Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-12-05
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North in behalf Of the South, says
As il is, the only capital Of the South to-day
speaking broadly, is its teemIng soil and the er
ergy OF It's people, palsled now but able to b
e revived if congress will at once lit them int
the air of liberty, and not keep holding ther
under water
There is an old adage which says that " b
who is born to be hung will never be drowned.
Considering this, it is surprising that the Worid
and some, at Least of its clients, should mani
fest any uneasiness at being kept under water
They should put their faith in this sdoge, az
submit manfully to any immersive ordea
through which they are compelled to pass.
It may, however, be difficult for most person.
to see precisely how the Worlds charge, tba
Congress keeps holding the South under wa
tor" is sustained by the facts Of the case.
\ few short months ago the Southern Hear
found itself unable to beat any longer as g
Southern Heart-its arteries having carried
away all its life blood and it's veins having
failed to return it, according to the established
law of nature. In other words Gen. Lee, rep
resenting the physical power Of the Confed
etacy,' found himself surrounded by the Uoior
armes and obliged to surrender on such terms
as Northern magnanimity was willing to allow
him. Al the same time Jefferson Davis, repre-
sentng the moral @ entity of the said confcd
eracy, experienced, one morning, while ventur
ing out " to fetch a pail Of water" the same
mogrnfuI casualty that Jack and Jill did, ac-
cording to Mother Goose, when they went W
The hill on a similar errand--uideicet, he broke
hIs crown (dguratiVely speakng) And thur
ended the career Of eleven rebellious states
which had declared themselves out Of the Union
four years before, and had sought to enforce
tLeir declaration by tho ordinary acts Of open
war, to which they superadded all manner OIL
strategem and tleachery, indiscriminate massa-
ere, as at Fort Pillow and elsewhere, starvation
and waDton murder 0 + prisoners Of war, as ct
Andersonvllle Richmond, Salisbury and Ca
hawba, and finally, the assassination OF our
President at Washington.
Well, six months have passed, and what do
we see ?
The rebellious states have been furnished with
governors and state officials who, if appointed
by tho executive of the general government, are
still contessedly Of decided Southern procliyi.
ties, and were selected with an especial view o.
their rejecting the opinions Of the average
Southern population. Some Of them were APP
pointed before they had even been pardonad for
their late acts Of rebellion. The ports Of the
rebellous territory have been opened while yet
their pryateers were devastating cur commerce
the capital which had been exhausted 10 an el-
lott TO destroy our government. has been repac-
Cd BY Northern capital, and the trade Of the
conquered district has thus been lnyigorated
with III, which j. could not have attained IN
aide in score Of years. An extensive benoyo-
lent society is e13rtlng Itself 6trenuoualy in all
the principal cities Of the North to supply the
wants OF every white person in the South. In
this labor are engaged Gems. Meade, Fisk, and
other military officers, Henry Ward Beocher
aud other abolItionista who would, unit quite
lately, have been strung up to the neares! tree
if they had been caught in Dixie Railroads
have been furnished to the South by the govern
ment, almost without money and without
price, On winch to transport their products,
which are now commanding such immense prices
in the commercial world. Tho handsome Iost-
office revenue which the general government en-
yed throughout the period Of their voluntary
alienation, has been diverted from tho public
treasury when so much needed in order that
our efriug Southern brethren may enjoy the
benefits OF postal system They have been
allowed to hold elections and send represents
tiyes to Congress, with no condition imposed
Herewith except tie very reasonable one, thai
the representatives. elected should not have beer
actively and Voluntarily connected with the lat,
rebellion, Able and upright men abounC
throughout the South who can fulfill this con
ditiou, and nothing but the untamed spirit o
rebellion itself could promptto elect well known
rebels, as they have done in numerous instances
Our lenient President has repeatedly and unre
servedly assured populations from the conquer
ed states that their SINS, or, as he kindly demon
mated them, their errors, were freely forgiven
and that they should be allowed all their tight
under the constitution and existing laws.
These are some Of the many lavors and con
cessions granted to the late confederaoy by tn
United States Government within the last 81
months after their unconditional surrender
And this IS what the leading democratic orga
denominatcs "holding them under water !!
From the late acts Of the Mississippi legislator
and the Alabama convention, and from the a,
ton Of the Alabama people in electing Cor
gressional delegation still openly dsloyal, il
very evident that the South has not been ksI
under water long enough to wash of its stain
of treason, or to soak out the faint OF that ro
ten Institution which first made it mad.
CONGRESS assembled Monday, Dec. ith bu
none Of its proceedings, up to the time of goin
to press this (Monday) afternoon, have of court
reached us, tn Presidents message, il whc
unusual interest ID lelt by all parties, will hav
been pretty extensively road probably before GU
next issue when 1t will be given This session
considering the unsatisfactory condition Of mos
oil the southern States and the measures tina
will be taken to tranqu lizo and rcstOto them t
the Union on just and proper basis, will rel
der 1t one OF the most important since the OF