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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-01-05
Bible View Of PolYgamY.


To the Right Pprend J,ha Henry Hopkins,
Bishop ofhe Diocese Of Irmort
RIGHr REVEREND SIR: ! venture 10 dedicate
10 ylu these few pages, which derive their inspi-
ration from your vritsgs An admirer, Ike
Yourself, Of lhe institutions Of old, should hard
IL have dared 90 deciar, these truths to a per-
verse and .elfgloryug generation, bad not
been emboldentd BY the example Of enc who so
worlhily wears tie highest h0hors of the church.
10 constructing ny argument, thtretare,as as have
done, with paragraph after paragraph " Your
very words, Il has been because ! fer it necessary
to shield myself behind yoLr authority from the
charge which ignorant presumption might eite
have brought, of irrr,erH,N tnvesJiJe the
Word Of God. 4 race Which can stigma ls as
twin relics Of bsrbafi,m' two institutions such
as slavery and poygamy, which are divine sane
toned il not dlynely ordained, Is capable Of any
act Of irrtlg gous ianAlci,m. The Utah expedI-
ton failed TO accomplish the obstruction o. the
one let US hope lnat ,he present abolition war
may prove equally unsuccessful a, 10 the other.
To ald 10 the good work, then, let US bend our
united energies TO the tasN OF ircing the light OF
truth through the accumulated dirkless o. our
so.caed modern civilization, IN the hope that the
time is not far distant when every cilizen may
have as many slaves as Abraham, and as many
wives as Soum D.
Trusting that you will accept my cooperation
in the spirit in winch II is rendered, / beg leave
to subscribe myself
lour humble admirer,
NIlZpAH
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-01-05
From North Carolina.

The North Carolina Times--The new loyal
paper at Newbern-says in its issue OF tae
l4th inst
"North Carolina is beginning to furnish her
quota to the federal government. One iUyai
white regiment has been raised in this district,
and Is under the comand OF Colonel McChesneyi
and the second, under the command OF captain
Charles Henry Foster, IS rapidly hlling up, ana
about three hundred men have been enlisted
within the last SIX or eight weeks ny his person.
al exerti0ns. Another regiment OF white SOLDIERS
from North Carolina has been raised by that
most excellent man, General Burnside, IN East
Tennessee. To all this we must add the Two
regiments Ct colored volunteers that ave been
raised and are now in service. A cavalry regl-
ment OF bac1s is also recruiting BY MAYOR Jar
rard, of the Third New York clvalry. ibis
last regimen is obtaining nearly one hundred
recruits a day. Ii The Department OF NoLth
Carolina has been an expensive one, II must Dc
llOwed that she has become partially aole 10
repay the government for the easure expended
by furnishing her with men who are used To tne
country and known bow to use rhe.
RECONSTRUCTION
North Caroliua is speaking with no uncertain
voice in references to the great issues OF the tune
The Newbern Times, in an article on the Presi-
dents recent proclamation, says
"The reconstruction of the Union. the return
Of the seeding states to their former position,
are now the immediate and great practlcal
questions OF the hour. Whatever speculative
theories there may be on these subje cts, we have
no hesi sitancy IN declaring that no state Whlch
has been guilty Of the almost unpardunshle
crlme OF rebellion and secesson, should he per-
mltted TO take her place safely and securely
among the truly loyal states, whose escutcheohs
are unstained with treason, without a definite
and unequiyocal acknowledgment of the truths
and potency OF the PROCLAMATION
" Let them understand that it is great boon
to get back again and be embraced BY the hlal
bonds Of our beloved Union, with the word
slavery entirely stricken from their nners-
When this great matter is permanently settled
either by proper action on the part OF Gong ess
or the requisite changes in the fundamental law
# these states they will undoubtedly ave
abundant reason to rejoice that they have at last
been delivered from the bghtlng and deadly
grasp Of one of the greatest social moral and po-
lltcal evils which has ever scourged the human
race since the flood. >"
In the Raleigh Standard (rebeD Of the 4th
instant is 40 advertisement OF forty eight desert
ers from the Flty-ninth regiment North Carolina
troops. Th evidently don't ike the ratiols
A bill has been introduced IL the North arc
lima Senate, by NJ F. AuendelI 10 incorporate
the North Carolina Volunteer Navy.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-01-05
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-01-05
1)oetrp
Scene IN a Vermont Winter.

Hrc O. EASTMAN.
i
lisa fearful night in the slntry time,
Ascold as teyer canbei
The roar Of lhe blast hAeard like the chime
o. the waves on an angrysea
rhs moon is uu buther silver light
The storm da'hes cut with ll wings tonight
Ana over the SKY from South to north
Eotaslar is seen as the wind comes forth
In tie strength oil mighty glee.
All day hal tle snow come dogn-all day
Asuneycr came medovnbstors
And over lhe hbl at sunset, lay
Some tao OF three fcetor more
The fence was lost, and the wall ofst one
The vudovs blocked and Che well curbs gone
The bay sack bad grown to ,nlountain IN
Ard the sooirIe looked like monster diff,
Asit lay by .be iarmefsdoar.
The night s.e in On world of snow,
N8I. th, alr grows sharp and chill,
And Che sarsiig roafof the fearful blow
Isl.srj on the dliantbll
Ana Che Nonaet zee on the mountain peak,
in hs breath how the cid tree srithe and shrek
be drives from his notrls The blndng snow
And .huuts 90 the plains Ito h3 no no
And gms's s.th asawpu.l
suru uightas tAisto Be found abroad,
Ia the dr.t and the freezing air
ss sh9tms dog, in ths dsll by the road,
Wlth t5e snow on bis shaggy hair
He shuts h.e eye' 10 the wind and groWs
He lHs Asicll and means and hovIsj
Thencrouchug Low from Do emitting seet.
ilIs nose ispres'ed On bis oayer.ns feet
Pray what does The dog there
farmer came from The village plain,
Bl. ha Jos. the Travelled way
Aud forh hours be trod with might and man
Apath orHs horse auIhc.sh
b- colder ,tl ths cold wnlbIe
And deeper sdil The deep drifs grew,
AuI his mare. beautiful Morgan brown,
Atast in hetalrugges douadered down,
Where log FOO ahollov lay,
In vain With a neigh snda ftenzied snort
Size plunged IN the drifting snow,
While her master ug,itubi' breath gres short
with a word and a gentle blow.
n"' 'N' S"o" vas ace 'i' ~. '1s' 'e'' "sN'
h'' h"Hl' we're nlmO sn' nA1 '''' 'Ae'' m'tn''
30 hs "aHo''a Oa-A 10 l' '"' n'''o 'eso'
Anl s'','' - '''''s' l''''..' w o'y'
WIN D'' ''e' ana '1e .'-''''
H. has given The a-t hrJelk oflhsrclu,
Te rouse 100 h.sdyiDg Iced
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-01-05

A Cairo letter says " large quantities OF
cotton are coming in all along the Mississippi.
The prospects are now that the amount OF cot
ton will increase as the river rises and naviga.
ton becomes more saie. Three hundred planta-
tons are now in successful and profitable opera
tion along the banks Of the Mississippi, and 1t Is
expected before May next that both sides oi the
river will bc in complete occupation by people
propar ed 10 labor and defend themselves.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-01-05

A FAcr-In a not distant city, the wife Of
one OF the City Fathers presented her husband
with three children at birth. The delighted
father took his little daughter, four years Of age,
to see her new relations. She looked at the
diminutiye little beings few moments, when
turning to her father, she inquired, " Pa, which
one are you going to keep 3h-.Nas Bsdfora
MTcag.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-01-05

The OPERATIONS AGAINST CHAaLEsToN.-A let
ter from TIE feet off Charleston 24th inst, to
the American, says.
As ntimated in my last, we have settled
down here into the expectation Of month or
TWO more Of inactivity The strike among the
engineers at the North, which has delayed the
completion Of the monitors, and deprived our
iron-clad feet Of renlorcements which were ex-
pected here more than month since, has been
the primary cause OF the delay and It's continu.
ance. The disaster 10 the Wheehawken and
the coming Of the winter season, with its con-
etant storms, has still further enforced this de-
Jay,
Two months hence spring will be advanced
here, and with our iron clad force increased by
three or four new monitors, we will be prepared
to take advantage Of the h1althiest season anG
most pleasant part Of the year. Let US hope
II Grant does not steal d march on Us by one 0
his famous rear attacks, that Charleston vii
then fall, ana the long-sulisrlng sailors and sol
diers Of this army and squadron reap the re
wardlthey have well merlted, Of complete aDc
decisive triumphs
In the meantime, il we cannot look for imme
diate and decisive results here, no great disas
ters need be apprehended Gen. Gillmore's 20
sltion is impregnable, and Admiral Dahlgrer
has sufficient iron.cad force u hold the harboI
up u Sumter The monitor Lehigh, by tn,
time this reaches you, will have completed th'
repairs rendered necessary by the hammerlnl
she received when aground, and Capt BYson
who always likes to be where there Is chanc
for fight, will soon have his vessel back t,
Charleston. The Patapsco, Captain Stevens
has also nearly completed her repairs, and vii
shortly relieve the Nantucket, at WARSAW
Sound. Both the Patapsco and Lehigh have
been provided with extra deck plates that vii
add to their inyulnen5llty
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-01-05

The Legislature of Alabama has voted that
the carpets that cover the aoor Of the Senate
Chamber, Hall Of Representatives, and all officers
and committee rooms In the Capitol at Mont
gomery, be cut ur and given TO the soldiers Of
the army for blankets. H
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-01-05

persecuted as felons, martyred like the primitive
Christians under Decius aud DiocIetlan. When
some bolder than the rest, founded on the banks
Of the Mississippi, a community, which they fond
ly hoped by its happiness and purity might con-
vert d stiff necked generation, they were driven
from their homes by uncontrolled fanatcism.
When, after sutierings unspeakable, these martyrs
of spiritual faith at l4ngth found refuge in the
far distant DESERT aod their postery testified to
their righteousness, still the prosecutor was upon
their heels, and the whole nation, as Mr. Floyd's
acceptances will testify, poured forth its money
like water for the pitiu pleasure of reforming
their domestic observances,
Shall we boast that we are wiser, purer, better,
than the men who walked With God Is It not
time that we should confess our worldly wisdom
to be ignorance, and lean With simple faith on the
law that is written Let the in6del and abo-
Iitionist prate of purity and domestcity; but let
US initiate the noble example of our southern
brethren, who are ready to sccrifce all that the
world holds dear to them il defence OF patri1r-
chal Institutions. Returning to the principles
orda ned and sanctioned in the Book Of books, We
may hope to see ar,e amongst US new Jacobs and
Samuels, Dayids and lemons.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-02-18
NUMBER 80


There has recently been raised On the
Dome Of the Capitol. at Washington. a
S'ftte Of Liberty. The Abolitionists
having the matter completely in their own
hands. have used an acid upon the figure
which stai,.s il a laulattc color. The ex-
eusc IN dong this is that ii is 70 prevent
"a; discol9.ation % the marble. This s
sheer nonsense. The New York Dcy Book
says that exusce that the We tier would
color white figure. is a shallow pretense.
Upon the top of the City Hall stands
graceful white figure the Goddess Of
Justice. 1t looks wh;;er even than ths
rest of the marble building. yet il has stood
there for fifty years. There is 20 doubt
that the Capitol Of our country has been
sulmounted with negro, to typifv the
grand millennium which this crazy party
fooIlshly suppose they nave inaugurated.
4 negro representing the Goddess of
Liberty raised to the top Of the National
Capitol cf the American Republic. We
say take down that negrcss, and put up
white woman
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-02-18

the reigns of Elizabeth and Mary were
2,S3S, ,972 acres: in the reign of James
a; the Restoration. and In 1893 the for
FIXTURES were ,6S7 ,629 acres, SO that
the whole island has been confscated and
some parts twice. In one century no III
considerable portion Of the island was con
fscated twice, or perha p* thrice; SO that at
the union the situation of Ireland is un-
paralIeled in the history ofihe world. Such
universal ruin only served then, as it will
serve in this devoted land, to inspire ha-
tired and scorn toward the conquered peo-
pie whom the victors delighted to trample
upon. Retaliation and murder followed
closely upon the heels of con6scation
There is not a wise man who has pietur-
ed this history but condemned the impolicy
not to say the illegality of the forfeitures
They operated always against the conclu-
sion of the war. Had the Irish been re-
garded as alien enemies instead of domes-
tic rebels they would have had one relief
they would have retained their posses
sions under the established law of civilized
nations.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-02-18

The Chicago Times in speaking OF the
Election of Gov. Carney to the ( s. Senate
from hansas. says:
Good men everywhere viii rejoice over
the announcement tnat X lEeas has elec.e
a man TO take the place Of :; IN Lane N Tie
tnited States Senate. II may not be ,hat
this circumstance is az indication Of re-
turning reason TO the great BODY OF the
people; but, nevertheless. as an isolated
fact, having no connection Whatever with
popular tendencies, it is still ma,ter of
congratulatiCn. I hat our Senatorial halls
have latterly become, instead of place
where are gathered the wisest and best IN
tellects OF the nation. a sort Of sink in o
which have poured the refuse, the oifal of
all our States, is lamentable fact; vet.
among all assembled there. faratical. trai-
torcus, ignorant, vile as they may be, jim
Lane excels them all in vi,eness as Lucifer
excels in wickedness the weakest de>i in
the internal pit.
None are more filed with sectional ha.
tired than he; none more corrupt, more
ready to throw the fragments Of tie const;-
tuition to the winds more willing to 90 any
lengths in violating the rights of the many
70 secure the ends of few than hs-he
has all the vices Of the worst of his associ
ates and adds to these the criminalitv OF
the homicide, the incendiary and the brig.
and. That he is murderer the record.
of his own State show that arson apd rob
berry are justly added to his catalogue Of
infan,y. the charred ruins Of villages ant
the widows and orphans Of Western Ms
siouri will afflrmatvely testify.
Ii is one bright spot in the darkness d
our national SKY that an assassin no longe
disgraces with his presence place made
sacred and noble by Webster, Clay, Doug
las, and their compcers in loyalty an
craftsmanship.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-02-18
Peace EcsOigfiOHs i'm the Eebe.
Congress-,

The Tal'owi nc resolutions were intro.
duced in the rebel Conress on the 9th
The House went into secret session beiGle
taking action:
IWreds. The President of the Unite
States in late public communication. di,l
declare that no propositions for peace had
been made to that government by the Cen
federate States. when in ruth such rroI.o-
siticns were prevented from being made by
The President. in tha. he refused to hear
OF even TO receive two Commissioners APP
pointed to tre;t expressly of the pre- snrya-
ton Of amcable relations between the two
governments; nevertheless that the Con
federate States may stand justified i'll tn,
SIGHT of The c. n -ervative North Of al par
ties, aud that the world may know Which
Of the :wo ooveran.en.s it IS that urges on
w2r. unparalleled tov terceness OF cen
fiict and intensity Of sectional hate, unsui-
passed in the annals ct mankind: therefore
"ResD;rei, That tie Confederate State
invite the United States, through then
government at Washington. to meet then
by representatives equal their Represen
tatives and Senators in their respective
Congresses at -d day of next -, tc
consider: lst- Whether they cannot agree
upon the recognition of the Confederate
States Of America, I'd. In the event OF
nor recognition, whether they ,,annot agree
upon the formation of a new government
founded on the equality and sovereignty
ofthc States; but, if this cannot be done
to consider, Sd. Whether they cannot
agree upon treaties, offensive, defensive
and commercial"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-02-18
CoDsficatlOn Practically Illus
trafcI.

In tie House Of Congress en- the iith
inst. Hon S s. Cox. Of Ohio made the
following forcible alusion to scrap of Ir-
ish history:
Nv impression is that the cOniscation
system has been an utter failure. Because
it has failed, We are to have itnewly tinker
ca. session after session, and from dag to
day. with q view to encourage rapacity
and aggravate grievances. Such legisla-
ton, SIT. only stimulates rebellion. 1t de-
stroys what remnant Of Union feeling may
b still remaining in the South. II ignores
the first lesson Of history, which has been
truly called 1.-The principal observation OF
the best historians, that whole nation,
how contemplate soever, should not be in
censed by any prince or State, how power
i'il soever, as to be driven to take desper-
a.e course" Insteal of disarming the
rebel it arms him when nearly exhausted
with the weapons of revenge and despair.
Mr. Burke once said, speaking of Amer
CT: "You cannot frame an indictnen
against whole people
Neither can you, sir, administer a sweep
ing penalty against them.
History is, also, too full of examples OF
the ruthless savagery of conhscation. In
proportion to the atrocities have been the
resistance of the people and desolation OF
the lands to which such sayagery has
been applied. III should wish to present
case where all the horrors of subj ugatlon
pcnury, devastation and con6scation have
been felt, would 90 to Ireland Crushed
! by the cruelty of system similar to that
now and here sought 70 be inaugurated
I Ireland points with skeleton finger continu
ally in al her sad history her warning tC
our rulers / do not think these cruelties
OF England toward ireland are attributable
solely To the Puaitan spirit of the time ol
Cromwell. although | find in her history
AZ appeal frorn New England, in person ot
one of her pastors, to Old England, tC
make the English sword drink with lrlsl
blood, to make them heaps upon neaPs
their country a dwelling place for dragons
an astonishment to nations These ex
cssses were not the result of religious big
\
otry alone They date from the earEeS
connection of Ireland with England. Al
her rebellions were the reaction Of suf1ern;
and rapine With permission, | extrac
from Smythe's Ireland, Historical am
Statistical, volume eleven, page III, ant
the terrible lesson ] have pondered Oh th'
general subject of conissation.
After the expulsion of James from TIA
throne Of England the slender relics of Ir
ish possessions became the subject Of fresl
confscations. From report made il
1898 it appears that nearly 1000 Irisl
subjects were outlawed, and their posses
sions, amounting to l,O60,792 acres, con
6scated. The area OF Ireland is estimats'
ll,O42, ,es2 ac-es. The histor;on rsys the
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-02-18
A Rebel View OF the Northern
DEMOCRACY.
From the Richmond Dispatch

From the Richmond Dlspatch,
To dismiss these blissiul visions
and come to sober, waking truth. we must
say in all sincerity that We regard the nor
thern democracy and their policy as the
worst form Of northern hostility which has
been manifested in the war But for
them we should not be where we now are
But for the military chief,ains and soldiers
of northern democracy, who once proiessed
to be the bitter enemies Of coercion in every
shape and form, the war could not have
lasted two months. The black republicans
proper, un,ided by the democratic element,
would have been struck with paralysis be-
fore Lincoln had been three months ia his
seat At the same time, however, that
this polite party has given the war its
chief impetus in leaders and men, it has
professeI policy of peace upon honorable
terms which was far more formidable in its
arts than the combined arms Of all parties
at the North There was at one period Of
the war more danger from its seductive
tongue than the brawlng and bitter mouths
of Lincoln and his Cabinet Even now
we would much rather have Lincoln for
the President of the United States than the
candidate of the conservative democracy
Lincoln seems to have been raised up as
was George the Third, to render a restor-
alton of colonies TO their tyrants impossible
If he had pursued the wise and conciliato-
nv measures which the northern democra-
would have been peacefully smothered in
its cradle. But his heart has been hard
eneJ, ike Pharoah's; he has gone from
bad to worse; he has so tramplcd upon
all law, diagraced all right, and outraged
oil humanity, that the whole Confederacy
has become consolidated in the rcsclute
discrimination to submit to every form of
human suffering rather than return to the
dctestable embrace ola government which
he has rendered to their minds an en-
bodiment of the powers of darkness. SO
long as he is President; SO long as we see
the Devil in his proper shape and form,
We have nothing to fear; we have only to
resist the fiend, and he will fee from US.
1t is only when the prince Of the internal
regions takes the shape of an angel of light
that the faithful are in danger We must
be excused, therefore, from wishing sue.
cess to the northern democracy Let the
North stick to its representative. man, and
] not change front in the hour Of battle.