The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-07-06

pie itself is one Of dsintegration, and n ,rVi
which no government can possibly endure FJ Ie
all the States save one should assert the roui -.
to drive that one out of theUnion it is nrol ru"c
that the whole class of secedent pptie,aea
would at once deny the power and drrona "'
the act, as the greatest outrage upon State
rights; but suppose that precisely the sauna aot
instead Of being called driving out, shonlt ~,
called the seeding of the Others from that ar" ~
1t would be exactly what the seceders claim ~
do, unless they claim to make the point tb".
the one. because it is a minority, may rghtf"I'
ly do what the others, because thew are q ma
jority, may not rightfully do. These politicians
are subtle, and profound with rights of mnor
tiles They are not partial to that nnws,
which made the Constitution and speaks from
the preamble, calling itself q we, the nconlp
1t may we'll be questioned whether there is 70.
day majority of the legally qualified voters Of
any State except perhaps South Carolina, in
favor of disunion.
There is much reason to believe that the tn
ion men are the majority in many, if not in
every, one OF the other SO called seeded States
The contrary has not been demonstrated in anv
one Of them. 1t is ventured to affirm this even
of VIrgi and Tennessee, for the result of an
election held in military camps, where the bay
onets are all on one side Of the question voted
upon, can scarcely be considered as dcmonstra.
ting popular sentiment. At such an election
all the large class who are at once tor the Onion
and against coercion, would be coerced to vote
against the Union.
1t may be affirmed without extravaganza. that
the free institutions we enjoy, have dcveloped
the powers and improved the condition of our
whole people beyond any example in the world.
VI this we now have striking impressive illus.
tration. SO large an army as the government
now has on foot was never known withouta
soldier in it but who has taken his place there
Of his own free choice. But more than this
there are many single regiments whose members
one and another ,profess full practical knowledge
Of sciences, professions and whatever else be use.
full or elegant, is known in the whole world and
there is scarcely one from which there cou4 not
be selected, President, Cabinet, and Congress.
and perhaps the Court, abundantly competent to
administer the Government itself. Nor DO | say
this is not true also in the army OF our late
friends now adversaries in the contest. But it
Is SO much better the reason why the Govern.
ment which has conferred such benefits on them
and us, should not be broken up. Whoever, in
any section proposes to abandon such goypra-
ment, would do well to consider in Difference ia
what principle it is that he does it. u hat bet.
ter is he likely to &c, in its Stead WAe,lclt .l
substitute will give or be in(rustcI to gives,
much OF food to the people. There are some lJ5,
shadowings on this subject. Oar 24yelsare
have adopted some doclayation Of ind9p:Hdeac.
in which unlike the good old one, ptnueI by
Jefferson. they omit the words All men art
created equal" Why! They have adoptcda
temporary national constitution in the preamble
Of which unlike our good old one signed by
Washington, they omit - We, the people and
substitute " we the deputies Of the sovereign
and independent States" Why! Why this
deliberate pressing out Of view the rights Of men
and the authority of the people! Tins is essen
TALLY IL people contest. On the side of the Tn
ion it is struggle for maintaining that form
and su distance of government whose leading OBJ
.ject is to elevate the condition of men 10 lite ar.
tificial weights from all shoulders to clear the
paths of laudable pursuit for all to afford all
an unfettered start and fair chance in the race
of life, yielding to partial and temporary depar
lures from necessity. This is the leading object
of the government for whose existence we con-
tend. | am most happy to believe that the
plain people understand and appreciate this
1t is worthy of note that while in this, the
governments hour Of trial, large numbers OF
those in the army and navy who have been ia
yored with offices, have res gned and proved false
tie the hand that pampered them, not one com
mon soldier or common sailor is known to have
deserted his flag. Great honor is due to those
officers who remain true despite the example OF
their treacherous associates, but the greatest
honor and the most important fact of all is the
unanimous firmness of the common soldiers anu
sailors. TO the last man, SO far as known, they
have successfully resisted the traitors efforts OF
those whose commands but an hour before they
obeycd as absolute law. This is the patriotic
instinct of plain people. They understand with
out any argument that the destruction OF Inc
government which was made by Washington
means no good to them.
Our popular government has often been car
led an experiment. Two points in 1t cur Peopls5
have settled. The successful establishment,an11al
the successful administration OF it. One sun
remains its successful maintenance agalns'a
formidable internal attempt to overthrow 1t -
1t is now for them to demonstrate to the wor'u
that those who can fairly carry on an election
can also suppress u rebellion. That ballots are
the rightful and peaceful successors OF b"lle's
and that when ballots have fairly and constltu
tionally decided, there can be no successful aP
peal, except to ballots themselves at succeeding
elections. Such will be great lesson OF peace
teaching men that what they cannot take ey az
election, neither can they take it by war, teacn'
ing all the folly of being the beginners oil I" war,
Lest there be uneasiness in the minds oil ca d
men as to what is the course of the government o Gov
the southern states after The rebellion shall nave
the Executive oeems it proper to say a
will be his purpose then ever to be guided by ma
stuon and the laws, and that he will propapiy The
different understanding of the powers ana duties " and
federal government relative to the rights OF the he
the people, under the constitution, thah
inaugural Address. He desires 10 preserve Inc bin
ment that it may be administered to all MS II was The
istered to item who made it, Loyal cllzehs nav ;bt
ght to claim this If their govern ment, have no rE
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