Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-10-07

disloyaI States to resume their original position in
the confederation Of the United States, is most
wofuy mistaken and deceived. cloud appause.)
1t never can or will happen in this way There is
but one remedy and that is to be i0uha only in
the physical power Of the loyal people supporting
the government cloud appause' IN their
Iphysicpl power properly directed ana guided by
the exercise OF sufficient thought, when Will lead
you to Just conclusions as to what will be The con
sequences of such an exercise Of power to you
and the rest of the people Of the United States, in
case of its failure. And would say fellow cit-
Gems, that you have heard but Of little more than
one half Of the suffering people OF the South, and
when speak Of the suffering people Of the South
| speak of the body polite, saving and excepting
only the leaders Of the rebellion the men who
have prohted by the violent changes which we
have SEEM for all alike have suffered or perhaps
! it would be better to say that al. have Suffered
tho Oh not alike, IN consequence Of the dreadful
Ieyentuailes Of war, OF the desolaon brought
upon the land by the failure Of trade, commerce.
agriculture, by the destruction Of confidence be-
tween man and man, and the utter extinction of
the protection Of wise and sauary laws OF the
South, and the violent upheaying OF society under
such influences. Everybody has suffered in that
respect. speak Of the whole body Of the people
But whatever may be said of the simple truths
that | will utter here thi, nigh, one knows
how deeply feel the fact that friends as well as
foes will sit in Judgment upon what may let fall
from my lips know that have not yet passed
through the last ordeal OF lrbulaton to which |
must be submitted in consequence Of this terrible
revolution. Twas hard to sever all early connec-
tons, to part with beloved rie dis, to give up my
position in society, whatever that mighthaye been;
it was hard to break the links that bound me to
wife AID Children and to leave home without
knowing whether or not | would ever return. But
have had something 10 sustain me in this trial
for had true and loyal friends who have always
given me aid and comfort 1t may be that some
are falling away from me now, for my mind has
been deliberately led to a concuSion whose full
force and power have not yet flashed upon their
thoughts but to which they are as certainly des-
tined to arrive as have to night. loud applause)
The cause, then, of this revolution, may thus be
seen Mr. Spratt clearly declared that it did not
result from the fact that the people Of the North
were coerciye-not because the government OF the
United States was oppressive or coercive, either
not because the South and its rights and nstitu
lions were not sufficiently protected by the con-
sitution and the laws but because the operations
md development Of free state OF society, left
o grappe with Southern society, would naturally
destroy it by the mere effect OF moral force.
Respecting the cant about "lhe Union as twas
Col Ii. who has had personal experience of that
Union, thus speaks:
And now, fellow citizens, the question is, is it
y & ~,
werep 1t is fashionable term here to say ave
are for the constitution as it is, and for the Union
as it was" The constitution as it is Yes. The
Union as it was No. (Ihis was said with much
feeling and earnesuness, and drew down tumultous
appAuse. A voice - How about seymour p
me interruption was Kissed, and the speaker con-
jtnued.) invoke the aid of the loyal people in
restoring the government OF the United States.
But, fellow citizens, if you had the power, and
we're to tender to me to-nigh-, the restoration of
the Union as it existed in the State OF Texas in
1861 | would not thank you for the boom ZAP
I plause.) IT, because | cannot measure my con
t science or Judgment with those of my neighbor,
or of majority OF my neighbors am to be looked
upon with GOODNESS, suspicion and aversion it
am to be nsulted and spit upon by the children
Z of my neghbors whom may have handled on
t nv knees, thinking that they would, at least, re
n member me with kindness as their fathers neigh
r Dor and friend if | am to be looked upon a
e something loa,hsome, because | cannot believe
S that slavery is the beginning and the end Of al
u legitimate government; it, above all, cannot sal
n what believe, that there are excuses and abuse
n in respect to tina, institution, which ought to b.
II looked to if, in short, because might say wha
1t Washington said, believing it; what Jefferson
: wrote, and what all the good and great men o
l. that day believed, am 10 be stgmatized a trai
rs tor, and made to suffer t'aitors DOOM It tina
is is to be the result Of the Union it wa" wan
!, no such Uni,n. (ApplauSe) #, when the Tn
y ion is restored as | trust it will be, may be a
II liberty to 60 out and realize the fact in practica
e sense that am the recipient OF the great and in
estimabe right intended TO be secured to me b,
the constitution OF the United Staies it cal
,s enjoy the right Of speech well as the liberty o
: conscience then | can bless such a Union; but
- cannot bless one which holds out the word O
- promise to the ear to break it to the hope"
70 cannot consent that my children shall ever be uu
der the necessity of running around the streets @
q the village where | may happen to live busily en-
gagged in trying to impress IT on everybody's mint
a that they are sound on the subject of slavery.
no not speak IIOHl VI HdtTeu 10 IN
n institution of slavery. ! do not pretend for
10 cannot be hypocrte that my conscience ha
ever hurt me on account OF being the owner of
% slave. 1t is not proper to discuss that question
70 with gentlemen who differ from me. Let it Su
,s flee that the rebels have rendered the issue
70 slavery on the one hand, and freedom TO tie whit
=. race on the other.
10 \ special dispatch FROM Washington to III
\ Herald furnishes the following which is mpol
IN tant ii true
Id The Surgeons oil the 9th Vermont Regimen
ii, arrived tonight from Winchester, which pla,
m he left on " ednesday He says the rebel arm
is very much demoralized, and that for want
at u guard the Provost Marshal at W inchestcr cou
nm not arrest thousands OF stregglers who were z
as log down the Valley The sick and the bagga
ha al the army were being sent South, and indie