The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-01-30

tCinbl!DG down about the cars Oh odpIi9U MILL
listers, and they keep in oiiicc these VIII" are
losing 10 opportunity to weaken the i""rIc.
But this is not tie chief cgil OF such L policy.
There is Il class of men who are kept in oihce'
against whom treason cannot be clearly proved,
who have been too cunning to make any pubic
proclamation Of their symratbies with rebellion,
and WHO yet, by the GOODNESS OF their loyalty,
by their negative treason, which exhibits itself
in the fact that they never say anything in ia
vor Of the Government or the cause Of the Ma
ten, II counselling--on account OF their secret
Decentralization and delays, in snggc sting jlhi-
culties, in dcp1ecatIns resort to any extreme
measures with the South--in dIscoursing against
alternating our Southern brethren by vigorous
mca ures, --have poisoned the atmosphere which
the Administration brcathcs, ard dragged with
drowsy draughtSor advice what ought to be tic
spring and source IF Material mercy and ac-
tivily. They are more subtle AID dangerous
traitors than these blunt fellows who ocrason
ally blu~t oul their robo!ious thoughts. because
they charm the eye and ius2;nato the lmaguA
tioa VITA the brilliant and rainbow hucc OF their
gospel of mercy. They cheat thor listeners inc
The belief lut the aectic dash OF tic cJr3umpciyc
is sign Q. returning health ard Yisor, that the
last &,lmuicr Of the light Of Iuion.su. South il
but The first bias Of the rosy morning and 50
they luil the N11s,a into il ie;uArsy ID the
crisis Of It's fate, and .old back the arm OF its
strength till rebellion has MAGE it, preparation
Tor defence. When will the Government arouse,
set it's house in order, Danish every evil adviser
from its councils, and put Gown treason There
is not much more time to walt. What ie done
by this people will have to be done quickly.
FRoN THE VERMONT TRoors ON THE PoroAAC.
We make some interesting extracts from letter
Of the editorial correspondent OF the Burlington
Times, who HIS just visited the camps Of the I'd
and 9Th Vermont Regiments on the Potomac.
He says
| IL found the Second Yncamped on rising
ground about u mile East OF Lrwlnsyile, tut
snort distance from Gen. Smith headquarters,
and comfortably provided for. This regiment
appears quite healthy as compared with the
utncr roy imen,s composing the Vermont Brigade,
having ut The present time lot over twenty in
the hospital ihc Fourth, Fifth and Sixth
regiments still suffer severely from sickness. In
the twenty iour honrs spent 1T Camp Griffin,
| four deaths occurred in the Fourth regiment
and enc IN the Fifth. was not Al AL surptia.d
to fad that the Fifth had about $50 IL the hos
| ptal, considering that they are epcamrod on
TIC Sila o. q small bill where the ground, SO
IN informed, is generally exceedingly damp
iuHud it rather Il difficult ana lab0rious unter
taking to get abou: the camps, seeing that tbs
mud Is ankle deep, and aIsI taking into consid
Grafton that 1t is the nastlcst and most iniurnll
mad that could be contriycd OF imaa incl The
whole army Of the Potomac may b.. now said to
be encamped in an OCEAN of mud, and one must
confess that whatever necessity there uay BE- for
ii grand advance - it is next to impossible now
with the horrible state Of the roads.
Gen. Brooks is himself Vernon
ter, a native OF Washington County, | think,
and is universally esteemed bs all his brigade as
4 Jealous and capable officer. lie is every way
a thorough soldier, and prefers a tent Tor his
headquarters, to taking II large mansion, an ex-
ample initiated By but lew OF the other briga.
diers.
Tie recect promotion OF Captain
Charles Dillingham; Of the Second regiment. to
the Majority Of the Eighth (Butlor) regiment.
was received with demonstrations OF approval,
aud the gallant Captain received the congratu-
htions OF his host. OF irle:ds in the brigade.
The Captain is u brave and true soldier will
grace his new position and fail not to DO honor
as heretofore to his State.
The Mississippi ExpnDlrioN. -" CARLETON :"
the CORE pondcnt Of the Boston Journci--to
Whose statements concerning the state OF prep
aration OF the great talked-ofexpedtlon down
the Mississippi we have heretofore referred, thus
writes again respecting it, under date of Jan.
10Th
But to return to our consideration of the rea /.
SONS why we arc not immediately to have Colum
bus in our possession. We arc not ready The
naval force deemed necessary to reduce the rebel