Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-01-10

VI T. Coupons anl rsg,t cred Fives 1866 q. 1910
Coupons lO9! q. S. $50 Coupons 1881 T. s. Coupons
siass, EEL III Money active At per cent.
The Richmond Press on the Rebel Prospects.
Tao Richmond papers have recently been en-
gagged in the work Of determining what tho rebel
ion, in its present state, had better do The sub
stance Of some Of these editorials ia contained in
thu following from the associated press dispatch
The Richmond S,nhnd contains very impor.
tAnt editorial, believed TO be from the pen Of jeff
Davis. 1t says :" Our late reysrses have done
much toward preparing people for extreme sac
rfces II suhlugated. The question is simply
Whistler we shall give for our own use, or whether
the Yankees shall take for theirs? Il would be
more glorious to devote our means to success
than to lose them as spoils to the enemy. Our
situation, stripped Of our property but masters Of
our Government, would be infinitely better than
If desposd by the enemy and wearing bis bonds
Subjugtton is horror that embraces all other
horrors. Troublesome times are upon US. Great
exigences surround u.s. We need all our strOEgth
and wisdom Let there be conference Of our
wise men. Let there be calm investigation Of
our wants. Then let all obstacles 10 the employ |
ment OF all our resources be removed.
80 long as we have a man or dollar let the
call for them be honored. It would be adding
disgrace to our misery Il va we're overcome with.
OFT sxhaustlng every resource of defense. If the
Government determines that it needs our lands,
houses, negroes, horses, money, or ourselves, i'll
must have them.
II Providence condemns u. to a master, let il
not be Yankee Of oil people on earth We
have most reason to loathe and dread them. Any
terms with any other would be preferable to sub
Ijugalon by them If slatemanship cannot save
US i. can pallats our misery by saving US from
the Yankee Oar people would infinitely prefer
favorable alliance with European nations"
The Richmond Enquirer after commenting
upon the above says "if it be necessary to con.
vince the world that We are lighting for 'elfgoy-
eminent Of the whites that We should lbsrats
the negroes, and il that liberation should secure
our recognition and the guaranty Of England and
France to our independence, We believe the peo-
pie OF these Ststes would not hesitate to make
the sacrifice. The consequences Of emancipation
would fall upon the negro The act would be one
OF necessity not OF choice, taken against our
Judgment aud convictions, but to save uI from
The horrors OF a prolonged war and the disgrace,
ruin and destruction involved in the success Of
our snemy
The Richmond Sentinel ellses thus: ali
France and England wi! snter into treaty with
,hese Confederate States, recognizing our nation.
alliy, upon the abolition OF slavery in oil the
States, aher than continue the war We should
be prepared TO urge the measure upon our read.
en We believe Suca proposition would bs
hyorAbly received and acted upon BY these ma
tons and il ought to be made TO lem"
The Richmond Examiner OF the I'd, in reply
TO The Seniina, opposes an appeal to the protec-
ton Of France and England in the present weak.
ness Of tbs South, and intmatss tnat the article
ia the Seniinei, recommending such policy, en-.
anated from jefferson Davis and from panicky
mind. 1t says If alternatives we're presented to
them OF being subjects OF these foreign powers,
or Of returning TO the United States, they would
choose the former.
Such discussions as these show that the rebels
are coming to realizing sense Of their situation
They are the mos, given to boasting Of any people
on earth, and when they, in this public manner,
begin to balance the advantages Of freeing their
slaves, and becoming colonies Of Great Britain
and France, against The humiliation OF surrender.
Ing 10 the old flag and the old government, they
must he very near thu &" last ditch" The Er-
amhu is perhaps partially right in a,tributing
the SsnIinels disposition OF "the rest and resi- =
r due y OF the CoaiederAcy = "panioky mind, .
Yeti It's an intellectual condition which Sherman's
campaign 10 Gtorsh, and Thomas in Tennessee,
I have naturally produced
What this seussion will lead to, so far as the
leaders Of the rebellion are concerned, is mere
matter of speculation. That jeff Davis and the
4 leading eonspraor should prefer to be ylssas o.
I a European monarchy, rather than that the Union
10 It's original IN esry shoal be restored, ia not
unnatural. So far as they are concerned thots
is no future that eau b1 desirable under tho old
!, flag. Their crimes are OF such infamous ,urpi-
lude that they can eSpsc. nothing but the pun
iskmen taeir offences deserve, IT the rebellion is
b suppressed and they are eAplurel Rather than
: submit TO such hopsless fate they will, when
they zee no further possibility Of tie success OF
, trsason sndsa,or to escape to Europe, or to
Mckee, there for brief time to enjoy no,orsty
r political refugees before sinking into obscuri,y.
And Ai'no' therefore surprising tha. they should
prefer the condition Of c1oni.,s OF these powers
to the inevitable fulurs thu, awaits them il the
Union is restored
Til, case Of the people Of the nsurscnt di.
, irict, il, however, entirely different. They can
! be made to understand if they do not already
!, that their future ia restored Union, Il ,hsy
heartily return to their allegiance, will be no
= worse than before this rebellion. except 30 iar a.
the unavoidable consequences Of the conflict have
}. already been visited upon them. fe people Of
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