The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-06-23
Sound Doctrine.

James Guthrie, Gen. Rousseau and ,tners.
Below we print an extract from the excellent
spetc oh Of the latter. 1t has the true uncondl-
tionai Union ring, with none of the miserable
Border State ytpulatoas that Slavery IS too
cool 10 be touched and must be let alone to Sc
cure the Loyalty Of that debatable territory:
wlsh 10 say a word of the - situation, rs
It is called by the reporters Ut the day. pro-
pose TO advisa nobody. pretend to no extra
ordinary foresight. But desire to state that
tuis rebellion is IL lie from toe beginning. There
was never any cause for 1t. To begin and keep
il up system Of wholesale lying was adopted,
ana - pursued InlustriousI to this cay. 1T Is
the only stock Ia trade they have They could
teach tie devil bins II much he never knew
about lying. Wherever the army has gone 1t
has met tins fell spirit OF ialsehood. We have
taken none Of their property we have excluded
their slaves from our lines when needed we
have placed guards of our soldiers around their
houses to prOrcct them, and vet they persist IN
calling us abolitlonetS and negr0-thleves. Ana
in spite Of our disclaimers ana our soldiers, as
sevetatlons t. the cOntraTy--0t our words ana
our actS--they have insisted that our object Is
TO liberate and steal their slaves. And II We
fail t. restore the Union. 3, the everlasting mig
ger y will be tie cause OF the failure They
know what they say is false, yet they never
cease repeating it. Behind and before us this
has been the cry OF the enemies OF the govern
ment Now HE army of Gen. Haleck is en-
inently conservative. behye there II neither
an abOhlionist nor a sccessonist in it. II there
ID one OF either faction, do not know 1t 80
orderly, SO patriotic. and go conservative body
4 tl,nr
That army, IN it's intercourse with the secession
ISIS has pleaded, and is stIli pleading Tor peace
Under the old government, offering to the south
erners all they ever he'd and claiming nothing
except in common with them. They want 70 take
nothing from any one, but desire that their
southern brethren shall enjoy all their rights
unlmpaired But the negro Is IN the way, IN
spite Of all tina, can be done or said. Standing
before the eye of the secessionist, the negro
hides all the blessings OF our government. throw
ing black shadow on the sun inself. Ii 1t had
been any other species of property thatstood in
the way, the army, provoked as II Las been,
would willingly have seen It's quick destruction.
But the negro they did not wish TO interfere
with in any way. Yet, with all its conserva.
tism and patriotism, ihe army has grown weary
of this insane cry Of - aboltionism = as u
have warned our southern friends Of the
danger OF continuing it much longer ami |
telIRyou Tonight that, If this war continues L
year from this day, there will not be slave on
this continent. The great revolution will take
care Of Itself he dead will bury It's dcad-and
those who are causing the bloodshed and des-
o'ation around rs under the false prctense that
W. desire 10 free their negroes will, 1t they per-
ss;, one day fud slavery stuffed out you
would snuff out candle. Slavery Is no. worth
| our government IL is not worth our liberty.
1t is not worth all the precious blood now being
poured out for freedom 1t Is not worth the
free navigation OF the Mississippi river. No
we mus, still have our governmental not as
1t low Is, with slavery In it, still we must have
our government. We cannot be slaves to JEFF
| Davis y Co. We must and will be free. We
must have the free navigation Of the Mississpp
river and II slavery gets IN the way OF any o.
these rights why slavery must get out of the
way That would be the last resort, and shouit
DO sorry to have recourse to 1t but | am fol
the government OF our fathers against all things
and everybody. While the Liberties OF tn,
people are secure under il, as they ever nav,
been, | would allow nothing but death to pre-
veat my upho ding it.
And 10th a.. you may be to decide, you vii
soon, as believe, be called upon TO do SO. Ii
spite OF your cntreatlet, the issue i'll be cruelI,
thrust upon you, and you will be forced to de
eide between slavery and your wives and chill
dred. AS for me, | am ready for the responsl
bllity. Southern man as am, born and brough
up IN the South, with all my sympathiss with
the South, could not hesitate one moment whel
the issue ls presented between the Niger an,
| the government of our fathers. | am fer Ia
government Of the United States against all it
enemies. | hope and pray that our Soa berl
friends will not force us 70 extremes on this sen
sltlve point We deprecate such result for V
want our rights under the Constitution, an,
we are already 10 tight Tor theirs under the goot
Old COVER nment, | would to-day most wiiliDgl,
gIrd on ny sword and fight for any right helong
ing TO them, slavery mcluded, but they must no
put slavery between me and the government
and laws of the United States, | will not con
sent to become n slave that the negro may b
kept slave will not sacrifice the hupplnes
of my wife, children aud friends, the welfare O
MY beloved state, and the glory of my country
on an altar dedicated to the " Ebony Idol -
When | sac placed on one side government
formed by the noDest men the world has eve
produced, the legacy of Washington to the hu
man race, agorious country filled with hspp
and enlightened people, and admired or feare
on every spot that is ,rodden by the loot of civ
Ilzed man, and on the other country rent int
insignificant Fragments, engaged l. continua
wars with each other, each on his knees beg
gng assistance from some foreign monarch 0
other against rival fragment. an object 0, cor
tempt to him who uses it for his own purpose
then shall not be long in coming to u decision
though negro slavery may be on Que side An