The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-03-01
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Prp tat eff Is = sa dis3a
AID aislo.ei to favor serrssioa. We
shosld see that a single e giulspi pas
ing through. would lrc5me "a easy
PREY Scr tie overs hclming numbers
,hst caula be brought ssau.t, . And
ev,n esp osiug ono b5l' d he us' n
dislo,a AZ, Their would gill Be lormii-
able force 10 contend with = ea,c q a T
secret OF eapeeelel orr ,nizatmo, aci
Ing promptly and wuhou, tie kuowl. +
edge Of the loyal citisea..
Mo- knauing how far di-s,ilrciion 10
the rational Gosrrnmeni existed ia
that city, the Union authorities feli re. I
quired 10 act with caution, and to be
well prepared TO secure the success Of
ever, important movement. This They
did a. The possess - Of Federal liill
by Gen. Butler, aud the subsequent
holding 81 the city IN quiet and order
y suljagation TO he powers that be,
sbondaniIy shows,
There Is no doubt a good deal Of
di.Ioyal feeling in The cily now, aud
many wond like to favor the sinking
cause Of secession, IL they eonli. That
the leayen is still working, is evident
from the fact that we notice almost
every day. accounts Of tie arrest o.
enc or more il the city for some tleas-
enable or disloJal proceeding. Bet
then, on the other hand, The loyal men
are many and they are very decided,
Twenty five thousand, | was told, had
joined The Loyal League. These are
in state OF readiness 10 lend their aid
TO suppress any outbreak o. lawless-
ness that may transpire.
For the present, the city appears us
quiel and orderly as any New England
city. The police, should Judge, had
no more TO DO IN suppressing disorders,
arresiing criminals, and preserving fl,e
tn. public peace. than tue same force
has in other places, and especially in
the seapofts.
did mol ,isil the most vicious pats
Of the city and cannot tell how much
noise, rudeness and desUcraiion Of the
Sabbath might have been seen. But
SO far as the portions Of the place lhat
fell under my notice in going Or re-
turning ffom church was concerned,
thought the city was remarkably or
/ derly and quiet, while the numbers
moving in different directions 10 heir
several places d guhlc @orsap. iadi-
Gated dbat the Sabbath WAS still re-
mcmbercd IL the midst 81 ei,y, which
Ina.-s har.. i-.--.. 4 to suppose sat
entirely destitute "A christian morality.
/ II is a matter Of great interest 10 a
/ Northern man, 10 observe how The
ministers, in The midst Of SO much dis
loyal sentiment, discharge their duty,
whether they pray for "the President
OF these United States or for orr
President, and our Congress 'noN in
session"
heard three different ministers per-
form public service. in which pray
irg for tie President was considered
a test Of their loyalty. Tie one vas
tie Chaplain Of the Mary land Senate
at the opening Of the morning session.
He prayed the lesson straight through.
but seemed 10 be reciting q carefully
prepared form. He prayed there with
out book. but learned afterwards Ihat
lac belonged 10 the Episeop, church.
The prayer would satisfy reasonable
loyal man. And YET, you could not
divest yourself OF the feeling tiat al
these ministers prayed under some re-
straint ia set and measured terms, as
though they were conscious Of The |
presence 81 other than loyal seni-
menis in their assemblies, and there
fore their words must be boh select
and few. noticed, also, that some Of
their petitions were 50 framed that |
loyal or disloyal men might aecrpt |
tlIen-lhe one BY prayer for Lin
coin and the other Tor Davis. For /
"our president" "our Congress, ''our
Governments, are terms which either
party might receive aud firl uiierance
in ihrm--of prayer for the Uuion,
on the one hand. OF tie Confederate /
Government on The other. could /
not but think how much Ike Jew
revolution would he some prayers
have heard in these northern reg ons
on the same aud Kindred topics, should
one 81 them chance 10 fab on the ear-
Of some Of these half loyal aud half
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