Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-03-31
The Sorrows of the Rebels.

this moment, but on the contrary are tlndIhg theIr
Jordan decidedly hard road 10 ravsl.-We are
disturbed considerably, and Democrats Of the
coppsrhead persuasion predict our utter ruin and
discourse pulhetieally and touchingly OF the worth
essaess of onr "rsg currency" because the spec
ulators have managed to run gold up to premium
of fifty cents, or Whereabouts. II this be 80, and
the country so near everlasting smash because OF
this premium, will some arithmetcal copperhead
If such one there be-adyse US how long
jeff. Davis can probably maintain himself, when
at Richmond, according to the Dispatch, the
brokers are now giving five for one for gold, and
selling at 1926 premium. Silver Is selling at
s. to 81 TO-" and even bank notes are nearly
hundred per cent premium. If we are going to
pot with incredible speed, what must be the We
locty with which the Southern Confederacy IS
grayitntng in the same direction?
Blu. the rebels are not plagued alone about the
worlhlessnem Of confeder te bonds. They have
other gres.-l'hey are starving. Already their
Government i" impressing food for the army,
aud the flour, il there ia any in the country,
keeps awsj from the vic nifty of the canp. FaOu.
lou. prices have put the commonest necessaries Of
life almost out Of tbs reach of any but the rich
And their papers de,pairingly how over this ter
rbIs state Of affairs and curse the authorities and
the luck which have thus added to their other
distresses the gnawing' Of hunger Their paper"
at the outset Of the rebellion made hdeous
mirth over the anticipated bread riots at the
North, but the gaows they thought they were
building for US is now ready for their sacrifice.
Aud they hlvJ their sorrows at CONSUMPTION.
Many Of them, Notwithstanding their devotion 70
Southern Rights, and their readiness to shed the
last drop Of their blood to resist the Yankee in.
vlders, are seized with q desire to avoid the
dangers and priyations Of the camp and the field.
Distance lent enchantment to that view, but on a
nearer prospect being youchsafed through the
sonsiderAte kindness Of Jeff Davis and his Con-
gress, they see the matter in an entirely different
light. 1t is moi SO inviting at close quarters and
short range. Accordingly, when the officers are
about hunting up conscrp,s, these rebels are
moved to patronize the advertising columns Of
their papers, lnquiring with pecuniary cons.dea-
tons for those patriots who are anxious to shed
their blood in the sacred cause Of Southern indie
peRdence. Ia late number ola Richmond pa
per no less than sixteen persons appeared anIiouI-
ly bidding for substitutes, and prop sing for a
nercenary equivalent for this viclrious patriotism
in some cases as high as $1,000. These gentle
men evidently prefer bleeding at the pocket, to
bleeding at the point Of the bayon,t.
But these are not oil the unpleasant conditions
of rebellion. The traitors begin to have doubts
whether in fact the blessed rule OF Jeff Davis is,
after all, in all respects, equal to that which we
are led to expect in the millennium. They have
some doubts whether they are in fact enjoying the
largest and most unrestricted exercise of ration
al liberty. Laws have been passed informing the
planters what It is the pleasure Of Congress that
they shall SOW and reap. Among ether things
the culture Of tobacco is put under restrictions
The Richmond Examiner, on the whole, doesn't
approve Of th', nor of the impresme1t of private
property for the use of the Government and ven.
tilstes its opinion, in the following yigorou,s,yle
" The temper Of our people rsvots at injustice
and arbitrary violence. They are accustomed to
the enioyments Of their rights unimpeached, anC
until recenily, they have been strangers to vronl
and insult from Government officials. IL they ar,
properly compensated and equally dealt with
they will give all their labor and savings to tn,
Government and give them cheerfully, but il thes,
are exaeted arbitrarily, and with insolence and in
suit, they will not only givcnohing at all, but the,
will take etiecIual measures 10 prevent The minsn,
OF Government from ebidin,ng phdt hey prolp
Trough The country 10 seize for a msckery Of pay
n,nt. There is cling ofresentment, deep seated
and widely pervadng, the best class Of the commu
nity, against Government which is held responsr
Die for these mad and reckless lmpresments ant
there are high officers in this goody city who
fancy they are popular in The land, but rhor nance
are held IN ertcrdtion by The sdnch classes phici
control public opinion.
Official itgaiized robbvis never answered q
good purpose in any connuy or any age of th,
world and Of all these countrie, and ages they
suit ours least.
These arbitrary impressments of Government
touch the peoples pride and sense of Justice. and
they effected great and natural change IN hei,
sentiment, iolrard The cause. Men who, IL a roman
TIC and plous enthusiasm for their country, hav,
eheerfully given up their soas to the battle an,
have assisted with sort oil moumful pride in III,
burial OF their slain offspring on the field, have
had their feeling and temper toward the Gov
eminent suddenly changed BY the rude and rsps
cous action ofGovernmsnt press gangs"
1t is plain from this anything but mild expos
tulaiion Of the Examiner, that vaandigham anc
the other Copperheads are infinitely more nee dec
at Richmond than at Washington or New York
II the mildne. and good natur. of President
Lincoln are, in the eyes Of these Northern allie,
OF treason, such undiluied tyranny, it would b,
refreshing 20 hear them preach to JeG Davis OF
the iron rule Of his despotism.
These are only few Of the multitude of sor
rows to which treason has brought the South
Already the poisoned shirt of their rebellion i
consuming the flesh and tormentns all the deli
ca" sensibilities Of these fine Southern ch.valrr
gentlemen, who, not content with obeying the au
thorliy OF the mildest and most benefceut, an,
least tyrannissl, Government under heaven, hsu
madly endeavored to set up Government of ,h,i
own. They have rushed frsntically upon ,hei
late, and now are tasting morning, noon an,
night, the bitterness Of the punishment whicl
they have provoked.