The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-13

mpd, our cvI system represents n.
,..,,gt,t II N Ddern tIme'. II i, the emboc;.
Nv n me h &, iL-,4 # civil govern nent or m.
.,.o.n Century. We had tho ADVANTAGE in
,',eyla.ry Of staring into nAtisns! being Lu,
.,,',.m. ago, adopting the wisdom Of the Old
w., ..I .nkr4fng i, in the Nss, and rspudia,ioo
' W." and evils. We have no he,edi,.rs
r,,,.,--Y,I must take alien, with YOU III. ~.
'.,a,-We have no obsolete and bnrden.on.
,,on. Society here is not s,ra,ifsa in 6x.d
,,,nollhs ng. lealsus classes. Government i,
'yti ,ed, in whole or in part, in the hands Of
.,n.pent or hereditary family, clique. party or
..,.,. No union of State and Church srr,,,,
4. I..dom of ecclesiastical life, or vill.,es the
r,;y Of ndivdu. and public religion. There
81, frees, possible scope and incentive for man
,rd-.hs manhood, whatever it is, much or liz
Of eye:y citizen. Surely the element. and
.sb!te. Of human progress and rich nation.
n,-oi some solid contribution to the cause O.
nn.piy, e1is. here, II anywhere. And it seems
Nm. ,hA the world-and | say i. knowing the
i,,sr and the sin OF presum p,ion, but Issy il
susn American, but more, man regarding
Mnerpss Of the whole race,-that the ,rorld
aso.afrd to spare US. But this is danger
p1r, and leave il. This a, ieas, 10 safe
MS; there is some other good reason for our
nruc;ion, God certainly will not DESTROY u,
ksu. our country has GO many elements of
sr and promise. Other thing. being equal,
e,sin on. favor.
IN also encouraged from this consideration ::
rns IN the midst OF an unfinished experiment of
,nr kind Of government. There has never
m. ,rs Of Free K preventative government,
we'nmen; of Popular Rights and Duties,
roa, aArgc Christian people and such gov.
rs.n' more sesr y corresponds with the init
n@ons N Scripture Of the Divine choice, than
rate'. Some such sys,em will doubles. be
h tnsI or mI!lenial form, when all shall be
fr and priests unto God" Now, Christian
p". have made full trial OF ether kinds Of
Fmrneo,-Absolutr, Centralized, Monarchica!,
srotr4ic, Co~f4derste. They have little more
WAN aoo.. their worth or ca pablties. They
arnasured their capacity. No new Lessons Of
rua. can be taken from them. 1t is not 80
t,h.n:' to large Christian Republic. The
nt this, so nearly coincident with the Divine
An'.'erved for the last. The experiment is
We. And il it should be arreMed here, who
~a@nk it had been fairly tried, who would
amhs world has soms thing yet to learn about
sGN'rnmens' who, in coming ages, would
%W America back 10 finish her mission?
Nv We cannot say that God may not remove
Ia.n- just as be sometimes removes individu-
n-'lca, to human view, seems moro proms-
Grl hopeu than any other At the time. He
h !oa, il, in At leas: two instances; when the
m, n,tisr with the Bible and divine ordi-
r", we're overcome BY Pagan Rome, and their
'@'-'y pershed ortwsrdly; and when, sever
'mEfe. ater. this ,sme Rsman Empire, but
"ta'a;anzed and, alone OF the nations, having
sI"2s in trust. was vanquishsd by the Pagan
~ q the North. But in both these cases
az vas Ihs PECULIARLY; they had obviously
~d Their mission. They had beea raised up
:''F''e certain legacy for the future; they
%,'sp'ed il; and i, was found tina. they could
No over to mankind in pursr and better
~."on by their demise as nations, than BY their
~aa'nee. Hence they persisted aud the race
''o4' oo'trrct on entered into their Iabors, and
"aP'svely dead religion, 10 both cases, los,
"' support, and tkua was the revival OF a
"''a 'vog religion made ultimately possible
Cay
Nm''on as a ra,on, on the contrary. seem:
immature. If We stop here, We have wrought
49," fulbe IDEAS. We leave no legacy to
>'''a but, as i. were, Of the failure Of leg
80 work begun but urtinished,-A less n of
~.'a meaning. We teach it nothing about
'"'e or wo,lhlosSness Of Free Institutions.
me- e', thing for which God seems to have
~" Up aod given US place among the ma
accomplished. do not believe that
'''t We ehall finish our work. We
,. ". mankind some positive and decisive
''' u! THIS move! and yet christian idea o!
.' Inc new and the last experiment OF
~ ~'"'a' w.. not paos away as spectre
ps' vitae" and then dispute about, not
'nc~rnIng rs form, movements or Oh
wa VIII not remove 40 great aud power
'"' Tor which he has done So much, I'll
'"'ed lis MISSION, and made definite
W. "e worlds history
-. nr olt c,l1try, also, bpcn'e |
.cG+E," liz irt great struggle Of slavery,
y" aPPo'nlel as 10 meet an! panqnsh
u" "M "g tms. Inerc ere many thugs
.'' Ne - th.n. that slavery is now muster.
a.,"'-> nra f!lI cJufjc. In Aacicnt lines, il
t,, '"NN on The risht OF conquest, OF the