Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-01-14
Rebel Sorrows.


jeff Davis made Il herceIy denunciatory para.
graph in his message about the outrage. And
they are as little pleased with their surrender
But these are the mildest Of their gricis. The
Richmond Eramtner says
"The present condition Of our army is d
cause Of severe and painful anxiety. The cour-
age Of our troops is NOT abatod, the eascrnesa
for the fray is not relaxed and yet dcmoralna-
ton is creeping in, we fully believe, from The
insane and reckless neglect ot the government To
sustain and to cultivate the iut Of our sol
dicry.
There Is too much drunkenness aaaH. tAc OFF
hcers on the Potomac, and too mucu vacant
idIng among tie men. We aic nlormol, as
positive lact that in the majority IF lhc army
on the Potomac the practice Of regimeltal drill
has fallen into complete disuse. THIS alone
would be sufficient 10 dcmoullge any army IN
circumstances such as ours
We cannot shut our eyes to the fact Ola. ,he
army is becoming uame oil terror and dread %
the minds Of our cltzeus. The ueHsFupe are
e,iil filed with adyclts mgnts vt 0uHu5a for
substitutes although the War I. plrmeu.
has adopted rule restricting the n.m0.r Of
substitutes % one IN each company. Tie rates
paid for substitutes IS enormous. We are u
formed chat they average rom two hundred D
two hundred and fry dollars and We l4ta
been told OF a recent Instance whore fifteen huns
dred dollars vas paid for the prompt procure
meut ot q substitute 10 take Che place u phi
yate suddenly constrained TO leave tAo army
Evidences stare rs in the face Of th7 unVltlm--
mes Of men to accept the life OF famine dlTJ
and vacant idleucs- in The army. Richmond s
filed with soldiers who have como Out OF lAe
hospitals, or who have got here on some pre-
tense or other, applying tor discharges and
striving and wrlgglns Ia all sorts d. way. @
get out OF the army. ltwls but o law daysago
that soldier, discharged iroiu one Of the ho--
pitais terc, committed suicide rather than Pc
constrained to return b the army.
The authorities at Richmond ms, assure them.
selves, that as long as the hcaltl Of the amy is
neglected and it Is maintained N rs dirty, slas
gard condition, the drills neglected, t.o ial'-
ratons of c0mmisslrlas wiukei a., tao uwdY-
lsln 81 officers passed over, ANA the vacancy aud
Iileness Of u defensive policy held oul as TT
wards to volunteering the army viii not be
filled and replen!shed but from lew classes OF
our people.
Ana again tie Examiner bowai's tie e4l
lose Rsbcidom ia the following lugu5r9us
strain
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determination
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there remains one resolution by .hicA every
citizen that Is worthy Oh freedom can avoid tHe
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/ privilege OF dying IN 4dltch. Many haoc1me
70 similar end before thls lae c,oH8er
quest ~ in such cases generally r,ouers e ysg-
diet that" Rum did 49, Aulltam. however,
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do.sn Z sound as well ia history, or Ia a1 .e.l-
tph as Patriotism. The Examiner sa.M.i..
ware II " tie last ditch
500
annual message states taa1 tHe Regiments ~
Pennsylvania now number llo that the total