Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-01-02
Southern Loyalty.

EDITOR OF THE FREEMAN II ind there are
may in the North, who speak and write mucn
upon the loyalty of the South. who " know not
whereof they speak and write. They are right
in the classification of the people into that COM
ION division of plan sers and the wealthy men IN
sympathy with them, the poor whlses-moEe
graded than the serfs of Russla-and the
blacks but an error il made when q division 10
made between the loyal and the disloyal-be-
tween the sheep and the goats-" Let US briefly
refer to history, and in a brief manner survey
the present position of the people of the South.
not through the spectacles of military power,
but through the more penetrating means,-the
microscope of common sense. We have noticed
the distinction, or division, of the people into
three classes The first, OF the planter, were the
men who initiated and gave their all for the
cause of tho rebellion,-and there was scarcely
any exception to this. The middle class or poor
whites, having no purpose of their own no
yoic. in public actions, yielded without any
murmur to the "powers that weIe," and were
fastened into the war, without being allowed to
consider the question, had they been 60 dis
posed. This claes is composed of individuals
who are unable to write.-who live in a state Of
nature which seeks enjoyment only IN gratifying
their passions. In Louisiana they live upon the
simplest fare, and fishing and hunting satisfies
their ideas Of labor. 1t was easy matter
for the southern leaders to mould them into
rebels and teach them how to g shoot Yankee"
as often we change docile cur into a savage
beast. The third class, or the blacks, obeyed
their matters, and labored for the rebellion on
the plantations, and as servants and cooks ID
their army yet within there was an idea strug
sliDg,-a vitality working which was finally to
develope Itself until it was displayed in the
soldier, clothed in the habiliments Of Uncle
Sam. This teas the spirit of loyalty. The enc
my fought until this strength was wasted and
their hopes blasted, when, in dispair they yielded
to us-as error yields to right when pressed.
The rebel armies were disbanded and returned
home. They were received with "0pen arms,
and IN cordial sympathy, as ~ aliant men who
mad suffered IN righteous cause. Did they
return convinced that their cause was wrong
one Far from it. To-day the com bination of
those six Letters which form the nor honored
Name Of Yam kse = 4 symbol e al that Is
Dad and detestahle
Ga the 4th of July last, at New Orleaos,
sa~ and heard them cheer for Lee and the1
r1ioed cause, and nothing but Union soldiers
!reNc0ted an rreu demonstration Of sympathy
and confidence. la the drinking houses, when
ever these quondam companions meet toasts aTe
drank and speeches made, which speak as much
re5,i as the whizzinE of the bullet tut Of course
with less injury to the Union men.
Inc poor white returns from war and tnd.
the negro iree-free 70 luhor, and for whom be
cncser,-free to educate himself, and having a
right to possess property. This IS new to him,
and he SEES a rivalry in his efforts, and he con-
d~mns the government for such change
The leaders have returned broken in fortune
but their idol-theIr Pcuates-still remains en-
shrined in their heart. Devotion TO the Union
ls wanting, ana even policy, that great director
% human effort, does 40: gulds ;aem to honest
endeayors and patriotic deeds, but, on the con-
trary, the spirit OF dIsloyalty now and then
bursts forth. As n example OF this \ few
day since, saw u -ta;td th-t Tie peopie-,be
rebel people of New Orleans, were taking meas
ured TO erecf a monument 10 N. memory OF the
traitor Numford, whom Gen. Butler hung for
tearing down the American *. Is this loyal
ty Nearly every southern paper We read con-
tains accounts of reception, given 10 southern
generals. Is 1t possible TO separate ones admira-
ton OF men from the ideas they represent Does
loyalty teach them to give feasts 10 the men who
despise It's commando Union men from the
North ARE warned to leave the COUNTRY or
give up rope OF security and even life and
public sentiment sustains the men who thus
threaten. Is this loyalty? The people of the
South not loyal and IS long as the present
generation survives, So long will the rebel spri:
dwell in the southern heart. Force aud circuln.
stances often direct our actions, while the heart
and affections abhor them. So it is with the
people Of the South. They obey the require
ments of the government just 30 far as federal
bayon compel them. True loyalty discards
such devotion true loyalty enlists our symJ a
thy--our best endeasors, our greatest efforts,
and anticipates proper actions The South say
they accept the decision that slavery is dead.
Yes. only TO reduce the freedmen to as bad q
serfdom and therefore Mr. Phillips declara ton
that the " South is victoriou.' has shade of
truth-a Specification that we should not oh.
scure or discard
When the people Of the South heartily sustain
the government, give to the freedmen their legiti-
mate rights, accept the true condition of affairs
as they are. remove old or erroneous ideas OF
State nights, repudiate by more than bare
majority in their legislatures the rebel debt,
grant protection to northern men in the ex-
preston OF their opinions and in their labors,
invite industry and energy to the wasted fields
of the South, AMI shape til If thoughts to the
commando Of humanity and common sense, then
we will believe there is loyalty in the South.
Senator Poland's Remarks OH Mr.. Collamer.
Below We give the remarks in foil of Hon. l..
P. Poland, made in the U. 5. Senate on the oc-
casion of the announcement of the death Of