Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-02-17

founders, who vaded through seas Of blood to e.
tab,h i, are passing away from Garth we, their
defendants, are blsely allowing It to slip through
our fingers. Fearful must be our accountability,
if we permit any such result. 1t must not be
/ 1t mnnct be- have faith in God that lie will
adopt means to save it.
But IA without works availeth nothing. We
must work. We must give the last dollar, il
need be. And that Is not all we must shoulder
our muskets aod face the hated foe While
many brave hearts have done il manfllly, nobly,
others there are who still linger. Away with
your Medical Board for determining who are ex
ampt from draft None are morally exempt who
are able to come, and those that are not, need no
exmining board to determine the fact. Many
brave hearts are in our army, now facing the hos
tic foe. who might technically plead exemption
but who scorn 10 do any such thing. What a
contrast between such and the cowardIy, indol nj
Ioaler, who has SO little spirit that he is willing
TO .ick the hnd Of bis arbitrary master, rather
than pat forth the energies with which God has
endowed him TO break the chain, that enslave
him! Black slaves ! hear the same irdiyidu-
as blaauiIy talking Of, and Indignantly condemn
ng tie en.a,ing Of tho backs Perhaps they.
tbteoteo, while snugy away from danger, to smll
he last drop Of their blood to wipe out the cursed
institution. But they Sit in cowlrdIy quetude
while they and twenty millions Of whites ar
rergng on a coldition twenty times worse, and
infinitely NOR. di-grlceful than Slavery. 1t will
AXE money AID men for years to come, with II
united md manly determination to preserve in
tact our much loved c1unt-y, or we sub,ide into a
condition wo.se than the hllfciviizd States Of
Mexico.
! have thus far alluded to the impotency and
pu.iIlanr1ity Of the friend. of the Administration
those aho no doubt would prefer to have the
G vunmen' sustained, II it can be without trouble
to them. ltispinfu t1 see, howev-r,a party
splinging into xs,ence who profess to be the
friend, Of the Government, and VINO profess to be
anxious for a restoration Of the yernnent as ii
vas Many, NJ doubt, are honest enough in
lbese professions bot are led By men who have a.
hule ,ymplth, for the Union Cause, as the ranke.t
,cces,ioni,t in me South. They profess to be IN
fydr Of rsstcuog the war for the restoration
Of the Government,-for this they must do, to
gin support but what plan do they offer for i'm.
proving the aspect Of thngs' The present Ad.
mini,uation certai ly has Two years more TO run,
and nothing short Of revolutionary means can
prevent it. Does any one believe, under these
crcu1 stances, that our condition can be i'm
proved by plciaS in power a set Of men who
are adverse to the Executive, and whoTropose
TO adopt new course Of policy Harmony
IN our national councils Is our salyton. So that
admitting that these men VIII now attempt lc
raise division among US are honestly friendly
10 the Uni n, dont see how they are going tc
improve our condition.
But who are the leaders Of these now
guardians Of the public welarep On e1,
animation We find them the same men
substantially, Who two years ago, were the sup
porers of the rebel Breckenri ge. Breckenridge
is now exempjying his devotion 10 popu al
rights and constitutional liberty by welding hi.
sword to enslayo bis fellow mer, not back, mere
ly, but whites. lie is the popular oraclc Of thai
class o. men South who claim, and unblushngly
argue, a difference Of blood, not only between
different classes North and South, but between
the North and South generally. lie tells US we
are Of ple5eian origin, that the chivalry Of The
Nornans OF the Mother Country are represented
oy the Southern population, and that our Pilgrim
ancestry, VITO landed on Plymouth Rock and en-
dured hardships incident to their condition to es
ubli,h freedom and Independence and spread ciyi
and religious liberty over half a continent, wer,
snobs, second sons and Of corrupt blood. And wha
evidence do these men give US that they are les
devoted to this Southern aristocrat than hereto
fore ? l. .it the fact that they fad so much t.
complain Of 10 the course of the true friends o
the Union ? Is il their hudltions of the exploit
+ ul the Southern managers Or may il be the
occ .sional open and avowed sympathy with trea
. son ? Do they or their journals find aught L
comp in Of in left Davis indecent and inbumal
PROCLAMATION, by which our fellow officers ars Il
be retained and treated as criminals rather thai
prisoners oil warp Not they but when the maj
whose conduct has at least been such as TO throw
suspicion on him Of being dsloyal to the Govern
menl happens to be arrested they set uI
a howl such as would do credit TO Davis most
pimpered hounds. Suppose the Government
makes the mistake and makes an arbitrary arres
that is in fact wrong, and suppose some loyal m-I
Ii in one OF our prisons, for short time.
he is really friend to the Government he vii
endure it with becoming flrtitude unlil such tim,
4, his innocence is yindicittd ii he fre, d. Blu
This is not where the shoe pinches 1t /, an en-
Those vha are cut short in their seheming il
mhtlf of tlea,on thereby ore the sore heads. -
M rogue ere felt thr halter draw with a goo,
apuion Of the law, is an old and true a, ing snt
very applicable in this case Bu. all governments
to maintain their supremacy and subdue ueaH
against themselves, have had to adopt the rue
. uf arbitrary arrests. Our forehthtrs we'll under
,,ood ,h., and provided a suspension Of the sri
Of hlbcas corpa, in case OF rebellion, to meet Ih
very cast. The time Tor the exercise Of this righ
IS upon US, and our c ief Magistrate is no doub
, very proI erly exercising 1t.
/ rrotrd il the duty OF every citizen who enjoy