The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-06-19

ly from Massachusetts aud ,
integrity and uprighlness Of c,,,. VI Sp1tes
cral months before The rehaIl;S' Ser.
convinced that the Methodist Cbn, ng became
with which he was connected .4,'o' Soutb
dlsloyal, and he arose in tho o. "a thoroughly
and publicly Withdrew from Tho goniere0oc
ing his reason and exposing their 'J ,sga '',g
Since then 1t has been proved ,b., E,uoeace.
Methodist Church, South, botG '' 'ue entire
lalty, Is utterly treasonable .rd ''fgy and
and abeited the re eion to tho o-. mas AIDED
power. Soon after the !ebclion IaJ d is
ly under way, MIR. Richardson w raa so' IAN
at the Union camp ground in ~. 80 a'leste.
place devoted to Methodist csn souo''y~
and was afterwards burned to Iit pII,'Gs'ng
and kept prisoner there for tro 's N,:s,
During his imprisonment. out Of f,n, tmoa'd,.
prisoners arrested as Union men on, INJURED ec
had the iortitude and COURAGE 70 ho,j men
the end Of these he was tho ~a Ou to
spirit. and they determined to stand %a,og
for treason to the new CoDfeds,.n.a TIA
though it should result in their av ., even
All the others Joined the Copfeda,,tes 'u'l0'
rather than stand the test. A grana t,u!
composed of persons from each cons a!''|'
the State, ultimately failed to end ANY,, 10
against then, since they had comuir,s3 ss
overt act, having merely refused to dnnr ,., ~
attachment and adherence 10 the rr;o. '"'D
they were discharged But emissariss n .l'
sent out to stimulate rebel parties a., ~
rout home to murder them. Thew bo4sy.,
arrived at home in safety, and have spryi,,.
the tyranny Of the rebel go7erumep, m
the present time. Many tine. Mr. R,,t
ardson has been Informed that the ron. ~,
already pre- AIRED with which to haoo him
but he has steadfas ned TO tae [ gi5, 49,,
and refused al al times, aud under al ~.
cumstances to deny hi, principle. a.
brother and three Of bis sons were comrs...
to flee tor their lives, and the later 5..,
been active soldiers in the mon army nol.,
Col. Phelp Of Missouri, and fought tr,r..
at the battle Of Pea Ridge. Their nam.
are William, Frank lin, and Alexander o.
OF them was the guide Of our army 10 Bate.
vile. These young men are devoted To Il.
cause OF their country, .iuce the army Ia,
been here the old gentleman has been il II
offer whatever be had left to the Union cans,
and invited the soldiers 10 visit him r,s.,
and partake Of his hospitality. The orce
OF his Christian character has protected MIN
through the reign OF terror
This is the old story Of iersecn;op and
suffering it is one more added to the ope
and black list Of crimes perpctratel in Nj,
souri, aud Al kansas. Against such p5r,s,a.
tons a reaction must necessarily ret in. It
has already begun, and we hear Of Iarge uun.
hers who are DESERVING the Southern Merhoii
dist Church. The entire Society at SyrDg
field, Mo-, will undoubtedly be transferred to
our Church, to which 1t has applied Tor pas.
tor. Rev. n, Shumate, chaplain oil the Ninth
Missouri Regiment, who participated IN the
battle OF Pea Ridge, and has had good op.
portunitles of learning the condition OF affair,
states that among Methodists in the South.
west, the members generally declare that they
will have nothing more to do with thei
Church, and are waiting for our ministry win
anxious hope -MetAod'u.