The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-08-10

prevail there, they are silcnccd and are now un-
seen, but lo assured that by the light OF the
Stars you carry upou your banner you VIII nhu
them all. 1t has been constantly asserted ny
the conspirators lhroug bout the South, that this
is war of subjugation on the part OF the GoV-
ernment of the United States, waged Tor the ex-
termination of Southern institutions, and by
yandals and miscreants, who, in the fury OF
their passions, spare neither age nor sex nor
property. Even one Of tie Confederate Gener-
ais has 50 far stepped himself in infamy as to
publish, in choice billingsgate, this base caum-
ny, through an official proclamation.
In view Of what Congress has recently so SOL
emnly resolved, and in view Of the continuous
and consistent action Of the Administration
upon the subject, those who, through the press
or in public speeches, persist IN reI eating tNe
wretched SANDER are giving utterance to what
everybody, themselves included, knows to be
absolutely and UNANIMOUSLY false 1t Will De inc
first and the highest duty OF the American ar,
my, as it advances South, by its moderation ana
humanity by It's exemption from every excess
and irreeularity and by its scrupuous obsery-
ancc of the rights of all, to show how ioully
both it and the Government it represents have
been traduced. When, therefore, you enter the
South, press lightly upon her gardens and heids
guard sacredly her homes ; protect, II nceo oe'
, at the point of your bayonets, her institutions
and constitutional rights, for You will thereby,
not onlyrespond fully to the spirit and Objects OF
this war, but you will exert over, alike the op-
PRESSED and the in latuated portion OF her people,
a power TO which the most brilliant OF your NIL
itary successes night not attain.
But when you meet in battle array tnose
v atroclous conspirators who, at the head OF ar
= mics and through woes unu utterable, are seek
A.. of V.
- that since the sword famed over the portals OF
:, Paradise until now it has been drawn IN no no
- lier cause than that in which you are enGagcd'
# Remember. too, the millions whose hearts are
4 hrpoking under the anguish OF this terrloe
4 crime and then strike boldly, strike IN the pow,
~ or Of truth and duty, strike with II bound ana
~ = shout, we'll assured that your blows Will IAN
y. upon ingrates, and traitors, and parrc!des'
i whose lusj for power would make this Drlght
r. land one vast Golgolha, rather than DC Daikeo
N of their guilty aims, and may the eou ol yo0'
~ ia theirs give you the victory
q Soldiers. when Napoleon was about to spu1
~. on his legions to combat, on the sands OF al
;e African desert, pointing them to the Egyptian
~ Pyramids that loomed up against the lar o.
~ horizon. he exclaimed, 50 From yonder PyramIl'o
sts twenty centuries behold your actions In
WV thought was sublime and electric; but you nav
,;u even more than this When you shall conlron
il these infuriated hosts, whose battle cry s,"Dow
~ with the Government of the United States, le
~, vour answering shout he, I" The Governmfn
w as our fathers made it; and when you strlkt
v, remember that not only do the good ana I'll
,as great of the past look down upon you lfo'
he heights infinitely above those OF Egyptlah Pyra
VI mids. but that uncountcd generations yet
~ come are looking up to you, and claiming
~ vour hands the unimpaired TRANSMISSION to thel
,o Of that priceless heritage which has been CON
of mit,ed to our keeping | say its unmpalre
ta transnission-in all the amplitude OF Its ou
os lines. in all the symmetry of its matchess pf'
ani nortons in all the palpitating fuess Its Die
eu o snys not a miserably shrycled and shattere
I'd thng. charred by the fires and torn by the ten
NO nests Of revoluton and all over polluted al
wv. SCARED by the bloody pognards OF traitors
VS. Soldiers, you have come up to your pres''
,an exalted positions over many oostacies anu VII
pus many chilling discouMsements: You no" Pi
,tI nroc]aim to the world that the battles which a
tfa ahont to be fought in defence of our commt
;tI, conntrv. its institutions, and homes, are yo
-, battles, and that YOU are determined to sha
l;1 with vnur fellow citizens of other States, all
a., their danoers and their laurels and sure d
w. that this determination has been IN no'hlngs sh
tr; ken bv the recent sad reverse OF arms " ~ ~
.nm shadow is still resting upon our spirHs' L
country has indeed lost battle, but 1t mas
G of los, its honor nor its courage, nor us hopesn
: y, ;ts resolution to conquer. One OF those chanc
a'nd 70 which the fortunes of war are ever sooJe'
ms and AGAINST which the most .consumniate seii'
;yat a!shp cannot al all times provide hss gwen
- ~ momentarv advantage to the forces OF the Fep
49, lion. Grouchy did not pursue the column aI
tho Rulow, and thus Waterloo wae won LOT '"
1ed ljnoton at the very moment that victory WI
hnt her laurclled wreath, seemed stoopinS o'
nm. thn head Of Napoleon. So Patterson old
'nn. nnrsno Johnston. and the overwhelming conce
70 NJ trat;on Of rebel troops that IN consequence chs
tho ed was probably the true cause why tie army
,src tbo ITn;tcd States was driven back, excellent
,ave wax it's discipline and sesacrlhcns as nae &c
for its feats Of valor ,.. ;..;,.,
rn;,,'3 o,nt causes have occurred in the best ari
.ho .,d hravest Of armies, and they prove neiti
nnr- tho want Of discipline nor OF courage on
li;ho ar+ of the soldiers This check has taught
him, !nvalnob!e lessons, which we could not n;
hnya insrned from victory while the dauntless dar
displayed by our volunteers is fuil OF prom
h;nv for the future Not to mention the lhtre
= ha hearing of other Regiments, who can uouot
tar. future when he recalls the brilliant charges
.nosa tho New York Sixty Ninth and OF the MinneS
tTn Ton Wrst and of the Fire Ionaves LeonIas n
and SELF while surveying the Persian host tna',
,h;n. a troubled sea, swept onward to the pass WI
5nt ho stood, would have been proud ot the leal
esno shin of such men. We shall raplaly i00,
men from this discontinue, which, alter all,
tatcs serve only to nerve to YET more ,, Wv