The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-07-18
The Treason Of the Boston Courier.
From the Springfield Republican.

FROM Inc SpTiG-DeIU hei'lOIlE2l-
Whenever We hear a man declaiming
against alb olitonism, as the responsible cause
Of ,iiS prpsv,., Ar--s -.-i-- G--i-
proof, that he is traitor. The facts in the
matter are too patent, and the confessions
and professions of the leaders of the rebel
lion are too well known TO admit of igno-
rance as an apology for such gross falsifica-
ton of history. Not less a liar and traitor
is he who assumes that the war Is continued
for abolition purposes directly. or has at any
time been prosecuted for such purposes
The administration has 4; no time put before
itself other objects than the maintenance of
the Union, the preservation Of The Consti.u-
ton, and the enforcement of the laws
There have been politicians in Congress and
out of Congress. and politicians in the army,
who have attempted TO divert the war into 4
means for the destruction of slavery in the
rebellions states but at no time has their
policy prevailed with the administration
And this, not because the administration is
pro-slavery; for no administration since the
formation of the government has done so
much for freedom as the present.
We suppose that some of our readers have
seen an account of 4 eccnt meeting in New
York, in which Fernando Wood participated.
This meeting went for 1.-The Union, the con-
s,itu,ion. and the enforcement cf the laws
The meeting was carried on by those who
were the Union men" Of oid-the national
men," They are the men who. before the
war, used to unite with the traitors now in
arms against the Union in denouncing .'Sec-
lionalism' and aLoltionism. In short, they
were tie Union savers, par ccceleRce. They
were men who, if the laws should be enforc-
ed, would hang upon gibbe;s by the humid
red-men who have given aid and eomfor,
TO the enemy, and who hope and pray for
the prosperity of treason. \ person who
calls himself "Ringbolt" has been writing IN
account of this meeting to the Boston Cour-
Ter. The correspondent himself is bloody
minded man. and he not only does up The
meeting faithfully, but goes into little pr
vate and gratui,ous rascali,y of his own
After threatening Mr. Summer with assassin
alton in the name of the city of New York
should Massachusetts see fit 10 return him Il
the Senate, he says
"Men are determined that they viii fight
battles for abolition no longer. They look
at the mangled forms of their brethren a.
they return here, and ask for what hav,
these suffered? And the speeches and en-
actments at Washington negro institu
ton at Hilton head 1.-THE every word ant
thing that can be said or done TO repel al
advance of the South to return TO its loyalt,
answer this. Rely upon it, there IS anoth
er revolution at hand, and the ballot bore.
are soon TO decide If IT be a blOodless one o.
not"
! Without pausing to comment upon the i'm
morality of a Massachusetts newspaper
which will thus publish the threats of assas
sins and traitors, it's very plain to see wha
all this means. 1t is nothing more nor les
than this: that unless the anti-slavery spiri
of the North be curbed, and a SLAYER,
policy be instituted in the government AM
in Congress, then Mr. Fernando Wood, an,
"Ringbolt," and their associates, will under
take, by bloody revolution, to reverse tn,
decision of the ballot-box. Anti-slaver,
senators will be assassinated in the streets o
New York, &c, &c. In short, the intention
of these men is to create a public sentiment
which will enable them to do what the,
promised the rebels long ago they would do
There is no sort Of question that New York
is full of politicians who promised assistanc,
to the rebels, who found the work too dan
gerous 70 be undertaken. They would ik,
an apology and an opportunity to redeem
their pledges to the scoundrels at the Souti
who have always had their sympathy, ant
they will lose no occasion for trying thei,
hand at a northern revolution.
We anticipate no danger to the Ncrtt
+. from movements and expressions of thi: