Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1861-01-03

THE SOUTHERN TREASON.
Washington, Old Point Comfort. &c. to
be Seized

pe seized.
Inc Richmond Enquirer. of recent date
concludes an article on the subject of sendnc
commissioners to the Cotton States. with tbe
following Recommendation -
Let the first convention. then ba hold h.
tween Maryland and Virginia. and tbaso ~,
states agreeing let them pro,;de e,,f,Sc;a ~
1orce 10 seize the City OF JVosb;no,o,,D "a !
coercion is to be attempted let if beo;n Will
suDlugaang the States of MARYLAND and V;r'
sIhia' Illus practical and efficient figbt;no
m - Tue ouion will prevent the power Of the
oiiioh from falling into the hands of onr ono,
We nope Virginia will depute her commits.
slcns 70 MARYLAND first, and, orovidino for n.
seizure o. Washington and Old Po;n; go,,
p r. refTy ana Gospon Navq Yard. nrese,,
:HeSe tsoo States an the attitude of gobeJS ,.;t
ing coercion. This was the way that Pa,r rS.i
henry brought abount the revoInt;an and
TINS is the best use that Virginia can rnaLa If
commissions of all kinds. --''No u
WHAT Mr.. PUGH REMAINS IN THE Ho1rar
Mr.. Pugh, member of Compress from, Ata.
oama, In letter to his constituents oonf,aN
es that ms ''soie object in attending the meet.
ings Of the House is to promote the canae ~
secession He then makes this dacIarat;o,,
after doing all in my power to secure tho
speedy dehverance of the Sontbarr 1870 10
from the 'hraldom of an aboitio, 49, 49,
ment, shA.- bid farewell to the civ &c wash.
'ngtoh, never again to return while i "a tba
SEQ. VI government that has Jurisdiction
over the State of Alabama" '''n
SECESSION IN TENNESSEE.
Inc Fhlladelphia Press contained the foI.
lowing items among its special disnatcbas
from Washington -
=, The battle for the Union. in Tennessee
In % OF the most animated character, The
o o anu douglas parties, with many patriotic
orechinrldge men, have joined hands and
t uuucl 'ne leadership OF Henry S. Foote. 1.-THE
ne'oto oeiender OF the compromise measures.
~ COW VINO pursued Mr.. Yam ev with So
sharp SUCK through all the Southern States,
t WINE y4oge douglas was GA his tour,) VIII
i i:ii n ok Henry Nj Waterson, and others
tn nlaNe tremendous struggle to prevent
ton States. ~ y ING Not-
ANTI-sEoEssToN IN NORTH CAROLYN,
lhe Raleigh Standard has the fclIow;no
significant paragraph:
we nave IN hand some fifty or sixty let
tiers, from which we will give extracto - o aI'
next next Inc letters are from all parts Of the
otate ana IRON men of all parties Tho ian4
guage ls-Stand frm-figbt on for . Do.'+.;
tutlonal Union. Friends write nc tbat ,DhoIa
couhties are unit against present secession
ana many OF them, lifelong democrats IN th.
strongest terms condemn the disunion tone
OF the Governors Message" ''-'
NO ENCOURAGEMENT FROM ARRoAn
The disunionists are meetino with no ~,
couragement from the crowned beads of r.
rope A correspondent of one of the New
0rk journals, writing from the federal caD;-
tai, says: al !" Pr
+, " 1t is reported, on pretty good aptbor;t,.
mat the agents of the secedets have mot LIZ
encouraging response from the povernrna,,+
OF rance, which assures them that i ca-,nt
teIoShize the existence OF the Southern Con
,Iederacy till it. has been recognized bv The
u Dnlon from which it has been senars,o .
ne French Emperor is also said TO have de-
ciareu mat such was the feeling among his
people, that he should be vefy reluctant
10 breast 1t by entering into relations with a
hauoh whose fundamental idea was the ner-
pe'uation OF slavery. Whether this be frne
OF not II agrees with the conclusions of > die
,lhgulshed American who has lately returned
from Europe, and who found, in his inter
views with the monarchs of all the great
powers that whatever opinion thew had Of
thev pi Wer forms OF European despotism,
.he! were united an condemnlng the npI,eil;,-'
Institution of the South This news fron,
rance, IN addition to the manifestations of
'he British press on secession, has had de.
effect on the disuEionists. They
reckoned without their host on receiving aid
from abroad"
a WARNING FROM FLORIDA.
The Tallahassee Sentinel concludes = lonq
article with this salutary counsel to the fire.
eaters:
Many excellent and good citizens will ia
Vor tlorldas seeding alone. but we.cannot
hlnk that they have duly or rightly consid-
cred the nature and consequences of the
sep. Once taken, 1t can meier be retrncsJ
ma %0Wd It pr0Oe, as ace believe it ,oiH, a f1k> =
me, the consequences will long be felt
We do sincerely hope that our fellow cit; zans
Will weigh this matter well, and that to con0
'erVatlVe mass Of the people, not bliy ,dsd hy
passion or luminosity towards any 1artr ~
ecton, put 1t down by casting thv ;r votes for
members to the coming convent ION onnosed
o so mad and ruinous measo, q y
THE sECEssIoNIsTs AM, LINCOLN
The Boston Herald deej ares thar tho so
really desired the election of Tin.
DIN SO that they might baxa nro,ov+ g.
heir present conduct. Hear the Herald -
Nothing would satisfy Mr.. Yancev and
nose who acted vii n him at Charleston and
baltimore. lie ar I'd they went to the conven-
oh 10 eltneF ~ rry their point or break I'D
ne convention believing that the election of
hfPaoiicaa would unite all the Slave States
'heir soy bern Republic project There
ore we h'T< them now rejecting all comprom-
yes ana c/vertures which are being made by
ne North, and led on by Howell Cobb and
eeFsoFI of Georgia, Yancey of Alabama.
thetf and others of South Carolina, and
leefdng with no opposition from Mr. Bucha-
ai, these bad men are hurrying on to de-
rtuction, vainly imagining that they car
tighten or bully the North into a compliance
With whatever they may demand, be it eve
% absurd. They are the more ready to be
Ieve this from the ready acquiesence of pub
&c men and presses at the North, who have
'een favored with public stations and Gov
rnment patronage, and who have played
he toady to their extravagant and over
earlng policy But 10 their Surprise they
ave found out that these nlf;n and these |
resses at the North are powe rless, and have |
eceived them, and they hav e become alarm
d for their sefety. They see that after the
tn OF March next they y Ill no longer control |
ne Government patron age to corrupt public |
len and to control /venal presses. They |
nd that the great body of the people in the
zee States will rec iuire of them discharge
those constitutional obligations which the
institution imp oses upon the people in the
lave States, as well as the free. These are
y facts in the case, and it becomes the peo-
lie to take ulatters into their own hands and
rotect themselves. The Union and the
Constitution must be preserved, and those
tho undo rtake to destroy either should be
lade to feel that they cannot do SO with i'm
r,n;tu hut r,nst Sr,ffer the npnaltV which the