The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-20
Addresses at the Brattleboro Reunion
GEN. W. b. FRANKLIN.

Addresses at the Brattleboro Reunion.
GEN. W. b. FRANKLIN.
General w. b. Franklin was the second
sneaker. He thanked the soldiers for the
warm reception that had been extended to
him in camp and ut his appearance before
them. They would recall the early days
of May, 1869, and especially the exploits of
the 9th corps under General Badly Smith,
as noble and gallant an officer as the army
possessed and Gen. Brooks could not have
passed from the memories of Vermont vet
Grams, and he regarded it among the proud
est records of his life that he had COM
manded that corp. This is the first state
organization of this character, and you
are to be congratulated upon the
success which has attended it, The same
relations should exist among all the SOL
diers of the Union. Such associations are
the true basis of reunion, as they cult
vate the true spirit of fraternity, and
should meet with encouragement from the
soldier and people, as these gatherings were
educators of the military spirit of the
people. 1t is serious fact to he consid-
cred that the days of national military
organizations are at an end. Hereafter
military education must be impaired by
the several States There are few ques-
tons liable to arise that will call for
the arbitrament of a standing army
and only one-the Indian question
remains TO be disposed of by our arms.
Future military education must come from
other sources than West Point, and each
state must provide for herself. 1t is not at
all certain that the present generation may
not have the experiences Of another war.
| A foreign war between some nation across
| the sea is as probable to come to us as the
Russian attack upon France in 1916. Mill
left us to depend Upon are ny H sampas eihqa
| Brattleboro, though short, is not decisive,
because my speech has been dull one. /
bid you adeu.
HON. WILLIAM NJ. EvARTs.
After the rendering OF the "Star Span
gled Banner" by the band Gen. Thomas,
in a felictous speech, introduced Hon.
| William M. Evarts, who said
| | came down from Windsor this morn
| ing to give myself the pleasure to assist in
welcoming the vice president of the United
| States to Vermont, and to see the veteran
soldiers so far as they have survived from
| the war. 1t was q source of regret to him
that the unpropitious weather had deprived
him of seeing them in their strength, and
that they were compelled to listen to him.
Under the circumstances it would not be
| proper for HIM to decline to speak,
though he could not by "reminiscences OF
any life arouse them as had General
Gen. Franklin. The fame Vermont had
gained by sending seventeen regiments to
the field had been recognised by all the
States. 1t is proud fact so many went,
and that so many fell in battles which they
did not shrink from. And it is gratifying
that 80 many have survived. They were
triumphant soldiers, and when the war was
ended they returned and quietly resumed
the life of civilians and the relations they
have borne to public affairs is worthy OF
consideration He pleasantly pictured the
return of the soldier to citizen life, and
said that the northern people had happily
saved themselves from the stigma of eXer
cising tyranny over southerners, or having
any i'll feeling towards them, except as
soldiers. We were fighting against them
more for their own good than for our own,
and they will one day see 1t, and in the
struggle they as well as you learned the
unity of the American people. TEN
porarily divided by the necessity of civ
war, the contest made the Union and con
stitution better worthy of our honor. The
soldiers of both sides have forgotten the
enmities of the war, and have no desire tt
renew them or fight again. There is nc
Vermont soldier that wouldn't be wei
come in the south. Our volunteer army
too, has made great impression on Europe
by putting to shame all its standing armies
Its effect is seen in the disarmament OF
European regiments, and eventually thu
masses will be emancipated from the quas
tyranny and the quasi slavery of the mill
tary.
| HON. ASA o. Adds.
He said this was the first occasion where
he had fully realized the bonds which
drew soldiers so closely together. To-day
he had heard the soldiers rehearsing thu
story of their wounds and their trials. He
seemed to see old Homer as boy listening
to the deeds and catching the spirit Of hi
heroes. The patriotism shown by our
soldiers for the country will be remembered
and ere long be reproduced in the younl
men of the future. All the privileges OF
the nation and all the guarantees should be
secured to our brethren of the south. "a
endorse cordially all that has been said bu
must confess my heart sympathes are q
little more with those who fought on the
right side"
GEN. L. l.. COLE,
or Trey, N. y. was then introduced, who
spoke in racy style, whose words especi
ally commend themselves to the soldiers
He spoke as follows:
came to be only locker on in Venice
and not a participant in these scenes, but
am glad to meet you here. In the ole
sixth army corps II used to be said If there
was anything specially difficult TO be done
"Put the Vermont brigade ahead" / an
before soldiers Why Is it that soldiers
love to meet and take such pains to come
to these reunions 1t is the friendship Of
the soldiers. There are other friendships
of boyhood. of labor and of social life, bu
the friendship of soldiers is beyond the kr
Of a civilian.
The brotherhood of arms, born where
elbow touched elbow as they entered into
the jaws of death, where every moment
men were dropping on either side cementet
amid the vicissitudes Of five winters SHOWS
and the heat of as many summers, will last
as long as the heart beats, as long as mem,
DRY holds its seat, and will enter soon into
the life to come. 1t is that eternal ,inexpres
sible something that was born in the wal
and which can never die.