Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-02-03
Shall the Government Surrender 10 Urea
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day, or We entirely mi'lnlerpret the platform up
on which the SeI mour Democracy in New York
and those who sympsth 20 with il throughout
thu country stand AND there are good many
people in the North who are Willingly sIengIhen
ing This party. The towards Of course, j'il il
Those ~ho .ose slavery belong to it. Those who
prefer the success Of commerce to the success OF
truth and righteousness belong to it. Those who
believe in 20 maxims but hl Sc OF worldly greed
aud gain. telong 10 it. These classes openly es'
pou.e The doctrines Of the compromise Democ-
rscy and are working with their entire str myth,
aud as boldly as they dare, 10 subvert the Govern
men, OF the United States.
Bot there is anolh,r class who are unwlltngly
b.lprg the surrender party. The iimid, DOUBT
ing SOU ;, the men OF little faith, the men who
de pair b,c,use the way is difficult, or because
there arG lions in the path or because they do
not ye, see pla My their way out Of the wilderness
are by their dependency encouraging the eff
forts Of those who are working against our cause.
home, as in The field, half the battle.
To tie first class, the real allies Of jeff Davis,
argument aud appeal will avail nothing They
are welded 10 their Idol, Slavery, and no,hiag
BIT the inexsrAble logic Of events can, II indeed
that will teach hem that free institutions and
freedom must exist together or not at oil. To
the Litter class, however, the men whose purposes
are good, who love the old Aag and the freedom
il s,mboses, but who are dshesrtened by the III
SUCCESS Of the cause, and are ulmos, ready to give
up in desrair, we have word TO say.
VIVA. is the alternative presented to Us, alike
by the traitors North and South ? 1t is just this
"a forcbe and complete suppression Of treason,
or h base surrender TO Jtf. Davis. II is not Il
question whether we shall have q single Union or
divided one, but whether We shall have Gov
eminent Of constitution and laws, in which the
voice Of the mi rity shall rule, as herstoor or
VIE hef we shall suffer JEFF. Davis and bis min.
ions, South and North, by force, 10 dictate terus
10 US.
And il will be the mO,t fatal mistake we car
make 10 bl nd ourselves to this distinct issue
which Is now presented There is no misisking
the drift Of the announcements made recently by
the leading followers Of JEFF Davis, and theil
scarcely concealed allies at the North. The Sey.
mour Democracy are not only ready to 90 over
TO the rebels, but TO invoke the aid OF traitor.
in u'urping the Government Of the United States.
They praise Jef DAVIS and denounce Presdent
Lincoln. Only the other day Mr. Boilesu an ed
Tor Of Democratic paper in Philadelphia, in a
lengthy editorial eulogized JEFF Davis and ridicusd
Mr.. Lneiln. The animus Of such articles ia ap.
parent. They simply mean that their writers and
the party they represent, prefer Davis to President
Lincoln, and would II lice 10 see the former take
the place Of the latter a, the White House.
Oi the same character with this opsn sympathy
With treason, are the schemes of those who are
attempting to excite sentiment Of hostility &c
New England. The purpose Of it is to disunit,
and weaken the North, ard thus make il nor,
easy prey TO the pro-slayrry allies, North ant
South, under The lead Of d wis, SeIm Bragg
and Vall,nd CHAM. In this purpose these parti
'ans ATE in full accord. Osy the other day lh
rebel Foo,e introduced into the Con ederate Con
gre" ,eri.sof deliberately prepared resolutions
which certainly could hardly have been more il
accord with the Seymour platform il the
had been dawn by Fernando Wood himself
They looked 10 and invited peace. But as pre-
liminary they demanded the wilhjrassl of tn
Proclamation Of the first Of January. Then the
insisted on recog i,ion Of the Southern Conied
sraey-'imply 'hn Van Burens proposition {,
lr, the wsysard sisters depart in peace. Them
and here is the eu,e ing wedge of the scheme 70
bringing the whole continent, under the luc G
the slave Olgarchy-an alliance with the State
OF the old Union, except New England, is pre-
ps,d, rgelh.r with free navigation Of the Mi,
sissirp, and free iradei the condition only bein
imposed thar these Central and Western State
Of the old Union shall have no commerce and n
business relsurns whatever with Abolition Ne,
England" The general scope Of this plan is 5
nearly Identical with the proposed methods OF a
tainh & peace, developed in the recent speeches
the leaders Of the peace movement at the NOr,l
that j. Is impossible 10 escape the Soncluson ,hl
they are acting in concert with the leaders OF III
rebellion in this work Of breaking in irsgmen
the old Union, in order TO erect upon its ruins
CIntdency which shall have for the key.,,or
OF the arch that disgrace OF the 10Th century an
that stain upon American civilization, Africa
Slavery.
Looking at this aspee, OF the conflict, and o
political parties, 1t is impossible not to see tn
the only alternative presented, is the triumph
the Government and the sljuga,ion of Ii
South, or triumph Of jeff Davis, and an a
tempted subjugation Of tho North. The Fe
nsndo Wood Democracy are ready for or
madness Of revolution, and would like nothir
better than to march with an army Of Souhei
rebels 10 the .ubjugation Of every Northern STA,
and the punder of every Northern city. The
movement, so far as the leaders are concerned,
no, only political one, but is ripe for re,olu,io
The recent proceedings in the New York Assem-
bly,. aud in the Illinois and Indiana Legislature
demonstrate this.
This is no fancied danger and |, i, vcre thr
folly TO be blind TO il. And there Is but one WI
Of meeting it The people who yet bate iresso
and the Government, which has in i,s hands Il