Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1861-02-21

" i ne aftalrS OF Inc naClOn look QaTE anU
gloomy. The question as to whether this mil h-
ty Republic is to continue in greatness, or to be
shattered to pieces, depends upon the sectional
party that has just elected a sectional President
upon a sectional platform. 1t is in the power OF
the Republican party to decide the veal or the
woe OF this great country in twenty four hours. "
-Raland Courier,
The above Involves as the schoolmaster would
say, in illustrating problem in Colburn's Men
tai Arithmetic, three principles.
In regard to the trst as to the dark an gloo-
N.Y." we have only to say that the truth of this
proposition rests entirely upon the question as
to whom this dark and gloomy look" applies
If the Courier means to say that the present af-
fairs OF the nation thus look to traitors, abettors
of treason, disappointed Office seekers tories in
embryo and office holders just relinquishing their
last hold upon the public treasury, we have no
disposition to question the correctness of the
Couriers statement on this point. But if the
Courier is resting under the belief that the main
body of the true men of the country those who
represent the real patriotism of the nation and
give it life and action, are resting under any
very great cloud of gloom and dependency in
view of the usurpatOns of southern slavery prop
agandsts though aided by the erst free-soil
editor of the Courier and others OF that lk in
the North, we think the statement is made with
altogether too little consideration. Under the
heathful and luminous light of that Star"
which has lately arisen in the west, the true
friends of the Union take hope! and though the
coming of this new guiding star had never been
predicted by political astrologers or necroman.
GERS, its rising was greeted with enthusiasm and
as now see it passing on-like "pillar of
fire"in its passage to the Capital of the nation,
the people take new heart their faith is strength
ened their hope is encouraged, and they do not
see the gloon and darkness" which the Courier
through its spectaces, blurred with the mists and
damps of traitorous purposes, sees in the con ing
future of the nation.
To the second point raised by the Courier as
to the fact of the salvation and future GREATNESS s
of the nation resting solely upon the Republican
party, we have but little to say. Our own faith
in the belief that the hopes of this nation rested
entirely upon the Republican party has been for
some years illimitable. We have in this time,
in our feeble wy endeavored to force this great
truth upon our readers aud as we knew that we
were sowing our seed upon good ground, we had
reasonable hope that our abors would not
prove altogether in vain. But we did not ex-
pect thus early to bring the Courier to the adj
mission of the truth of this great fact. Our sur
prise, however, in this matter is only common
surate with our pleasure 1--WE should perhaps say
our joyousness) in making this record
We have quite recently spoken of the marked
ardor of all new converts to any cause or object ;
and some of the readers of the Herald NAV re.
member that we made these remarks with refer
ence to the sudden conversion of our friend of
the Courier TO the "free soil" principle in ls4s
This brings US to speak of the third proposition
contained in the extract from the above named
paper which we have placed at the head of this
article.
While we cheerfully accord with the Courier
in fentment and language, that the well being
and greatness" of this mighty Republic" de-
pends upon the "sectional-so called black Re-
publican party,--we confess that we are at fault
when it says that lit is in the power of the Re.
publican parry to decide the veal or the woe of
this great country in toceHty:to,p hours We
hardly see how this could be done. We are
aware of the fact that pending, and during the
sessions of the late past Charleston and Balti
more Democratic conventions, that the same
thing was then said to the Douglas democratic
party TO which our friend of the Courier then
belonged. But we'll remember that our
friend Of the Courier said when this fact was re.
ierred to, that he d see the party land conse-
auently the nation) id before he would sinh
nit to any such exactions as the Breckinridge
party then claimed for the pro slavery branch Of
the Democratic party. We supposed our friend
of the Courier honest in his conviction. then
and we hope he when he penned the senti.
ments above quoted. We cannot, therefore, for
a moment suppose that he would now advise the
newly found party, which is going to save the
Union, to do, precisely, what he said six months
ago he'd see his own party id rather than to
see done. We are consequently impeed to re-
peat-that there is certain vagueness in re-
gard to this twenty four hour" salvation of the
country, that impresses US with dread fear that
our friend of the Courier is not now quite honest
in his last expressed convictions