The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-07-19


The Rebcls,-perhap it wouldn't be wide of
the truth to say, the Shareholders, have very
mall squad of allies and sympathizers in Con-
aress In the Senate Brec ;enridge, and Powell!
Of kentucky, Polk of Missouri, Pearce of Ma
yyland, and Salisbury of Delaware, enjoy the
Infamous distinction of defending treason and
traitors In the House, Burnett Of Kentucky,
Vallandigh ham of Ohio, and Ben Wood Of New
York have taken upon themselves thc burden OF
The same desperate work The House has thus
:lr been able to make very short work with
these men, though Burnett has succeeded in in
fl cling a speech of an hour or more upon that
.,3lv. In the Senate as the machinery of the
PREVIOUS question is not there in use. treason
Las more SPACE and opportunity to make
speeches. But there is refreshing contrast
between tie behavior even Of these warm friends
jeff Davis now and their conduct when that
arch traitor was himself member of that au-
slsc BODY Treason was then defiant and boast
tai, and it required considerable courage to
lace the frowns of Mason, Hunter, Benjamn
AM their kindred. But now, since the great
Northern storm has swept down upon Washing
ton, and onward into Virginia, and the Govern
meat is employing the immense army that has
sashed into the field at its bidding to extermin-
ate Doth treason and traitors, the few apoogists
t9r the wickedness of rebellion that are yet left
L Congress, roar out their treason as quietly
as sucking doves. They mildly protest against
war measures, and talk learncdly of constitu-
;!oaal law, and content themselves with voting
against any bill that is fraught with danger to
the Rebels and they do this all in the sacred
r me Of Liberty and sclf-government And
tqis SEEMS now to be the cant Of all Southern
men and papers who attempt soberly to justify
Rebellion they claim to be fighting for Liber-
~, and sef-governmeni.
Tnis hercsy Of Secession logic sounds strangely
enough to Northern ears, yet it is doubtless the
legitimate growth of Southern Institutions
Liberty to Il Shareholder, must have limited
eigniication. 1t means generally that the mas
ter has the right to 60 where he pleases and do
VIVA. he has a mind to with his g chattes" 1t
of his Country, and attempt to overthrow the
Government under which he lives, and the
tyranny of the executors of the law must not
int srfere with him and his crime. And selfgov-
e.pment in the haads of Southern: Rebels and
Northern apologists for treason, is the right of
800 ,090 shareholders to make laws and admin
lsser the Government, and interpret the Con-
s,itution for 90, 600 900 of freemen. And not
only that, these hot headed Southerncrs believe
that all Governments, foreign well as domes-
lie, were made especially for the lords of the
rice swaps and cotton plantations, to minister
to their prosperity and pleasure, to register and
eaforce their ediets, and to cooperate with
them in the stupedous missionary enterprise of
converting the benighted sons and daughters of
II TN to Christianity through the agency OF the
IL a-clful system of Slave labor,-or in other
words, to make the negroes " york cut their
0 yn salvation with fear and trembling Is it
wonderful, then. when the stupid, ignorant,
Ine.cenary & mudsills " Of the North, who
Lave t yet proved capable of taking precisely
this view of the fQ notions of enr Republican
GJyerniaent insist an the rather old fashioned
tioa Of inalienablo rights and the partially
obsolete idea that Life and Liberty are to be
r4ckoned amoRs those rights, and through that
engine of tyranny. the ballot-box, actually place
an honest MN at the head of the Goyernm
wh1 djn't know any better than TO hold the
sane Despite sentiments, that these Christian |
Shareholders should rebel against such tyranny.
and honestly desire to interpose legal checks and
constitu tional Obstacles in the way OF the des-
pots who ere thus interfering with their pious