Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-01-13

dl parting, by one whose name IS 10 be herealle
ndNsoubly connected with your CITY.
shlll speak in no bitterness, because am no
conscious Of single personal animosty Com
handing the Army Of the G1lf, found YOU cap
lured but DO. surrendered conquered, but no
orderly relieved from the presence Of an army
but 4pab Of taking care Of yourselves. S,
far from u, you had called upon foreign legor
10 protect YOU from yourselves. restored order
punished crime, opened commerce, brought rro
Visions to your starving people, reformed YOU
currency ana gave you quiel projections, such al
y1u ma not enjoyed for many years.
v hie dong this, my soldiers we're subjected
TO oboauy reproach lnd insult
And now, speaking to YOU who know the truth
here oechre, that whoever has quietly remained
about bis business, ahordng neither aid nor m.
tort TO tie enemies Of the United States, .ha.
never been intaiered with by the soldiers Of the
Uai'ed SAles.
The men vbo hld assumed to govern YOU and
to defend your city IN arms having fed some ol
your women Hla'e4 at the presence OF th1se who
came to protect them. Bya simple order (No.2S)
! called upon every soldier Of this army to treat
the wcmen # NswOfIeans as gentlemen should
dea. with the sex, With such effect that now ca
upon the just minded lllies Of New Orleans TO
say whether they have ever enjoyed 80 com.
p.ee protection and calm quiet for themselves
aud Their families as since lbe advent Il the
United States troops
lAe enemies OF my country unrep"nl5nt and
impacabIe, nave treated With mer.ed severity.
hold that rebellion is treason, and that treason
persisted in is feaih and any punishment short Of
that dle traitor gives so much clear gain TO bin
from lbe clemency Of the Government. Upon
ths thess have | administered the authority Of
the Uniied states, because ofwhch | am no, un.
col.cuus o. complaint. do not feel that have
erred 10 TOO much harshness, for that harshness
has ever been exhibited TO dsioyal enemies to my
country and not to loyal friends. 10 be sure,
might have RECALLED You with the amenities Of
British vi..zuoD, and yet been within the sup
posed rules Of civilized warfare. You might have
been smoked to death IN ciyerns, as we're the Gov
en4nlers Of Scotland by tie command OF a Gener
al Of The Royal House Of England or roasted
Ike the inhabitants Of Aigers during the French
campaign your wives and daughters nigh, have
been gwen over to the rayishsr as were the uu-
ioflgulle DANES Of Spain in b. Ptninsular var ;
you lght have 0eea scAlped aud tomahaVkeG
as our mothers we're at Wy ming by the savage
properly could have been turned over to indis-
cuainl.e " .ool Ike The palace of the Emperor
Of China works Of art which adorned Your bui..
d.uss might have been sent away ike the paintings
ol lhe Vatican your sons might have been blown
from tie mouths OF cannon like the Sspoys at
Delhi and vet all this would have been within
the rules OF civilized warfare as prae.ioed by thp
most polished aud the most hypocritcl nations
Of Europe. For such ac.s the records Of The
Gongs Ct some of the inhabitants OF your city to.
ward the friends Of the Union, before my coming
were sufficient provocative and justification
Bat have not so conducted Ga the contrary
the worst punishment infc,ed, except lor crimj-
nal acts punishable by every law, has been ban.
ishmeut with labor 10 barren island where en-.
camped my own soldiers before marching here.
hstrue have levied upoa the wealthy rebels
and paid out nearly hall million Of dollars to
iced 10000 ofthe Stary ng poor Of all nations as
sembled acre, made by this war.
T saw that this rebellion was war the aIisto-
Gratis aga.ns, the mddlng mem Of the rich against
the poor a war Of the hni-owner against the
aooier that 1t was a struggle for the retention
of power in the hands OF the few against the
many aad found no conclusion to il save in
I
ment OF the many. | therefore felt no hesitation
in taking the substance Of the wealthy, who had
caused the war. And shall now leave YOU with
the proud ooneiousness that carry with me the
blessings Of tae humble and loyal under the root
Of the cottage and in the cabin of the slay and
SO am qei content 10 incur the sneers of the
salon or the curses OF the rich.
found You trembling at the terrors Of seryile
insurtction. All danger Of this have prevented
by so treating the slave that he had no cause TO
rebel.
iound the dungeon, the chain, and the lash
your only means I enforcing obedience in Your
servants. leave them PEACEFUL laborious, con.
troed by the laws OF kindness and Justice.
! have demonstrated that the pestence can be
kept from your borders.
| have addel million of dollars to your
wealth in the form Of new land from the batture
of the Mississippi.
have elealsed and improved your streets,
canals, and public squares and opened new
avenues TO unoccupied land,
have given you freedom Of eleelon', greater
/ than you have ever eoioyed.
/ | have caused justice to he administered so i'm.
partially that yolr own advocates have unan.
mousIy complmented the Judges Of my appoint
meut
/ You have seen, therefore, the benefit of the
/ laws and justice Of the Government against which
| you have rebslled.
/ Why, then, will you no, all return to your al.
I egance to that Goyernment-not with lp.ser.
vice, but with the heart'
! lconure you, if you ever desire to see renew
ed prosperity, giving business to your streets and
wharts-it YOU hope to see your city become
again the mart OF the Western World led by It's
rivers for more than three thousand miles, drain.
ipg the commerce Of a country greater than the
mind OF mln hath ever conce!yed-return 10
your allegiance.
lfyou desire to leave TO your children the in.
hertance you received Of your hthers-a stable
constitutional Government, il YOU desire that
they should in the future be portion OF the
greatest empire the sun ever shone upon-TeIurn
ro your allegiance.
There Is bat one thing tha, stands in the way,
There is bat one thing that stands bilreen you
and The GrpeInnItnt, dndihai is Sidrtry.
The institution, cursed Of God, whien has taken
its last refuge here, in His providence will be
rooted out as the tares from the wheat, although
the wheat he torn up with il.
have given much thought to this subject.
came among you, by teachings, by habit Of
mind by political position by $, cal affinity in.
elined to sustain your domestic laws, If by posi-
bility they might be with safety TO the Union.
Moulhs Of experience aud Of observation have
forced the convection that the existence oil Slavery
is Incompatible with the safety either OF yourselves