The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-27

the orator of the trustees, who proceeded
to the delivery Of well prepared and elo-
quent address upon military Education
and Norwich University" Col Veazey
was warmly applauded at the close of his
address, and was personally congratulated
by a large number of the trustees and citi-
zens. We give Col Veazeys address in
full 1t contains many suggestions of
value to the state, and its facts and sta
tstics, gathered from the records of the
auditory, will be surprise to many of the
people.
col. yea2ey,s Grafton:
One of the great problems not yet fully
solved in our country, is to determine how
the republic may follow the Injunction, "in
time of peace prepare for war; with the
least possible expense, and the least danger
TO the integrity and perpetuiiy of the ma
ton. That the safety of the republic de-
mands that the injunction be obeyed can
not be doubted. The history of our own
country, and of all other countries. eslab-
fishes a strong probability, if it is not con-
elusive, that we must have wal more or
less in the future. From the declaration
of Independence to this time, we have
| been engaged IN war about onc-siXth of the
whole period, exclusive of our almost con
slant Indian warfare. There is scarcely n
| contemporaneous nation which has not suf-
| fered from this dread pcstilence even more
than our own. II is n sad thought that one
| day in every six of our future national life
may be devoted to war. We hope il may
not be so. One way to prevent it is to fol-
low the wise prccept to be prepared for it.
Another way is to establish the principle
among nations for which our country has
nobly made the precedent, the principle OF
arbitration of national controversies But
rs the nations of earth are now constituted,
that grand idea will probably he established
if ever, only as the result ot perhaps. ages
of persistent effort. II has not yet become
sufficiently established TO warrant us in
disregarding the injunction The law Of
force has not vet been ,upplRnted
among nations. and we must recognize the
fact While war j. the arhilcr Of national
controversies. there must be preparation
for war. Both or system OF government
being in the main IN aniagonism with thai
of the Old World, and the magnitude oil
our country, will have a tendency rather tC
invite than avert war. unless there be prep
aration to maintain the republic against
both external assaults and internal dlsscn
ton, co-equal with its position and import
ance in the scale Of nations. Our distance
from the great rival powers of the world
that has largely contributed to our safety
and freedom from national complication
in the past, is rapidly being lcssencd in ci
feet by improvements in navigation. Tina
we have succeeded in our war in any in
stance without much previous preparation
is no argument against the importance O
preparation. The amount of life and treas
urc which our final success cost, but Whlcl
might have been saved by a reasonable re
gard to the necessities Of the republic
makes our lack of preparation, well Mig
criminal. To continue almost totally an
prepared for the emergency Of war W0ul
be an invitation to war which we ca
scarcely expect other nations long to de
cline, an example OF folly unworthy til
craftsmanship which free, educated pee
pie should produce. This preparation car
not be in a large standing army; for stan,
ing armies are obnoxious To free people
) They are regarded as alistocratic i
character and inauspiciOus to liberty
And in addition to other objections the el
pense of Il regular army i "A burden Tia
the people will not bear to the extent 7,
quired to make the army sufficient for til
contingency OF great war. II is now ais
pretty well demonstrated that Our peopl
G will not maintain an efficient militia G
such magnitude as would bc required
the event of war. The tendency is no
against it. The expense of maintaining
militia is too great also.