The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-12-21

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teress IN Tins war tl'an the trontlersman g vile
| had in his struggle with the bear, when she
didn / cure Nhlch whipped. Great uerEi-
ment
| Now how do VIC stand In war, and. no.
only that. hat terrific "ar-not Il war suruns
| IRON tie venom spite OF ID pilest, the Kicker
| my uuihtlon ut l. prInce dS Wara usually have,
cut MAE unasolultle. notodya tault--the re
suit ut past tralning--a conaic! oi ideas.--
Millions oi people srapplng at each others
threats, every soldier IN e.cn camp certain shas
he is lighting !ur an idea that holds the saliva
ZION OF The world, every drop OF his blood Is III
earliest, such u war fluids II" parallel n:arer
than the Catholic Hugenot in France, or that OF
The AlsooFat and kel Reruhi!cto Of 100, or
Ut Cromwell aud The Irish, when victory neant
exteruiluat!un. Such Is our war. | lonk upon
| it as the commencement OF the great struggle o!
| the hidden aristocracy and deniucidc Of Amer
| lea. We are ~ SAY to-day whether 1t Shall laat
| zen years y seventy, az it usually has done. In
such /. wall Will NOS speak III war in ITSELF
nave no tine to ; will not say with Napoleon
thai it is the practice OF barb4rIau- | VIII not
ray that j; is gvod, say that i, IL better than
the past Good, better. best, are comparatIves
ann snpuilatlves; bat \ thing may be better,
anu tCt uDC EOOu. HiS wal ic DctttF WAN tiiG
past. There IL not an element of good in it.
that is, there is nothing in 1t thai We might nos
have gotten better, fuller, and more perfectly in
other paths. And yet 1t is iuinlIey better Than
the cowardice ot the p.>t--lnhnl,sly better than
Il peace that had pride fur i.s 'ather and sub
servc"cy for it's mother: [appILause'J
Now [ say YOU may pledge, compromise,
guarantee what you please, the South knowe it
is nos your purpose, 1t is your character hat
size drcahs 1t is the nature of Northern insltu
:Ios, the tieeduln Of discussion, the flavor her
ideas, the sight OF her growth. the free neigh
b"rAuud o! such States that conslltulss the dan
ger IL is like The two VASES launched on the
stormy eta. the enc ui iron and the other Of
osockery. Tho iron said To the crcckery, "Nev~
II lear Will not COME near you Thank
YOU, SAID the weaker vessel !; ;" there is just as
much danger in my coming near you.' Laugh
ter. 1t Is not IN the purpose--lt 10 in the it,
evltablc character Of these Northern States that
the South sees her danstr, and t;s struggle is
between these two IDEAS. Our fathers AS said,
thought they could leave one to eviscerate the
Other. They took gunpowdcr and Gght.d
match. forced them into d stalwart cannon and
screwed down the muzzle, and thought they
should put ous the match. Well, it wen. diff.
ierendy, and the cannon has exploded, and We
stand amid the fragments.
don't know ere you will End an evidences
ui any purpose in the Administration at Wash
ng,on, II you look to the West, if you louk tn
the Potomac, what ~ the policy! Why this II
on the Potomac. with the aid Of twenty Govern
ors you assemble an arIy and 10 nothing but
return fugitive slaves, that proves you colnne-
cent and efficient. Ii. on tho contrary, ON the
ks IT the MississIppi.the magic Of your pres
Que. 81 nlmnhs AN sin, into existence, aud you
drive your enemy before ynu ID hundred miles
further than your second in command thought
it possible for you to advance, tina, groves you
incompetent, and entities your e2cond in com
mand to succeed you. Tremendous appliance
and three cheers 'of FRrsosr.l
My opinion ID That the blacks ara the kew 10
our position, A Voice.. That is it, He
that gets them wins and he TIA, does not loses.
Applause. Port Royal settled one ,hing--,bc
blacks are with us and moi with the South. |
know nothing moro touching in history, nothing
that art Will imnortals9 and pnstry dwell upon
more fondiy-l know no tribute to the Stars and
Stripes more impressive than that inclden. of
the blacks coming to the waite, side with their
little bundles. with q SIMPLE faith whict. had
endured through the nigh, and the long forgot.
ten years in the banner they never saw; they
submitted to lie shot rather than go from that
banner. And il that Was tbs result when moth.
ing but Gen Shermans proclamation was land
ed on the Carolina9, What would have been tho
result il there had been l8 900 veterans, with
Fremont II, the head, Loud Applause aud
over them the Stars and Stripes. written with
81,
IF that had gOne bef,re them, hey would have
marched across the CaroIin and joined Brown.
low in East Tennessee. IApplauss. The bull
wark on each sde Of chem would have been
900 grateful blacks; they would have cut
this rebellion in halves, and Beauregard would
have been ground to powder underncath the up
per milestone of Mcclellan and above the lower
m!lls'one of quarter of a million Of blacks
rising to kis, the Stars aud Stripes.
New, CHS Government. which abolishes my
right OF ha5eas corpuswhlch strikes down, be-
cause it il necessary, every Christian buiwark
Of liberty which proclaims martial law aud
holds every man at the will OF the Cabinet--do
you turn round and tell me that this same Gov
eminent has no power u strengthen lts hands
across the Potomac. and root up the evil which
for seventy years has troubled its peace, and
now eliminates IN rebellion maintain, there
fore, the power ut tbs Government itself to in
anguratc poncy and cay, in order to save
the Union, do justice - tne olack. Applause
know how we stand to-day, with the foreign
cannon Of Engiand ready 10 Dc thrust out Of the
purt.hsles against US. Buc can answer her
with a better reply than SEWARD can give.
can answer her with II bet or pipet than SIMON
| 1 AMERuS can ,pditp | can answer her with