The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-07-11
,REnN MOIINTAIN FREEMAN july II, ioOz'
The |" Master " Race.


Below we publish an extract from the Rich
mond Wing of june "a. Those who heard MI
Dillingham; in the State Convention, rs ~
xvowsd his Willingness TO accept even the SerI
issue here made by the arrogant, and d'minoef
Wing, and to set against those who claim 10 u
the dominant race ON this continent, the STURDY
descendants of those who fought with Cromwell
the battles of liberty in Eng land, externlnatlns
il need be, the insolent and braggart men
and populatng their fair fields with the uu'
Saxon blood, will find in these claims OF thu
Wig abundant reasons for the stern and deter
mined purpose avowed by Mr.. Dillingham; Of
subduing now and forever this domneerlne
class The Wing says:
Since the battle Of Shiloh, and including
it, we have had an almost uninterrupted series
of victories We have encountered the enemy
generally with heavy odds against US, and Ire
quenlly behind entertainments, but IN no single
instance, unless it be- the unexplained affair as
Lowisburg, have Southern troops failed to OK
hibt superior manhood 10 the Mongrel and
many tongued enemy.
Indeed the whole experience of the war lsan
atiestation of the truth long since discovered
by impartial observers, thas the master race of
this continent il found in the Southern States.
o. better stock originally, and habisuated to
manlisr pursuit. and exercises, they have ruled
in affairs of state by force of the stronger Will
and larger wisdom that pertain to and distln-
gush superior races Of men, while ON The held
of battle they have in every contest held
priority of place, ssnseded to them by their
present adverSaries
This natural don.inancy of the Southern peo-
pie has had much to do in bringing on the wal.
The inferior race, grown strong IN numbers and
ambitious from prosperity, haverevolted aga lnst
and now seek to overthrow and destroy those
whose superiority was Constant source of envy
and ,ell-reyroach. There Is no tercer Inalevo
lence than that of caste, and IL is this which
has so long stirred the Yankee bile. Always,
in the presence Of the Southern gentleman. he
has felt strong and painfully repressed lmpulse
to take off his hat. This conscious lntcrlorty
has CALLED the Jealous and malignant creature
until he has broken out IN servile lnsurrectlon.
He has valnly concluded that his numbers can
overwhelm and exterminatc the bjects ot his
envy, and that he, succeeding to the broad acres
and liberal habltudes Of the Southern gentry,
will come to bs looked upon Az gentleman,
too
With us the contest is one Cor hereditary
rights, for the sacred things of home, Tor the
Old reputs of the better blood-with the Yam
kec it Is a rebellious and Infatuated strugg 10
for pace he Is unworthy Of, tor privileges he
would degrade, Tor property he would barter,
and for institutions he would neither compre.
bend nor enjoy 1t is the old and uever-ending
strife betwesn patrician and proletarlan between
gentle and vile. 1t il the offer of battle on IL
new held of muscle against splrls-numbers
against courage. ltH not upon Southern soil
and among the defendants OF Cavalier. and Hu-
gueno,s that this battle will 90 in favor Of brute
force.
1t may be tina. the armies in front Of this
city are about to rush into mortal wrestle.
Whom they meet it will not, perhaps, be upon
such unequal terms rs We have geaeraIly en-
countered. But should there be as great in.
equality OF numbers as on other fields, it ma
and will be neutrallAed here as it ever has been
by the superior courage and constancy Ut our
troops