Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1862-08-29


time, for the government certainly needs
you. But here it is, you have al. turned
crirples, and you that could not, have
purchased patent breaches and trusses.
If this continue much longer, those who
are able-bodied will be obliged to remain
at home for the purpose of manufacturing
collins, and to superintcnd the burial of
the invalids, that it may be decent. In
valids are the best working men we have,
at least they want more pay, and think
they can earn more than any other class
of people Still not one Of them are able
bodied, and are sncaking about after their
certificates. Go ahead you towards, and
get all the certificates you can, and be
ready against the government calls for in
valids, which it will have to do if it calls
again, as none others will be left, for then
comes your turn. Now you cripples, cow
ards and invalids, if the government
should call for you, nary an invalid could
be found. Every man of you would be
perfectly sound, able-bodicd and could
take extra rations if allowed you. When
drafting takes place, if it must, l hope
each and every one Of you invalids may
have to walk forward, and see what the
County Surgeon may think of your almost
hopeless cases, and sec if he cannot pre-
scribe something besides certificates to al
lcviate your painful suffering.
Physicians could not disgrace them
selves more, by any way, than they are
doing by unjustly giving 50 many ccrti-
ficates to any who may apply, and to
those we know who are perfectly able
bodied. This every one knows to be the
case, and is growing worse daily. Our
physicians arc certainly very incompetent
to fulfill that which has been given to
their trust, or else they are worse than
traitors to any nation, standing in as per.
ilous condition as does ours at the present
time. IF you will 60 ahead with this
abuse to your townsman and nation, for
heavens sake do not look for protection
from government that you are not will
ing to raise your voices to protect, or even
sacrifice your lives for its future prosper
ity and wcll-being And furthermore, |
would say to those brave patriots, that
are willing to live and enjoy the blessings
and privileges of the best government that
was ever established on earth, to take
their balm of Gilead, Ii. c. their GER
tifcatcs) and emigrate to some lone island
and form colony, out of the reach of the
terrible monster-war, and spend their
days in quiet and peace. | think the
President ought to take those precious
souls, and COLOMBO them under the same
order he has for colonizing the blacks,
only he ought to be very careful and
place them in a situation, where they
could have the protection of the glorious
old flag of our Union, and arm them well
with canes, crutchcs and trusses, so that
their brave souls could enjoy the peaceful
fruits of freedom. That glorious freedom
won by their fathers in the days of the
Revolution, who pledged their Ices and
their sacred honor in establishing free
and Independent government, to bequeathe
to their posterity for ever and ever.
Could those brave spirits that are now
bright stars in the heavenly kingdom,
speak to those certificate patriots, and say
TO them, are you not willing to be call
cd one of your country's defenders now in
the time of its great national peril? and
they should answer by exposing to their
spiritual gaze, the great remedy, certif-
Gates signed by two great worthy NJ. DIS,
would they not say, arc you our decen-
dants who we left to enjoy the glorious
government VIC bought with our blood
Are yoa the representatives of that rcpub-
lie we fought, bled and died to establish
If you are, we fought, bled and died in
vain. You are not worthy of the inher-
itance we have bequeathed to you. Go
then with the branded word certificate,
on your foreheads, so that every true pat
riot can say, there goes man that is
willing to enjoy the privileges of o free