The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-01-03

volyed, be set apart and reserved for the sup
poFt and COMPENSATION ef ldboc.
The war is not wagsd by the government iol
the overthrow Of slavery. The President has
declared, on the contrary, that 1t Is to restore
the " constitutional relations between the
United States and each of the States IN which
that relation is or may be suspended. The res
olutions passed by Congress. before the war,
with almost unanimous consent, recognized the
rights of the States in this regard. Vermont
has recently repealed the statutes supposed to
be inconsistent Herewith. Massachusetts, had
done 50 before. Slavery ex sted by consent and
constitutional guaranty ; violence and war will
inevitably bring it to an end. 1t 10 impossible
that any military man, in the event OF coHtln
ued war, should counsel the preservation OF
slave property in the rebel Stslee. If it is tc
be preserved, war must cease, and tse former
, tional relations be again established.
The first gun at Sumpter proclaimed emanci'
patton. The continuance of the contest there
commenced will eonsunete that end, and the
history of the ago will leave no other trace oil
the rebellion. Its leaders will have accomplished
what other men could not have done. The Dol
deet Aboltionist is cypher whoa compared
with the leaders Of the rebellion. What mys
teries psrvades the works Of Providence We
submit to it's DEGREES, but stand COMPOUNDED al
the awful manifestations of it's wisdom and pow
or The great problem cfthe age, apparently
snvroned with labyrinthic complications, il
likely to be suddenly lifted out OF human hands,
We may control the incidents Of the contest,
but we cannot cileumvent or defeat the end. .
will be left as only to assaugs the horrors OF
lnternecins conaict and to procfastlnale the
processes of transition. Local and national H.
terests are therefore alike dependent upon the
sappressiOn Of the rebellion.
No pscuniary sacrifice can be too great az
equivalent for peasce. But it should be per-
mantnt peace, and embrace all Subjects Of dis
content. 1t 10 written on the blue arch above
US the distant voices OF the future-ths waves
thas beat our coast--th0 skeletons that slG at
our tables and Gil the vacant places Of deEolatc
and mourning fresides, all cry out that this
war must not be repeated hereafter.
Contest, in public as in social life, strength
ems and consOlIdates brotherly affection. Eog-
land, Franco, Austria, ita!y--eyery land fertile
enough to make = history, has had its de9ola-
ting civil wars. Ii is baselees nationality that
has not tested its strength against domestic en-
emles. The success of local interest narrows
the destiny OF people, and is followed by Sc
cession, poverty and degradation. divided
country and perpetual war make possession q
deIusion and life . calamity. The triumph Of
national interests widens the scope of human
history, aud is attended with peace, prosperity
and power. 1t is ous Of such contests thas
great nations are born.
What hsllowcd memories feat around lis !.
New Orleans is 9 shrine as sacred as Bunker
Hill On the Aroostook aad the Oregon the
names of Washington, jackson and Taylor are
breathed with as deep a reverence as on the
James or the Mississippi. Let US fulfill the
conditions of this last great trial, and bscome %
nation-a grand ns:ion-with sense enough to
govern ourselves, and strength enough to stand
against the world united
n. P. BANKS,
Major Ganaral COMMANDING