The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-08-18
Our Manifest DESTINY

1t must have occurred to every ,a.J,.
OF the events Of the war, that i, woud i,
impossible for US to live quietly with sneb
people forming an ndependen, nation On Nv,
Southern border. They have been bred can.
fully, by the reckless AID selfish ar,s,oor,,.
who have long ruled hem, to be their ION.
No truly free people could ever have .uba;,,
led to despotism ike that Of Dayi. as tb.,
have done. No !arge population, OF anv "a.
degree Of intelligence, could have been Id
away from their duty by such foolish an,
INDUSTRIOUS lie> as those The industrop, rem,
tition OF which, by ambitious copspirao,,
tired the Southcrn heart and Auuc III,
Southern people ib,o The arms Of :. bsndh
OF alFoN and INSCRIPTIONS dcmagyrucs r.
suffer the establishment "a our Southern lo.
der Of an udrpend, ut nation ,omro.cI a.
such elements as the two which haze deyr.
oped themselves il this Iebcilious movement
! would be an act OF suicide on our mart. |,
would be TO take leave Of peace forever; ID
expose ourselves ut any moment to agere.
Slons to place ourselves at the mercy Of 40
| ambitious ruling class, greedy, re, k.ess Into,
Grant, and whom no treaties would bind be-
cause they have become accustomed, in their
l''lc prlneipa'ities, to pay regard to no Ia,
~ their own imperlous wills. With q pop.
ulatioo at their command, ready for war be-
cause poor and greatly ignorant Of the blessed
arts OF peace, easily prejudlocd and excte
because utterly ignorant Of the outer word
such Il Class, once firmly settled in it's seat IS
independent rulers, would become formidable
to oui peace, would constantly cndanger our
safety, would perpetually embroil Us IN war,
II even We were otherwise willing, the DC.
cessity Tor selt-preservation would make
impossible, therefore. TO consent TO a division
OF the Union. TO DO so would be To give up
our whole glorious and peaceful future, sp;.
render atl continuance OF that great develop.
menl o! Industrial PROSPERITY {! general in
tel!lgencs and happiness which has so eui,
neniIy marked our history as i natiop. Int
continent, devoted to peace and liberty t.
those WHO founded ;he Union. would thcacr.
forth be the fed OF Constant a.d ,tcrmm
Ole s'r!tre IN which the best energies 9f0m
mhIious woud be wasted, and which woqq
gra42ajiy mahr IiDer,y Impossible, III. a; 4T
the American people would become, like III,
millions Of Europe, the prey Of ambition,
arl>ocrats and despots.
II necessity is the euuva.cn, OF the nucn'
abused phrase manifest destiny then we mus
see that IT Is our manifest destiny 10 preserve
the Union and to do this by sprealn,
through the Southern States the same soca
system which has given to the free States
development so rapid, SO true, and so sount
as TO make our people the wonder Of the word
1t Is cur destiny to give to the whole Of 'hh
Union the same rights and privileges which
have made the people Of the free States law
abiding. tolerant, and constant. To introduce
throughout, the Southern States the free SchoO'
abhorrcd by the aristocr att, slave owners, il
which every Northern boy and girl learns to
love liberty and obey the laws to secure to
the pocr whites of the slaves States that free
speech which has been denied ,hcm by the
s'ave-owning masters; to establish everywher
wthla she limits of our Union, free speech a
tree press, and tree education Tor the whot
people, this is our manifest destiny surely
nooIcr task than that attempted by the save
holding rebels, whose only desire is to make
OF this continent = vast slave breeding slave
working empire, to bnl!y the rest OF the wOra
with Its cotton monopoly, and turn the tide Of
c!vihH back ward toward the dark ages
Without intelligence !ioerty and Union af