Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-03-21


The Great Need of the Rebellion
The Richmond Whig Of March l3.h in view
Of the elections shortly to take place in that por-
ton Of Vrginil which acknowledge, the Rich
mond consprators as government, informs It's
readers Of the particular need OF the rebellion at
tha citcll juno ufe of is existence The ard
Gle Is well worth copying, and wo give it below
In the elections which are shortly to TAX place
in this State, one controlling and exclusive pur-
pose should occupy the mind Of the voter, nlme-
~ to secure for the public service only men OF
the most indOmtidble resolution and the most con.
fdeat and s0ngutne spirib Any and everything
disability, experience, learning, purty--mGy
be dispensed with but this is indispensable.
Ours may not be, and is not, revolution but II
requires men Of tbs revolutionary mould. In
ordinary times, none would demand for legislators
more strenuously than we, the qualities which we
now hold to be not only unneeded but perncious
Moderation, caution conservatism, an oyer Scru-
DulOus regard for Jriuate rights and a leo rigid
adherence 10 the limitations II lars and conStltu
lions, do mol make the craftsmanship zoe hare use
tor In their stead ue wdnt boidn,ss, tenacitB
faith, blind faith erea Audqce encore Guddce,
toujsurS dudacc is the beginning, middle and end
OF ths political science suited to our emergency.
The man who has no such word as " fail in his
vocabulary, Whatever may be his deficiencies other
WISE would be worth more to the cause, in public
station than a second Bacon, il he thought our
success uncertain. We know, and may have to
name, gentlemen in our Legislature and Of our
delegation in Congress, to whose elevation we
have contributed, and who in ordinary times would
grace their positions, but who, for lack Of the one
essential quality of absolute faith, are not only Of
no advantage to the cause, but are doing great
harm. Here hey angels from Hedpsn ihsy should
be, for The lime beng, laid Gsids. Consistency and
endurance will win this fight without the least
possibility oil failure. But men who permit them
selves TO contem late the chance OF failure are
not the men to endure or cause others TO endure,
all that may be needed for success. We are not
ndulging in censurej our personal feelings are
kind towards the gentlemen We have in our eye I;
under other circumstances We would give them a
hearty support bl. Tor the purposes Of this war
as leaders Of the people and pillars Of the cause,
they are by their moral constitution incapable Of
good, and are unosnscousy doing immense mis-
]
Less and respect in the obscurest retirement, TIL
these rough times are oyerpast. Let US I'll their
| places with men Of less or no sensibiliy and ap-
/ preheusyeness--snd il there BIO real danger Of
/ failure, better to take men who have not mind
enough to sec it Nearly all that legislation can
do has been done. All The men and means Of
the ~ have been placed at the disposal al
the Conled Executive. Confidence alone i:
needed eoufden"e that will never tater, Gems
what may for ttaI will produce oonsi4ncy, and
consistency will yield success, as CO t.in!y 'sprng
follow, winter
II the Uhg had only been content to DO with
out " ability, learning, experience ard purity Il
candidate. for odicq, ils ~iclo voan lo4 ties
have found favor among he aspirants for oiicia
position in Virginia and is proposition to b,
the angels from Heaven temporarily upon III
shelf until The rebellion gets out Of It's presen
straits, would not remove from otfc. aay traitor
who have figured largely 10 the rebellion 30
When r insists ca 1" the most confident aul un
gune spirits in oifee-hoIders, il ia pushing d.
matter OF qualifications little too iat. "Sln
gune spiTi.t are no, at present very c5nmoi
article IN rebellion, at le,s, they are not { "
e may Judge from tie specimens which the re5e
T newspapers furnish US. The Wing may fad
1 an easy thing to do, to call these spirits IRON Oh
t rssty deep into which Grants and sherman
5 strategy has plunged them, bu, viii they come
8 Can the voters fnd them Can he Whig obag
T it, readers with their names?
In fac, the scarcity Of this article, called "',n
? guine tpiri,s,' Ia be rebellion, is substantial
y admitted by the Hhig. ltisr,ady 4" 10 hdeaws
!, with all tenderness and respes. men of {" adj
= ity, experience, learning and purity and q
$ their places with men Of le" or no sensby @
e apprehensiseness, and if there be real DANCE
is of failure, better" it says, "to take men WI
y have no, mind enough to see H. The iuiersuC
? is tolerably evident tha, everybody in Virgin
n who has brains sees that tue rebellion is near i
n downfall, and has not on hand stock Of " tar
u guiue spirits sufficient for the emergency.
II The Wing, However, seems to all back upo
y confidence as the last prop oil the reoelho
lie Somebody has said that confidence is q plant
je slow growth" and our own opinion is that it ism
Iy Of much value unless it has something 10 rest u
ID uni and just now the basis Of all real conflenc
il in the success of treason seems to be crumbir
beneath the feet OF the traitors. The Whig ar
.e those rebels who haven't mind enough to see
il the approaching collapse Of the rebellion m'
IA amuse themselves a little longer 10 the child
or effort to blind their eyes and close their ears
p tho sigma and portents Of the times, bu, even th'
y will .oon find their stock Of " anguiue spirits
=, ,zbaus ed, and their couhderc," in the suoce
n, Of treason vanishing before the victorious advan
re Of the old Gag.
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