The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-12-02

is still at!ing Of the !dtura, aai when iG viii
move is beyond the guc,ses of even the llve.st
newspaper correspondent. The xpeiinls sen t
to the Sou hern coast are apparently only Ter
the purpose OF establishing depots OF Supplies.
and furnishing the base of expeditions to be set
o foot at some indefinite future period.
Even Gen. Sherman bad ST. llttle OF the otlen-
sve in the character OF his occuI alton OF Port
R"yal that he did not at first capture, 1t ho has
now captured, Che cotton on the deserted p!,.,-
tatlons OF the rebels, or take any measures 10
rescue from the depredatlons OF the sutd'uiy
freed negroes, The properly that mig h:ve
served and benefited the Government. iavlug
accomplished the single purpose OF eaec'ing Il
LIN ing and Occupying the detencts at Hilton s
Head, he is settln. down intoa bare occa ymncg
OF the post, aud is leaving The gchcI ulupte ti.i,s,
and opportunity to defend tt" channels through
Whs"h any advance can be made ,nto the Interior
iur Vie purpose Of attacking Chuceslou or 81.
vannah. he audiug OF y force up,n T}ttr
Island is an event Of much greater s2ntcanre,
ii Savannah be, us is stated. within easy n.og-
tar range Of that island as it places thAt ci y at
the mercy Of our Government; though Wat
use u HuvcltInfrt will mako OF THIS advan
tage, time alone will determine. The other ma
val expeditions of which we hear are as i,,r as
we Can learn, only intended Tor the occupation
Of Islands deemed important ia THE Gul! OF
MeXlco, to be ready for use whenever there shat.
he occasion. In short, the conduct of the ar
my OF the Republic now POINTS to d slow war,
aid one which is rather 10 test the endurance
than The strength OF the rebels. 1t is il spn
sense TO be a. siege in which 5000 OO0 Of pco-
lle, occupying a vast extent OF territory, are 70
he shat up as III Il fortress, and to be worried
pv'su"ard INTO laying down their arms. When
the et'd VIII DC reached, no one can tell ; and
the Govrrnmrnton til is slhjc doubtless koows
just Il, little as the people.
But h re is one point tiat !ear'y all agree up
on, ami th'!t is the necessity for continuing the
War, nntll ,he authority Of the Government is
Recognized IN all the territory OF the Union,
and the rebellion thoroughly put down N5tL-
lnE short Of this, no hollow truce orIy,uy com
promise, can reconcile the differences between
traitors and loyal meu. Victory, clear AVID welj
acknow lodged. Of the Federal arlus eau alone
be the basis Of :. lasting peace. And while We
cannot doubt the possibility that the war !or
the Unl" may last for years, let us ut the same
moment accept it with the same cheerluness and
eagcrness that we met the issue forced upon us
by the t,ll Of Sumter, when we took up arms
hoping "nd believing tina, in 1t few months the
madness Of rebellion would be subdued, and the
Country, South us well as North, once more
recognize the Old Flag As has been we'll said,
1t may destroy this generation but the debt we
owe to our posterity can only be discharged by
our fighting it through. Let us make the war
the serious business of the Country, and coar.
aeeously 20 ahead in the only road, whether
lo' ger OF shorter, that leads to victory and I'll.
innate pedcr.