Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-05-15

N'sts, tue fennlr
DRY % becomes still more fallaciEo~uS,9ss '
We knew "there were a
earth in those days." but !; sa az n
were prophets too. seems 4
Mr., President, who can re,a
OF that kind and not stand sl@a ssp
ished at its uninspired predi "'%o'' y
fore us now, to-day, is reagsa '
word that was there written -
We have seen a few active D no SyaN
few military men possessed 1 os
skill and ambitious of renown " "a l'
more, it you please, men Of w.' @ua
in my opinion constituting n ,bi.a
people of the southern STATE, '", IT..
ridden rough-shod over m ""
their people, and haye establish F'
eminent de faeto that rile, ovo.
day, That is what he saiJ ~ r, ~.@
pen it has happ ed, ''''
| shall be obj'yod occa,ioD.,h
peat things that perhaps bav. "
better than | say them in this J. I',p
they are necessary to the consaoa..
OF my remarks.
The duties of protection bv,b.n
ment, and all allegiance and lor'I
the people are reciprocal terra. !a ~
ties. Neither of them can be- ev.a'
the other party unless that mart h,
itself is performed. This is as I'm,
as 1t was when it was said and sl,L,
by Judge Parsons. Now, sir II.
who have ridden over the peonls
southern States have established a.
ments de tdctO they are operative
that people, however much hsy
have originated in usurpation. Hcr
we to look at such a people Ebg
a nation is our duty to them: WI
their duty TO US as citizens: 1t isbs
OF the government of the United 81
under the constitution, to suppre, n
rection. That is our duty. clearly .y,
sed in the constitution; to put down h
rection everywhere in the US. Al
surrection Is essentially injurious to |
section in which it arises, aud the du !
have it suppressed is most owing to H
that are most injured by it. Mr.. PA
dent, have we put down that insur,ecl|
Have we relieved that people from
incubus which is upon them ? Hays
dispersed the insurgents who ride rOg
shod over them ? We have not don
You may say, ''our duty of protectio
to people that are loyal, and we will
tect them" Sir, if the people are al,
while loyal they do not need any pm
tion-they stand in peace, OF course.
we have any obligations to the Peep
the States as members OF this Republ
is to protect them from violence. v
we guaranty them a republican tori
government in each State, il nipple;
we have the exercise of power over
at least to secure to the body OF that
pie the opportunity to have, not no
and usurped, but an actual govern
within the Constitution of the US
is what we owe them.
~ will remark another thing. ausx
have established a de tacto governmen
the people. If man finds himself i
fdcto government which he cannot res
has no power TO control, what are the
and measures Of his obligations ? 1t IT
a brave man to say that he will war |
because he thinks it is a usurpation, Il
be bold man who should say nov,
United States made rebellion agsins
land, and all the present power you
national and State, is itself but q usurp
| do not owe it any obedience, and
not obey it" How idle il would DO
individual, weak man, to talk in TIA
Just so it is with the people in these
However loyal their feelings, Cover
de tacto is over them--they cannot get
they have nowhere to go--they Ia
thing to 90 with. What would yos
man there to do ? What has this na
right to demand of him ? What right
we to demand of these people Loyalty
glance and obedience to this Govern
and to war on the government de isct
is established over them, when we DO
lieve them, furnish them with arms, dis
the armies that are there, or disarm ih'
who are their usurpers, but leave the
that condition?
Mr.. President, when | look at thin
this light, 1t seems to me it is a very
tIonablc policy, and still more questlo
ethics, tor us to sit here day after day 3
relieving that people, and while the!
thus trodden on, making laws by whlc
declare that they have taken their )
out of the Union and annihilated them
whatever charters they hold under
laws are gone to unhouse them, stHp
and confscate th-ir property, taking al
tage of their absence when they are NJ
presented here, because they submit 70
patton, and have no power to do Other
1t may suit the notions of equity ana
of some, but to my mind it looks more
taking council from our resentments
from our judgments.
But it is said ''men have actually
offices there under that government
have had the audacity to do that sinc u
government has been established over u
do not profess to be very highly 'elsi
the ethics of politics, but | am fond o.
ing to examples that are bright and ~ \
AT the time OF the rebellion under Y
well, which had established eovernnis'
| faptn nyar tho Yaorla of EnUland, Anu