Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-06-24
Sound Doctrine.

James Guthrie, Gen. Rousseau and others
Below we print an extract from the excellent
speech of the latter. IL has the true, uncondi-
fional Union ring, with none o. the miserable
Border State -dpuiatoos that Slavery is too
good 10 be touched and mus. be let alone to Sc
cure The Loyalty OF that debata5ie territory
wish 10 .ly word o. thu" situation, as
it is called by cue reporters Of tae day pro
pose 20 advise nobody. pretend t3 40 extra
ordinary foresight But desire to state that
this rebellion j. De from tfe beginning There
was never any cause for Ia. 10 begin and keep
it up system OF Wholesale lying was adopted,
and is pursued indusuiously to this day. II is
the only stock III trade they have. They could
teach tie devil bins Il much he never knew
about lying Wherever ,he Amy has gone it
has met tbs el spirit Of faschood. We have
taken noneol their property we have excluded
their slaves from our lines when needed We
baye placed guards OF our soldiers around their
houses to prorect them. and yet they persist in
calling Us aboitonlsts and negr0-thleyes. And
in spite OF our disclaimers and our sOldleFs, as
seyeratiOns to the c0ntrlry--ot our words and
our acts-they have insisted that our object is
20 libemte and steal their slaves. And II we
hil to restore the Union = the everlasting Mig
-er viii be the cause of the failure 'ney
know what they say J, false, yet they never
cease repeating IT, Behud aud before us this
has been the cry OF the enemies Of the govern
meut. Now The army oi Gen Halleck is en-
inently conservative he!iye there s neither
an abJlitlonist nor o. secesslonist IN It. Il there
Is one Of either faction, DO not know 1t 50
orderly 80 patriotic, and 80 Conservative body
OF men belNe never before assembled together,
That army IN its intercourse with thu secession
lists, has pleaded, and is still pleading for peace
under the old government, Offering to the south
erners all they ever had, and claiming nothing
except in common with them. They want TO take
nothing from any one, but desire that their
southern brethren shall enjoy all their rights
unmpared But the negro ls IN the way, in
spite Of all that can be done or said Standing
before the eye oil the aecessonist, the negro
hides all the blessings OF our government, throw
M black shadow on the sun lnseli. Ii 1t had
been any other species Oi property that stood IN
the way the army, provoked rs IT has been,
would willingly have Seen its quick d struculn
But The negro they did not wish to interfere
with in any way Yct, with ali its conserya.
tism and patriotism, the army has grown weary
Of th- insane yry Of " aboiitioul,m as "a
cause breaking up the government
have warned MI southern friends u the
danger 81 continuing il much longer ana /
tsil you Tonight ,lat, II this Wat continues a
wear from this d,f. taere viii NOT beu slave on
tuis continent the great revolution Will take
care a. itself he dead viii busy ITS dcaa--auj
those who ave causing tbe b0oIsued and da-
oalun around Us uuder tae false u.etcuse tnas
we de,ire CD ire, their ne1r9es viii. # thet par-
sist. ous day Gnd slavery snun.d out as YOU
would sauH out % candle Slavery is NOT worth
eur government IL Is NOT worth 1ur liberty.
IL Is a., ~orth III the precious blood row being
poured 0ut Tor lreedum. ID Is bot worth the
uee navigation of th, Mississippi river No;
venus sull have our governmental not as
ithow Is, wtn slavery Do D., still We must haye
our government We cannot be slaves 20 JEFF
DAVIS % GO Ncmust and NiI be ire. We
musf have Cine Tree navigation II the Mississippi
river and j slavery gets 10 the way ID any u.
these iguts why slavery must ct oUt OF tire
WY That Nulid be tine i4s- resort, and sau0ld
be orry % have recourse to it., but ! ann 'or
the government oil our fathers against MI tbngs
ahd everybody hnr the liberties ID Tue
people tge sseure under u, as tncy ever naye
oeen, would allow nothing bat death 20 pre-
vent my upno ding il.
ana Iotn as You may be 60 eccidc, you will
soon, as believe, be called upon do So Ia
sP'e oil your enueatIes, the issue viii BE cruelty
thrust upon You, and YOU VIII be forced TO dc
eide b-t"ecn slavery aud your wives aud call
dre5. As Tor me, asa ready Tor the responsl-
olhty. Southern man as am, born ami brought
up IN TIE South, with all my SympathitS vita
the South, could not hesitate one moment when
the issue Is presented between the Niger ami
the government Of our fathers am iJr tue
government OF the United States against all It's
enemies | hope and pray that our Southern
want our rlsn'S uhuer 'ho constitution "nd
we are already 10 nsh' ior 'neirS under 'ne good
olu so'eih mehV' "ouiG To-Day most "lllingly