Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-06-23

preparation which attends the changes of
peace. We realize that there are Difficult
ties and diStrusts not to be removed at
once between those who have been masters
and slaves; yet there are none which will
not ultimately disappear. All true men
are with the South in demanding for her
peace. order, honest and good government,
and encouraging her in her work OF re-
binding all that has been made desolate.
We need not doubt the issue; she will not
stand rs the "Niobe of nations lament
ing her sad fate; she will not look back to
dcpore 4 past which cannot and should not
return, but with the fire of her ancient
courage she will grid herself up to the
emergencies Of her new situation, she will
unite her people by the bonds Of that mu
tual confidence which their mutual inter-
estS demand and renew her former pros
perity and her rightful influence in the
Union.
The lips of him who. twenty-five years
ago. commemorated this anniversary with
that surprising grace and eloquence all
his own. and with that spirit of true pat
riotisln in which we may strive ut least. to
initiate him, ave silent now. Throughout
the cruel years of war that clarion voice.
sweet yet far Tesounding, summoned his
countrymeh to the struggle on which our
Union depelded. vet the last time that it
walked the echoes of the ancient hall dedi-
Gated to liberty. even while the retirin =
storm vet thundered along the horizon.
was. us he wCrld have wished it should
have been. in love and charity to the dis
trc.>cd people of the 50 nth.
rERORATION.
Fellow citiZeus. we stand. to-day, on /,
great battlefield in honor of the patriotism
and vao" OF those who fought upon it. 1t
is the step which they made in the world 5
history we would seek to commemorate,
it is the example which they have Offered
us we would seek to initiate. The wise
and thoughtful men who directed this con-
/ roversv knew we'll that it is by the wars
that personal ambition h.; stimulated, by
the armies whose force has been welded
alone for domestic oppression o. foreign
| conquest, that the sway OF dcspots has
| been 50 widely maintained. They had NJ
| love for wa" or alv of is works, but they
were more ready to meet lis dangers Ii
! their attachment to the cause of civil ant
rel gous liberty. Trcy desired to fount
no Roman republic "who>c banners, fan
ned by conlueSt's crimson wing shoul'
float victorious over PROSTATE nations. bu
one where the Scene beauty of the arts OF
Peace should put to shame the str'fes tina
have impoverished peoples and DEGRADED
nations. To-day. let us rejoice in the lib
er.v which they have gained forus but le
no utterances bat those of peace salute oul
ears. no thoughts but those of peace ami
mate our hearts.
Above the ,l&ins Of Marathon even now
a the Grecian shepherd watches over hi
tlock>. he fancies that the skies sometime
are filled with lurid light and that IN tn
clouds above are rc-cnacted the scenes "
that GREAT day when, on the field below
Greece maint:l ned her freedom against tn
hor,lcs who had a~Sailedh her. Again seen
to come in long array. "rich with barba
ric pearl and gold /" the turbaned ranks o
the Persian host and the air j. filled Will
the clang Of swo,d and shield, rs again tn
ticr., Greek seems to throw himself upol
and drive before him his foreign invader
shadows are all that now fit in wild
confused mp,>cs along the spectral sky
Above the field where we stand, even II
the widest dream, may no such scenes OF
nend the calmness of the upper air. bu
NAV the stars look forever down upol
I,l ospel ity and peace, upou the bay stud
ded with its white winged ships. upon tn
populous and wide extending city with 1t
marts of commerce, IT'S palaces of indus
try. its temples where each man may woI
ship according to his own conscience, an
as the continent shall pass beneath th"l
steady rays may the millions of htpp
homes attest land. where the ben gn in
, tucnce of fee government has .ougl
happiness and contentment' where l:'ho
i rewarded, where manhood Is hOnore
and where virtue and religion are revere,