Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-10-23

and then TO signify at the polls a readiness to-
faint and succumb2 When the ohgarohy OF
the South began the war by wantonly insult
ing our flag, this people rose up with calm
and resolute earnestness which was surpassed
only by the sublime patience and moderation
with which they bore defeat and mismanage-
ment and uncertain guidance Shall Wa now
proclaim that this zeal was dolusion2
Ailor abiding to the desire Of The Tory par
" of England, the hereditary enemies to free
institutions, 10 SEQ tho Union destroyed, and 10
the effort being made hero TO persuade our fol-
low-citizens of foreign birth to give their votes
in the interest Of the very party of the English
aristOcraoy which from generation to genera
ton pressed them al home and after appealing
to the bankers, who, with noble patriotism,
placed their wealth at the service of Govern
ment, not to see it so paralyzed, and its policy
so uncertain, as to leopard the restoration Of
public credit, and invite the interpositon Of
foreign powers, Mr.. Bancroft continues:
Are our merchants prepared TO wean them
selves from the free use Of the Chesapeake and
the Mississippi Will they, after having won
back these great highways, give them up to
Contederacy which is the child of rebellion and
which from inherent causes will, in case of its
separation, be necessarily hostile TO us True,
our interests are bound up with the South
But is the surrender of the Capes of the Chesa-
peaSe, and of the Tortugas, and of the Mssis
sippi, to restore profitable commerce. Will
the REIMBURSEMENT forever of vast tracts Of
countryside Italics of the United States, I'M
surpassed for beauty, fertility, and healthful-
ness-prove the best mode of promoting the
exchanges of domestic products Will the
bar of custom-houses, stretched across the
channels Of our mighty rivers, help internal
navigation To let the revolted States 60
from longing for their trade, is to die through
fear of death to renounce the old intercourse
entirely and forever because to-day it is inter-
rupted.
The party at the South which has made this
rebellion is not and never was a democratic
party; it was and is the most embittered
hater Of democracy; ii rests on the most mar
row and the most selfish Of oligarchies, which
by the very necessity of its nature seeks to ex-
tinguish the democratic principles, to crush the
Union and the power of the people. To SYM
pathze with them is to sympathize with oil
garchy in its proudest and most corrupt form.
They laughed among themselves at the very
thought of being called democrats. To call or
to have called Slidell and Benjamin and their
like democrats, to have invited them among
us to teach who should and who should not be
held to be members of the democratic party,
would be a superb and unqualified jest, if it
had not been followed by deadly consequences.
Complaints are made against the Admins
tration there never was and never will be an
Administration that does not require to be
watched. But the people have chosen their
President and we who preferred another pub
lie servant must now consent to give vlgor to
the man who is the President under the
Constitution. To harp upon what is past and
gone and irremediable, would be useless; the
graver question affecting personal liberty
must be settled in such way as to leave no
dangerous precedent. Meantime, we cannot
suffer the country to 60 to pieces, because the
President has committed errors. Let, then,
the voice of this district and this city be dis
tinctly heard in favor of an immediate, vigor-
Gus prosecution of the war. as .es
For one, will not give vote for any man
whose election would be an encouragement to
the Rebellion to hold out. |, for one, will not
consent to send our sons and brothers to the
battlefield and then betray them at the
polls. ra as sa.f