The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-08-30
" The Union as it Was,
The Nrth,ceStern says :

We hear a great deal CT taid and read =
great deal Of tustlan about the Union asst
was, Those who use 1hlS phrase are not care.
lul TO designate the precise TINE 10 which
they refer, and leave us in great douot 4, IA
wheth they refer to 1860 or 1862, Or any
other time For our own part, We Know We,
unongh that the Cry Is but the uttaran.e d.
di3coutUnt with tie energetic measures nOT
putting forth ior crushing rebellion. And
our convictions OF duty ADD Ct progr ss re.
qure US t. dissent from any possible alliance
with the djsaftec,ed and the di>lo,aI. Do
those who express a. desire Tor the Cal4a as
it was, wish 10 retrace the history OF our
country beyond the last session Of Uoa.re.s
DO they desire that the gIoriOu, record Of
freedom then and mere Wrlteu snail DC Dcyted
out VIA they reestaDIlsn slavery 10 The
national capital Wni luey reopen tue teri.
tories oi Il &c land 10 th9 slave dllyer with bis
unwilling captves aud his pursuing hounds
Would ,ney disgrace humanity by rescndi0.
tie eucts OF freedom wher,by the mother.
wife and children Of the loyal slave OF tai.
tor are liberated as well as himself? Are
they DESTROYS that The property OF rebels shall
be free from spoilailon, and still guarded aud
protected by our own Grave boys who enlisted
10 destroy rebellion and not to guard the
homes OF rebels Ii go, away with them
ont OF the tree land VIII ch has recorded their
verdict while writing their own history. To
all such men, aud to all their sympathizers
We say once and for all, the Union as it is,
suits treemen. Let traitors clamor Tor the
Union as it was, when Secretary OF War
could distribute 100, 600 stand of arms more
than their quota to states preparing to break
up the government when the Chairman Of
! Military Affairs 10 the U. S. Senate could
propose aud secure the passage of a resOIu'
ton torbidding the purchase OF arms for the
Northern states when a President Of the
best government God ever delegated to the
race could be SO imbecile as to cry to traitors
: Wait till my term is up as though be tore
saw the destruction oil the republic and only
desired to remove himself from being crushed
by It's fragments. Would they repeat over
again the quadrennial Nebuchaduezzar wOr
ship !-restorc the falling down OF pres'
dents and governors, and captains aud judges;
and counselors, and sheriffs, at the sound OF
the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut aud psalteEy'
Is 1t NOT enough that for refusing this bou
age we are now passing through the ordeal
OF the heated furnace ? Are we to 90 back
to the days when we were mean enough to
bow, aud bend, and cringe, aud worship
Shall we gain nothing by the furnace trials
nothing by contact with the Fourth Form III
the furnace? The fires of this ordeal have
slain the men who heated them, while they
have but .oo>ed the bonds of the INTENDED
victims, and the Union as ii is is seen .ooset'
and walking in the DIST of the fire.
me Ontoa as az IS, when all the maJesy
OF determined ireemen is Ing It's power
aud sway ; the Union as it is, when 6O0'VVV
lreemen are crcwdipg to its defense nc
On'on as At IS, with all the hopes OF hnmar
lty resting upon its endeavorS This SuI''
;. US.
The Union as IL is suits Us. We ee
ashamed when We think OF the spectacle VIC
have presented 10 EuropoaD eyes in the Ia
menSe uprs,Og OF The south, aud the tsruy
and almost timid steps taSen 70 supp'e,5 IT,
| We feel that tho mid policy, oov P'"y95u
+ out, has been Illuminating ana sad, DUt u"
I Union as IL is, with its forces banded 20 cru''
out, its homes pledged to privation ana TAX
! alton, ITS enemies to con6scation and ens'
i objectionable Union as it is suits us.