Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1863-01-01
uHAPPY NEW YEAR,"

ing the Newsdealer has given its readers.
We appear one day sooner than usual
that we may have the day as time Of
rest and social enjoyment,
Since our first appearance among you'
great changes have taken place in the po-
litical world, and we have much reason for
sorrow, and of fear for the future. five
might believe the dismal predictions of
the croaking sympathisers with the slave
holders, we should sec no hope in future;
and if we could be made to realize that
we loyal republicans are guilty of all the
political and moral sins laid to our charge
by these same sympathetic croakers, we
should have abundant reason for self
abasement and fearful looking for of judg-
ment not only from the Ruler of All
Things, but from the wrath of some
time-to be-enlightened people But we
cannot see before us, even if matters take
the worst possible turn, such ruin as they
would have US. We may be pcrverse,
but we are sometimes tempted to believe
that the wish of these men IS father to
their faith. We do not really wish to
think that they hate their country,
but they cannot bear the loss of power
which the late political changes have
caused them, and so they fret and fume.
No doubt many of them see that the con-
duct of the heretofore ruling party has
really brought our troubles upon us, and
they wish to divert the public mind from
their enormous SINS and 50, though them
selves the guilty ones, they cry "stop
thief" in order to mislead the people.
Their numbers, however, are so few, and
their statements so transparently one sid
ed and false, we see no cause of appre-
henSion from anything they may say or
do. We all realize that the condition of
our country is awful to think of, and that
if we escape utter ruin, it must be through
the wisdom aud frmness of our rulers,
rather than from any good influence flow
ing from the opposition. We think there
is reason to be thankful that, under the
circumstances, we are no worse off; and
there is much in the presnt aspect of po-
litical matters which should encourage us
to hope for the best, and to believe that
He who rules in heaven will not allow the
right to fail.
To-day the President is expected to pro-
claim emancipation to the slaves in all
rebel territory; and we cannot doubt that
slavery, that foul blot on our national
reputation is from to-day effectually wiped
out, and that from to-day we may look
upon our country as being truly what it
has long claimed to be-a land of free
dom. Have we not cause then to feel that
this is Happy New Year. Millions of
men and women having as fine sensibil-
titles as we, will to-day rejoice in Happy
New Year, such as never dawned upon
them before; and though they may not
all be permitted to rejoice in the liberty
which is for the first time declared by
the lawful rulers of the land to be theirs
they will feel thatliberty is brought near
er than ever before, and will sec cause to
hope that but short time will elapse be-
fore all can 60 free, never more to be made
to wear their life away in the service of a
despotic master. To them it is Happy
New Year, because they are free; and to
us, because we are no longer guilty of be-
ing on the side Of the oppressor,-our
voice is for freedom, because for the Union!
our votes, because for the Union will be
for freedom our money, because given for
the Union, will go for freedom our swords
because they strike for the Union, will
strike for freedom our guns, because they
speak for the Union, will thunder for free
dom and our brothers, because they fight,
and bleed for the Union, will bleed and
die for freedom freedom not only to q
class, but to Humanity. Ours is not the
cause Of the negro, but of Human liberty
throughout the world. Can we fail will
Heaven permit US to fail? We say NO
We shall triumph not as a party, but a.
advocates of RIGHT.
HAPPY NEW YEARli
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