The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-10-04
Peace and Comprehensive Schemes of the
Pro:SlaverY Politicians


vor OF settling the differences between us and our
misguided brethren in some other way than by
the use of the power Of the Federal Government.
These men have called themselves loyal, and have
yielded qualified support to the war, but have
never lost an opportunity o! advancing their opin
ions that the South couldn't be put down, and
ought not to be subugated. We are glad to e .
ieve that this class of Southern sympathizers is
less numerous than it was one year ago, yet we
arc sorry to find it so numerous as it now appears
to be- Those who have carefully watched the
course taken by these men, have not failed to notice
how faithful and constant they have been in their
advocacy Of enient treatment of traitors. AT the
same time they have uniformly denounced every
body, from the President down, who has suggested
that slavery should be struck down, now when it
had given ;he nation the opportunity to deal with
ii directly.
There is no need of designating this class of
men. They voted in the last Presidential election
for Breckenridge and for Bell, and few of them,
perhaps, for Doug las, and they have been at work,
politically, ever since in some way to reverse the
decision OF the ballot-box at that time The New
York Herald is the head and front of this seces-
sion set, and has been busily and unscrupuiously
Iaborng ever since 1t was compelled to hang out
the stars and stripes year ago last April, to &C
comp!ish the work OF patching up a settlement
between the Government and treason, which
should substantially give the rebels all they desire.
To this end it has pdustriously worked to debauch
the minds of the people, both in the army and
ou', and to keep the management of the war in
the hands of those who would not exasperate the
traitors. 1t has taken up pages of its daily issues
10 the most outrageous abuse of such men as
Gems. Fremont, Hunter, and Phelps, in the army
and Sumner, Wilson, Chandler of Michigan, Gree
ley, Beecher, and Gov. Andrew, in civil life, where
it has devoted paragraphs to the denunciaton of
treason and traitors 1t is evident that its hatred
Of these men is infinitely more intense than its
hatred Of jeff Davis and his confederates, and
that, i it had the power, it would sooner turn the
bayonets OF the army against Republican Con-
SIess LHdu against oeu Lee 5 army
But as the Herald, and the politicians and wor-
kers whom 1t represents, cannot yet control our
armies or their leaders entirely, they are now at
work politically to get the control of the govern
ment, and thus be enabled to make such TENS as
they may choose with the traitors 10 this end
they are now vigorously working to elect enough
members Of Congress, of similar views to their
own, 70 control that branch OF the government
The Herald advised Gen. Mcclellan to he Id his
army and refuse to march against the enemy un-
I'll the President had removed the radicals y
from ms Cabinet and put Conservatives il their
places. 1t daily urIing the rebels TO lay down
their arms and send their chief conspirators to
the United States Congress, where they would i'm
medateIy have things their own way, and could
turn the tables on the radicals " and hang all
abolitionists, including Greeley, Beecher and Sum.
ner. And, TO make this scheme all the more in
vltlng TO the rebels, it is doing all in its power to
put Southern sympathizers in offices both State
and national, that traitors may know that their
allies at the North are doing what they can to
make the ideas upon which the rebellion is based
successful politically if treason fails on the battle
field.
There can be no doubt that this " conservative
political movement is meant by its chief manager,
to end the war in some other way than by fighting
rebellion down. If it should succeed in the grea
state of New York-as we don't believe it will 8
we should hear much holder talk soon abou
terms, and peace and compromise. The Heratt
has already limited that the Proclamation o
Emancp patton, being war measure, could be an
nued at any time, and political victory Of tn
Heralds party would be proclaimed by as a pop
ular condemnation of all Emancipation scheme,
The South then would be impored by these pol
ticanS, to graciously be pleased to name the term
on which they would again take their old place c
authority and power in "the Union as it was.
Any Constitutional guarantees of the divine il
stitution," which Jeff. Davis might want, woul
be at once granted, as reward to the traitor fc
having succeeded in his treason There could b