Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-12-04
RUTLAND HERALD.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1862.
From the Daily Herald of Dec. 2.
proposuI 10 smediate- in the affairs
of England.

puggle IN which 1t is engaged for the preser-
aton of the Union; Notwithstanding the
basands of lives and millions of money il is
reding up in this great cause; notwi thstand
~ the stringency and necessity for economy
forcing upon It's people, certain move
rsnts are being discussed and set on foot to
adm relieving the starving operatives of a
brgn country, In the midst of an unparal-
I'D civil strife the people Ill certain quarters
ae beginning TO look to the assistance of the
oor in a country where is no intestine war;
Untry whose ruling classes have treated our
as, GU" sacrifices, our patriotism, with ma
sOus misrepresentation and rdicule, and open
ngng for our defeat.
We pray that these generous movements of
people may be carried out and may become
ch more general-for two reasons, ASIDE
N the duty which charity for a suffering
pe would in the abstract impose upon all
o can relieve them. The first is, that al
ngh the aristocracy Of England hailed the
1t news Of an open rupture between the
rhern and southern states of this country
h such hearty satisfaction, and have so per-
aently en- Favored ever since to widen the
ach though they have VIGOROUSLY striven,
the uttermost limit they dared venture, to
are the north and aid the south-to split
Union and destroy its power; though their
Der selfshness has led them to contemn and
cule all our efforts for the preservation Of
p institutions for ourselves and the world :;
Nagh they held up their hands in utter hor
at the barbarous Institution Of slavery,
hes their country first forced upon us, so
NJ as they could fling it at us as a national
woach, but now turn to the "aid and COM
n" of a section which rebelled to establish
vernment ueQn the very foundation of sla-
sv though their organs of the press, from
elragc Times down to the comic (O Punch,
Inch used TO caricature the Yankee nation
nth pictures Of terrible slave whlppihgs,
ane knifngs, lynchings, and other southern
sttutions, are now devoted exclusively to
sncaturng and burlesquing that part OF the
merican people who are fighting for the cause
freedom, law and order; Notwithstanding
this, the laborlng people of England, the
gy ones who are made TO suffer by the effects
the American struggle, believe in the north,
band by it, and pray increasingly for its sue
S. The people everywhere with an instinc-
I've appreciation of the true issue involved in
u struggle-are uniinchingly for us to the
rd The operatives of Lancashire, in
pie of this gross misrepresentation of OuI
pause, motives and purpose on the part of their
fuers, IN spite of starvation caused by the
Far in this country, heroically stand by US anc
pray for our success as the champions of the
sNse Of the people against oppression every
Ehere. They, then, deserve our sympathy anC
Ei the aid we can render them.
This is one reason. Another is, that if any
hing can bring twinge of repentance to th'
onscience of the English aristocracy for tn,
liter selfshness and gross injustice and malic,
their course towards the loyal people o
America in this time of fearful trial, it woulC
eem to be the proposed relief of their suffer
ng poor by oar struggling people. What
cture for the world now and the historian
sreafter; a people finding time and mean
the midst of a struggle forjts national exist
0ce, to send succor to the poor of countr,
Fhose governing classes have persistently ma
gaed all cur efforts for self preservation, pre-
cilng for US bankruptcy, mobs, riots, and a.
Forts of evils a country which prides itse
pOn its wealth, and institutions of govern
Rent, and whose resources were at the sam
me unexhausted by either internal or externa
Sar. a... ...
We say again that we hope these movement
p charity will not be suffered to relapse, bu
Will be actively prosecuted and become NOR
general for these reasons as well as because
Adependently of them, starving people {
Whatever country are entitled to all the aid W
tan render them. The rebellion of the sout
a& operated far more disastrously upon tn
'peratives of England than upon ourselve.
Nus far, and it will be noble act, unequalle
n the history of the world, if the people {
'he north, under such circumstances, an
AOaggh 50 heavily burdened already, can stretc
0th to them helping hand in their starvin
.ss'ress. May our people "mediate" in tn
auars Of England, in this way, so far and :
O'g as their means will permit.