Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-10-30
From she Daily Herald OF Oct. -.


Many of our democratic papers are copying,
with apparent satisfaction, the TRADES OF the
London Times and other hostile journals of
England, upon tho emancipation proclamation.
The malignant abuse and ridicule which these
journals have hb.psi upon the North all
through the rebellion are notorious. The mo-
tiy@ which impel them 10 this course arc
equally notorious. Organs Of English Tory
ism, they are the natural hstsrs, "the heredi-
tary enemies" of popular government every
where and are exerting their utmost, under
the transparent cloak Of a protested neutral-
ty, to aid the South in its attempts to disrupt
and destroy the most powerful democratic gov
eminent of the world. They are restrained
from armed interference in aid Of our enemies
only by fear,-fear of the powerful and liberal
classes of their own people, combined with
wholesome reluctance to engage the yet too
powerful and patriotic North, whose resources
in men and means are daily sweeping away
their willing prophecies of wholesale ruin aud
destruction TO the freedom loving States, in
manner that astounds them.
Of course no one expects anything from
them but denunciation of all measures adopted
by the North for self-preservation, much less
a fair or reasonable discussion of them. But
it is worthy of remark that many of our dem
ocratio journals should find the views of these
Tory papers upon the proclamation so congen-
ial to their own sentiments, that they forget to
copy also the opinions of such foreign jour
mails as view its wisdom and expediency
from the stand point of a favorable
disposition to free government, and con-
sequently to the preservation of the Federal
Union as its great embodiment, There are
such journals, as they and all others are well
aware, even in England, the organs of the Lib
eral party, which are heartily DESTROYS (as we
will presume the democratic papers of which
we speak also are) that this Union be perpet-
uated as a grand example to the world of the
excellence of popular government. Why not
60 to them, rather than to our enemies, for
valuable opinions concerning the policy adopt
ed by the administration for subduing treason
We quote briefly from one of these papers,
friendly to the cause in when we at he north
are all engaged. The London Star, leading
paper of the liberal class, in the course Of an
article commendatory throughout of the proc
lamation, says, ''it is indisputably the great
feat of the war-the turning point Of the his
tory Of the commonwealth, an act only second
IN courage and in probable results to tie Dec
loratiop Of independence. That it has been
50 hong postponed indicates its immense grav-
ity. That it follows on a great military sue
cess, not on defeat, indicates the spirit in
which it is adopted. Is
not this gigantic stride in the path of Chris
hau and civilized progress Is not here a
reason, abundant and unquestiouable, why ev-
cry man to whom personal or political freedom
is dear, should pray for the success of tho IN
ron arms? Tho fiat has
gone forth, and the heart of humanity will hail
IT'S execution. On New Years Day 1868,
Slavery will cease to defle the American flag,
and begin to disappear from American SOIL