Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-11-06
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.,,,,..op.,y Of the Contest.

.kpptl 49,. hiIasDphy Ell the s'h'c>'
"a, 4. ,, seen no speech in which the ques-
isn ,,,pI IN The present rebellion were
tn. aaelH aui logically presented, than
n por,er at Glea's Fails, n. Y.
r., aIb, glad tn copy his statement in
FIR -, .,nouag o, elections, whose result
AM. .., l.Je influence upth the Gual de-
q ,n ...u OF the contest We clo only,
ron. - make some extracts from the con-
p.ruon Of the spocch:
an, Ia. tho Constitution, We recognized aud
h.,. M. maintained the dominion Of tho mas
tm .y.15 slIyo but when the South abiur
ion, ,nrJocton O, tn Fedora. compact by
+, enable aAd puhlrc war, It committed
a3 IL. rights 10 the DOMAIN OF tte lac Of
=. r.lye been trle 10 the oompac, They
N. is.o false. They condsoated northern
spd The SLautS u soutAera UaioaistS,
., nv the same constitutional tenure The
." aytholdels in Rebel States will have no
r. =, |. Of complaint against us. They and We
Ma 4, are subject TO the perils, the burdens aud
,J sv of war While that law takes from
Ifo m .lyir slaves, when public necessity de-
0y ,rjs, it forces us to the field, and compes US
..Y I'M down our lives. But we provide for
Rev. ,r-ghat we did not when we emancipated
J.i ovn slaves-tull compensation 10 every
ism va STAKEHOLDER
Is The Constitution viii stand firm II viii
~ so,el he rights and property OF every citi-
""S 20. North aud South, after as before the war
o"g ,. what these shall be, will depend on what
ght and property may meantime have been
rPr ghed by treason, OF swept away by the
" If war.
',o What q ne JHtaref One thing we knop,
~ Elleyer else may rest IL doubt. Whether the
MI slpe reared 10y our forefathers shall re-
w., sn It. strong and beautiful proportions,
~ Slether al The close Of this war New York
81 stand solitary and broken column, those
b. % this hour palter with the enemy VIII
T. u 10 grave from which there is no resur-
stan.
= We know, too, that Il thus Government IA lis,
bib forever. Let no one delude himself with
=" dream Of two rival Contederacies. The
L Ges if not united, will be disbanded Be
sNn the hammer and the anvil the diamond
sy be crushed 1t cannot be halyed it will
ea The blow. or II will he shattered 70 frag
NJ EDts.
We know thai eoI.seat to the subversiou of
e Government Is National suicide; and this
assent can never be obtained from twenty mil
+. as Of freemen.
We know their Numbers and ours, their
Il Qtngth and ours, their resources and ours, and
We know that We can never he conquered.
We know the fixed resolve of the American
g0.e il, that there shall be no peace Which
ia it3ss tx Republic. Treason must be driven
acs wounded and baffed, to its notification
no. Our love Of law is as strong as our love
NJ dhberty, and We will yield neither 10 an armed
ID iemv.
y, n TIE question Of Slaperg has been MroUa
n pgea ~ the car. The responsibility has been
q as. upon the Government of deciding whether
twill weaken the public enemy by emanci
~ slng those who dig trenches for Northern
i bood or strengthen them by keeping four
hillons Of men in chains. The Government
+ ks announced its decision, aud left IL TO the
Il Easters to make their otca decision, before the
ID year meets the new, between submission
and emancipation. rebellion which forces
n slavery to make war on liberty must not com
plain when Liberty in its own defense strikes
NJ down slavery.
But what of slavery ia the States not then
q N rebellion? Let 1t stand, until those State.
Of their own free will permit it TO fall IL
would have fallen long since, but for the slave
marts IN the Gulf States, which will then have
been closed forever. The Government teu-
ders them full compensation for their bondmen
whenever they choose TO aoceptn. They will
pdge and that Judgment we can easily for
see. Slavery, once enoircled on all sides by
liberty, can no more endure than darkness
Wien the sun pours IN upon 1t the beams Of Its
warm and genial light.
What spaU become Of tie SLapeSf What has
become of them in the District of Columbia 2
They work for wages, and earn more Tor
themselves and their employees than they ever
earned their masters. They remain there, be-
cause where they are they are free, and no ne
gro ever did or ever will come North, except
10 escape from bondage to liberty.
WkGt ofdelays and mistakes 9H tpar Ho-
aho Seymour is not the man 10 correct them.
That is the office of President Lincoln. We
are for the Generals who conquer the enemy,
whether they be graduates of West Point like
McClelan-or like Washington, farmers sons,
who without military training rise TO be lead
efs OF armies, because they were "born TO
command" We are too busy to hear apollo
gles for surprises and defeats-and too deeply
interested to withhold from those who win
them the highest honors of victory.
What Of the South, after you hace conquer
"a Il IA arms? What of the Saxons and
Nor1nans What of the English and Scotch
What Of the Cavaliers and Roundheads 3
What of every conquered people, who, after
gallant fight, find they are overcome by force
they are not strong enough to resist2 What
Of all insurgents, under every form of govern
ment, when thev find the arm of the law,
which is strong enough to protect, is too strong
to be defed The North feels no animosity
toward the Southern masses, as they viii find
when this war ends. We know perfectly, that
they have been deluded and infuriated by
crafty and malignant demagogues. We know.
too, the frantic madness of ambition, which,
under the form of CONSUMPTION, has coerced the
greater part of their forces by the lash, the
halter and the bayonet, into the ranks of trea-