Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1863-01-23

eounsclo' and should NOV tolerate mbcci,y or dscor-
dant elements in his cabinet, and the peopeshaye the
right to know what counsel they give.
Without defined principle and concentrated action the
administration must be vascl atng or Ineffective; and
in crisis 80 fearful our country and our frasides in
per the large, hrobing heart Of The nation. depressed
with dark forhodrg' beats with anguish and the
prayer ascends iof executive Enlightenment for the in
fusion " mn indomitabe will fob-nervcd energy and
united counfes based on adcemiutd policy. Without
policy our high hopes viii be blignted and hence
reitcrate our cry for policy. Oh. Tor a policy
Mr. President, It is not improbable or unncresting
to contemplate of the consequences Of this rebellion
on the interests which the rebels profess to deem
vital 20 them, and which furnished them motive for
rebellion Toe school master is abroad and he is teach
ing an important lesson The European traveller will
find isolated communities where local habitatonsi de-
sccnd through long unchangng line Of the same race
who stagnac into animal and boorish life # is
strange that those who live beyond their own circle
arc erroncously estimated and the pfcudccs are a. doom
as they unenlghicncd We have had too much sec
tional pcrycrsou and misoonccpon at home We have
lamontd IL as we have seen It's operations wd feel the
oppression u It's COLONIZATION.
have often thought that should not suffer il We
had more Vt the spirit Of Abraham, who could say
Lot
e, there be NO strife pray thee. between abd thee
fTd stSef. my hsrs@.q agd w hsrisPag tor he
SELF pray thee from ifhnu lcn hand. then
viz 60 % !g Th!i or If oa depart 70 the rit iaod
In the South there arc three hundred thousand slave
holders aud there are three millions that have no such
possessions but they iincturcd with the prejudice, az
they degraded by the ignorance which slavery gcucf.
aies. They are mistaken in their estimates Of both
slavery have pfecpiaed conflict OF arms that will pen
citrate their mutky atmosphere with ight that shall
change the face Of nature. OF the hundreds Of thou
sands Of our industrious sturdy sodcrs who have been
taken from varied occupations and sent South to cocfcc
peace how many thousands will never returnl Why,
sir seventy soldiers from Northern States entered uin
marriage relations within few brief weeks in MARYLAND.
but few months after they stationed there. Many
will enter into Commercial pursuits will become
possessed Of land, which thcy will cultivate aud new
modes Of thinking, influences, and energy will
change aud fashion the southern States. And how
A W.
10 the North, whose eyes have been opened and whose
misconceptions had btcn removed. Among the prison
crs Of war not long since brought 90 western town. the
prevailing misconccpuon evidenced. prisoner
from Mississippi asked boy TO give him water
N"iu,. Inc uoy hucd hs c1niccn with pure sparkling
water fom noighboring pump. and common cour-
tey deeply Impressed the recipient who said he had
expected Nnd treatment nom the Yankees. They will
carry back with them better knowledge Of the North,
aud the REORGANIZATION will benefit all. For the
good thus produced We pay heavily Ia human sacrifices,
but 1t may afford some Of graduation that some
good will spring from such monstious evil
One Of the many questions n the West and pcrh ans
one Of the leading ones, which made to operate on
our elections, was the ten thousand stories magufrd,
bad as they are Of the peculgon and hicyins going
under the Administration Well. sir, war brings with
IT, among other evils, always this. 1t is said that during
The French Revolution it ascertained, upon a settle
ment oi their accounts, that twenty per Of
ths pGoe money spent by the Government was taken by
swndlers aud spectators beyond what the contracts
lawfully would amount 10. suppose Senators ia
mlhHf WIN tbc hSiny ot the last four years, and are
aware of the famous frauds committed upon the Austrian
Governmental 1859. The Austrian Government had
under the caves NJ the famous four forts the quadrat-
eru forts at mc about six hundred thousand nicn
1t was under h0se forts that Napoleon made his treaty
Of Villa Franca Those six hundred thousand men had
been fed there and had 10 rely cattle killed inside
Of those forts for about nine months. Six hundred
thousand men, Of course onsu,ued great many cattle
10 niue months One company had the contract for tao
hides another company furnished the cattle Il was as
rained on the settlements OF the that ercrf
b'cf bad been driven ia at one gate then hrou
ond gate and then lhud gate, and thus been counted
three tines, aud the fraud the Austrian Government
was fory-two million forms, OF Sl8t00000 ia our
money, IN me single article of cattle. senators are
aware Of the facts brought light in The English Par
Lament in regard 20 the Crimoan In the single ar.
tice OF hrogan boots and shoes the frauds Oh the Eng
lish Government during the Cnneau war, officially
certained were over five millions Of money. Ii
stated by late writer.
Nj President Notwithstanding all that has been done
by this Congress consuming nearly half the time Of the
last session, to derc ways aud means to detect and
Treasury, corruption is iiil stalking abroad noon
day "arFaJed IN purple aud dne iinfn." One fact
however must be observed, that all this corruption H.
no: accomplished by one patty In my experience as =
public man for thirty years have found that in such
times as this when peculaon goes on, it generally goes
on by paifs As the beasts went into N0ahs ark our
luudercis 90 in two and two Democrat and Repub-
! iican.
But Mr. President, must il possible get rid cf this
brood Of fraudulent spo uators pecuators and thieves
who are constantly amusing their i'll gotten gains by
frauds upon public Treasury. To-day they are hang
ing like vampires npon the body polite, aud are fast
sucking away the lifeblood Of the nation. Like the
frogs % Egypt, they have up an the land
Government '"'
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OF pubic pHnaer even now while The nation Is making
every sagihee ahu suuSsnhB ior ITS very existence :
even anna me gr ans OF the o)mg on hundred battle
he'ds' and while the widows wall ia going up over all
lhe and' 10 "ohuer lne honest patriots OF the coun-
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