Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1861-01-03
DUPIICITY.

DUPLICITY.
The way in which the present national adj
mnstration discrmnates in favor of slavery
and against freedom, is we'll illustrated in the
following extract from an able article in the
National Inteuigencer;
"lf but 1.-THE of the zeal that has been dis
played in the immolation Of such luckless Dem
ocrats as favored the hercsy Of 'squatter SOW
ereignty had been turned to the discourage
ment of those whom the President stigmatizes
in his message as attempting neither more nor
less than a revolution we should not have had
the spectacle Of Cabinet officer while in the
full discharge of his official duties, inditing an
address to the people of Georgia. urging them
secession which the President in his meyago
had solemnly denounced as revolutionary and
as without justification. Or, if Cabinet officer
had written an address of this kind on tae 9th
of December, we should not have had deep re-
grets expressed on the S'h of December at his
withdrawal from government whose destruc-
tion he was invoking, and from which he was
Withdrawing only in order to work more effect
ually tor its overthrow"
The editor further supports his position as
follows:
During the late Presidential canvass the
papers of the day contained the following Off
cial note from high Assistant in one of the
Departments of the Government, addressed to
an humble Postmaster:
PoSr OFFICE DrPAKrMENT
APPOINTMENT OFFICE, Sept. 26, 1860
SIR: 1t is alleged that YOU have been for two years
past, and still are fierce and bitter opponent OF the
present Administration, and personally abusive of the
President. If you have any reply to make, or evil
dcnce to offer in disproof of these allegations, shall
be pleased to receive it.
Respectfully, HoRATIO KING,
First Assistant Postmaster General.
Mr.. GODFREY BFRNOwER
Postmaster at Canal Fulton, O.
The offending functionary not having suffi-
cienty purged himself, in the estimation of his
superors, of the high crime and misdemeanor
involved in being "a bitter opponent of the
Administration and in speaking disrespectful-
ly of the President of the United States, was
incontinently dismissed as a warning to all Off
cias subject to like temptations.
Such severity of punishment, witnessed in
the case of functionaries who presumed upon
their position to speak contumeiously of the
Administration and its head, portends, one
might suppose, mild protest at least against
the proceedings Of any who should so far abuse
their official privileges as to render them tribu-
tary to the overthrow of the government. Yet
the papers of the day contain the following let
ter. as laid by its President before the Senate
of South Carolina, from the pen of the Super
ntendent of the Public Printing:
WAsHIYGToS, December 8, 1850.
| Hon. William d. Porter.
Dear Sir: Noticing in the newspapers that there has
been some action in tho Legislature in reference the
! formation of postal system for the State, have
taken the liberty of forwarding your address copies
OF the regulations IN by the federal govern
ment for its foreign and domestic postal arrangements
to which you will please give proper direction. HfriH
gre much pleasure 10 to,7card doeaen Of SINH
lr character for other branches of government upon
RtdtOn that they may be usejMdnd 10 assist in any
pay he farherence Of a plich has my most earn
est sympathy. Very respectfully,
Your obedent servant,
JOHN HEART.
AS Mr.. Heart, unlike Mr.. Godfrey Bernower,
has been called on for no reply and put on no
defense, the enemies of the 'proscriptiye policy
will perhaps delight in the wonderful toleration
which the administration has just. began to
practice, though we greatly question whether
they will entirely approve the discrimination it
has made with regard to the persons upon whom
its condescension is exercised, and the character
of the ofcnses upon which its rigor is visited"
FORT MoULTRIE - IT'S HISTORY. - Fort
Moultrie, at the mouth of Charleston harbor, is
named in honor of Gen. William Moultrie, one
of the bravest patriots in the American Revo-
luton, who gained a memorable victory at the
fortress over British squadron, June 2S, 1776.
, Moultrie was native of South Carolina, and
of Scottish descent. He early espoused the
9 cause of American independence, and in March,
5 lII6, was ordered TO construct fort on Sul-
y van Island, at the mouth of Charleston harbor,
and was engaged at the work when the British
/ fleet appeared of the coast. He was advised
10 abandon the fortress, as Gen. Lee, his supe-
rior officer, declared it was no better than a
Y slaughter pen" But Moutrie had faith in his
5 own work, and defended the fort with great
e skill and valor, and drove away the enemy
,, One British ship was lost and two others were
so riddled as to have almost to become wrecks.
the loss of the enemy was 222 killed and wound
ed. The Americans had IL killed and 26
wounded The fortress was hardly injured by
S the fire of the British squadron, and when the
= battle was over, every gun on the fort, but one,
c was still in position. The determination and
courag2 of Moultrie in this engagement ELECTED
great praise, and the fort was by universal as
sent named in honor of its skillful builder and
: gallant defender.
THE REASON WHY.