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

the faith, stronger than death, which the north
erners have exhibited in their star, their man
ifest destiny their religion their Alpha ant
Omega, their dream Of dominion from sea to sea
and TO quote Mr.. Eyeretts Words from The
icy Pole to the flaming belt of the Equator NJ
para lei faith has ever been exhibited by the con
iederate States in their future. Six great south
ern victories in the field and three drawn battles
exhausting the nine principal C llisons of The
war, the entire absence OF any such panic rout'
as Bull Run or Chckamauga, the tried efficiency
Of the Federal blockade, the unmolested flight o
Aabamas and FlorIdas at sea, have altogether
failed to inspire the masses Of the South with O
1.-THE of that confidence in themselves which Meth.
er defeat, nor disastar, nor hope deferred, nor il
usions dispelled, have ever shaken out OF the
Norh.rners
Deny It who may, there is something sublime
in this shadawy earnestness and ulsy mogoi
cence Of Northern faith and seIi.reliance. Would
that could set promise Of he future and final
Southern triumph in any corresponding quality
Of the Southern mind.
ln many fashions Southern unfaih crops up
and recos upon the Confederate Government,
making for instance, Mr.. Memmngers task,
though be takes his stand upon raw material
worth sixty OF seventy millions Of polmdsd 81 ring,
Helculean as compared with Mr., Chase's, who s-
sues vastly larger promises to pay on security
Of breld tuH exports worth only sixty or seventy
millions Of dOiimS. There are, Of course, other
reasons to account for the fact that three dollars
in 'greenbacks will buy TWO dollars in COLL,
while 1t requires thirty paper dollars Of the Con-
ieGeracy to buy Ike sum but the fundamental
explanation OF the discrepancy in value OF the r-
redeemablc paper issues Of the two sections lies
IN the yasl, superior faith in themselves oi tbe
Northern people. For many months We have
head throughout the Conltdeucy the cuckoo cry,
DO something to arrest the depreciation Of the
currency, or We perish;' but hitherto nothing
has been done, and, as is now seen by everybody
we are On the brink Of preclp.ce.
II is universally admitted that the country !.
richer in everything that constitutes wealth than
it WAS twelve months ago that there is a suti
cheney OF meat aud Tar greater abu& ance Of csre
ais than last year that fru and Vegetables have
been granted us in unusual abundance; that Rich
mond aas supplies OF coal ltd wood vastly in ex
cess Of those laid In against last wlnter-In proc
I OF which / may mention that the streets are nov
as well lighted as those Of London, whereas as
year their Cimmeran darkness was hyont,
theme Of the New York Hrab but 10 spite d
all these facts uniath 10 Confederate currency
grows apace, the farmers refuse to pat with then
crops on any terms, flour etches 800 per barre
and is rising, bacon !, close upon - d pound, ev
rD,hng is proporuonatey dear and nothing
i plentiful, save Confederate currency unit. d
last woman going to market Las been heard tc
exci4im 3" carry blket to market to to.C
money and carry pocsei-book to fetch hom
the slice of beef which it buys.