Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-06-13
secsssoinists Thirst for Civil Rule.

Sec5ssolnlsts Thirst for Civil Rule.
ILapoopIe at the South who are in the great
et ta.te 70 change the military for the civil
rlie, a,s !ho politicians who work for Office and
Tor th-lr own advantage and the late rebels who
can see no further hope in fighting the Union
with bayonets, and now arc willing TO return to
| their own style Of warfare at the ballot box
One OF Jlc peculiar difficulties which these rebels
have met ~ the trial Of arms is that each State
5 not 10 that arena left to determine the contest
Tor ITSELF, bat the federal government, with SOL
iieIs from other States. throws its might into
tho scale 10 Is only in this way that rebellion
pa. be' snppre.s3i os prevented in single
slave State. Aaryhud, Kentucky Missouri
and "e turk Delaware also, if left to them
svef would hayegoo with the rebellion The
/ Juonsis Of these suites, unless aided by the
army co1ld not, or would not successfully have
resisted secession. Is 20; surprising that the late
'ebels wish again 10 have the contest restricted
to thoota.a lines, by reinsttuting the State gov.
ernments, and dIsnissing the federal soldiery ?
The Rt.elgh Progress in a late issue admins
t5s v lsJn8 rtbuke to these men who are
Dust now ia 'doh l4s,5 % remove the military
pressure. Il says
uuo t1e sacaalous.s lhiist for civil law
/" when -Alli we have ciyil rule2' is the aues-
u4u W. ab.t4lmJst every one Of them greet
p. -Four long gc,rs they have kept the friends
Iet cM h1atty an0 constitul ional freedom, 10
.aa SJhb aulor de-potsm more olious and
eHlcaug than The world ever slw--the hired
'Fss ana l4ld detectives hung up)l the heels
10 Z les and Onion men ike vlmpIres-t they
'e....i, he'd t.ec.u:t0i star chamber aud erected
.hH iuqulsltob-Jhgy handcuifed men and bur
ued hrm Of o the army and penned and tor
aurea "ameH ana children Tor imaginary oifenses
-,uey u,A. che labor Of old age and infancy
4ln. tettb 1' starvation itself was a relief to
mlny-lhey have briDed themselves and theirs
autu the army and hunted down the poor
Hnlto man llka u ielon that he might be put
ull the army they have known 10 law but
NE Wll % th3lr mister, the despot Davis, in
Zoe prosecution Of IS neilsh war upon a govern
m.nt tll. never oppressed them-lnd now, for
..s tI4. the amnesty offered by the great and
z Lincoln may b. Withdrawn and not be ex.
ended ;l all whose souls are STEPPED in the
poisonous sus 81 secession, they are elamorous
..r eu iue Civil law Why, Tor four long
s4. laey ulyt au1Nu no iiw but brute force,
ll tlero t- BON mo liberty but ioi the favor
tues au4 pr,alos0f Davis. They hay, secuted
... ia~5. al constitutions all republican forms
luey wIuud o." STRONG Government, they
alutad4 i ns, h.Y wanted to establish priv.
'Ie-.d lu-ueut} 90 e0-layc the poor white
4aa a. well a- ths tcgto, 70 keep up Standing
I.nus, l.l du.e the uOu.sldych0.Jirs Of these
'tttl, tD IL s-HlJn thousand times more op-
pI..}. tgi l1lcus than that Of Russia
aud uoE Geese va "a want civil law. They
atHe tha r,otuc Of few Nli0nal trools
,aa. H.ya been let here as guard over our
.,. let.a i.tl,ft} until We can recognize a
Hya tlr G5,gium ut, as military aesp0iism
y epla.m They s4y nothing OIL the carrion
trrOarD DAVIS thar inst robbed the people Of
tus oGe of mer hmd guns, then o! tner sons
aud Husbands BY tbg rltbless hand vi ronscrip.
tiIi hru % the productions ul the poor
".l Ha1 children 10 lhc -hap9 ol tI.he taxes,
suu tutu % ,ht gail 10 tie vaults VI the banks
aud d. leaery worn upon the person. Des
pctsm. II the relgu OF bus satanic majesty in
tha c.terHs Ut hell, can We worse than that Of
DAVIS aud Eis sltraps. The descriptions OF Nil.
,aa eud others protesting familiarity with the
regions % darkness are Incorrect and in fault.
A4l }| ats are tuc men who are Low crying
uut -Jus. be- pres nee OF lew Union sd
t- Hi ".o have .li ar once become such
f., t.rl advocate. Of ctu. law NoNonder that
u.iy o. them ave ANXIOUS for the abolition OIL
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