
Neer hath heaven given or known sphere
/ so rich I'm all the heart holds dear.
Her broad prairles in the west,
Elcns, heavens hand hath blessed,
llcld back TO heaven the sweets of powers.
Whom In whatsoever land save ours
Her mountain ridges reaching on
From Northen.line to southern town;
In length and peak, but symbollse,
our upward, onward destInles
Her mighty lakes, upon whose tides
The ola worlds nayies all might ride,
AMI never fear one single bit
That any two would ever hit;
While on the plain, along the shore.
The Old worlds armies well might war.
Nor need they cause the least alarm.
We've so much room they'd do no harm;
Her torrent rivers. through whose How
The waters Of the Hood might go,
WINE on luciT DalkS cdCn Nale WOull nOIu
whole Kingdoms Of the older world.
Her pralries, mountains lakes and streams,
Are but the marks which nature seems
10 stamp upon her, line by line,
OF country nobly grand, sublime,
This Land is one from shore to shore,
And shall be cen for evermore,
For Gods own hand hath stamped her such
Placing high above the reach of traitor arm,
n tra41ouu I,n
power,
tween North and South why need there be
Aught but Il healthful rivalry?
We once were one. before yea grown
on; OF the gristle into bone,
when Hesslan slaves and England came
VITA words OF Lead and tongues of flame.
And every heart must stand or reel
Before that charging surgng steel,
Standing together, side by side,
Nobly ye stemmcd that raging tide.
And later stun, when war again
Come on the land and rode the main,
On oceans wave or bloody plain
Sc whipped old England's slaves again;
Twas only when ye followed those
Whose lplnes stood forth as freedoms foes,
That We were taught and learned to hate.
j The old, old home, for slavcrys sake;
That you might easily secede,
And rear you in the South a home
with slavery for It's cornerstone
The North, they said, would never fight,
Nor thought they knew they had the right.
: Mistaken South We learned too late;
. The North, though not so full of hate,
f Had yet the men, both brave and true,
Who saw the right and dared pursue.
The strife came on, the battle rOarS
s Across the land, along the shores
4 The fierce war cry-the thunder drum,
: Walked all our vales-stlrred every home,
.. TIL buge blast and trumpet peal.
While thus we grappled with our foe
Determined not to let her go.
Old mother England come behind,
Pulled up with pride and nearly blind
q Nor did she dream, in that dread hour
= We'd dare to grapple with her power.7
IS But Uncle sam, so wise and quick,
g Administered q backward kick
e That settled her at one fell lick
+ Take England up and roll her through
: our own broad land-nor me you
II Would ever think, or dream, or care,
e Nor would II make the school-boy stare,
&c As anything unusual rare;
/ But when she pays the tribute due,
q The fifteen mlllloDs-interest too,
T. For downright meanness, pirate pranks.
y That makes a smile In all our ranks.
- Were answered by the men of steel,
= While southern foes, traitor slaves,
Made, on bloody fields, their graves;
Port Royal, Hampton, New orleans,
- Proved our skill in naval scenes;
II While Gettysburg and vicksburg stand.
10 Trophies worthy freeman's land;
- And still the bloody strife goes on,
Il Our Northern hosts push boldly south,
a And towering fort. ere they could halt
At Must yield before their fierce assault.
Il Fort after fort and massive wall
n Come crashing down with fearful fall,
II TIL mid the smoke and battles din
" Our Northern host rushed boldly in,
d And The Rebel capital was won
< BY valor that is still our own.
~ Sherman, Mead, and hosts more stood
It AS patriots, oil baptized In blood,
While Tiger Grant just bagged the fox
If And all his hosts a Appomattox;
m And Lincoln, oh the dark, dark hour,
IS Dark cine in that o'erJoyous hour
l. with what answering faith he gave
IS His noble life the land to save
&c But lesser names we well may tell,
ne From out our college role Of honor;
Is OF those who fought and those who fell
- because lnel lONtu tHt IlSHt 81 Nch
10 AS Bennett, Proctor, Converse, toe,
> OF Eaton, Newton, and the few,
10 AS Hlgley, Knapp and Walker. true
- Returned TO grace their native state,
=, In college halls to mold and shape
-. =. The soul to fire, the brain to MI,
~ Or through the press a love instill
~ or all that's pure and Just and right,
:, or in the law through loglcs might
IN Compel the wrong to yield TO right
NJ Nor these alone, but many more
n Whom patriot love of country bore,
10 From yonder hill OF classic lore.
N To mingle In the scenes OF strife
m To peril all and give up life
III That they might make the record good
s. The patriot fathers wrote In blood,
" Tuat eXiled ones from far might come
es And rear them here freemans home
:? For unborn millions this should be
f,,o land tho homo of liberty