The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-06-18

and sisters, and daughters echo back the answer
" No ~ Let treason be crushed wherever found
But to give you an illustration. You say
" Suppose President Lincoln to suddenly change
his views respecting the cause of the war, and be-
come converted to the opinions of DR.. Lord,
that Abolitonism is the causaive antecedent oil
the rebellion. He would then, no doubt, put
some military commander of the pro-slsvery type
in command of the department of Vermont.
This commander would Immediately proceed to
denounce Abolition talk as incendary and trea-
sonable. But our correspondent, whose hatred
fSsvery is not of the milk-aad-water kind, would
undoubtedly, 10 face of the threats of dungeon,
still denounce Slavery as the sum of all villainies.
lie would be soon, as a consequence, waited upon
by the military power, tried by court martial, and
sentenced to be transported. Now will our cor
respondent say whether he thinks this would be
IN accordance with his ideas of free Govern
ment " answer, frankly, it would not
But are the two cases at all analogous? Suppose
the Government should become convinced that
AboItlonsm is the cause of the rebellion, how
could it be said that abolition talk " was in any
possible way giving aid and comfort to the rebel
lion, Or in any way treasonable9 Do you imag
ing the South think Mr.. Garrson's talk, or that
even of your humble correspondent, gives them aid
or comfort 1t seems to me, to have made the
case analogous, yeu should have taken the South
as an illustration. The South believe, or profess
to believe, that Slavery is the founda ton of Re-
publican Government, the very escence Of true
society. They, therefore would be very consist
ent in stopping anti-savery talk as reasonable
and dangerous, and when the North, as Govern.
ment, take that view of the matter shall choose
to leaUe, and if the military power wishes to pay
my fare so much the better.
You was right in thinking asked the question,
whether Vaandingham had any rights as citizen
while committing treason, without reflection. But
after mature reflection | am not so clear | was
wrong as you seem to have been. Recolect, we
were talking of his rights as a citizen He has,
to be sure, rights by nature of his humanity, but
can man consistently claim any rights under
Government by virtue of his citizenship in that
Government, while he is engaged in acts of trea-
son to that Government
But however much yourself and your humble
correspondent may differ in their views of the ar
rest, have the fullest satisfaction in the belief
that we agree in our desire to get at the right in
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rebellion should speedily be crushed out, and
slavery, its guilty cause, be banshed from our be-
loved country, and from the world. We also
agree that whether the arrest of Vallandgham
was sht or wrong, the copperheads are the last
men that should complain. Free speech The
copperhead that can say 6 free speech aud not
blush, must have brass enough in his face to make
the celebrated kettle the boys tell about, upon
which twenty-four men could hammer without
being heard by each other.
Free speech the hypocrites. For twenty-five
years have they been bowling on the track of the
abolitionists like SO many hell hounds Not
free State bu. has been the theatre of these dis
graceful riots. Hardly church, free enough to
admit the ant-slavery gospel, but has been be-
smeared by their rotten eggs. See them sally
| forth from the grog shops to mob anti-save-
ny female prayer-meetings in Boston. .Noo,
the tables ale turned. .No,c, abolitionists are
everywhere greeted, and Vallandigham goes to
Dixie " Scott free" Surely Hannah hangs on his
own gallows.
So round and round we run
And ever the truth comes uppermost,
And ever isjusice done. .. ....
Wlliamstown, June 10, 1868.