Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-10-06

The Army { the Tennessee, held l.
ANNUAL reunion at Des Moines, Iowa. lust
Wednesday. President Grant was prcserf
nd.heing called upon, to the surprise of I'LL
made a speech which he read from manu-
script The soldiers enjoyed the Speech
nd the President enjoyed their a>loni>h-
'nent. He said:
CoMKADFS: 1t ALWAYS affords me much gratitira
on to meet nv comrades in arms OF ten and fun
wears ago anu to tell over again from mem
he trials and hardships ct those day, of hlri>hi:
up">eH fr the y e-ervati'n and pc petuatIon
~ free Institutions We believed then, am, ",
tlievc now, that have a government wolth
i@htlug for and # need be living for. How man,
"u conn DIES pail the little price for PIE
wed Union? Let their her"'sn and sac, flee he
yer green IN our memory. Let not the result OF
cir sacrifices he DESTROYED. The Union an the
e institutions for which they died, should he held
more dear for their sacrifices. We will not deny
any OF those who fought against us any privilege
'nder the Government which we claim for GU
elves On the contrary, We welcome all such who
me forward in good ftlth To help build ~ be
waste places, and to pcrpeuate institutions
g:nst all enemies, brothers full interest with
in a common heritage; but We not prepared
apOlr gize for the part We took IN the war.
II l. to be hoped that ike trials Will never agan
"'fall our country. In this sentiment no class at
rople can moe heartily JON than the soldier VIII,
admitted 10 The danger, Il lal~, AMI hardhip- at
h" camp and the battlefield on whichever side he
t'ught. No class o people are more mite tStcd H.
ua'dlng against ii recurrence OF those DAYS. Lea
l. ihtn begin 10y guarding against every enemy
'rrateung the prosperity OF IN q republican in~ti
UI"ns ito moi bring into thu a-srmblaye loh
~, talnly not patti an politics, bur 1t Il iaI
uilj' ct Tor The sol hers their ,rhb-rrilons t.,
outsider hat ma, be necessary t, secure the piZ
t.'f which they Dattleti. In kepu lie l>,
'""re the cIilZ,n Ii the AOverIgn, and The ot1icIl
nc servant; where n" power l. tXrrcl~e I, except
the Will Of the people, it Is ImpO, i;tnt that thu
"v' reign, the p nplr should to- ter Intelligence
Nh1ct l. to peseryt Us rs f ee nation. If We N,
" lave another c"nfe-t in The near fIltnle of ouI
tioral existence, predict thai the div I,mg line
I'll II b, Mason and DIX"n', bu beiween pirro
! III and II trIligence on t = one side, AMI super
-iI'h'I ambition, and igno, anct on the othel,
Now. the cent nHai wear Of our national exist
rec, be iIeve l. good time 10 hegin the at
I ngrhcnlng h i"undhtI n of the structure com
lCuCi Il by our pat IluIlc foTrfl hers 100 ap
/ XingtOn. Let Us all labor to il,i all nee,ttu
~ i'nt'cs tor th' security of fte.. th,ugh, fir, e
l"tch, "A free pres, pure motal- unleIterei eigI
u sentiments, AMI OF equal rI.ht- and ,IIvlleg
e. al men irrespective ol matt nIllty. color. re-
'gtVn. EncouIa age f1ee schuul- and resolve tat
81 one dollar appropr lated for their support
-'lal he appropriated 10 the support "i any ecctlr
III sch 'ui-. Resolve thai nrItnci the stat or Ma
non, or both combined, shall support institutions
II leaning, other than those sufficient To ford To
very chlt growing up III the land the OppoI tunlty
II Il good common school education. unlnix,d with
-trta' ian pa-an, or aIhei.tcil 4 gma, Leave. In.
matter OF religion To the family aItli the church
ma the private school, suppo ted entirety by INV
ne cor tllbutlons. he p the chui en- ana The Stat
forever separate. it'll these siicguat.i- belle We.
The battles winch created tie a. NJ" the Tennessee;
" I'll not have been fought IL IN vain.