The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-07-30
The Rebels will Yield.

So far as the mind OF the r-volted States
is concerned, we do not despair of winning
them to reason, as mauy seem to do. A
sound drubbng will do them good in many
ways, bat chiefly By convincing their leaders
of the hopelessness OF their struggle, and
moving them to use their great influence IN
procuring the best terms of paciication. We
do not believe that, if our troops conquer
the great armies Of the insurgents the in
surrection will long 90 OF in guerrilla raids
for the war did not begin with the people but
with the leaders, and as it began 30 it will be
likely to end. The rebellion is madness of
the most monstroua kind, tut there is method
in the madness and the methed can work
both ways, and calm as well as raise the tenn
pest. The conspirators, with al! their insane
passion for power, have ever put forth GER
tain doctrine OF State rights aud thus have
not wholly cut themselves off from the appeals
OF conscience and the laws OF nations. A
sound drubbing may open their eye to an
other kind OF rights, or at leas, compel them
to make virtue Of necessity, and look out
Tor some ground Of principle on which to
Legitimate the surrender which must soon be
made to the National Government OF the un-
limited sovere gnty of the States. There
need be little fear that when victory is sure
to our aims the contest will be prolonged On
our part by unwarranted aggression. We
have pens as well as swords, and our enemies
are even more keen in council than brave in
battle. Undisputed victory will at once open
the arena of negotiation, where tho best minds
OF the whole country will meet, and not in
vain and the solid advantages OF the con-
test will be secured to the nation without
needless harShness or degrading oppression
We as yet do not hate the rebels with person.
al malignity, and victory will not be likely
to make us hate them more. They seem to
hate US pretty soundIy but may be little
Gained and swee ened in temper by being
convinced beyond all question that they are
tho oughly beaten. and their only dignity az
well as safety hereafter consists in being 10y
al sections OF great nation, instead Of cen
tiers OF presumptuous unsurpatlon.
How near we are to the decisive victory 0
our national arms we cannot say, and per
haps no contemporary judg ment OF the conse
quonces OF great battle can be final. 1t i
somewhat comforting, however, to run our ey
over the sad catalogue Of wars and see that
instead oil being nterminable, they hav
their decisive crisis, and some nine or te.
battles have settled the future of modern ia
tons. Thus. at Hastings, in 1866, it wa
decided that the Norman should master tn
Saxon, and with him build up the great edi6c
, OF English greatness. So too at Orleans, i
. l429, it was settled that England should nc
swallow up France, nor tread upon her as
rival. In 1888 the pride of the whole Papa
empire as we'll as OF the Spanish crown wa
! broken in the defeat OF the great Armad,
t and Professionalism kept its place in front
the nations. At Blenheim, in l7O4, the in
$ pcrlalsm Of Louis XIV met its final chccI
and English liberty INDICATED itself again.
: French Capitalization. At Lutzen und
. Gustavus Adolf hus in 1852, or at Pragu
under kouigsmark, in 1913, the aggression
OF Papal Austria were checked, aud the pea
OF WesphaIa was secured after the Thir
u Years War. At Putowa, in 1909. Russ
d conquered from Sweden her place as the gre
}. power OF the North. AT Saratoga, iu III
., or at Yorktown, 10 1881 our America stru
the blow that secured her independents
Soon after, at Valmy, in 1892, tAc Fren