The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-13

Hiihou, even he pnmarert mel Of fire urcn i
Buc have special reason for hope IN rerrercs
to tie future of or country on account of The
character q our ptopls. They are CENTRALLY in.
leI8Sen, understand their interest, think Tor ii, m
Ives, and under The power Of no CORFU, and
designing leaders; and wha. is FIR more, ,hs,s
is great amount Of solid political virtue md
patriotism among them. We love money INDEED
are .eIti,h sometimes forget country in rarr.
often have strong sectional prejudices are not
llttie il huenced by personal tavoritism and MANY
are corrupt all through; yet believe there is mt
another patton in which there is so much e;,;;s
,corIh both in mind and heart. lie, III. em,,.
gency come, to test principle, as i, Is coming and
it will no. be wanting. Our people are not The
material for despos to lord it ever; for eer,un,
men to use for some ambitious general to r;ds
into a dictatorship; for politician, to seI fl,
office-seekers TO seduce TO partisan issues, whom
liberty is a, stake. They are not the stuff for !.
Ron.spierre, nor a DIR. Francs, nor NsnoI.or
|. or H., nor a Cromwell even. Nor ar. ,b..H
the men 10 consume one another ia anarchy n, ~
play the par, Of the Mexican. have corfd.1 o..
IN their rs, entail civic worth and hence Inv.
confidence in the future Of The Republic. Tbev
are not the men that will see il DESTROYED -.
their rights and freedom wre.,ed from them !.
this country given over TO wicked and cerrun,
government. The essentials Of good government
are here, in the minds and hearts OF The peonl.N
and in their stout arms; and such government
they will have,--and such gurernnen, is ons
like that we Aaye now. | do no, fear les. !, will!
in some way be destroyed by the present shoe
OF erms. 1t vii! live, in its essential in,pprya
II is grounded in too many loving sous and BRAND
and muscles, oil over the land, to tot,eg and fll
In our day, or our children's day. Amos, every
person you see is living pillar Of il, holding Il
up with every pledge of influence, property, and
life. The exceptions are not worth the mentions
ing. Despair not, my friends, of the Repubios
I'll! this race Of Americans is no more
am confirmed in this estimate by tn. grand
spertacle now before our eyes, OF the uprising on
more han a million Of armed men, TO defend OUT
"sltsrs and hesrhs,' and save our country. Thia
shows tina. have not oyereslimated the civil
worth and mettle of our people. The presen. 4
pledge and prophecy of the future. | look upos
this uprising OF the loyal population, and heik
enthusiastic and s,upendous move m sn,s, civil and
military, in favor of free and popular govern
ment, for the last eighteen months, with awe apd
pride. We, in the mids. Of the scenes, see in
stances Of poor generaship, ineompesDey, blun-
derlng, speculation, fraud, cowardice, ueaehery--
something of the infinite waste and demoralza,ioa
incident to war ;-ba. tim will cover up ,hese
b!snshes of the sublime and beautiful pie,uret
and bring out in vivid colors the Patriotism, The
Hercism, the Enthusiasm, the Selfsscfi6ce, Ii
Civic Glory and fifty years hence should not -
afraid to compare the las. eighteen months WIZ
the other golden erss of history.
Blu. | have another ground OF hope for our
land. This is n christian aod, not by courtesy
of classification, bot mNre; there is, compares
with any other people,, large percentage of
really ged!y and praying persoas IN il. Ihsy
supply the spiritual conditions Of vitality and COZ
tinuenee, and these are the most important an
Influential! of any We have no reason to indulso
in, spiritual pride. Il ther we have reason befoIo
God, FOR confession, humiliation, in view Of man
and ga: sins, Individual, social, and na,ionsI
Yet you may always give yourself the benefit ef
The Truth and the trnth is, this is q Iand-ao
lands go--of real pie.y and devotion. From thu
facS derive double encouragement FIR {. tho
principle comes in, thu, God will spare the plsco
for the saSe OF the fly, forty, t,aeniy, ten rghl
eous in i',-a fact, doubtless, which has kept
many n semi-Sodom from destrustion ard Second
we have the DdepenGen, power and efficacy ri
their prayers, pleading for cur Country. CT ria-
tian, in themselves, silen and alcne, are" The sal
of tie earth; and praying christians have powsr
with God and prevail, and CHRISTIANS Ill over ths
loyal states are praying to God 20 save AID bless
us.
Again, derive confor. in remembering that
cur fathers, IN foundn. our institutions and civil
system, corsnan,ed 10Th God. They dedicased
4 .pd w. II rel
onp, their l. i'm to homer him and they entered
and those who should live after them. II wasEa
mutual transaction. Their signature was atfixtd
in legible hulaan characters bis IN The favorhE
provdences that followed. Thus their sons. Cur
institutions, and the Republic itself, were 81
born into the bond, Of the covenant. Many M
the hons have themselves ecotn;zgd and reratifed
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