The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-11-18

which engulfed armies and population. "l
created plague, and neutralized hi,h.r,. cue
the vast capabilities of this coptiosrt , al
this taxation, which makes the Land '"e'
some and habitable, and will draw Al, moe
unto it, is the best investment in which nv. inca
erty.holder ever lodged his earning, p'Op'
While we have pointed out the on,,.,
ness Of the proclamation, it remains 70 !.
said that the President had no cbo;s. u nc
might look wisfful fo' what variety Of co,, n0
lay open 10 him every line bat an. 20"
closed up with fire. This one, too, hr;.,, as
with danger; but through it was the ' so'a
safety. The measure he has adopted wa, j..
perative. 1t is wonderful to see the ,,,a'
sonable seniity OF what is called the ns."s
party, through all lis masks, binding tbo;.
eyes to the main features of the waco,.u.
ly, its incVitabIeness. This war existed Inv.
before the cannonade OF Sumptcr. and .on,S
n OF be postponed. 1t might have beona
otherwise or elsewhere, but war was in ,ba
minds aud bones of the combatants !. w..
written on the iron leaf, and you micht =.
easily dodge gravitation. If We had cor
scented to peaceabIe secession Of the rebal,
the divided sentiment of the border ,..,,s
made peaceable secession impossible the in.
satiabIe temper of the South made it inno,
sihle, and the slaves on the border wberc.
ever the border might be- were an incessaD.
fuel to rokindle the fire. Give the Co,E.a,
sracy New Orleans, Charleston and Richnord
and they would have demanded St. Loni,
and Baltimore. Give them these, and thew
would have insisted on Washin-top. Give
them Washington, and they would have a..
snned the army and navy, and through tbss
Philadelphia, New York, and Boston Il
looks as if the battlefield would have bee,
at least as large in that event as it is now
The war was formidable, but could not b.
avoided. The war was and is an Immense
mischief bu. broug ht with it the immense
benefit Of drawing liue, and rallying The
free states to fix it impas.aby*
These necessities which have dictated the
conduct Of the Federal government are over.
looked, especially by our foreign critics.
Tho popular statement Of the opponents Of
the war abroad is the impo.sibility of our
success. If you could add say they, TO
your strength the whole army Of Eusand,
oil France, and of Austria, you could not
coerce eight million Of people to come under
this government against their will This is
an odd thing for au Eogshnau a Frcnchman
or an Austrian 10 say, who remembers tho
Europe of the last seventy years, the con1i.
ton Of Italy until 1859 Of Poland since 1893
of France, Of French Algiers, Of British Ire.
land, and British India But, grating the
truth, rightly read, of the historical aphorism,
that the people always ccnquer,' it be
noted that, in the Southern States, the tenure
of land and the local laws, with slavery give
the social system not democratic, but an
aristocratic complexion and those states
have shown every year a more hestlsHd
aggressive temper, until the instinct Of sell.
preservation 70, ICED US into the war. And the
aim of the war on our part is indicated BY
the aim Of the Presidents procIanatloD'
name y, to break up the false combination Of
southern society, to destroy the pirate feature
in 1t which makes it our enemy onI! mtH
the enemy Of the human race, and 50 allow
its reconstruction on . ust and heatn1l ''
! sis. Then new affiaities will act, the odf''
pulsions will cease, and the cause Of war De-
ing removed, nature and trade may be trusted
to establish lasting peace.
| We think we caunot overstate the WISDOM
and benefit Of this act Of the government,
The malignant cry OF the secession press Tl'o'
in the free states, and the recent action Of iOe
Confederate Congress, are decisive as 10 us
efficiency and correctness of aim. Not less 50
is that silent JOY which has greeted 1t 10 al
generous hearts, and the new hope II n''
breathed into the world.
1t was well to delay the steamers al luz
wharves until this edict could be put on o0a'0'
1t will be an insurance to the ship as 1t gOa
plunging through the sea with glad tdlngS "
all people. Happy are the young who ma W.
pestlen,e cleansed out Of the earth, e''t'
open to them An honest career. Happy Wv
old who see nature purified before they dePa.
DO not let the dying die hold them back "
this world until you rave charged 'heH co..
and heart with this message to other sP'I"u.
societies, announcing the meiioratlcn Vi '~
planet.
| Uncertainties now crown themselves sssu''''
And peace proclams olives Of endless age
Meantime that i'll fated much injured ID"
which the proclamation respects viii lose SVD',
what of the detection sculptured Tor ages
their bronze countenance, uttered 10 'ne
ing of their paintivc music a race nS'Os,
benevolent, Joyous, docile, industrious ',t
whose very miscries sprang from tOer sr
talest Tor usefulness which. IN more NV,
age, will not only defend their lndeleous'r