Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-09-13
A Visit to the President.
LETTER FROM JUDGE MILLS on wlsco


a. TIE Grant County (W isconsin) Herald co
tains letter from John T. Mills, Judge Of t
= Filth Judicial Circuit, giving an account of
- r'cent interview with Mr. Lincoln, with a
4 port Of the remarks OF the latter in rega d
mo consequences whc would follow the ado
tlon Of the war policy urged by The friends
> General Mcclellan. Judge Mills was aGcomp
= med by Ex-Governor Randall Of this state, VII
=. Introduced him to the President. whom he warn
= " thanks Tor his readiness TO serve his iTlcn
- ON Wisconsin at the capital. They found Ii
:, President at the Soldiers Retreat, buiIdin
I not lmposidg in size, half hidden in foliage, th
! grounds tastetully laid out.
The following ID Judge Mills account Of hi
interview with the President what he said, all
his impression Of Mr. Lincoln
- he Governor asked Of a man in waiting
the President had arrived. Yes, was the reply
we entered neat, plainly lurn shed room
marble table was IN the centre. Directly az
peared from an adjoining apartment a tall
gaunt'lookiDg figure, shoulders inclined forward
MS gait astrde, rapid and shufllpg, ample un
dersIandings with large slippers, and Briaral
arms, with face radiant wlth intelligence ant
hum0r.
The Governor addressed linn Mr. Prcei
dent, this is my friend and your friend Mills
iron " iscJnsn -
. am glad TO see my friends from Wisconsin
they are the hearty friends OF the Union"
= could not leave the city, Mr.. President,
without bearing words Of cheer from youf own
lips. Upon you, az the representative of Che
loyal people, depend. a. We believe the exist
ence OF our government and the future OF
] inf
Mr.. President SAID GUycrHof Randall.
why can't you seek seclusIon, and play her.
mt for a fortnight it would fe-invgorate YOU. .
Aye" ead the President, TWO or hire weeks
would do me no good. cannot hy from nv
thoughs-ny solcitude for this great country
follows me wherever 90. don't think it Is
personal vanity or ambition, though am not
Tree IRON these iniirmltes, but canuot but feel
That The veal or woe Of this great nation will
be decided III November. There Is no programme
offered by any wing Of the democratic party
out that must result in the permanent destruc-
t0n OF the Union.
" But, MIR. President Genera! Mcclellan il
IN layor OF crushing out the rebellion by force.
lie Will be the Chicago candidate
Sir, said tie President " the sightest
knowledge OF arithmetic will prove to any man
thai the rebel armies cannot be DESTROYED with
democratic strategy. 1t would sacrifice all the
whie men Of the North TO do it. There are now
IN The service Jl the United States near two
hundred thousand able e-bodied coored men m Ct
OF them under arms, defending and acquiring
Union Territory The democratic strategy de.
mauds that these forces be dsbanded, and {! at
the masters be concillated by restoring them to
slavery. The black men who now assist Union
prisoners to escape, are to be converted into our
enemies IN the vain hope of gainlrg the good
VIII OF their masters. We shall have to fight
two nations instead OF one
You cannot ooneiliate the South if you guar
anty TO them ultimate success ; ana the expert.
ence oil the present war proves their success is
newt bic II you fling tue compulsory labor of
millions Oi black men into their side OF lhe scale
VII you give our enemies such military anvan
'ages as insure success, and then depend Oh
cOaxiDg, hlttery and concession to get hem back |
into the Union Abandon all the posts now |
garFlsoned by black mem take 100000 men
from our tide and put them in the battc6eId or
cornled against u.s. and we would be compelled
10 abandon tue war 10 three weeks
We have TO hold territory in uclement and
slckly places; where are the democrats to do
ihsY 1t was free fight, and the field was
open to the war democrats to put down tn : re
bellion BY lighting against both MASTER and
slave, long before the present policy WAS nau-
gursted
There have been men base enough to propose
to me to return to slavery tho black warriors of
Port Hudson and 0hstee, and thus win the re.
spect Of the masters they fought. Should | do
80 | should deserve to be damned in time and
hot I l. 4
with friend and foe My enemies pretend am
now carrying on this war Tor the sole purpose Of
abolition. 30 long as | an President 1t shall be
carried on lor the sole purpose OF restoring the
Union. But no human power can subdue this
rebellion without the use of the emancipation
policy, and every other policy calculated to
weaken the moral and physical forces of the
rebellion
Freedom has given us two hundred thousand
men raised on southern soil Ii will give US
more yet. Just go much 1t has subtnoted from
The enemy, and instead Ot alensting the South,
there are now evidences of iraternal feeling
growing up between our men and the rank aud
lie OF the reoel soldiers. Let my enemies prove
10 The country that the destruction Of slavery is
not necessary To u restoration Of the Union.
Will abide the issue" q
" saw that the President was not a mere !
oker, buta man of deep convictions, OF abiding
alth IN justice, truth and Providence. Ills q
'oce was pleasant, his manner earnest and EN- u
hattie. As he warmed with his theme his
nrnd grew to the magnitude of his body.
elt that | was in the presence OF the great (
,ulding intellect Of the age, and that those
huge Atlanean shoulders were fit TO bear the :
weight OF mightest monarchies. Ills trauspa. :
ent honesty, republican simplicity, his gushing :
for those who offered their lives for ," "
heir country, his utter iorgetiulness Of self in =
Is concern or Its welfare, could not but inspire !,
ne with confidence that he was Heavens nstru y
ient 10 conduct his people through this sea of 7
lood to a Canaan of peace and freedom. a.
j I Mills"