Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1861-07-12

domestic foes. IL present. the question whcth-
cr discoutcnted individuals too few ia numbers Go
control the administration according to the organ
ic law in any ease, can alva,, upon the prctcnccs
made ln this case or any other prctcuse or arbi-
uauly, without any pretensc, break up their gov
cumcut and thus practically put am end 90 free
government ON the earth. 10 forces %, to ask; L.
there in all republics that Inherent and fatal weak
ness Must government of necessity bo too
strong for the liberties of Us own people or too
weak to maintain its own cNstcncey So viewing
Che issue, no choice was lcn but to call ont thc
war power of Che Government and So 90 resist thc
force employed for its destruction by force for
o., preservation.
The call was made and the response of the coun-
try was most gratifying, surprising in unanimity
and spirit The most sanguino expectation, yet none
of thc States commonly called the Slave States,
eNccW Delaware. gave q regiment through the
regular state organization A few regiments
have been organized within some other oft those
States, by individual enterprise and received into
the Government service of conrsc the sccedcd
States, so Called and to- which Texas had been
lO'ucd about thc tIuo of the Inauguration, gave no
troops tu tbc cluse Of the Union The Border
Stuo., so called, were not uniform iu their action,
some of them being almost for the Onion, while in
others. "a, in Virginia, and North Carolina. and
Tennessee, and Arkansas. the Union sentiment
was nearly reprcs,ed and silcuced. The course
taken iu Virginia was tlie most remarkable per-
hap. tie most important A convention, elected
hv cine people of chat State 20 consider this very
question of disiuptnr WIS i'm session at the Cant
t,I off VIRGINIA when Fort sumter fell
Iu tbi. bod, tbe p,ople had cbo.,n a lar,,e ma
,orii, of profc.scd Union men. Almost immcdi-
atelt alter the fall of sumter. many members of
tl9t majority went over TO the ORIGINAL di.union
minority. and with them adopted nm ordinance. for
withdrawing the STATE from ihc Union Whether
this chance WAS wrought bv their inst npproynI of
he a..,ul ON sumter and their lust resentment ot
tbo Government resistance to tbat l. not d,fn-
itr, known. Atbougb tbey submitted tbe ordi-
nance for ratification 40 vote of th, peoplc TO bc
taken ON a ,1, then a month distant the Conycn-
for and Ie,i.ature which WINS also I'm session ,t
be .,,u, time and rlace with L.,diuo mon of the
Satr NOT in,inbar. of e;tbor iuupodi,trly oop-
rcno.J ,tin,, n. If tbe state ,,. already ont of
h Union TLcv nu.b,d milifar, rr,n,r,tiop.
,ioorouIv forward md ov.r tha Si,t, Tbcv
.a,aJ tt. n = Ar,,ry ,f ft,rr,r.. F,.r., ,,J
Nat, Yard M &, ,...r,rf n,,r Norl.Jt 'rb., re-
..i,aJ merriam. i6yit.l t,r,. bodies ,f troo,,s
with fba,. v,lIib. npnor.,oir,aot. from, tbc So
.sIIoI Sr,aleI St,trl rb. fer,1ll. ,ut.r.l
ut,a treaty Of t.u,n,r,r, alliance. ,yi,b tl, .,-
called Confalc,,t, St,t,s ,l.J .luf i,''rnb,.r. f.,
.,i,rb. Co,.r... n Nf,nt.,,r,.,y ,,I G,,Ily tbcv
,.ro,;tt.d tba in.,,r,,.ti,,r,-, ,,.,,,,,,f to IT,
Transferred 10 tbcir C,pital. at Richmond The
1soul. of Nir,nia have. inns allowed this orcat ne
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