The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-01-16
The Enemies of the Government.

tons in New York, Ohio, Illinois ana Penn
sylvania, is now rapidly disclosing its hostility,
not only to the Administration, but to the Gov
ernment, and a vigorous prosecution OF the
war. 1t has chosen its point of attack and
begun to work for the destruction Of the Union,
with scarcely concealed purpose. While talking
loudly of its devotion to the Constitution and
the Union as it was, it is still with malignaat
subtlety endeavsring to divide the North and
this not alone respecting the conduct of the
war but by creating sectional jealouses, and
exciting local prejudices.
When Bragg made his incursion into Ken
lucky last summer, he issued proclamation in
tended for effect in the Northwestern States, in
which he urged free trade and commercial ad-
vantages as reasons why that vast region should
separate from the manufacturing East, and join
it's fortunes to the Southern Confederacy. From
thas moment such proslavery Democrats ali
through the North as have dared do it, have
been preaching from Bragg's text, and exciting,
wherever it has been possible, q prejudice
against New England ideas, New England en-
terprisc, and New England Rspublcanism Not
Icing since we called the attention of our readers
to speech of Richard Il. Merrick, of Chicago
in which he insinuated that it was for the inter-
est of the great West to separate itself from
New England, and join the South. Since then
Gov. Seymour, of New York, while not openly
advocating the same thing has, by dextrous de-
precation of such result, accomplished the
very purpose he had in mind of advancing ar
guments in favor Of it. And the latest effort
IN this direction, since the speech Of JEFF. Davis
to the Mississippi Legislature, is an address
jest delivered by S. S. Cox, of Ohio, before a
New York. This apostle of the latter day,
corrupt, secession Democracy, discoursed on
80 Purtanism in politics." the whols body and
spirit of the lecture being an elaborate and
studied assault upon Now England manners, in
situations, politics and religion. He abused the
Pilgrim fathers without stint, and quoted King
James as authority against them lie said
Herod was bad, and the fends Of France were
worse, but the Puritans were worse than either.
His speech was full of most malignant elan
ders Of New England men, and most unblush-
ing distortions OF history to the prejudice of
the Puritans. This hatred of New England
was Justify cheered all along the line of his rhe-
torical denunciatons of men and principles too
pure for him to comprehend and nowhere was
tho applause more deafenins than when he an
nVunced that the Union would be reconstructed
whether New England was left out or not.
Whittier do these doctrines of the Democra-
cy tend ? Is there any gulf short of secession
to which such rivers run ? There is and can be
but one purpose which they are intended to, and
do advance, and that is the cause of jeff. Davis.
Davis himself does Mt scorn to use just these
arguments. The leading papers Of the rebels
indulge in the same unmeasured abuse Of New
England, the same sneers at her Puritanism,
the same denunciaton of her philanthropy
And is nybody feel enough to suppose that
JEFF. Davis employs these weapons to destroy the
Government, and S. S. Cox to maintain it, that
Davis and Cox do not, both Of them, know just
what they are about when they are arousng
and stimulating every prejudice against New
England And how impudent and unblush-
ing is the efrontery with which these Democrats
pretend to do all this in the name of the Union
and the Constitution
Into what gulf the Democracy, by these hs-
rangues and appeals to selfinterest and local
preudces, may be able to plunge the Republic
no man can foresee and very likely these archi.
tects Of ruin care as little as they know, provi