Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-01-13

Constitution to SEQ that the laws are enforced.
shall investigate every alleged violation Of
oar statutes, and ssoe that lie offender arc
brought to iusticek'
me oaerllis aldsDistrict Attorneys ae ad-
monishea !nat II q their duty TO take care that
no person WITHIN their respective COUNT is i'm
pFlsohed' nor carried by force beyond tleir lin
lts, without que Process Of legal authority.
Inc Governor at some length, coflemns the
exercise Of power Under martial lagas desruc-
tive oil the rights OF States, and of the logisa-
tive and Judicial powers Of the general govern.
ment
llo declares that the Presidents Emaucipa-
ton Proclamatonis mnolitie unjust and I'M
constitutional, calculated to create many bar.
rers to the restoration of the Union, and cal
culatsd to be msconstrued BY the world as an
abandonment Of the hope OF restoring tia re
suit to which New York is noby opposed, and
which will be effaetualy resisted.
The Union, he says, will be restored by the
Central nnd Western States, both free aud slave
who are exempt from the violent passions which
Dear control vt the extremes. Those OF the
central slave States which regretted the ordin-
ance OF secession which sought to remain in
the Union and which were driven off by con
te@ptuous, Incorporating policy, must be
brought back. The restoration OF the whole
Union will then be only the work Of time. viii
such exerIion OF power as can be put forth
without noedesAy sacrificing the life and treas
ure OF the North in bloody and calamitou,
contest.
+ We must not wear out tho lives Of our sol
, diers, nor exhaust the earnings Of labor, by q
III ~ IA Ig d, IN
, theories The policy of sublugatIon and cX
. termination means not only the destruction o
t the lives and properly Of the South, but also
Z tho waste of the blood and treasure Of thc
e North.
a The exerton Of armed power must be &C
S companed by firm and concilatory policy, L
e restore our Unon with the least possible lnjur,
y to both sections.
G The Goyerntr concludes as iollows
n 8 At this N ment the fortunes Of your coun
n try are influenced by the results Of lttes On
n armies in the f4ld must be supported All con.
o sttutional demands OF our General Goyernmcn
rs must be promptly responded to- Under no cir
x cumstances car tho division Of the Union b.
conceded. We will put forth every exerli0n o
power. We viii use every policy cf concl
% iauon-we Withhold out every inducemcnt {,
the people OF g.. South to return to their ale
gance consisten with honor We will guar
antee them eyeB right, every consideration de
It. handed by the Constitution, and by that 'rater
nal regard whict must prevail in a common
n country, but we ,an never voluntarily consent
to the breaking tp Of the Union of these states
or the destruction OF the Constitution.
q Gov. ToD'' MsAGE-The telegraph give
an the following ,bstact Of the message Of the Cos
n. ernor of Ohio
The message Of Gov. Tod was delivered at th
adjourned ses ion Of the Ohio Legislature. i
y. referring TO th vet uncurbel rebellion, be urge
5y the luIdinent IF the duty which the crisis force
io upon u.s. No uuse was sufficient to justify a Stat
o. ia taking up AIMS against the General Govern
ne merit.
al Even hid tfe authorities Of the General Cox
IN eminent nerleed with The domestic institute d
Of Of Ohio or Souh Clroina to the eX ent OF intra
At dueing slavery into the former or excluding
b. from The laiter,i would have been no cause ,
ot take up arms This would not s,ye the slghte,
ie pretox for armed resistance; but no such aijcmI
n was made, or thought OF, as tie authors and eat
4. ers Of the rebellion well know.
ur To bring these men to the punishment the
r. deserve, and to restore law and order, the peopl
I'd Of Ohio are willing to bear any burden which ma
oil be put upon them.
ID The Governor says Ohio has 10000 volur
an tears, 10000 Of whom are in the field 1900
men have been drafted into the service, but pa
of these enlisted afterwards for hreo years. III
OF balsnog have p-.,o dipoi"ished by various caus
until about ZiOJ have been draHed 10 Toe serve
no The Governor recommends thorough organ
i1ation Of the militia and the establishment Of
"' school for military instruction. lie also iustiGe
the suspension OF the wit OF habeas corpus, a,
voeaes the assage Of a las to punish resistance
and also a law allowing soldiers TO vote.
The cash balance IN tie Safe Treasury on It
10th Of November was Sl7S,4jL
The balance Of The message is devoted to Stat
affairs.
Gov Tod is democrat, not Of the Seymot
r pattern however, and the patriotism ofhs messag
NJ, is Il bright contrast to the hardly disguised syn
pathy with treason which is the anmatng spir
Mt of Gov Seymour's,