Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-05-26

The Cause Of the War
There are many still remaining in the North
ern States, yes. even in our own Tree Vermont,
who will affirm, with apparent honesty and sin
cerity, that the sole cause OF this bloody rebel
lion OF the slayoOcrats, is raceable to the - A b
oltionists, meaning by that title every man
who believes the system Of American Slavery,
in connection with the many social aud political
evils it entails to be wrong, and who are in la
yor OF using every constitutional means to pre-
vent the anspantIng of this national curse IN
soil already free. Az far as their short-sighted
comprehension extends they are correct. The
expense to the State Of building d prison may
DO tracei to the legislature who voted the order
for It's erection but beyond that honorable
body, can you not ind some reason lor this step
Of aggression on the freedom Of the thief?
Are not the systems Of aristocratic tyranny
ard Republican liberty antagonsic ? Can
they live together in harmony? Does rot the
institution Of Slavery foster the former, and
Tree labor and equality for all insure the latter
Then these two systcms have come to deadly con-
fct-.one or the other mus. b. blot.od from cur
fair land and we challenge this same Slavery
apoiogist, who lays to our door the cause Of this
war, to say which, with bis choosing, it shall
bel
In The language Of one Of the ablest adyo-
Gates Of Slavery 4" The administration Of the
General Government should 70 placed in tie
hands of those only, whom the South could
trust, as tho pedged cnemies Of Republican
equality, and the friends Of Slavery Was not
the Abolitioni;t, fiat all, the Innocent and just
cause Of the war, when be said nay, in con.
stitntional way, 70 thisarangemenr?
Wesee again, in the following, Ao,o the Abo-
litionist has been the CAUSE OF The war Ga The
81 Of January, 1861, the Hon. Mr.. Baker,
Chat glorious, honored name) Of Oregon,
asked Mr.. Berjamln Of Louisiana, in the Sen.
ate Of the United States, " If we, feo poo
pie, really, in our hearts and conscience be-
lieying that Freedom is better for every thing
than Slavery, do desire the advance Of free Gen.
timents, and do enleayor 10 assist that advance
IN constitutional, legal way, is that ground for
separation ? Mr. Benjamin replied say
yes, decidedly"
AiIor the brutal assault Of Mr. Brooks, Of
south Carolina, upon Senator Samner in his
seat n tie Senate Of he United States, Mir.
Brooks said, at an ovation gwen him Ia his own
state, in honor Of the deed . tell you, fellow.
citizens, from the bottom Of my heart that the
only mode which think Available for meeting it
tine issue, just to tear tho Constitution Of the
United States, trample 1t under foot, anl form a
Southern Coniedcracy, every State Of which shall
be slayehodng S.ate" Reckon in the count
the statements ol the Vice President Of the SO.
called Southern Conloderacg, that its chief cor
ner-stono is Slavery, and is there any other con
clus on possible, with regard to this modern cop
parbead, who throws the blame Of this war upon
the Free States, than shat he loves Slavery, with
all It's trail of evils, better than Freedom and
equality?
W. gladly plead guilty to the accusation Of
being the cause OF this terrible war, If through
it, and IN no other way, can be secured the death
Of usurpng and cruel tyranny, the enIran.
ehisement Of a race, and the establishment for
ever IN the finest and uoblcst country on Garth Of
a government Of pure and unadalteratei repub.
lican liberty.