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

thing more imam mere monday entertainment,
aha, is to last for thirty, sixty, ninety days, and
that it can be put down only by force Of arms only
nv calling into requsition oil the instrumental
res and powers which God and Nature have pla.
eed within our reach, and which are recognized
nv the usages and customs Of civilized warfare.
Applause
And the Governn ent has further learned, I
,rns, that The Rebellion disdans and rejects all
overtures OF peace, all proposals for compromise
,hat it will act ept no terms whatever which do
not concede an acknowledgment of the Confedera-
ey, and permit disruption OF the Federal Gov
eminent And they have learned | trust, by this
lime. that poeness, and courtesy and kind off.
css to traitors in arms seeking to cut the threats
If LOYAL men, is but treason and cruelty TO the
Iowa men of the Country,-that it is all in vain,
and worse than in vain. trust that the Govern
uent will soon learn, If it has not already learned
that it is wiser and better to hang or hold in pris.
an an ncorrgbe traitor, than 10 let him loose up
m his parole of honor. 1t is for this that saw.
more vigorous and therefore more success
ful policy is to be adopted,-I trust, to be adopt
ed. in the future prosecution of this war.
| venture to express the hope and the opinion
that our soldiers who have been sent forth from
their homes to put down This rebellion, will no
longer be taken away from their more appropri-
ate duties, to watch over the property of traitors
ike Gen. Lee, for instance, while the owner of
the property is away. | venture to express the
hope and opinion that our troops will no longer
be detailed to run upon the track Of some fugi-
tive. venture to express the opinion that there
will be no more iastidiousncss in relation to
taking the property of traitors wherever and
whenever we can get possession of it, and appro-
pirate it TO the legitimate purposes Of the Govern
mcnt. 1t will be taken TO relieve, so far as may
be. the burden Of taxes resulting to the loyal
peope from this war. | believe that hereafter,
our soldiers sent forth to fight our battles will
not be constrained TO suffer and strive, and it may
be to die Tor the necessares of life, in the midst
Of an enemys country, where there is plenty
around them, under the prohibtory order of a
General, not to touch or take, under pain of a
drumhead court martial The time for these
things has gone by, | trust, and gone thank God,
never to return. (Appause.)
Ivenuye TO express the hope and opinion that
this war is henceiorth to be carried forward upon
the recognized principles OF war,-principles that
allow you to dlsarm your enemy 80 far as you may
be able to do it; principles that authorize you to
xrest from your enemy ell that can do you harm
those principles that allow you to strike your enc
any as often and as hard as you can. This is in
accordance with the rules and usages of warfare,
and tr.s, the rebels are hereafter to be regarded
as traitors, and not merely errng brethren, en-
gagged in an irregular opposition to the Govern
ment. (AppEus0.
| trust that they are TO be treated as criminals
IN the eye of the law-crmlnas before the bar
of the public exposure of the worM.-crim;nal
before the great tribunal of eternal Justice. For
tell me if YOU can what higher and Ll3cker crime
can a moral man commit chan he who n,o,s tho
lun Of this, the most bcr.,n.eot Government, ON
which the un has ever Shone. OF wbat h;rber
crime can any one b, guilty than TINT Of attpmnt-
ing to Overthrow ,jpgDo;jGYs tcnnp Of err I;h.
erty-rc2rld by the A4nu-ccmen,ed by the
b.cod, and cgl>.,ra.eu by the pr,,pr, Of onr f..
Their.
]. !, FROM al these Indications. Indications com.
ing from higa executive and military councils
coming from that higher Authority also. and by
that more potential voice. that speaks the demand
ct the popular American heart. assert that this
country is to Ne sustained, and this rebellion mt
down. The dlt OF its doom has already gone
i1sth ia the recent Proclamation Of Freedom,
everywhere received with low and unevannled
onar.mlJy Nppuuse.) This is to be the "slo-
gan Influence, by whose inspiration we are to
march On to victory.
Bat some one may ask, is this TO be an abo-
Naon war answer, 1t is, and that am in ia
vor OF an abolition war (Appluse) | am for
an a3oI ton war for the total extermna ton of
this rebellion. And who is not in favor of such
war You perhaps ask further is it the OBJ.
lec OF this war to free slaves and abolish slavery
answer it is not The object of the war is 10 sun
port the Government. The object is to subdue
The rebellion and save the country. 10 save the
country We must down the rebellion, and this
cannot be done in any other WAY Than hv s,,;t;ng