Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-05-01

We sometimes wonder whether there are
az tho south men who are by temperament
and habit a. dol0rOus and invcterate crolkers
as some that We have here. We suppose that
there must hC as the tribe Of human batra-
chians has representatives almost everywhere.
Indeed the rebel papers lecture them soundly.
But what would one of our well fed cr0akers
do at the south OR rather. what would he
do here If We were in the desperate condition
OF the south
suppose our army was. as Davis saws the
rebel army is, living on half rations Of meat,
OF on quarter rati1ns, as a member Of the
Georgia legislature lately declared the whole
army TO be living suppose that our COM
muuication with the only states that could
furnish meat in any considerable quantity
was cut IF by the enemy. Suppose that our
railroads We're 50 dilaTidatcl that the max
imum speed attained on them WIS ten miles
an hour. and If there was an adequate supply
Of meat in the remote portions Of the north.
still the iacilitie, for transportation were 50
limited that the food could not Dee distributed
suppose that az New York. Ms the wife of
Mr.. FOote ol the rebel Congress writes j, the
case in Richmond, az fret cla-, boarding
house. one must lie content a. make his din
ner of two boiled egg, a slice Of dry bread
and cold water. suppose that in Philadel-
phla and Cincinnati and Boston and Provi-
dcncc there were riots of hungry women,
breaking oIen stor,-housc- of -four n keen
themselves and their children from starving.
suppose that the currency was so depreciaied
that IL took six Paper dollars o. buy a gold
dollar. Imagine -four selling az eighty dol
lars a barrel, as 1t Is now in jackson, Miss.
and IN Mobile; aud wealthy men declaring,
as, according % the Mobile Mars. they now
declare IN Alabama, that they have not for
weeks tasted OF hour. Conceive all the ne
cessaries Of life dear in proportion, and some
Of them as shoes and boots, even dearer, and
almost impossible 20 obtain at any price.
suppose, then, that Government, with IL,
innumerahlc hands reaching into every part
Of the country, stood ready Ia seize the pro-
visions or cattle that You might have on hand
and 10 pay You what It chose for them sup
pose also that four long weary months were
TO b" passed before the early harvest would
begin 10 come in. And then imagine our
enemies girding us in on every eide, by land
and by sea, as a wall Of FIRE. occupying a
large part of our territory, flying their flag
in every northern State but one, and giving
no signs of diminishing their vigor, but rath-
or adding every day 10 their terrible enginerv
of war. What sort Of groans and ieremiads .
would these dolorous neighbors Of ours.
who now cast such gloom around them with .
their cadaverous countenances, find 10 ex-
press their depth Of anguish? We are sure
we cannot imagine. But let them look oc-
across Mason and Dixon's line.
and catch glimpse of the region where there +
IS some real cause for having the chronic
blues and then let them thank Heaven tba,
the whole north Is not composed of such men
Is themselves, but possesses millions Of earn
st and cheerful hearted patriots, who, in
stead of spending their force in moping and
,roanlng, will hasten TO make the most of
he advantage We have over rebeldom, and
will push ON for final and complete victory
With zeal and faith that are the surest
If ultimate triumph