Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-07-17

homes for the crime of loyalty | was
driven from my own home, and for what !?
What crime, what oifense had done p
None, save my devotion 10 the Govern
ment, and my attachment TO the Stars
and Stripes. Yet men talk Of oppression,
and complained of the arrest of Ministers
Of the Gospel. Ministers of the Gospel,
indeed! Pardon the expression Oh,
it was great outrage to arrest Parson
Elliott, and Parson Howell, and Bawld-
wiu-Armagedden Bawldwin What
claim had these traitors to indulgence P
| do not profess to be a profound theolo-
gian, but | reverence the teachings of the
Gospel, and thought the Gospel of Je-
sus arched the whole circuit of the skies,
and rested on the ends of the Universe.
Who are these reverend traitors that
they should go unpunished for their many
crimes
| hold that the Government is of di-
vine birth--that it is a gift of God him
self, and that neither Parson Elliott, nor
Parson Sehon, nor Parson Howell, nor
Armagedden, have right to break it up.
/ punish these men, not because they are
priests, but because they are traitors and
enemies of society, law and order. They
have pursued and corrupted boys and
silly women, and inculcated rebellion, and
now let them suffer the penalty.
received the other day request to
allow some ham, sweet plcle, and other
delicacies to be carried to these persons.
| told the applicant to send his luxuries
to me, and | would find persons a good
deal more worthy to receive, them than
these rebels. | would give them to the
suffering widows and orphans among us,
whose husbands and fathers were deluded
by these men into the rebel army, and
now fill rebels grave, or lie in prison.
Shouts of Good, good-thats right ? -
If delicacies are to be distributed, | think
that these innocent suferers-the victims
of these corrupt rebel priests, are a good
deal more worthy objects of charity and
compassion than the deceivers themselves.
Why should they be feasted and lionized,
and their victims left to perish? A
whistle in the rear OF the crowd / hear
whistle. believe it is Goldsmith who
says in his Natural History that there are
only two animals which hiss-the viper,
by reason of its venom, and the goose, for
Its simplicity. | think the present in
s'ance =. an exception, and that the
whistler is gosllng. LII Is svrno r.oI;eh
creature instigated by others who are too
cowardly to show themselves. Let your
! masters show themselves and | will at
{ tend TO them.
But why should these parsons ask for
sympathy? When did they ever express
: sympathy for the loyal men who lie il
| the Jail of Tuscaloosa, covered with filth
, and fed on tainted meat Alas, to theiI
agonizing cries no response is made bu
the clanking of their chains. These mer
; who claim special regard have stolen the
/ livery of Heaven to serve the Devil in
but am determined they shall feel the
[ Government they sought to destroy.
r Some professed to entertain holy
horror of coercion. Why force and errol
have coerced the South into her presen
I position, and nothing but force and power
will bring her back. You were coerceo
+ by the violence and force of Secession
=. and the spirit of Secession must be sub
, dued and controlled by force The strong
: arm of the Government must be barred
and justice must do her work. We ma,
! as well understand the fact first as last
/ and go to work nationally. Without forc'
e and power to coerce we have no govern
A ment. How have matters gone on here
4 tofore? Why, when the Union army
: came, the first to run to it for protection
a and privileges, were Secessionists, wht
o got promises of protection if they woult
Z remain neutral. On the other hand, tn,
. poor Union men were terrified with crue
threats of vengeance if the rebel arm,
should return. The Secessionist was pro
: tected by the Union army, and was ais
g equally confident of protection should tn
y rebel army return--so he felt perfect
0 easy. The Union man dreaded utter ruiz
!. should a reverse occur, and was file
with perpetual alarm. So, under thi
: strange policy, the rebel had two guaran
:, tees, and the Union man but one. 1t
9 time this was stopped. The time has ar
: rived when treason must be made odiou
: and traitors impoverished.
: These men have used their property t
: destroy the Government, and fill the Ian
! with bankruptcy and distress; they hav
= given their wealth freely to aid rebellio
! and treason, and drench the land in fir;
: ternal blood, and crush out the last We
n tige of liberty, and their property shoul
. be taken from them to defray the expel
: ses of the war. They are the guilt
:. ones. They are the real criminals. III
y poor have been deluded and dragged in'