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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-07-25
Democracy and Congressional Interference

A Democratic paper IN an article expressing
great indignation, at the doctrine that Congress
should refuse to receive or recognize the delega-
lion from any state, which did not guarantee to
It's people a " republican form Of government"
says
We do not fear the result Of this conflict be-
tween the President and his enemies. The IN.
ion ls restored The Constitut ton is supreme !
Every state is equal in rights and power to
every other state, and the country will ipslst
that all the states OF the American Union shall
enjoy the right of representation in Congress,
none of them as sublugated, dependent and
degraded provinces, but all Of them as free and
glorious sovereignties 1t was this for which the
people fought 1t is this they have gained, and
this is the boon they will enjoy, though the fac.
ton which wanes when the Union prospers
howl itself unto death.
We would respectfully ask if d" the Union ii
restored, the constitution supreme, and every
state equal in rights and powers to every othel
%state,'' why President johnson suspends thu
writ of hdbeas corpus in the District Of Oolum
bia why ho permits the Richmond Wing u
be suppressed why he appoints Provisional
Governors in the southern states7 The Demo
cratic press which assume the championship 0
President Johnson's method OF dealing with tn
insurgent States, can, perhaps, explain hoV
these acts are consistent with their fierce decla
nation against any Interference with the right
OF the states. For ourselves, we confess I
being utterly unable to reconcile Presidsn
Johnson's course with any Democratic theory 0
state rights and we respectfully suggest tina
. those who claim The Pr esideni as a state right
man be rather milder, than is the above extract
IN their denunclatiOn Of radical intefsr
euce with rebel statos. The President expressl
E old the South Carolina delega ton that the
. must assent 10 all the acts Of the governmen
respecting emancipation before he would star
them in the way of reorganization. How
= this condition less an Interference with stat
rights, than for Congress, which has %constitu
uonally the right to Judge OF the qualification
Of its members, to say whom il will admit an
whom exclude? What use for the President I
impose conditions il Cong ess can not also dc
aand conn ance with these conditions An
It Congress can dem and cJmpliance with tn
p esldeut's conditions, why may 1t not deman
compliance with Its Ow12
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-07-25
Brecklnridge on Cruelty and Oppression. .

Breckenridge is reported to have given utter
ance to the following choice BIT of wisdom pre-
Vious to his secret departure for foreign shores:
have had no. news from the outer world since
| disbanded, near Woodstock, Ga, the last Con-
iederate force east Of the Chattahoochee. | trust
there will be wisdom enough in the councils at
Washington City not to drive a brave and suffer
ing people to the remedies which spring from
despair. Every man should now exert all the
influence be possesses to make the pres mt cessa-
ton OF h~ostilities permanent and honorable, and
let it be remembered that there can be no lasting
peace founded on cruelty and oppression.
The " brave and suffering people " having got
rid Of Breckenridge, are getting along after a
fashion, and are giving their attention mainly to
petitoning the Government for civil rights and
political Offices, instead Of adopting the " remedies
which spring from despair" viz a trip in an open
boat from the coast of Florida and the American
flag to the Spanish territory, the charities of for
eigners, and the protection Of Government which
has no sympathy with republicanism which Seems
70 be the remedy to which despair drove the
" brave and suffering " Breckenridge.
In view Of Breckinridge's utterance, " that
there can be no lasting peace founded upon cru
city and oppression" we ale encouraged to believe
that his eyes have been opened at last, and that
be now sees that slavery ia an element most dan
gerous to the peace of any people. He is hardly
needed, however, in this country, to teach this
doctrine, as it ia now generally agreed to excsp'
by the small remnant Of the Democratic party
to which Breckenridge formerly belonged, and
which still beIieves,as it has given proof rscently,in
New Hampshire, that slavery which is the most
malignant type Of %"cruelty and OPPRESSION
should be perpetuated in this country. 1t might
be well, however, for Breckenridge to write letter
to his old associates, informing them that he has
changed his views, and is now hostile to "~Sruelty
and oppression" as they refuse to be taught by
the events Of the past four years, and sill adhere
to their old admiration for the auction block, the
whipping post, and the slave pen.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-07-25

Mr.. EDITOR Now that the strong arm Of
justice has fallen so severely, and so swiftly, on the
heads OF the guilty, and swept from society and
the world the assassinators and conIpirators, it 10
to be expected that the inquiry will arise as to the
fate, or what is TO he the fate, Of those who con-
spired, not against the lives Of a few individuals,
but set on foot a desperate and deadly conspiracy
against the very life and existence Of our Govern.
ment, and their Government, under the protecting
arm Of which they had rested in peace and safety,
since the time when first our Nations emblem
wa. flung to the liberty inspiring breeze. which
sweep from the Pacific to the Atlantic shore.
And those who, 10 violation of all the dictates OF
humanity, snd ali the usages OF, 80 called, civil
lied warfare, ordered aud set on foot a plan to dis
able the men they had captured from our armie,
to shoot them, to poison them, to put them at the
mercy Of half famished bloodhounds, worse, and
more damnipg than all, to siG'ps thsm even unto
death. What shall be the fate Of those who we're
the willing authors Of all these bal b~rities and IN.
humanitiss2 When the proof shall evidence to
the world that they did it, let the keen edge Of
the sword Of justice do It's work.
II there could be found no mercy for Payne,
who only struck at the life Of Seward, what can
save jeff. Davis and his co. laborers in the hell.h
work Of treason ? Shall the lives Of a few indi.
vidual, be esteemed Of more consequence than the
lives and welfare of thousands and ten Of thou
ssnds-Aye, cur Nations life itsslf.
II the security Of the chief officers of Govern
ment 'haIl be enhanced by the execution Of the
eonspirators, will not our Nations lite be more
secure, after it has been shown that our Govern
ment does net Look on the law for the punish-
ment of treason as a dead letter? Let txlenuat.
lug circumstances have their full weight in favor
OF guilty ones-o,hs, wise let them feel that those
who SOW the wind are sure to reap The whirlwind.
ID. I. A.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-07-25

GENERAL ROUSSEAU ON THE "DrNITY OF
SLAVERY Quite a lively f-ht is going on in
Kentucky in consequence Of the congressional
election to be held in that State IN August. 10
the Louisville District, Gen. Rousseau, who has
fought for the Old Flag, is the Union candidate
for Congress, and is carrying on the canvass in
true anIi-slavery style, hitting right and left
wherever be finds a pro.slavery man to strike.
In a recent speech, after showing that slavery
WAS dead, and that its own friends had killed
it, and proving pretty concluslvely that the in
%stitution had been anything but profitable to
the South, be gave the ministers who claim for
slavery a divine origin and sanction, the follow
ing facts to mediate upon and %inwardly digest
Some of my clerical friends may take an OBJ
lection to my theology Insisting that the Bible
sanctions slavery. Now, gentlemen, | must
confess that | am much better versed in Casey
Tactics, y the Army Regulations, or even in
Blackstone and Chl.ty (though | have got raih-
er rusty in law } than in the good book, but this
much | know OF the Bible When the Old and
the New Testament we're delivered to men, chat
tel slavery existed among all mankind, and eve
ry word on the subject Of slavery which these
books contain goes toward mitigating and les
senlng the power of the master and giving some
little comfort to the slave. And this, TOO, |
know That wherever Christianity Is the ruling
religion slavery has gone down, down, down
And wherever people do not believe in the Bible,
but in the Turkish Koran or in some heathenish
superstition, there slavery is still as strong and
universal and deeply fixed as it was TWO thou
sand years ago. Now all your hypocritical,
rebel parsons, with their texts about Paul and
0nesimus, can't got over this little proposition
That Christianity has steadily driven out slavery
and that the Turks still keep it up and | want
to know II the Turks and the Tartars are really
better Christians than the French and the Eng
lish, The Germans and the Americans.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-07-25

GEN. SHERMAN's P0LITlCs.-The Democratic
papers have been unoeasing in their efforts to so
praise Gen. Sherman that he would be moved by
gratitude to make some small return for their
ex ravagant laudations by throwing himself into
their arms, politically. This the hero of Atlanta
and Savannah does Mt apparently propose to Go.
la a recent speech at Columbus, he iutimated
this opinion, and said
The newspapers had taken great liberties
with the names of public men, and in his own
case, bad even accused him OF political aspirations
that he would like to be President. S25 900
a year would nj pay him for the performance of
the civil duties Of that office, nor 500 900. lie
had oil the military reputation he cared about, aud
i was enough for him to do to take care Of that
The newspapers had stated that he did not
favor the election Of his friend, General Cox, for
Governor. They had no right to say that. lie
had uniformly spoken in the highest terms Of the
ability, both civil and military, aud high quali6-
cations Of General Cox for that office. True, he
had said aud would repeat i, that he could not
see how General Cox could make anything by
r%esiguios bis Commission as M-jor General to be
Governor oil Ohio two years. lie, Sherman,
would not leave bis commission for il two years,
or twenty, nor two hundred thousand
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-07-25
Income Returns in Washington County.

The following income returns for this County
we clip from the last Argus, whose Editor was
copying them from the Assessors books when we
went to the Collectors office to copy them. and
we avail ourself of his copy, merely correcting a
few slight errors in names of persons personally
known 10 US:
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-07-25
COM NJ ERCIAL.

MARKETS Nav YoEK, July %, Cotton quiet st 4se
Flour dull fer common and firm FIR gosi sales $500 bbls
STATE g. As to 6 65 round hoop Ohio VI 10 TO 8 IS West
ern o. Is to676 Southern-sales $50 bbls. at sTto II 50
Csnaua-sales 800 bbls. 81 1850 to 80. Wheat heavy
GALES 5000 bushels Milwausee cub slJg anbel
Aienigln st5J. Corn dali sales un important. Bee
dall. Pork firm sales 1000 Dbls. mess sJl IS to ~
Lard steady. Nmskey steady at 2 10.
Nv ~ETART.-Stoeks dull. q. 5. 10 ,os 06i Tressu J
I o 10 ggi U 5. 5.2Os 1885, U. =. Coupon Skies Of 1881
1884 uold l42 IL.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-07-25

lne New HAM shire Superior Cour, has de-
cided that an express company delivering a par
Gel marked with The eatausic "C, o. D.
collect On del,yery-may allow a person to whom
II is consigned, reasonable time TO open the
package aud determine whether he will receive
It or not. Tue rule heretofore has been that
no examination could take p%iace-the receiver
must take the package aud determine whether
II contained what he mad ordered or not, This
decision OF the court is both legal and sensible,
which latter cannot be said OF all legal decisions
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-07-25

Senator Yates Of Illinois lataly made a speech
pledgiug himself TO vote Tor admission to no
rebel state thai did not expressly provide against
the danger Of re.secession. lie announced hs
luaeIlbls adhesion to the principles Of emanci-
p.uou,and prophesIed that that platform would
r%e-elecs him to the Senate II be desired such re.
election.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-07-25

VINO MAY ioLD OFFIcE IN VIRGINIA AT.
lorney General Bowden, OF Nfginia, IN response
to a commuuiciurn OF inquiry from Governor
Plerpont, has gwen his Official opinion that under
the present constitution OF that State persons who
held office under the rebel government, either
state or " national" are DOT now eligible to any
office in the commonwealth. Those who have
merely county offices under rebel rule, it il de-
olded, are not subject TO this ineliglbiiIy.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-07-25
Washington County Convention.

The freemea OF the County Of Washington who would
support the administration Of Andrew Jonn4on, md aid
in re est.bli hug lhe Federal ad.houty ana Goysr nmens
over all the states ami Territories Of The United states
upon the enduin b-sis VI universal freedom, are hereby
requested to meet Ia Convention sttne CouH IL use IN
Montpelier, on Tuesday, the Isl DAY Of August, 1865, al
10 O'Clock, A. a., ts nominate candidates Tor County and
Probate District officers 10 be supported At the ensuing
election.
nc. DWIGHT,
j. ii UKCUff,
al. GLEASON, County Committee
G. &. ABBOTT,
.. SPENCER,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-07-25
Union Nominations.

For Governor
PAUL DILL 'NGHAM, Of Waterbury.
For Lieutenant Governor;
A. Is. GAHDNER, of Bennington.
For Treasurer
JOHN H.. PAGE, of Rutland.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-07-25

% Friday last, President Johnson officially
promulgated the appointments OF Hon. Dudley
c. Denni,on a. District Attorney AID Hon, Hugh
IL. Henry as Marshal for Vermont.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-07-25

The Adjuant Generals, of whom We spoke
last week, after leaving the White Mountains
made an excursion under charge of Gen. Wash
burno up the Passumpsic Railroad to Newport,
Lake Me%mphremagog, 40, and then separated
to meet IN Washington in March, 1866.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-07-25

arSee call for Excise taxes, and don't forge!
20 take the right kiRd ofmDa'y.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-10-05
Tho Mas; nj, citing.

\ The Mass Meeting on Thursday last
though not so largo as expected, was
we'll attended. Senator Sherman, who
spoke first, discussed the issues Of the
campaign with characteristic vigor
and clearncss., Eycy,man who hoard
him, left with an intensified contempt
for the miserable party which attempts
to ride into power by raising hue
andrs;y against the prosecuted negro,
and by demanding the taxation of
Government bonds in the facc OF half
a dozen decisions of tho Supreme
Court against the power oftaNing them
by the States. Col. Gibson followed
Senator Sherman, In one of the most
powerful speeches ever delivered in
Lancaster. Hc'spoke' several hours,
and could have held the people three
hours longer. He not only carved
tho Coppcrheads topiccrs, but cut the
meat from their very bones, We
have never heard stronger points,
sharper sarcasm or moro Irresistible
humor andspathos, on the stump.
At nighta very large crowd Assem-.
bled and listened to speeches by Gen.
,
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-10-05

Colonel wilhelm aud the oopporheads
Col .Gopnell has handed US the fol.
lowing letter for, publication. The
Copperheads havolbeen claiming Col.
Wilhelm as one of their own, since
it was reportedisome time since, that,
on personal grounds, he would not
vote for Gen. Grosvenor. We learn
that the Colonelwill vote the whole
Union ticket. The letter is satisfac-
tory upon one point, viz; that Col. Viii
helm is not Coppcrhead:
-s[n LANCASTER, Ono, lt
s-1'yN Sept. 2S1865.
Hon. Join M. ConheH:
that some of my friends, are endcav
oring tomakU political capital out of
q personal, difficulty between myself
and Gen. Grostgnof the Union candi
date for Senator in this district.
Whatever personal feelings may
entertain against General Grosvenor,
It does hotin any way affect the Union
ticket, as. | have since the beginning Of
the war, been steadily fighting, rebels
in front and traitors intho rear, and /
do not intend in this, the day Of our f.
nal triumph, to throw away four years
Of hard labor by helping to power a
party that voted neither mon nor mon.
ey to prosecute the war to a final and
glorious cohsummation.
am, with respect, yours, &c,
GEORGE WILHELM.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-10-05


70 the citi-ens Of Lancaster, native and
adopted
We, the mornbcfs Of tho F. b., of
this oircIo take this method of inform.
ing the city and all the friends of lib
erty and lovers of ireland, that we are
grhg to hold a grand ball in the City
Hall, tho 9th day of October, the pro +
ceeds Of which are to go for the ben.
eft of the cause of Ireland, best known
to the Head Centre, Col. 0. Malony OF
New York City, WcearnestIy solicit
the assistance of ourfriends and haters
of tyranny and persecution to lend an
aiding hand. Now is the time, now
is tho hour, for the American spirit to
display itsclf and revenge former
wrongs. IrishmeH and Americans
cast sSmpathizing glance ovcr the
present condition of Irishmen, cxilod
from their native country, wandering
in strahgc lands, 'tryingto accommo'
date themselves to customs, habits and
amusomontsto which they are stran =
gers, to have no country they can call
their own, except ireland, once the
seminary Of Europe, now stormed by
emissaries from the devil. Butthe day
is not far distant whenthore will be an
overwhelming effort made to liberate
our native country. She win call with,
her harp While her flag is hnfuFled, hdf
son and their sons from the end OF The
world. Then will the prophetic words
Of our own, national poet come to truth:
ssErinl Q Erin though long in thOshade,
d" Thou yet wilt shine out /
Whenthe proudest shall fade.''-IMoore.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-10-05
narks tjnioh meetings.

The iiicetingsIheId throughout the
county last week for Gen. Grosvehor,
were unexpectedly and unprccedcnt.
cdly large. Those who have stumpcd
tho county heretofore were surprised
at the large attendance and especially
at thenumber Of the opposite party
who came out to hear the truth
There will undoubtedly be considera
bic Union gain in the strong demo-
cratic townships. Gen. Grosvcnor
has woe the good opinion Of men of
ali parties, and wiIl'bo elected by o
much larger majority than ho at first
anticipated.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-10-05
The EpIscopaI ChHrch.

We are pleased to announce that
the repairs to ST Johns Church are
about completed and that in future
service viii be held every fortnight
beginning on Sunday, Oct. 9th, and
continuing on alternate Sundays du-
ring the year. The Rector, Rev. &. o.
Simpson, arrived last week.
The church lot has been surrounded
with beautiful ilon fence, AMI the
ceiling of the thuech is being pan cl-
cdA
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-10-05

Col .COnnell, Col. !GOldiDg and Col.
Stafford will speak at the following
times and places, during the coming
week
Friday night, October 9Th, at Win =
ters Shop, Greenfield township.
Saturday Night, october7, at Bre-
men.
Capt. ]. B. Eversolc and IT.. A. P.
Ashbrook will speak. at tho following
times and places during the coming
week: =.
Techs School House, Friday night,
Oct. 9Th. b,
Rugh's School House, sat'y night.
Oct. 7th.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-10-05
The Saturday Press.

We.welcome to our table tk5 New
York Saturday Press, which has been
revived BY Mr.. Clapp, in a. new shape.
1t always was the spieiest and sauciest
literary journal in the country, and af-
ter its rather long sleep it wakes up as
fresh and smart as ever. SO o year
Address Henry Clapp, A,, New York,
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-10-05
.FENIAAs.

We notice by the daily prints that
the Fenian movement is likely to be
cqtshort by the British GoverumOnt.
uufisyhpathy like that of tho AmerI-
car, people generally will be heartily
with the Irish people in their efforts
to tteo themselves from the. British
yoke. Moreover, wo ore itching for an
opportunity to pay John Bull back in
the same sort OF sfhcutrality" which
he man Tested during our struggle
With the rebels. We want good op-
portunity to fit out 9 few Alabamas
and to take stOSt IN tho "rebel loan,"
9f the Fenians. l,c,
Apropos of. the Fenians, We notice
that tho brotherhood Of this city
givsA dance at the City Hall on Mons
day eVopips, next, .'' = go
- sH.l.HH.f jpti.
s.a-a41li - sssG,. a+
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-10-05

sEIIEcK & Go, Of ofcolumbus, will
accept our thanks for an engraving
Of President Lincoln and Family
Their advertisement will bo found in
anoEhqrlcolumn, to. Which attention is
directed
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-10-05

DRINKS of all kinds, from the cold
or julep, to the hottest whis-
key punch, and of the choicest liquors
to be found, cah be had at Hickman's
Fairfield Saloon. 1w.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-10-05
Real Estate For Sale.

The undersigned will offer Mt private sale the TO-.
lowing property, situated In the town Of Baltimore
Fairfield County, Ohio, tO-wlt;
A tno Cottage dwelling on Main street. with .
rooms; house nearly new; lots containing u Of an
acre each; good cellar esterns and fine shrubbery
house, and well Of good water, plenty OF grapes
and fruit trees in fine bearing order. =
Also, steam Saw-Mill with Machinery attached
for bending feoes, shafts &c. with lots sufficient for
a log-yard; all in good running oroer.
Also, 30 acres OF land cleared and under cultiva-
tion. nd Joining the corporation.
Also, 231 acres Of good timber land within a Of q
mile from the mill; the timber mostly oak
The above will be sold in whole or in part to suit
the purchaser. Terms easy. CIV. MULlNlX.
October 6-28 4w.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-10-05
Meeting at Bremen

Col. JOHN MyCoNNBLL and Col,
GOLDING will address tho people at
BRBlNEN, On Saturday Ruening, oc-
tOber 7h. Turn out, mon of Rush
creek, to one moro rally before the
election.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-10-05

A SOLDIER of the old 18th is fur.
nishing birds, game Of all kinds, oys.
ters, fish, &c. together with whatever
is desired to wash q meal down, 1.-THE
Fairfield Saloon. Ft Nv.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-10-05

TUrHttt h Son, have just received
at their Bookstore, in Green Block, o
few selections Of Catholic books. la
dies purses, Wallets, Portfolios, Gold
Pens, Pen Knives, Albums, Annuals,
&c.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-10-05

I@ Remember the exhibition at the
City Hall this evening. & CHARLEY
LARGE's troupe, consisting of twelve
members, have an engagement for this
night only. u, ~
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-10-05
Monday Evening,
fOCTORER. 9.

a OCIOBEEC .,
Everybody within reach Of Lancas-
ter is expected to be present. Come
out soldiers and citizens. Rally once
moro before the battle. Receive forty
rounds Of ammunition and bc ready
for tho morning.