Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-06-23

rebellion in every possible shape, and that what.
ever or whoever places himself in opposition to
the Government In its efforts to put down the re.
beon, must stand from under /; and that the right
of free speech is DO more sacred than the right Of
liberty and life and that It il no more violation
Of human rights to stop my talking against the
Government and the war, than to take me from
my family and march me to the battle field, at the
point Of the bayonet, il necessary, and expose me
to the deadly shots OF the enemy let my views
Of the justhess Of the war be what they may.
Ths President, at the commencement OF tho
war called $4,000 into the battlefield, on his own
responsibility. Think you this was not as much
an infringement Of rights as the stopping Of Val
landigham's reasonable CAB Must our fathers
and sons and brothers be torn from the fond EN-.
brace Of their mothers, wives, sisters and daugh.
ters, almost frantic with grisi, march to the scene
of deadly conflict, undergo hardships and priva-
tious Of the camp, the deadly diseases Of an un-
healthy climate, and at last be made TO purify the
slavery-accursed soil Of Virginia With their blood,
and whitsn it with their bones, and shall We add
feathers weight to the intensity OF their suffer
ing, or the sxtieth part Of a second to its durs
ton, to give Vallandighan chance to bslch his
internal treason under the sacred garb Of free
speech Stealing the livery of the court Of
Heaven TO serve the devil ia Methinks the
answer comes from our boys in the field in tones
louder than seven fold thunder =" No p And
the wall of weeping, sleepless wlves and mothers,
and sisters, and daughters echo back the answer
"No - Let treason be crushed wherever found.
But to your illustration. You say" Suppose
President Lincoln to suddenly change his views
respecting the cause of the war, and become
converted TO the opinions OF DR.. Lord, that
Abolitionsm is the causative antecedent Of
the rebellion He would then, no doubt, put
SEINE military commander of the pro-sl,yery type
in command Of the department Of Vermont.
This commander would Immediately proceed to
dsnounce Abolition talk as incendiary and trea'
sonable. But cur correspondent, whose hatred
of Slavery is not of the mik-a ndwster kind, would
undoubtedly, in face Of the threats Of dungeon
still denounec Slavery as the sum Of all villaines
He would be soon, as consequence, waited upon
by the milita'y power, tried by court marital, and
sentenced to be transported. Now will our cor
respondent say whether he thinks this would be
in accordance with his ideas OF free Govern
mentP" lsnswer, frankly, il would not.
But are the two cases at all anslogousp Suppose
the Go,ernmsnt should become convinced that
Abolitonism is the cause Of the rebellion, how
could it be said that Sab lition tsk" was 10 any
possible way giving aid aud comfor, to the rebel
lsp, or n any way trsasoaable Do you imag-
ing the South think Mr.. Garrison's talk, or thai
even Of your humble correspondent, gives them aid
; or comfort ? 1t seems to me, to have made the
case analogous ysu should have taken the South
as an illustration. Ths South believe, or profess
TO believe, that Slavery 10 the foundation OF Re
psblcan Government, the very acsnee Of true
society. Ihty, therefore would be very eOnsnt-
ant in stopping anti-slavsry talk as usssOuabl'
} and dangerous, and whsn.,he North, as a Govern.
msnt take that view Of the matter, shall choose
to lssve, and il the military power wishes to pay
I NY fare 30 much the better.
You was right in thinking | asked the question
whether vsllandingham had any rights as citizen
while committing treason, without reflection. But
after mature reflection | am no, 50 clear was
wrorg as you seem to have been. Recollec,, We
were talking Of hi, rights as q citizen. He has,
to be sure, rights BY nature Of his humanity, bul
can man consistently claim any rights under a
Government by virtue Of his citizenship in that
Government, while he is engaged in acts Of trea'
son to that Government
, But however much yourself and your humble
correspondent may differ in their views of the ar
rest, have the fullest satisfaction 10 the belle
that We agree in our desire to &c, at the right in
the case, and also n our desire that the aceursed
rebellion should speedily be crushed out, and
slavery, its guilty cause, be banihed from our be.
loved country, aud from the world We also
, agree that whether the arrest OF Valandgha
: was right or wrong, the coppsrheads are the las,
men that should complain. Free speech Th,
copperheai that can say " free speech aud mol
blush, must have bran enough in bis face to make
+. the celebrated kettle the boys tell about, upor
a which twen,y-iour men could hammer without
I being heard by each other.
: Free speech the hypOcrites. For twenty-five
. years have they been bowling on the track of lh'
+; aboli,ionsts like SO many hell hounds. Not q
free State bu. has been the theatre Of these dis
n graceful riots. Hardly church, free enough tc
1 adm, the anti-slavery gospel, but has been be-
4 smeared by their rotten eggs. See them sail!
a forth from the grog shops to mob anti.save
r ry female prayer-meetings in Boston. .No'o
/, the tables ale turned. .voto, abolilionisls arr
!. everywhere greeted, and yallandighsm goes I,
r Dixi. /" Scott iree.' Surely Hamaa hangs on hi
i own gallows Iai,. aa
Sc round aad round we run, Il.
! And ever the truth comes uppsrmost,
And ever 10 sjus,ioe done. !. .. .IIl
S. NJ. SEAyER,
9 Williamstown, June l5 1868.
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