Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-01

q ,,.tf..it- .-,-rtti,.- ha> pitched ill> lrht
a., III ramI. -usai.'l "i il''' r'-ii''' ages 4
In m. ,-t-la. {, ulln ,iug-r siiil aiu"is
A.. ,.,,,;I;,r See,-, al rlui.ihsspi aud
o.. tia, daN will tning h""'l 81 mr'.
me-. .,,td ~ Nna h-ar asaiH To-Day ll'r
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,.,,-U fnr tnn- yaur Tagging N"'''4. /
S,,, nil i've again io iay the sc''ut's "l I
n, ouar and l,siI.r t-li; y"h VIII ne"
- ,nnr m-m"ry lingrr> i"'''iN over ''''
iaN, you sl.-u, At the front. MANY i''''-
i-nis 10 mo,os- mirih aud l"' s",
This memory of many happy h"|l> VIII
he mingled With the memory "i many
bn,trs al the >t.yrrr>i >iraiu. " 20" -"
again Your Terminates fall hY Your ,'''
~. victims of the cruel and relentless
hand of war. YOU will in>IiuctlNr'y a'-
kpovl.Jae a m-rciful Providence IA
your continued life, aud in your hearts
Won will be deeply grateful that '''
death Of your comrades MAS not ~ 'a'
,,d with All this there will aud ought
tn come a feeling that You have horne
,b. lion. share toward the final acbleN
m..nt of the great conflict for the mana
t-uance of the unity "i the American
I-.ople
For me TODAY. as young as | am, 4"
attempt Ia indulge in "Reminiscences
would ht the height ot folly. aud Yet II
is always . pleasure to me Ia listen 10
the stories of the great struggle a. l"h
hy the veterans. and sometimes aN
have listened Ia these men who nave
faced the rebel muSket and cannon
mouth. | have wished that |. too. might
have zone with Sherman 10 the sra. OF
followed Sheridan up through the Nheh-
adnah Valley. ar have. with my own
| Vermont huvs. swept across the blood
soaked fields of Gettysburg. B"t II Is
our heritage who are younger ~ years
10 enter into the Iruitage ot Yonr sarrl-
flee and toll. and bear the hrthrlghl
sealed unto MS in blood. lut" III" future
with mdiminishrd lustle.
desire YOU today Ia take a look at
the relation which this great struggle
hears Ia the general history OF "nr re-
public. The questions which ought t.
interest us most are, Nv herrn dld Tan
great domestic upheaval benefit man
kind :" and "What were its results :!
want, if possible. Ia answer theor qle>
iions in 81 simple a manner thai hoy
and gills. that every person. may hI"'
fplly come 10 see oar debit 10 the Amer
lean soldier.
Let us divide our history into tWt
important periods first, the period coy
cred hv the American coIoulSts ~ 'hrl
struggle for liberty; SECOND. the N'l"S
gle for the unity OF the American
people eliminating III the war Of 1851
"a. The underlying motive tnr each "
these conflicts was more than lmIlrl
gain. more than the honors OF var, nor
Il AN the lust for conquest Each @
these great struggles was vital, not aIont
to the American people, bat to the dies
TINY of the whole world, lndrrIl lynn!
all exterior motives were great element
of ,rurh which must he successfully DE
Tended.
After abiding to fierce bloody con
l hicts waged in the history of mankind
chiefly to satisfy personal ambition "
the qualification of munarch'N Whlm'
the speaker coutrustpd SUch men Il
Xrrxes, Alexander aud Napoleon, Wit
Israel Putnam, leading at Bunker Iii
his little army in a solemn invocatio
for protection and care from the ! athe
of the fatherless, aud Washington. VIII
at times shrank from his task, althoug
convinced that the American people ha
future before them, aud who in til
hour of extreme darkness. when advise
by bis staff officers to give up the col
test, replied, NO, not until the Ia,
stream has been torled. the last vale
past. the last hilltop scaled, will | Sn
render, and not theu. for there will
make my stand and die for the rigi
aud the truth
The struggle for American indepen'
ence was one in which every indivld
al was intensely interested. for the II
umph of American arms meant the h
ginning of the end of tyranny III
oppression wherever it should be fouu
; Two great results were wrought out
, this conhict-power rests with Il
people. ami the way was opened Tor Il
salutary influence OF the Anglo-SaX'
in the moral and intellectual upltt
mankind. This great struggle the
P stands closely related to the struggle
: gainst the dissection aud diSuuou
a the nation, for if the people had het
taught their power, then that pow
D must ne seized and guided in the rig
u direction.
:. 1t the influence of the Saxon was
he given the right of way in the wort
- life, then the rights of the Americi
= citizen must be maintained. and the III
' which had been flung to the breeze
e the embodiment of truth aud the hera
it Of freedom, every stripe of which h;
+ been placed within its folds at the GO
of thousands OF patriot hearts, eve
star Of which had been placed above Il
e blue depths, because the principle "
s. at last recognized that all liberty-lovi
N people were bound together by etern
q boudS,-thls flag must be protected Al
the principle for which it stands mai
~ tanned.
50 Such was the stupendousness of t
task which the noble men of Gl-'
were called upon to assume. What
task Angels might well cease for
moment their halleluahs to covet Il
re task assigned to you men. Yes; not
lie the angels in Heaven has there ey
W been given greater trust.
\, The call to arms in 81, was more TIN
." the call to the defence of the cover
a. ment, more than the anxiety of pre-,
ID dent lest his seat of power should
is usurped,-it was the call from Almigh
al God, direct to the men of this countr