The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-01-27

| to BE- no part Of the plan of the war as settled
at headquarters. Port Royal WAS in the day
of it,-a gallant military and naval success
how has it been followed mp? uatteras Inlet
was gloried over as one of the sure steps in the
process of suppressing rebellion !; and what bet
er are we to day for that Zagonyi made a
dash at Springfield, 800 saores against 1000 rcb
els, and scattered them like chaff before as bril-
liant and bold a cavalry charge as can be found
in history yet zagonyi has received no notice,
Fremont has been compelled to give up his
sword, the army by an order from Washing
ton retreats again toward st. Louis, leaving the
rebel Price to repeat the plunder, pillage and
robbery that have made Missouri, Southwest of
Rolla, little better than DESERT till somebody
is compelled to do over what Fremont had so
we'll done before, and drive Price again to Spring
field.
We have recently had IA great victory in Ken
lucky, but the rebels made the attack and go-
rious as was the achievement, it will amount to
nothing unless followed up by others equally
brilliant and glorious. Bowling Green and Co
lumbus are still in the way of our troops, rebel
strongholds in the heart Of what we call loyal
State-and Kentucky to-day, after having re
fused to 60 over to the kingdom Of Jeff Davis,
rather choosing by her sovereign people TO re-
main in the old Union is more nearly subjugat
ed ny the forces Of treason, than any seeded
State is by the Federal arms
Why is this Are we weaker than the south?
Who says it, or who, unless he has faint of
trca on in his veins, believes it! Have we less
troops in the field than they! If 50 let us know
it at once and VIC will try to outnumber them.
Is not northern a match for southern SOL
ulcr? Let them be set face to face, and let the
trial be made. is no. Gen. Mcclellan equal to
Reauregard? Then let some one be put in hi.
place who is. Is Manassas impregnable? Then
try some other road. Is there no other road
And if not, will Manassas be weaker " next week
or next year -
These are not Impairment questions, questions
which the people have no business to ask and
which those in authority are under no obliga-
ZION to answer. This is still government in
which the people, not the rulers, are the sove-
reigns, and the people have a right to know
what this inaction, this delay, this forever put
ting down the rebellion tomorrow and never
putting it down to-day, means!
There is corruption, enough of it, God knows,
in every department Of the Government. Thou
sands Of greedy, covetous, soulless men arc hang
ing like leeches wherever there is blood to suck,
and some seem disposed to throw the blame for
the delay upon these-but is not this fact an
additional reason why the nation should strike
while it has lite left If its life-blood is being
taken by the vampires that tatten upon the rich
contracts of the war, should it not work while
it has any strength?
And the present state of things cannot last
much longer. If we do not put an end 10
this rebellion by crushing it, before May, ior.
eign nations will put an end to us by making
the rebellion successful. The rebels will have
recognition abroad unless we put them before
that month completely 1t our mercy. With
tina. recognition will come the raisln, Of the
blockade and then where Will the United States
OF North America DC? Broken, dispirlted. bur
dened With an immense debt, dishonored. II: on
ly to DC snubbed, snccred at, despised and kick
ed by all peoples, until we make for ourselves
again name among the nations Of the earth.
Shall the rebellion succeed or shall it be
crushed? This Is now the question which must
very soon be answered by ,.osc in power The
people have done their part. They have refused
nothing that has been asked of them. and they
are now begging Congress to tax them that the
credit OF the Government may DO yet awhile
longer sustained. United States Treasury notes
are not now bankable funds, and when tho $NO
QUO 900 more that are to be thrown into the
market in a few days, appear, something vii
have to be done to keep up the credit OF the Ma
ton. Let Congress do its part and lay tax
once, and let the army at once and in earncs
be set about the work Of fighting down the re
bellion !; for unless this work is done soon, j
never will be done ut all.
LIE oRA.--This part of Vermont has bee,
visited with snow and blow Tor the lust tw
days that are seldom parallsled even in GA
somewhat ronG Vermont winters. The mai
train due icrc at 5 O'Clock Saturday, p. H.
did not get through till a. NJ, Sunday. an