Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-10-30

nlmSelt Wnat flSnt nHS any one 10 reau III
the journals lidingS of victories, il he has not
bought them By his own val3r, treasure, per-
sonal sacrifice, or by service as good in.hs own
Department. With this blot removed from our
national honor, this heavy load lifted off the
national heart, we shall not fear henceforward
to show our faces among mankind. We shall
cease to be hypocrteS and pretenders, but what |
we have STYLED our free institutions will be SUCH |
"In the light OF this event the public distress
begins to be removed. What ii the brokers'
quotations show or stocks dscredited, and the
gold dollar costs one hundred and twenty-sevcn
cents ? These tables are falacious. Every
acre in the free states gained substantial value
on the twenty second OF Septembe The cause
of disunion and war has been reached, and be-
gun 10 he removed. Every mans house lot and
garden are relieved OF the malaria which the
purest winds and the strongest sunshine could
not penetrate and purge. The territory of the
Union shines to day with lusre which every
European emigrant can discern from far a sign
of inmpSt security and permanence. is it feared
that taxes will check immigration? That de-
pends on what the taxes are spent for. Ifthey
90 to fiji up this yawriug Dismal Swamp, which
engulfed armies and populations, and created
plague. and ncutralized hitherto all the vast
capabilities of This contincn then this taxation
which makss the land wholesome and habitalle,
ment in which the property holder ever logged
his earnings.
TIE CONFLICT INEVITABLE.
Whilst we have pointed out the opportune
ness of the proclamation, It remains to he said
that the President had no choice lie might
look wistfully for what variety of courses lay
open to him: every line but one was closed up
with fire. This one, too, bristed with danger,
but through it was the sole safety. The meas
ure he has adopted was imperative. 1t is won-
derful to see the unreasonable senility Of what
is called the Peace party, through all its masks,
binding their eyes to the main features of the
war. namely, its insyitahlcueSs. The wal exis-
ted long before the cannonade of Sumter, and
could not be postponed. 1t might have begun
otherwise or elsewhere, but the war was in the
minds and bones of the cumbat4nts, it was writ
ten on the iron leaf, and YOU nigh; as easily
dodge gravitation. If we had consented to
penceuble secession of the rebels the divided
sentiment of the Border states made peaccube
secession impossible, the Unsuitable temper OF
the South made it impossible, and the slaves on
the border, wherever it might be, were an in
ccssant fuel to rekinde the fire. Give the Con
tederacy New Orleans, Charleston and Rich
mond, and they would have demanded st. Louis
and Baltimore. Give them these, and they
would have insisted on Washington Give
tnem Washington "h" they would nave as
SumeG , tre army ahI' navy ahG' throu5n theSe'
rh!,aIe'r r'',i NeW ior" anu hoS'oh' II looks
Us '!'e p''uo-ne'' ""up' '"'e "Gtl' 1T i'nSl "S
formidable, but could not be avoided The war
was and is an immense mischief but brought
with it the immense benefit of drawing a line
and rallying the free states to fix it impassably
preventing the whole force of southern con
nection and influence throughout TIE North
rom uiStrac'i!S over! ci'y VIII" enu'esS eo"-
i"s'o" "e'ao"i"s '""' 'o'ce anu 'euuVu!S ~
handiuls, and, III the progress oil nosultieS' us
| injecting us OF our h""''uHl PfoeiN.t!' '"'CuG"
the affection OF trade ana '"e 'r"I'tohS VI ''e
| democrruc party To Io.'o" S"''herh 'e"u''S'
THE soUr.ERE SOCIAL ,rSrEM.
These nec.ssi,ies. which haze dictated the con-
duct of the federal Cover mt are overlooked,
especaly bv our toruiga cities The popu al
statement of the opponents {" the war aoroau Is !,
the lmposSlblllty 't our >u''''S' ~ ~" oU''i''
add saws they, ~" your SFe,Ssn '"o ""o'e ,',
army OF England oi f'a'c'' anu VI 'l' , !ou
could not coeiee tohl m ''." Oh tcoPit: T;
under thls government aS"nS' '"'" WI i"'
is an odd thng Tor an EnshSn'nnn' r'e".L', w.
man. or an Austrian to say VINO remeh"erS 'me
| I."loP' VI 'hc ''.r' SCr0"'!e 6'i ~, ,-or
ton OF Italy, until lS2o f"'ahq' Snte t to'
of France ol trtnth A!SiefS-o u n.iuNn !,
land ana BfillNl: lnu'a. nu' "n',''S ne
rightly read, OF the hIStoflce. nPno''im' 'I 'n'i
"the people always conquer W ,",J W. "''u n',J
that III southern states inc te""'I VI '":'T "'"
the local laws WIN slavery give '''e So
TEN not democratic hu' an a'l''1erA'' r' eo,i'
plrXioni and those states nav S""M" - e'u,! 81;
year more hostile ana aESresSNe ,Y.li'p'' n.',
III the instinct OF sen presetVa'lo" 'ole'u US ''.
the war Ana the ann OF the n war on our | |p"n'
Is lhuic"'cu .! ,"o "','' W Wv ~, ,la, odi,,I
lamnlion, Aahe'E' 10 prcHN up t"o '''sl .G"''.
nation oI southern Soeir'! ~ u.9,? -,
feature III II "''''r' ,l''H's " w., a'i s an
IL Is 'he enemy VI 'l' ""', ,d Ln,IirJ Lns;s
M aIS reconS'Iro.." w J's Nc Ill na,,,,ls;,r.
lhth ne" 'n",''es "''' "'' ."S Ii',., rpp,,o,,sd
WIN cease anu ''e oN"se Vi "'1 ",',o o,aiiis,,
Nature anu ''""e may '' ''"'''" W
lasunS peace
EFFECT OF THE PROCLAMATION
ave think we cannot overstate the wisdom
malignant cry OF 'ne SeeeSS'o'! p'eNs "''"' VI
crn,o Congress. are decisive as to its cficienc
and correctness of aim. Not less so is the 81
lent JOY which has greeted II IN al gehei"u
'e"' ,I' ,n,,II ~, Ii'" Wv ~"