The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-13

\,J - 80 "thai and state craft, and dinlom,rv
wp.hh ,",s moment It is stalking for il all Hs
If r.haI,io s'"fSe', and population, in an unhsard
n. ohn" "" Nhu oioody civil war; Surely these are
I, e"s'dc'eflsllcs and elements of A final ,trnc,lo
,hor :, N'e'ns now mo!e resources Of all tind.
and - :. ~" ever summon into the field again
L.. "a! aus mere and now, the dea,h-kn.u Of
| n "',' virtually be sounded in our world
cha. '"'S ne 80, will God suff.rss, the chosen
I'up'on against It to perish /? viii he appsip,
,r5 'eP'esen' lis interests in this deadly issue
,r ". "aen permit US TO fail do no, believe !,
VIC AL, what will De the end of the heaven Il. =.
ns aho oiasphemoua sin Who. in al MI. world
VIC may, IN the light Of recent eysnts. nav vslI
''k-ean or will gapple with it?
AHu' once more. am greatly encouraged bs.
s"ass we are beginning to put o,rseires rieM in
10 this very issue. Tbs cause Of thu
; clearly slavery and we tried for losy
government, generals, the army the pso.
Pe' !" hSht the war, and save the sin and God
"ou!d net suffer it. Gradually, but rapidly, he
eas converted Us TO the ways and demands of
,'sh'eousness and humanity. And now the Proc
am."oh OF the President puts us right, Now We
orc openly and directly on side Of God and
We may hope 10 have bis favor. 1t is not often
'hss IN great civil connections moral prnciples
are brought into such drec. conflict, "a they NV
are mere. lhey usually are mixed and confused
With other Influences and considerations. I car.
not DOUBT, therefore, if are true 10 our presen,
promise, on whleh side Gsd will lend his aid
oe!isve that, as he has permitted the conflict to
come upon us because Of slavery, suffering it to
make one inal stupendous rally with all its arru.
mentsand forces, and as we have now decided TO &C.
cept the issue as one between Iagh, and Darkness.
Chrlatlan!ty and Barbarian, face to face, he will
enable us to crush II, once for all, for the good of
our country and the world, and TO survive the
conflict Our night moral position, now proclaimed
ov the President, sustained by our armies and pa
trote tolls and sacrifices, and diviney quickened
by our prayers and pleadIngs, taken in contrast
with the Infamous moral position of the rebels, ia
IN Hsel, when we remember that God of JUS
tice reigns, host, and should encourage the mos,
despondng heart. did not despair of the Re
public before; for saw that the issue was virtually
one between Freedom and slavery; but now that
this issue is officially recognized on our side, A. vel
as Oh the other, and that hereafter our pefcy will
be directly in the interests o! Freedom, | en- san
gnine and exu,sn: We are now, on this point
and 90 far, clearly with God, and believe God
will be With us. &C.. .% .t.'
These are ssme Of the things which make me
hopefuland confident in regard to the future Of
our country. | have dwell only on considerations
arising from peculiarites on our side. When
contrast these, however, with those on the other
side, | am much more sangulne. 1t seems to me
that there was hardly ever in the history Of the
world, considering the light Of the Nineteenth
Century, less promising candidate for the favor
Of Heaven, than the Southern Rebellion. | con-
csde daring, energy, an unexpected fertilty--a
certain unnatural and satanic kind Of desperation
and reckless Juror. concede good geheralship.
@ large army, and many successcs l corcsde u
mean and low y npa,hy in England and on the
continent. among The casses jealous of America.
BIZ, the foul and wicked origin OF the candidate,
his svowed principles and obsa,s, his basp hsmous
assumptions and arguments, Lis appearance on
the stage a. the armed and bloody champion OF
the Middle Ages and BarbRrisn1 his nlaigssns
assault. on the application Of the great ideas OF
Freedom and Equality, Justice and Humanity.
which are the glory Of modern timSs,-these
things will ultimately, imagine, procure for him
small favor with the Arbiler Of the destiny OF
nations. When, therefore, look at our SIDE,
and see the noble moral ..emehts in the objects
for which We fight, and then cast my e,es South
ward, and contrast with them the shameless ana
untimely immorsites coGtended for on the other
side, | eln not beiieve,-no never, uerer,--thal
This i, the time when God will overthrow Free
dom and the ideas of Kish! and Hum ,nity he
has been slowly working cut into practice for
thou.anIs OF years, and inaugurate the E'angeII
of Slavery, The satanic creed OF Despo!isn AMI
Self.hness.
Let US, then, my friends, frl!ov.coun;rym
no, despond, nor doubt nay, let Us take courage
And hone. H., US lean on God and the great
principles of Truth aud Righteousness. Let US
ne ,ru. To the ideas and issues involved IN this
contest, and entrusted to US, and we can not fail,
God will ne yer let Ms and We nh al freely con,
tribute our substance, freely surrender htnefs ana
sons and brothers, and freely give ourselves as
d,,v c..-and not feel that the saer,tic' Is
thrown aSay and wasted, or that the p''oe Is too
,r.At. We need to look above the anyIon' and
Changing a.pec,s Of the contest a,d '''y our.
s.Iyr, on the resnng q ID Of l'lice, and the
sublime Ideas and M-rit4 OF our Cause u III only
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