The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-08-02
The Duty of To-usr

the question among Ioysi men vas Hov -. %
We save the patton One year Of g. wa
and tn. question is, WHEELER we can s4Hs
That is the question Of to-day.
We do not wyite to blan'e but n :,
Unless we are wiser than we nave boo,
have outlIved our Sati0u. Look at ,.a,
Th. South has had more than v,.S
civil and military she has had sapsc;,v
After Mr.. Lncolns election, not one ,,n
state, except South Carolina, east ponn
majority ior secession. Yet every sts,o
ceded exeept Delaware, NarylsBd, and Kos
lucky There was divided public mind
large UNDERGONE OF Union feeling in the Sos,,
even after the war begin.
1t is absrsd to talk OF aay such ibno ,on
/ There never was such Il reyoIutoR of nonrI..
feeling on record. Dislike has become b.,ros
: With Insignificant exceptions, the South i.
uaite in Intense and Interchangeable hatred -.
ths North. By volunteers, by d:aitilg. ~,
by CONSUMPTION she has placed IL he zen
ali extraordinary force.
/ With all her sea-ports ealed, " to no in.
portant toundries, straitened Tor every sng.
element IL the manufacture OF munitions .,t
/ equipments, the South has armed her meu "a
/ torm,dably that our generals would rattle,
! lie behind brcastworks than meet them in n,
field. Accustomedto import from the Aoy,s
almost every article ct living, the South ha,
In d day become a manct acturer of roa, a.
cloth, VI wood, o. feather, OF chenlcl
enough, at least, tor all military purpose.
w.. Il
four Allbon OF slaves, whose Instincts, inter
ests, and secret wishes are wholly, or large
adverse, the South mas extracted irom ,b,,
element Il double power, moral and physc4
Paying npon the political superstition ..
the North she has hlnderod its movement 4.
every step, by interposm4 the slavery ques.
,ion-knowsng that Tor two generations me-
had been educated 10 yield everythlng-pra.
ciple interest, patrlotlsm---rather than me..
die with Southern rights OF slavery.
On the other hand, they have empoye!
sbis gigantic torce of laborers to raise ool
and clothing, 20 that every able bodied white
wan might bear arms. Tley have organlzel
them 70 military labor, SO as greatly to re.
llcye the soldiers OF wasting camp-abo.
Thus, on the one hand, the slave has glve4
she South u tremendous physical force, ana,
ou the other hand has been 50 skiliuuJ
played as to hold our generals and rulers IA
miserable perplexity. Our armies nave been
managed as ii they were d body OF nurses Il
loundiing hospital, watching at every sjep
lest they should tread N l. baby. 1t has no.
been suppIy'trains, baggage, and artillery
;hat have most numbered our armies, bL:
DELEGATE questions 'perplexlDg interests,
intricate relations. We could get siege
trains through the deepest mud. But saver
has keep everything III check.
On the other side, the North has mad
navy yards and loundrles sufficient to Gre
ate SHIPS and machinery to any extent Sue
has the factories Ut toe nation she has !
tres and diversified Industry without pai'
auaI h+r population is three ti@es Us sgea'
as the southern her citizens are better edit
ca.ed and more versatile she has pubc
armorlcs, toundries, aud private manutacio'
rles OF arms i'll numbers she has the mar
kets OF the world IL which to bay what sue
cannot wait TO manufacture she has tae
plastige and power OF holding the naionA.
capital, aud the instruments OF government
food is abundant There was never natlol
wAicn III men, means, munitions, credit, ne
unl,y OF cltlzens, the Justice of Its cause re-
soulcts at home and universal opportunities
abroad, stood SO adVantageously as the NOrtn
During Que year, the Administration la'
attempted 10 Conduct affairs in the spirit o.
the old political traditions. 1t began Oy as
, perhclaI matter, and that the business OF ta'
f government mainly consisted in managing
: DELEGATE civil questions. Mr.. Seward sa'
and wrote that the war would end IN nlnet
, days. Repeatedly, the public were oracula:
y told, by those in power, that in four months
: or in six months, or within year. the wa
f should be ended. In short, the fore Of ii
h Government has been directed to the question
: OF state rights tc' tue peculiar deecacy 0
the management required in the Borde
-, states ; to the necessity OF union in the North
by keeping down an opposition.
h Now, what has been the fruit Of this year
> conduct
y We are uot so near settlement as "
/, were at the beginning. The South, with
" her losses, and under difficulties that wouI
"a have appalled, aud disheartsned any commo
n, people, is more united, has larger army
I'd the field, com ortably provided TO
~ and better managed, than she had ye'
r. ago.