The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-07-02

Government, and who is anxious that 1t shall sue
coed and be preserved, and who points out Its er-
rors il order that they may be corrected, IS vhoi-
! " different from that denuncatlon which seeks
| ia bring the Government into contempt and rem
der it odious to the people, thereby Withdrawing
from it its life, when struggling IN battle with
powerful enemy. The one can never be mistaken
for the other.
Gov. Moron's distinction is undoubtedly the
true enc. Indiscriminae praise and cens9re are
mischevous. President Lincoln has suffered as
much from the adulation of the New York Herald
as from the ridicule of the New York WorLd, and
neither of them have sought the public good IN
the course they have taken Both of them have
sought personal er political advantage, and have
employed the agency they thought beat to attain
that end. But honest, manly praise or censure
cannot harm the Government or strengthen its
enemies.
1t is also true that people should now be char
liable in Judging the men in high office at Wash
ington. They are charged with tremendous re-
sponsibilities, greater than rested on the shout
ders of any of their predecessors. Buchanan, and
the party with him in office, bequeathed legacy
of war to Mr.. Lincoln and his Administration,
and they have had to struggle against the adverse
current as they best could. They should there,
fore be Judged kindly, and condemned, if at all
with mercy. But, most of all, this judgment
should be for the purpose Of aiding, supplement-
ing their efforts, and not for the purpose of weak
enng them and rendering their exertions fruitess.
The people are the resduaries of power in our
government, and they ought, il the Administra-
ton comes short to put forth their reserve force
in ad0f the country. 1t may not be enough, it
is not enough, we think, now to simply answer
acquisitions from Washington. The Administra-
r ton is charged with the duty of saving the Re-
| public. But the work may, it certainly will, prove
e too much for it, unless the people and the
] States give it every help in their power
e counsel, assistance, men, money, and il possible
t something worth as much as either, a wise and
: discerning forecast that shall prevent panics by
It prud ntly preparing for possible emergencies o
danger or defeat to any Of our armies in the field
n Holding to these opinions Of the relations o
!. the citizen tot the Government and the duties
h growing out of that relation, we have uniformly
l. since the war commenced, strven to impress upon
d the PEOPLE the TACT that the Government was
n theirs as much as it was Mr. Lincoln's, that if i
failed in this struggle, it would be failure of the
l. PEOPLE, whether it went to pieces under Mr.
it Lincoln, or under his successor, that the sham
10 and disgrace would be ours, clinging in histor
8 to every American citizen, whether in Office o
d out, if we suffered the shareholders rebellion t
e succeed. If any one of our readers has any ide
that this shame will not attach to him individual
D. y, and SO tenacously that he cannot shake it O
N by any subtle reasoning in respect to the respor
10 sibility of the President of the United States t
he put down the rebellion, we advise him to 90 I
ID Canada, or England, and ascertain whether h
NJ cheek burns with shame when be Erds in whs
lie contempt the United States of America are bel
le by foreigners who do not sympathze with us
,e our struggle for existencs.-Then lie. us arou.
l. from our apathy, put fOyth what strength "
IS. have, and work to the utmost of our abilit
e. wheth as individuals, as States, or as Natol
W to hurl back the devastating tide ofrebe nvaSio
I'd and recover for Country and for ourselves tt
n. former Union and glory of the United States
ay- America. 1896 GF.:t#