Year: 1861

wise be employed at home, to protect their
own wives and children but would deprive
them of a greater portion of that labor by
which they now subsist their armies


No,o slaoery is to them source of
strength; 1t yould then be to them
source Of aceakmess. It's abolition would,
IN our judgment, be striking the enemy at
his most vulnerable point, precisely achere
aoe can best sunder the Stnews of his
strength, and deal him the most fatal Jlo,o.


THE SUMMING UP OF THE LEASE


1t seems to us, then, highly important,
in every possible view of the case, that
the Federal Government should avail it.
self of the opportunity given it by the
Southern rebellion to perform this act of
justice to the negro race, to assimilate the
labor system Of the South to that of the
North; to remove great moral and po-
litical wrong; and to wipe out the foul
stain Of slavery, which has hitherto sui
lied the otherwise bright escutcheon of our
Republic. We are no fanatics on the sub
ject of slavery, as is we'll known to our
readers, and we make no extraordinary
pretentions to modern philanthropy; but
we cannot help fearing that if the Gov
ernmcnt let's slip the present opportunity
of doing justice to the negro race, and Of
placing our republic throughout in har-
mony with modern civilization, God, who
is especially the God of the poor and the
oppressed will never give victory to our
arms, or suffer us to succeed in our efforts
to suppress rebellion, and restore peace
and integrity to the Union. We have too
long turned deaf ear to the cry of the
enslaved we have too long suffered our
hearts to grow callous to the wrongs Of
the down-trodden in our own country we
have too long been willing to grow rich,
to erect our places and gather luxuries
around us by the toll, the sweat and the
blood of our enslaved brethren. May it
not be that the cry Of these brethren has
already entered the ear of Heaven, and
and that He has taken up their cause, and
determined that if we refuse any longer to
break their chains to set them free, and
to treat them as our brothers and fellow
citizens, we shall no longer exist as ma.
ton? May it not be that, in this matter
we have Him to reckon with, and that the
first step towards success is justice to The
wronged? We confess that we fear, and
deeply fear, if we let slip the opportunity
which the Southern rebellion gives us tc
do justice to the slave or to make his cause
ours, in vain shall we have gathered oul
forces and gone forth to battle. We fea,
God may be using the rebels as instru.
ments Of our Observation-Disclosures
themselves to be destroyed, when through
them our own destruction has been effect
ed. We speak solemnly and in deep ear
nest for he fights at terrible odds a0ht
has the infinite and just God against him
1t may be that an all wise Providence has
suffered this rebellion for the very purpos'
Of giving us an opportunity of emaucipa
ting rightfully, without destroying, bu
as a means of preserving, the Union, tn,
men women and children now held il
bondage, and Of redeeming our past often
ces. If SO, most fearfully will be Hi
Judgment upon us, if we neglect the op
portunity, and fail to avail ourselves o
the right. Now is our day of grace
This opportunity neglected, our day o
grace may be over, and our Republic fol
low the fate of all others, and become ;
Kissing and by-word in all the earth
Which May God in His infinite mercy
avert. boz hJamgl i BIZ y.gHa7


PATRIOTISM IN TRoY.-We last weel
boasted Of the patriotism Of Craftsbury
and asked if any other town in the county
could equal it. Troy has furnished abou
fifty men for the several regiments of tn
state, besides several who being tempo
or;Iy obsan+ onl;otod into roo; ,rorts :,