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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-08-11
" Blue-Light " Democracy.

The arguments employed by the pro slavery
Democracy of to-day against the CONSUMPTION law
are almost identical with those put forward by
the Federalists of 1872. The Hartford Manifesto
arraigns the democratic Government at that
time in this strain:
" In certain specified cases only has the No
tional Government any power over the militia
and 1t follows conclusiyely that for all general
and ordinary purposes this power belongs 10 The
STATES respectively and 10 them alone. 1t ia not
only with regret, but with astonshment, the Con-
venton perceive that under color OF an authority,
conferred with such plain and precise limitations,
power is arrogated by the Executive Govern
ment The Democratic Government Of Madison
and in some instances sanctioned by the two
Houses of Congress, Of control over the militia
re. the arms bearing citizens OF the several
Statef,l which, if conceded tcN render nugaiory
The rghtfM authority Of The individual States oper'
that class Of men, and by placing at the disposal
OF the National Government the lives and services
OF the great body Of the people, enable Il at pleas
irs 10 destroy their liberties and erect military
dtspotism on its ruins"
uAtheA VH suo iihitloIu n1dnlltslO ueClhTeu
:" The power Of compelling the militia and other
citizens Of the United State by forcble draft or
consumption to serve in the regular armies as pro.
posed in a late official letter Of the Secretary Of
War, Mr.. Monroel is not delegated 10 Congress
BY The Constitution, and The exercise of IL tcoud be
not less dangerous 10 their liberties than hostile 10
The sovereignty ofth STATES. The effort to deduce
this power from the right Of raising armies, is a
fragrant attempt 10 peruert The sense Of The clause
IN The Constitution, which confers that right, and
is Incompatible with other provisions OF that in
strument."
Both OF the extracts from this Federalist Man
ifesto read like extracts from the New York
WOrld or Express Of late dates The ideas and
the arguments are precisely alike. The Demo-
Gratis OF lSl2-l4, however, did not listen to these
or did not think them Of much force.
They believed the Federal Government had the
power and the right to raise armies. They we're
then the war party, while the Federals,s were the
peace party. Is it not worth the while Of the
peace Democrats Of to-day to remember some of
the teachings Of the earlier Democrats, when to
be Democrat meant to stand by the country ?
May they not proftably contemplate the odium
and disgrace which ever after fell upon oil con-
nected with the Hartford Convention, and consider
whether it is best for them to damn themselves
and their posterity 10 similar infamy
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-08-11

DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION. I" Blu,
Light " Democracy oil this County hold Con.
vsntion here Saturday. In the morning some thir
ty or forty were present, and from their appear.
ance, we thought it must be a great mortified.
ton OF the flesh for them to act as a peac,
party. j. Z. HOLSTER of Marsh6eld, presided
at the gathering, with several Vice Presidents
There appeared to be no great scramble for pa
ces on the County ticket, no doubt arising from
the great modesty OF the members of the organ
ization.
The Convention, after dinner put in nomina
ton the following ticket:
SsnatOrs-R. X. Keith, Montpelier. Leste,
Kingsley, Morotown, Charles Sibley, East Mont
pelier.
Assistant Jndges-Dexter Samson, Roxbury
James IL. Cole, Woodbury..
Stats's AhOrng-Lewis Chamberlain, Plain
field.
Sherif-A. l.. Chamberlin, Middlesex.
Judge of Probate-D. w. Hadley, Mortified
High Bdi66-David French, Barre.
I. P. Redfeld, Esq,, and II. B. Smith, Esq,
ddressed the meeting.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-08-11
The Draft,

The town Of Brookfeld has voted to pay so
dollars to every drafted man from that town who
shall go to the war. The town of Bethel had
previously voted 100 dollars to each drafted man
who should 20. Other towns in the State have
taken similar action. This is the true policy for
towns to pursue, il they are to pay money at all
The money should be an argument for going and
not for staying at home. We trust the good
name Of Vermont will no! suffer, when the num-
Der Of soldiers procured by the draft comes to DO
counted, but we confess, thus far, to severe dis.
appointment in this respect. We fear that not
more than one fourth Of our quota will be raised
by his CONSUMPTION. Many of the nine months
men will re-enlis! in the veteran regiments which
are soon ia be raised, but unless the draft brings
into the field more yermonters than i; promises
TO now, the three veteran regiments will not fll
the deficiency in the draft.
We know Of no remedy for this except in the
general patriotism Of the people. Men who are
drafted, or who are disposed to volunteer, should
be encouraged to go, and not persuaded to STAY
at home, or bought of. 1t is the duty Of the
people to sustain the Government, aud, in times
like these, they can in no way render such efficient
help as by aiding in filling up the army. The
military power of the rebellion must be utterly
broken, and then the end will be near. And
the law.making power Of the nation having deter.
mined upon the process by which tho armies in
the field are to be recruited, ii becomes the duty
Of every good citizen to aid, so lar as in his pow.
er, in the execution Of that law, aud to contribute
a. much as possible to the success Of the law in
procuring troops. The Government doesn't need
the $500, but II does need the soldiers, and
though every drafted man can exempt himself by
paying the Communication, no one should be en-.
couraged to do so.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-08-11
DislnYal Venom

We copy the following from the arg" ana
Patriot that loyal men may see tho spirit which
animates, at least, one newspaper IN Vermont
ANOTHER PROCLAMATION The old jester a'
Washington, is bound to have his joke, and IN
the absence Of ability to do any thing better
seems determined to furnish amusement TO the
country in variety OF ways,sometimes by speech
making, not unlrequeDtly by letter writing
and oftoner by loud-sounding but meaningless
proclaimings. His latest performance 10 the
pious vain, in which he designates day to be
set apart g for national Thanksgiving, praise ana
prayer p Yes, ruined, Impoverished, tax
ridden people, whose fathers husbands, sons,
and brothers, Eli thousands Of undstinguisable
graves down in the sunny South, and from
whom other thousands Of fathers husband, sons
and brothers are being torn by the cruel, unre,
lenting hand OF consumption, are called upon by
the responsible author Of the terrible woes that
are crushing their hearts, and grinding them
into the dust, to kneel reyerently at the altarf
of their religion, and amid the desolation which
he has wrought, gratefully lift up their voicet
to Heaven in thanksgiving and praise A crue
joke, Abraham, but characteristic OF an unfee'
ing, cold -bloOded, demenled deapot. A pretty
time for thanksgiving indeed, when mourning
and lamentation fill the land, and dark cloud
OF evil porlent to liberty, and popular rights
obscure the heavens A too cruel joke, Abra
ham, to ask people whom your accursed poll
cy has ruined, and whose liberties you are seek
to destroy, to tune their voices to notes Of prais
and Thanksgiving. No, no, it cannot be-.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-08-11

/ In short, he then advocated the zane principles
and stood upon the same platform which the He
publican party made the basis Of its political asso-
citation, and upon which it elected Abraham Lin
cola President of the United States. May we
ask what new light Mr.. r. has seen since 1851,
that he now denounces what be then proclaimed
as vital priuc:pleP Has Liberty changed Has
Slavery changed Are the features of the one
less lovely, or Of the other more inviting than
they were twelve years ago ?
But we have pursued this subject far enough.
We only desire to show our readers that the prin-
cples Mr.. r. now declams against, were but afew
years ago his bosom friends. These principles
have not changed; but Mr.. Redfeld has deserted
them. At a moment when Slavery has shown
tself to be not only the monster which he once
painted it, but hundred times more fendish and
fatal to liberty, this once free-soisr has no words
Of condemnation either for it, or for the traitors
who are making war 10 perpetuate it. Instead OF
standing fast by the principles of freedom, which
be once fervidly preached, he is grinding in the
prison-house Of slavery, and taking into bis coun-
sells the men who laugh at the disasters of the
Republic, and with atrocious ribaldry refuse to
celebrate it's victories We regret beyond mea-
sure that man who once was right should now be
so terribly and fatally wrong that a gentleman
who has SO much capacity to help the cause of the
Republic, should cast bis lot with those whose
only work in the day Of the nations trial is to
sneer at and reviIe every effort put forth by the
constituted authorities to overthrow the enemies
alike of liberty and constitutional government.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-08-11
Tha Conflict Of Ideas.

The Shareholders have q cordial, natural and
indispensable hatred of freedom. 1t is an abso-
lutte necessity of their institution. A free Cos
pei and free education, free press and free
speech, would uproot their system Of tyranny,
and they know it. Slavery is bulwarked and
buttressed by ignorance, and 80 slaves are al
lowed no teaching, either in religion or letters
but such as their masters approve. And the
"white trash - are kept in a state little II any
above the negro. The lords Of the plantation
monopolize all the learning as well as the wealth
Of the South, and tn y fully understand the
danger to them Of any general diffusion OF ol.
ther. They know that free ideas are at wal
with the despotsm upon which Slavery rests
and 80 they cannot endure them. The Richmond
Examiner, in 1855, said !;
ave have got to hating everything with the
prefix trec-from free negroes down and up
through the whole catalogue Of denominations
demagoguaries, lusts, PHILOSOPHERS, ianatcism
and follee, free farms, free labor, free niggers
free society, free will, free thinking free love
free wives, free children, and free schools--all
belonging to the same brood Of damnabe sms,
whose mother is Sin and whose daddy the Devil
But the worst of all these nominations
because, when once installed, it becomes the
hot-bed propagation of all-is the modern system
of free schools. We forget who it is that has
charged and proved that the New England sys-
| TEN Of free schools has been the cause and pro-
life source Of all the legons Of horrible infdel-
tiles and treasons that have turned her cities
into Sodoms and GomoIrahs, and her fair land
into the common nesting place of bowling bed
lamites. We abomnate the system because the
schools are free, and because there ought to be
no mob road to learning"
1t is frequently our boast that in New England
there is no royal road to learning. The Erdm
liner evidently depores this state Of New Eng
land freedom.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-08-11

SECOND VERMONT BRlGADE--We publish
with pleasure the following eloquent order O
Gen. Standard to the Second Vermont Brigade
HEADQUARTERS 3D BRIGADE % DIVISION. J
lst Corps, Army OF Potomac, July 10. {
The Brig Gen, Commanding in view of III,
gallantry and efficiency Of the 18th, l4th and
10Th Vermont Regiments, displayed at the bat
tic of Gettysburg, directs that the flags of each
of the above Regiments be inscribed !" Gettys
burg, that the people Of the State may be re-
minded, at the sight Of these flags, of each Of
the men who bore and honored them in the
hour Of national danger and triumph; and that
every soldier may Justly bc proud of his devo
ton to country and credit done to the State.
Nor does the General Commanding fail to ap.
preciate the services rendered by the 10Th and
18th Vermont Regiments, who, at tho same
timc, served their country by The faithful dis.
charge of important duties.
But while the entire command may well he
proud Of its laurels, they will not forget 10 70.
member the fallen dead Let their names be
enbalmed in The hearts OF their comrades Lie,
their memory be green as the sod that covers
them Let their virtues and example be a
watchword in coming time Let tho tear Of
sympathy alleviate the sorrow OF relatives and
friends BY order of
BRIo..GEs. GRo. j. SrANNARp.
GEo' W. HOOKER, A. A. A. G.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-08-11

From THE SouTH The Richmond Eramms
of The lst nat. Announce si.as GOV. rettus o
Mississippi is dangerously Ill.
Bragg Is compelled TO send TO the extreme
oath-we,tern part Of Georgia for supplies
which have to be transported by wagons to thu
interior lines Of railway.
The Richmond Examiner says that the track
oil the street railway in that city has been tori
up and the iron sent to a rolling mill to be con
Yerted into mail Tor gunboa.
The death Of William l. Yuncey occurred OF
the 2Sth ut. lie had been i'll Tor four weeks
from the effects Of kidney disease.
As long as there was hope Of cabling thu
Northwest the rebel papers were in the habit Of
praising the bravery Of our Western troops, Il
the disadvantage Of the Yankees, but now that
the Mississippi has been opened and nothing i,
TO be gained by such compliments, they have
discovered that the Yankees make the best troops
Speaking Of Western soldiers the Richmond En-.
amner remarks " They came in large numbers
to the battles before Richmond, and were beaten
and slaughtered even more completely than the
true Yankees, who are, despite the vulgar idea
to the contrary, far better troops than the bru.
tai hordes of the Northwest.
oola was sofa at auction IN Atlanta, Ga, on
the 9th ult., ut Sll rs to $l2 for 81.
A blockader which lately got into Charleston
brought 100000 In counterfeit confederate
notes, for firm in Macon, Ga. They we're ac-
cldentally discovered.
Over one thousand passports were issued al
the passport Office in Richmond on the 2sth ull.
The rats are DESERVING the sinking ship.
The Richmond Examiner SAYS the Yankee
prisoners now in Richmond number 1900. The
number of officers is 523.
The Richmond Wing says serious apprehen-
slons are beginning to be felt by the farmers
that the continued wet weather will materially
cut short the provision crop. 1t is said that
corn ia Suffering from the frequent and copious
rains. Much of the wheat, which was cut and
stacked long ago cannot be gathered, because
there is not sufficient sunshine to dry it. The
consequence is it has sprouted.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-08-11

The SIEGE OF CHARLESTON. A Charleston
letter in the Boston Herald represents that thu
greatest activity prevails in the naval depart.
ment OF the seige. Stone Inlet and the shil
channel are alive with vessels OF war, iron-clads
transports, tugs, scows, barges, &C., all of which
are in use and will in some way from part Of
the grand naval array that is soon to be brought
against the enemy. Another battery Of greal
strength, and mounted by some of our powerful
guns, has just been erected on Morris Island
only 1900 yards from Sumter. Another bat.
tory is but 400 yards distant. They aro manned
by troops, sailors and marines. When these
batteries are opened against Sumter there will
be dreadful scattering of bricks, legs, arms
and bodies. One hour and half is allowed for
the bombardment of that fort before il will he
compelled to surrender. On the night Of the
lst instan, the monitor kept up Constant ere
rather dangerous for the rebels to reinforce those
garrisons.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-08-11
For the Freeman,
From Saratoga
CONGRESS HALL,

Saratoga, August LIST, 1868. }
EDITOR OF THE FREEMAN This sultry day
finds me drinking in spring water and music in
about equal quantities, the one from the springs,
while +" Halls Band furnishes the other.
Like all other places Of summer resort Saratoga
is overlooking. Wealth, fashion, and some
little of beauty crowd the parlors, jostle on the
avenues, and scan each others dresses at the Ia
bles.
attended the first great ball of the season at
Union Hall, Thursday Eve, and wish | could
describe it for you.
| thought Of what person in my native
town, by no means celebrated for personal
beauty, once siid, 'he wished he had been
born rich instead of handsome" and il seemed
to me most Of the ladies there had wished the
same, and had it granted to them, for certainly
have never seen an assembly as plain in feature
and form, or less SO il apparel and ornaments
And think there is philosophical idea here
in tho statement, that as q general thing, wealth
and beauty are not found in one. Here conld
but notice the aimless listless, ennuied look that
told OF want Of purpose, no noble self sacrfc-
ing for others good, no work for life, no press
ing necessity to call out the latent powers; and
the face is faithful mirror of the inner life.
Perhaps my reasoning may be iallacous, but
the fact on which it is prcdicated none can
dispute and what have argued is intended to
apply to those born to the q silver SPOON" and
net those who have conquered competence
from rugged life.
Saratoga has now about 6000 visitors, rather
more than less, and it may be curious to some Of
your readers to know how they live. Take
Congress Hall for an example, which will an
swer Tor many Of the rest. They have about
1000 guests, requiring $50 to wait on them,
eating each day four barrels of flour, 800 lbs
Of meats, 250 chickens, 300 dozen eggs, 800
quarts Of milk, sugar, tea, coffee, ct ceteras in
like proportion, which brings the propre.
tors from three to four thousand dollars pei
day.
am free to confess have little liking fol
Saratoga IN comparison to "White Mountains. .
Here, wherever you 60, you meet people. Crowd.
visit the springs, crowds throng the walks,
crowds on the piazzas, crowds in the parlors,
crowds everywhere, nothing but crowds Of peo-
pie, and you are still constantly in contact with
the same humanity which swarm the streets,
cars and steamboats,, while on the mountains
you can at any time, by going few rods, be as
thoroughly alone as if you were the only liv-
ing being there and it seems to me that nature
not man IS what we should see in pleasure
tours. AS to aspiring water" | think it a
humbug, It was amusng to watch the fashion
ables drinking glass after glass of spring water,
with about the same expression of face that a
child has in taking nurses " good " salts or
SIENNA, all the time declaring it " delightful .
and Splendid 50 NICE" and all that.
Some like Congress water don't, thus the
difference.
With adieu to Saratoga, its salt water, crowds
of people, and pink Of fashion, close.
ON. T.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-08-11

VERMONT AT HAMBURG. From correspop-
dence in the Boston Journal about the Interna.
tional Exhi ition at Hamburg, we learn that
Geo Campbell of Vermont received large
bronze medal for Wizards patent root cutter
Among the live stock there was no exhibi
ton from the United States except in the
sheep department. and there, Geo. Campbell Of
Vermont took two first prizes and one second
A great dissatisfaction having b,en expressed
among the German and French exhibitors that
America should take these prizes, and com plant
beii Z openly made tina more merorious SHEEP
were on the ground, Col Needham Commission.
er from Vermont proposed sweepstakes premi.
BIN for the heaviest and cleanest neece-tht
weight of the sheep to be taken into the &C.
count, the premium to be one hundred dollars
the competitors to pay an entry fee Of ten dol
lars each--the judges 70 be appointed by the
Germaa Association, and the sheep to b. shear
ed on the giound.
Mr. Campbell, the successful American exhit
itor, entered into this arrangement, but the
German and French exhibitors declined it,.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-08-11

ADVICE TO A COPPERHEAD. The Committee
Of the Washington Union Club Of Memphis
Tenn, have replied TO the declination OF Honor
able Emerson Etherdge to address the people OIL
that city and the letter has been published, and
is very severe on Etheridge, whose letter was MOI
by any means polite or gentlemanly. The com
mittee close as follows:
=" As you have been exceedingly generous il
the bestowal Of your advice, We will make nc
apology for offering little Of ours
l. Hyou have been INDUCING too freely il
the se Of" tapglefoot" desisl, and Join temper
ance society.
2. Quit the copperheads.
3. II you can't be better Union man thar
John Minor Bolts, try to be as good, and keeI
still.
4. Cease insulting the American women.
8. Try by every means to gain the little re-
speciality you have lost.
=. Offer yourself as asubstitute for some me-
gro soldier over forty-fve years of age or,
Z. Apologize to the President, and as Coop
er is legally incompetent to bold the office of as.
SCISSOR in this district, you will stand fair chance
OF oelng appointed.
s. Take moderate doses OF vermifuge and
cold bath three times day.
8. Purchase and read small book called "Et-
iquette for American Gentlemen especirlly that
chapter directing how to reply to polite invita-.
tons.
10. lfitis true that you are crazy, endtavor
TO get into good lunatic asylum.
BY carefully digesting these brief, gentle and
friendly admonllions, and also the Goth chapter
Of Exodus, together with Gen. Buffers recent
speeches, you may yet be able to rescue your
name, not from contempt, but from infamy."
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-08-11

VERMONT SHEEP AT HAMBURG. = letter from
Hamburg dated the 18th, among other partlcu-
lars Of the great International exhibition gives
the following
" More fattering news to the farmer Of the
United States is the fac, that this morning Camp
BELLS twelve Vermont sheep were sold for L 1909
IN gold, to Count Sacrifices, Of Upper Silesa.
Certainty handsome price, and well deserved
The same letter in giving an account Of a
festive meeting of Americans says
Colonel D. Neejham, Of Vermont, spoke oil
American merinos-not to be beaten by the
world Europe discovers that fact for the first
time through this agricultural exhibition. Why
had she mol known it before? Because the wool
was pulled over her eyes Campbell, Of Yer
mont, was the only and solitary man in the
United States who thought Of bringing stock
over, and the three prizes he received we're rich
ly deserved Expressing hearty thanks 10
Messrs. j K, Mcdonald and Austin Baldwin,
without whose untirng efforts the sheds for the
United States would have been nearly vacant,
he proposed for toast the I" City Of Hamburg"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-08-11

BALTIMORE, Aug. Z. The American oil mi
evening has ,xlracts from Richmond papers I"
tn e 9th -.
They contain an address Of jeff. Davis 70 y,
army. lie entreats all who arc absent from Wv
held on all pretexts to hasten to join Their cau
and eronts general pardon and amnesty 70 n ~
officers and nan within the Confectionery, NV, INV
absent without leave, who shall with the H' ',
possible delay return to their proper p's1 "
duty. i.
No excuse will be received for any delay W u
yond twenty days after the fret publication y
this proclamation in the State in which 'ne ~
sentee may be at the date Of this proclama',v"S
lilo also copjurcs the wives, mothers, sisters NV
daughters, to use their all powerful influence =
aid of this call.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-08-11

JUDGE McCusS DEPRIVED OF powER FOL
FURTHER MBcHIKr.-rhis Judge, who has beer
discharging the New York rioters after thew bac
been committed by other Judges, has been cH1rbot
in his evil purposes by a decision Of the Suprem,
Court OF New York, which prevents a Cit,
Judge from issuing the habeas corpus writ
Judge McOunn was dishonorably DISCHARGED
from the army BY Gen Mcclellan for inramous
practices.