Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-07-24

generous qualities native to American character
everywhere.
1t must have often occurred to every reader
of the events of war, that it would be impossi
bic for us to live quietly with such a people
forming an independent nation on our southern
border. They have been bred carefully, by the
reckless and selfish aristocrats who have so long
ruled them, to be their tools No truly tree
people could ever have submitted to a despotsm
like that Of Davis, as they have done. No
large population, of any fair degree of intell-
gence, could have been led away from their
duty by such foolish and monstrous lies us those
the industrious repetition of which, by amb-
tious conspirators. "fred the southern heart"
and flung the southern people into the arms OF
a handful of adroit and INSCRIPTIONS dema-
gogues. To suffer the establishment on on.
southern border of an Independent nation com
posed of such elements as the two which have
developed themselves in this rnbellious move
ment, would be an act Of suicide ON our part.
1t would be to take leave of peace for ever
to expose ourselves at any moment to aggres
sions; to place ourselves at the mercy Of an
ambitious ruling class. greedy, reckless, intoler-
ant and whom no treaties would bind because
they have become accustomed, in their little
principalities, to pay regard to no law but their
own imperious Wills With population at
greatly ignorant of the blessed arts of peace,
easily prejudced and excited because utterly
ignorant of the outer world, such a Glass; once
firmly settled in its seat as Independent rulers,
would become formidable to our peace. would
constantly endanger our safety, would perpet-
uay embroil us in wars.
If even we were otherwise willing, the neces-
sity for self preservation would make it impos-
sible, therefore, to consent to division of the
Union. 10 do so would be to give up our
whole glorious and peaceful future, surrender al
continuance of that great development of in-l
dustrlal prosperity, of general intelligence and
happiness, which has so eminenty marked our
history as a nation. This continent, devoted to
peace and liberty by those who founded the
Union, would thenceforth be the field of con =
slant and interminable strifes. in which the best
energies of our millions would be wasted, and
which would gradually make liberty impossible,
TILL at last the American people would become,
like the millions OF Europe, the prey of am
bilious aristocrats and despots.
II necessity is the equivalent of the much
abused phrase manifest destiny" then we must
see that it is our manifest destiny to preserve
the Union and to do this by spreading through
the southern states the same social system
when has given to the free states develop
ment so rapid, so true, and SO sound. as 10
make our people the wonder of the world. 1t
is our destiny TO give to the whole of this Union
the same rights and privileges which have made
the people OF the free states aw.abiding, toll
Grant and constant. TO introduce throughout
the southern states the free schools, abhorred
by the aristocraic slave~owners, in which every
northern boy and girl learns to love liberty and
obey the laws TO secure to the poor whites of
the slave states that free speech which has been
denied them by their slave-owning masters to