New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-02
Voice from Vermont.

10 ABRAHAM LlNtoLN' Fi'''pNi O. "l' '"'e" ''u'' y
HoSoRED SIR: You Will allow plain man to ad-
dress you in n plain way. am Ill the more en-
couraged to do 70 from being assured that you are
plain frank man" Houest Abe
You have sought and held council with the Rep
resenia,ives in Congress from the border Slave
States. You talked TO them plainly and well.
praise you for it. But was there not little cringine
and hesitancy your part disposition 10 mag
Nifty their importance You very plainly, aud, AZ
think, very truly them of needlessy, and, Of
course mischievousy, prolonging the civil war Low
raging in orr once happy country. The counseis OF
tnch men as persist III such "a cOurte can avail You
little for good. viii you not then, the more readily
listen to counsel humbly volunteered from another
quarter
You sTeak OF an increasing pressure that Is up
on vou and ssk those borderef- of Slavery 10 " re-
ieve you, and much more, the country SIR, am
.orry to Lave yOu look 70 implOungiy TO such a
source Tor relief are these Border men, who have
opposed "you, and much more the country -
long and now sustin IL h-sitatingly, your trurrt
friends your beet 6dvlsern Have they gwen iuller
uroof than We Of tie North Ol : cir fidelity u you
and TO the couniryl Then Sir, hear word from
he mountains not to iscyease but to " relieve tie
pressure that rs upon you not IN olchiion OF cen
sure, bnt in persuaion, that you may know Tue IN,
creasing sentiment Of your tIled irend-, VINO WOMB
gladly relieve you, and mnch more, the country,
from tie " increasing pressure that In upon you.
Vermont claims that rhe may rgttiully ak bear
ug Of you and the nation AT hr time. She has been
foremost 20 heed the solemn call for more troops
and has rent them % the field. SIZE bar more IN
preparation almost ready to start And, If you will
allow it, another brigade OF Green Mountain boys
from 10 to Co. will enst anu march ia forty days 4"
Richmond or where, Oever you may direct fon
will not, then, oistrust our loyalty. May We lhch
be heard
While, with the true friends Of the nation, we re-
ioicc TO know there l. an coward movement IN
The conduct Of tie war do most sincerely regret
the iardinets aud bcsiAncy IN taking square, oieu
hOrest ground on firm foundation, aud presenting a
hold front 10 tie enemy. Nothing ever gained
by squeami.hncs- and mere " strategy has awaited
little. The frue Union men Of the South are gener-
ally right IN thu matter, aud We agree win tlem
TLey zee aud feel he necessity for prompt, decided
a.d vigorous action upon the Reb'lu Themselves, III
a way 10 make them feel the weight oi our power
resting on their wicked works. Gov. Johnson eX.
plains fully the misiortunes Of Union men compared
with Rebel sympathizers. ! commend the reIerushl
Of biz WOrds The ua0n aEfuLnlltcd 10 and suffered
long enough from the dicti.ion OF Border slave
States and the minoing manners OF Pro-Siavery men,
ia the councils ara on the field. Uncovered FRO
Slavery Democrats have been heeoed Ill all looks
very dark They have cursed the Congre't, and
nraised the nOn-actIug "cODscryatism oil former
boa.iful radicals until one would think the military
everything which does nothing, and the civil all
wrong for desiring something 10 be done IL If now
very easy 10 see how in a republic military fespot-
lam NAV be established and the freedom 81 speech
supprefsed in the United States us well as III France
or Mexico.
But Sir, q ere is great and growing moral senti.
meut in the nation, which Will lind utteIhnce, ana
must be heard in high places. IL cannot be sIlled.
God bas not brought uB to this point Tor silent
defeat. The war cannot end, I'LL a great and long
neglected work shall be done for God humanity.
The deep disgrace Of the nation shall he wiped out
BY the blood Of saints and sinners strangely COM
mingled. We have hurried viper, kept 1t warm
and strong on the bosom Of the nation. IL has
finally stunQ u.s. az prudent men foresaw IT would
not fatally, we hope, but fearfully. We must tlay
IT, or II will sting again. and destroy finally We
will not embalm il, and build temple TO lis WOr-
fhip tie old EgyItians did TO the crocodiics Of
the Nile.
There are pradations in all progress. Some clear
sighted fareeers comprehend at glance tie end and
the means. The masses move slowly, but surely.
You are placed in your exalted position 10 guide
the masses, the nation. lt cannot 20 70 fast as to
lose your influence. / commend you for the great
prudence you have shown. Nor should you hope TO
stay the progress the world Is mailing Inc car
wIil move on. You must 90 with II, or get out oil
the way--else take the consequences. You cannot
stop 1t.
The movers in all reforms are opposed, despised,
rldiculod, Condemned, ofuciiied. Every righteous
cause has had its martyrs. They were The hrtt,
purest, noblest advocates. Jesus bore h's cross'
Ills followers must bear theirs. IL is beroi-m 10
suffer for the right. The Reformation had It's llIHs,
Lailmer. Ridley, Rogers; ard Freedom her Sidney,
Milton, William Of Orange, Lafayette, Emmett, hhd
The heroes OF our Revolution. Some one has said,
:" The world cruciies its reformers, aud aiterwhrd
builds their monuments" The bIg0ts OF wrong III
our time bave demanded sacrilicc. Slavery II
profered subsidy, while victims have been iiho-
lated 10 placate its sympathners. taik P'aipy'
but Won are an honest man and must approve" ~.
One General was hunted AID booted Tor stePPin8
1..rd mn nround Eli mnxt stand on firmly before