Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-06-20

as stated by A. r. Wright, president OF he
beorgla Senate who thought at the time We
seeded, that If the North attemssted 10 make
var upon us, that i we had to do would be to
20 up on the Potomac, dressed 10 Uniform, and
me whole Tankte' army would run--a deluson
which was never realized, and which to-day has
vanished from all sensible minds.
- AT the tine we seeded it never entered the
minds of the Republican party to abolish ala
very 10 the states nor the minds Of any respect
'tle nomber of the nor thern peop.e and bad
ho states returned to their allegiance within
reasonable time slavery would not have been
abolished. Mr.. Lincoln Emanci patton Procla-
nations, ! am Informed and believe, we're in.
ended as war measures only and would have
oeen withdrawn 80 soon as the war ceased,
! bough at the time they cana to my knowledge
! did not 80 unde stand them, which caused
cnanRe IN my course for time, which it il not
oecessafy now to expliin. ho then s respon-
slble for the sudden abolition of slavery with
All lts terrible consequences to the shareholders
ol she South2 Who il responsible for the wld-
0"s sighs and orphans tears2 w Who is respDn-
sblc tor tie rivers Of blood that have been shed
IN this unlnstIfAbe war agaisnt the liberties of
the American people7 Who is responsible for
the loss OF constitutional liberty The North
say no Truth ami justice say no No one
10 responsible for all this woe but the evrrupt
leaders OF the Sjuth-whose garments are red
aud dripping with the best blood that ever
DO we'd.
THE DUTY or THE SOUTH.
" What, thea. is the duty of The South under
thes1 lr]iUg circumstances? Ii is plain. Sub
mt gracefully to the new order Of things, return
At once to your allegiance to the national gov
eminent, yield IL willing, hearty support,give
up all your blnd yagaries of foreign lutefven-
liOn, with which secessia has Ii led your
minds for the last l0ur years. IL is the fixed
determ nation OF the government to abolish
slavery at once, aud 1t ls quite probable that he
cOlored man will remain among us TO help, in
his new and improved condition, to deveope the
vast RESOURCES Of our great state, and we must,
yield ready acq1lescence, and trust that the
government will devise some means by which
'hey Will be educated and taught to labor for
their bread
could have wished it otherwise | havs be.
lleved and still believe, that it would be best
Tor the North as well Us the South, and best for
the negro, that mancipation be gradual but
AZ the government has wIled it otherwise, let
ur submit respectfully. But the time will
come, sooner or later, when you will be called
On to 0rganlzs state government Then will
Iall upon you heavy responsibility. See to
It that no secessionist, with soft words upon bis
lips, receives any fhce within the gift OF the
people The original sect tssionists who precp-
lated this iearlu! revolution upon the people by
voting .or 1t, and whose essure and energies
have been exhausted 10 defence Of it, are unsafe,
dangerous men, and cannot be safely trusted.
Tnero are many good Union men who, toa
greater or less extent, participated in tke revo-
luton after secession had been accom- tshed,
and we're forced to do SO. either directly By the
government, or compelled by circumstances.
rnis class will stand on different footlpg and
will cheeruly aid in keeping the bad men out
OF office. Those men have been weighed in the
balance and found wanting. They have proven
that they are incapable of approaching self
government. They must sit upon the back
seats aud DO renance until their SINS are purged
away, whilst wiser men hold the reins of gov
ernment The future to many men looks low
ering aud dark but We will h,pe that is only
the darkness which ptecedes day. Let us exer-
else patience and persever nee, and we may vet
live 10 zee happier and better days not forgetting
that behind every DARK cloud there is silver
lialng.
Resrecsfully, your fellow citizen.
WV. b, GAULDES."