The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-10-25

1 Cus p
eeu'Fe government has the control of ,bo ,,n-
anu unless that be sustained the Rebellion INNS,
Triumph. Ii party interests divide the SUMMARIZE,
VI me Government, the Rebellion must triumnb
auu Ine Union is lost. Organized opposition r.
aee LAecuu'e Government in such a crisis ia. in
euec., not IN act, opposition to the war. is sub
mission to the success of the rebellion. il tho do
fada''on and death of the Republic. N'e
am not to be understood a saving tho, -,
are pound by any obligation to approve or evan
!leio quiet acqulescence to every act of tho ov
ecutiVe government in the conduct of the war
90 Tar from 1t, 1t becomes our highest pubIic dn.
y oy respectful and earnest appeal TO the Exec.
utSe TO ask for and earnestly insist upon tho cor
rec'lon OF evil, and if it shall be found tha, We
nave unworthy officers ia councils of war or -,
state, 10 whatever department they NAV be fonn1'
70 ask ior Their removal. This, far from benp
ipuiscrimlnate opposition to the rebellion, is the
'iios' fruitful service to the country, esuecialv
wneh II Is Done In good faith, and let US. then. in
TINS great contest give all our hearts, and posses.
s'o1S, ana lives, If need be, for the Republic.
Ee' US not deceive ourselves, or be deceived
aga!n. Inc rebellion was never more formida.
oe IN us purpose than to-day, and it has gathered
's S'rehg'h ior desperate, and trust it NAV be
maj struggle. 1t has forced into its service al
between the ages of eighteen and forty.fve, and
III some OF the States every man between the ages
OF seven cen and hity-fve Its commissarv 1e
partmeht IS supplied by the productions of four
millions Of Slaves, and am amazed that Wa had
not Iong ago teken away this chief support of the
Rebellion, and turned it TO our accaunt AN.
pmuSe). \-'F
independently of these resources. the RebelI;on
can count upon the material aid, if not the direct
interference, OF foreign powers; of nations who
are out too willing TO see this Republic 90 down ;
to blot out from the face of the earth t6is exem.
p.af OF human capacity for sefgovernment tina, has
hitherto been looked to with hope by the oppressed
masses of older nations.
II counts largely also upon its friends and
sympathizers In disguise in the loyal States, and
their number Is not few. They are in all posi-.
ions 10 our armies and especially in official posi-.
lions. there are Achens in the camp who act as
spies and intormers. They are found also in
many departments of the Government, and are
prominent in civil affairs They will tell YOU in
private and public that they are opposed to the
heoe'lloD; but DO you ever hear them speak of
1t IN very severe terms9 DO you hear them re-
ter to 1t except in soft and soothing language ?
lhey Will tell you in the oudest tones speaking as
IL were from the house-tops that tn ey ere Union
men They seem most anxious TO be considered
and owned as par ereelence for the Union. Blu,
yet do you know that they have done ANYTHING
that they have lifted finger or paid dollar for
Its preservation? They speak of the war as wrong
ana unnecessary, and say that it might have been
avoided, by the adoption perhaps OF the Critte.-
den resolutions.
And so perhaps it might have been avoided if
we had voted for John C.. breckenridge and
made him President OF the United States. Bu,
we did not choose to do either of these things,
These men of whom | am speaking, seem won.
deriully afraid, lest We should in some way vio-
late harS-breadh, some provision Of the const-
tuition, While they are not at all concerned
about the entire overthrow of it by armed hosts.
they are tu!l 0. compassion for the people, on
account OF the taxation from which they are to
suffer. They denounce the war as a Olaca Re-
! ubcan job, and say that the sooner we close it
with our southern brethren, the b9tter,-prov-
ded, Of course that they will accept of any COM
promise whatever, Uqughter)
They act as an auxiliary corps Of miners and
sappcrS, and very effective corps it is to under
mne the Union which they proles, to. hold in SO
great regard. These are dangerous men--more
dangerous than al! the armies the rebels. From
such Union men, pray God to deliver US.
1t is then, of the highest importance, and the
duty of the Executive Government to meet all
this array of power, all these hostile influences;
and by the aid of its loyal subjects, by the tru-
hearts aud strong hands OF its people, to declare
that conquer we must, and conquer we will. APP.
plause.
Ny fellow citizens, this rebellion must be
crushed. am nos at liberty to speculate about
it, Religion, civilization, and humanity demand
that it shall be ex,erminated from the face of the
country, and never again life its head to disgrace
the land 1t must be done in the brietest posi-
BILE period, and if one million of men is not
enough to do it, call two millions; and if two mil
lions will not do it, then let every loyal man and
woman who can shoulder musket, or WELD
mop handle, " come TO the rescue" and then, my
life upon it, our country will be saved. | will
speak for my own Vermont, and pledge for her,
that she will never be behind any one in tho day
of our country's need If the sixteen regiments
are not the full proportion-if the twelve or four
teen thousand who have gone forth robed for the
sacrifice are not enough let the blast of war be
echoed along these hills, and every man and eve
rs woman will hasten from their homes to fill up
the hospitals of the sick, and every mother will
make haste to offer her son, rather than that
the bright orb of this Republic shall go down in
perpetual darkness and night. Enthusiastic ap-
plause) =,
: Vermont has already plid a costly sacrifice to
the demand of this Rebellion. Sad tidngs from
sfar have brought lamentation and sorrow 10 many
of her households, and many of her gallant sons
sleep in death upon distant fields of battle. 1t is
some reliefth their names vii! long be remem-
bered with affection and honor. 1t is some relief
that they fall, If fall they must, in defence of a
righteous cause. They fall as the hero, the patti
OF, the Christian, if fall they must, in The discharge
of the solemn duties which God and their country