Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-03-03
ABRAHAM LINcoLN. -


We have fairly entered upon the third stage
indicated b. the President in bis message, name
y that OF war for subJugltion and extermin.
alton. Inc people Of TIN, con6demcy, Isolated
and shut up from all The world, have now 10 en-
counter the most horrible and demouMc effort for
the assassination ola whole race that history has
yet recorded, or we believe viii ever have 10 re.
cord TIL history grows gray. For 10 is not every
country, It is not every ron that shows the world
a Yankee nation. Yes, the Confederate people
have now at last to strip for battle it Is a people
that mus this time very literally conquer or die.
No doubt it would be agreeable 10 believe
that ;hls last stage OF the war Wii, be soon over.
and must end in the speedy destruction of our
intended murderer. But look around the man
OF the eonie lercM and Judge if We elu soothe
ourselves with This belief. 10 the very heart OF
the country our gallant sentinel OF the M,,i,-iip.
heroic LITTLE Nlcksburgh-has sustained, indeed,
ana biilled two tremendous siege, but O third
TINE her citizens see pouring inaround them from
the North and from the West enormous mas,e,
oil The beIeasuering foe iron floating batteries
again crowd Gown upon her and, even as YOU
read these words, two hundred heavy guns ma,
be laundering upon her deiences, huadrpd thou.
SAND men may be pressing to storm her ramplrls.
Again she vii drive them oil, perhaps, aud re.
man The famous mliden city Of this hemisphere,
the bulwork cf the West so be il but Tie y,s
ion We SEE on the Mississippi does not look very
much Ike exhaustion or despair on the part Of
The foe just yet.
" Aud again, look TO the mouth Of the mighty
river. New Orleans is not a maiden civ. aa,
Tue bl'e rag that has so often been rent and
lampIed beior Richmond AMI Vick,burs file,
from all the towers of that dtlow,red CITY.
lioldes Of hungry Yankees, armed to ne teeth.
ST IN the shade Of her orange groves and station
legro guards over the min,ions of her mobiles,
cIl1ns All her best and hirest have 10 hmtn.
every day That then goody city had not been Iii
IA ashes oe'oIe II htclme a haunt OF obscene
creatures. No sign of relaxation there Aud.
but a short way of Mobile, by the shores of her
'p"e Gus bay, keeps dillig nj watch and ward, ex.
pteung, IN the light OF each morning sun, 10 see
TIE thrice accused stars and s,rires rleaminr
through tn Ike Of blmwfdiog sanadron
Al along the Gu ami round the coast OF Flo,id,
.nN omnlpre'tnl enemy, who is sad TO have inst
oetn playing his last card is shutting up every
river And plating his guns on every suonr place.
savannah, shut IN from the sea by Fort Pulaski, in
the hands OF the same inveterlle Yankee. E.isns
Tor 'he liTst boom Of the artillery that is 10 level
her walls with her sandy soil and Cl1rle.,on
grmly calm, hu, with beating heart. stands w,i,'
'os 1ie onset oil The great armada. Those few
acres Of old oyster Point, it seems, already swep,
ana devastated by conlligralous are to be The
ooeo' and the prize Of the most potent anna.
mtnt by far that American waters have ever seen.
Inns very moment, it may be- the black Monitor
batteries are Steaming between Sumter and aipul.
ire No signs otrehxlton, Of discour cement
and despair IN the enemy here Pass 6r,ber
ana you will lind the whole coast from Charleston
10 Norfolk, and every river TO the head of tide
water, and every creek and sound formed biz tho
sea Islands, swarming with their gunbalt, and
transports, ready to pour in masses of ,roap,
wherever there is chance of plumber. bridge
oulnng and general havoc.
from Norfolk all around by Ch,une,ke and
Io.om.' ne are guarded By gunboais and no H.
,hg m'hgtSdre ssdking SmuggitrslsuGtrd 10 an.
W OF go out Va the kppihanuock two hun.
Ht'u thousand men wait fora driving wind TO
move ION to Richmond" once more, I'D bya
genuine apostle o. tdormiaaiion. N ida he
Sirags dolhttonlsis Of Massachusetts hare NE
riga man "a ihe right place. Heretofore they
nave rather WISHED the defeat of Lincons gener.
ais on The Potomlc, because they seemed to be
.oldets and not thieves or a,sassins, Out with
Hooker they feel at h. me under Hooker they
count upon owning southern plantations and giving
law to southern ya'sals. 10 possess himself Of
the property Of others a Genuine Yankee will
perhaps even fgh.
,,s Aud Northwestern Virginia /, dcsohted by
M'i,oy and his men, and Kentucky and the half
% tennessee, the richest and hrtst lands of all
.ue "es' are entirely in the clutch Of the enemy,
Nulle 'he rivers bring them up fleets of trans.
poi'', ana lSo'ecrans with another large army,
.u.ea'tns 70 sweep all opposition from his path
AID Join the other btisands who are orowding
upon VIeksburg.
bhtre. IN all his ,cld, circuit, docs he inra.
son st,n 10 be .tdiating or giring gromd2 m