The Mesilla Valley independent. [volume] (Mesilla, N.M.) 1877-1879, 1878-11-02
GEN. j. c. FREMONT's SPEECH
AT WOODSTOCK, CONN.
As taken from the New York Times
of JAY sth, 1873

LAnfEs Axp GExyLxMKx Let me thank
you tor tins iricndiy Welcome tits nyhrst
visit to your beautiful State. bat it gives me
pIrusare to ind that AN no stranger anioag
sit VI you. And | have 70 Hpsnk ysu sin
cereIy and gratefully for beisg kept in CON
tiguetI rumembranee siaoe nur first work to
gether IN 1855. tind that have here aaanF
narAesakes -nen and women grown il Is an
cecasion for me to thank yeu tar The, hpnor
As we'll as the pleasure tiiis gives me,- ah.l in
tinsIing myself made ssnuch at home an,nng
yon- Begmaing with your wels7ssfr ya~trr.
day at Putnam. have been maaie 10 fs-l like
one returning rather than arriving amrns
hiends. |, Is a lang time now since tosk
part in one Of the grcat meetings Of ti,e peo-
pie, and to-day AIN here not as one OF the
speakers. but simply tojoin viii. yna c.rrIial-
4! IN the observance Of rias day anal In shat
rrnewai OF patriotic teellng which hope il
will always excite, AT this time especially
am glad 10 see the undiminislsesl cnttusi-
aslM whivll tlle day has called out. II in.li-
eatcs that the war has not exhausted youE pa.
iriotism os ci.Illesl yaar .ievptlou to tlc eous-
ry. The Peaee. prosperity anu union inan-
gurAiesl oa this historic day were Islt a short
time since seriously thrratened. That dan
ger svenls 70 have lseea areFted. Elrust that
IL Is 50. But, in any case. see here ss-
serve Of the people ready 70 easwcr tise cAii
in any emergency Secnrc in tllis saaS guy-
ernmcnt is strnng. II wasthe peuple @lssin-
snired an.l dictated the measures and poI,sy.
sf the laae var. Il was tl.e wavr Of popular
oIiaion whlcl. Lifted and i.are fnraar,i l'rss;,
dent aH,i Cabinet To the sucrkssIul issue of
oar struggle fur nAtionality. That this ne
newe'i izngrr IN xhich hsye ntrrre.l MAS
averfe,l, WAS largely due to two ihslsss, Or
rather TO twa nleu, xlla, together, represented
the feeling af the whole CuunsTy--tl'c lrsi
Feeling u the country -ihe old American
feeling. The ens, the emphatic dselssA.iun
os yopr President, that he would use all the
power yea hal placed in his han,s to maiss-
tain peace and geo onlrE. The other MAS
the equally emphatic act III a nsan who rs,Sc
alsve peIsoualand party interes; 70 unite in
putting ,lpwal at the outset, this reHewe.i
danger If civil war, ItSas a sayiagof sea-
cior Isentan's that .-theTrwere same thin-s i.-p
ssnall aud some t''o great for party. That
1t sh"uld not .'c used To- suru clerk ont OF
Office. nar should j, ever he allawed to inter-
fere Aitli the honor sni welfare of the eouU-
try u wns in the spirit IT this generous
and patriotic maxim that Alex. II, Stevsn..
Of GesFgia, opppscd the Attrmpt nf hi@ i,ptty
To lRsettle TIE Goyernmrnt Vt Washington.
But tl,r pppalar viii. strong and right AS il
always l., can In ordinary times act only
through the men who n the moment are its
accredited representatives. FR ihis reason
II il especially necessary now. Ia the coming
elections. to send to Washington men Mhs,
can te relied upon, to prevept disturbed
coDditiaa Of the eouatry. To-day we cou.-
meinoraie ihs fpnudasion ~ GovefDrhsnt
undes which the pecple in the exercise II
their own wiil. tsve bect aisle TO put down
an attempt vt revolution which cnnyulscd
their country. In the histary oi nAtions this
one Is very ysuag, but in its brief life 1t has
already spread an advanced civilization over
this n0ntineui, and brought sosctilcr f.s'y
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