Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-09-30
Herolsm Of the american People.


There was private letter iron Hawthorne
seoa after The war began, which mig serve for
DESCRIPTION oi the czen.spr.toi BIZ e9uulrymen,
5ny day from the gun.hre 81 Fta Sumter TIL
no8. III sad thli everybody was a,onshed 10
ind how lappy it was possible and RuuraI to be
10 the midst Of a ciyi. war. Wherever war is
entered upon tor patriotic reasons, many age or
counul, here must be the rxhiamton which
Havtnone described; pa. noghere-Hot even n
l4Iy IN lSj9-c4a lhere nave Deen saea intense
enjoyment OF acuon and relief as 10 the Free
States OF America ioi the last ear and hall.
Otner oppressed nation, have suffered under a
foreign yoke th- Northern Ameriosas have en-
dured the more CALLING tyranny Of Oh igafchy Of
their own cJuntrymrn. Sung 10 conscience,
alarmed tor The future, sensitive ID the worlds
eensure, CONSCIOUS Of deadly curse that could
/ neither be borne much longer nor %. rid OF, the
American citizen felt himself neither % free, nor
SO happy, nor so honored as he pFetaded 10 be
and yet he did not know how to F-cesd to men
his position When the rashnes 4 Y tie Slave
Powr set him Tree TO speak and act q strive aud
hope, il was .eIt a, grand dtliveance.
Some people on our side are % fai from under
standing this, that the! queralol,ly wonder what
The American, can mean BY not beng miserable.
They ought 20 be irightened-ihsy ough, 70 ue-
moan their dscomioris-t they oght TO be down
car al ,her money losses, at ls4rtbroken under
ethel beieaNemenlsi ii they 50 far from be-
/, scared, and moody, and ,es'a SO far IRON
glus in ,aekc.olA and ashes, tha they mus, eth
er be supposed hypocri.es, or ioi, and blind, or
must be given up ike 4 too n4l puzzle. We,
Tor ouf part, SEE nothing lHiu'e. gIble or wonoer-
iu % tue good ,p.r@s 81 these hIdren OF brave
ia England. Toe soul Of taei athers is awake
aud alive 50 them, and they taste the elixir OF
patriotism which is 0equeatted nom generation
q generation of oaf race md ,tey ieel their
youth renewed, and exuit 10 its it-gung pow.
er They are unfortunate, yer unfortunate in
their pubic men, who do uot uirly represent
them, because tAey vii 40, Use % toe height OF
,ae.r pa,rousm but those ot ,uen who are sui
trng auatr bereavement, suspense, are aston.
shed 70 find now dtu- grieyous gfd is and would
urn tae very notion If wishing laat they and
aetr country could he o, they wet. Uelore.
Looking al ths genuine Amel.ans--at the
saa, % ,he Pilgrims, lnl The sons 81 the founders
d. TIE kepu1ac, we find, as happen, everywhere.
manifestations Ut HE same courage suder two G>-
tine, forms. Oal readers have seen what The ".
/. E,cning Post says OF the Quasers and thtir
stale ia the event, aud influence Of the times.
No doubt there are Quagefs AKIN Ia spirit TO HIM
Whe advised The captain ~ a sea fight to g" luff a
atte ! and 10 him Whe, maring spike in hand
requested tns bonding enemy 10 keep his own
ship, and showed hlm the way overheard. So
long ago the beginning Of 1861, when the Pro.
slavery interests had Stll disturbing power in
the New England Cities there We're Quakers
among the e-guards Of the leading Aboi,ionists
walking with locked arms and reyolyers in their
pocket, and standing sentry all night, with ever,
lnletlon OF using physical force rather than let j
hair OF citizens head be iouched, Tor matter o
opinion and free speech.
Ii The Northern dash (Which was never *.
ceeded by the Southern) carries away the yer,
,luakers, i must be very strong and very strong
1t is. This is one form OF the herolsm All the
hale men Of many families are in the field
When some OF our neighbors were Supposing al
lost because the large bounleS offered did not fill
tie recruiting returns, citizens on the spot wer,
yomting out that higu boanties were a mistake
were stopping the enlistment There were plent,
ni entslmvutS bplore anu there have been plent,
/ lgaln since the ordtg lur drafting went forth, re
moving the Sor, ot disgrace which attached 10 en-
listing under hgh counties. but The " dash
oand expression in these same 1ounteS. In,
citizens naye poured out their wealth as il gettn.
their money had dueNet caused them toll ana unx
ety. fne QAktrs shed forth their treasure witt
as much laagniicence as anybody They canno
.al Tor powder and ball, nor tor substitutes, hu
;ley spend freely for hospital necessaries aud com
'etts, anu for the support OF the families of sol
diers.