Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-01-16
THURSDAY, JANUARY i6.
TORIES AND TRAITORS.


ten without question with special reference
20 producing an effect upon European Gov
crnments favorable to the sc called Conied-
cracy, he has much to say in reference to the
unlicensed and unbridled tyranny OF the
Government Of the United States,--of the
Wild despotism OF the masses,-and oil the
savage and barbarous cruelty with which the
Federal Government is prosecuting the war
against its enemies. These uniounded char
ses are repeated and spplauded in the news
papers Of the South, and the proposition is
seriously discussed to so far change the
nature of the Government established
by the fathers Of the Republic, as to de-
prive the mass of the people of all share or
voice in the conduct of political affairs. JEFF.
Davis and his traitor co-adjutors are just as
much engaged in a warfare upon Republi-
can institutions as the old monarchies of Eu-
rope. A Free Government is what he detests.
He has come to that point where he hates
everything with the prefix of Free Free
Speech, Free Press, Free men, are his par
tieular aversion. And South Carolina, among
all the States, is to-day the most fierce and
vindictive in the charges which she makes
against the Government of the Union. She
talks about its tyranny-about the savage
ness Of the mob government of Lincoln
about the unbridled will of the greasy
Democracy and her statesmen have even
expressed a wish to be ruled over by scion
Of some European House Of Royalty, as an
escape from the intolerabe expressions oil a
Democratic Government But South Caro-.
Enans cannot SANDER us any worse to-day
than their ancestors did our fathers of the
Revolution. In document called " Remem-
brancer, or Impartial Repository CT Public
Events in the year 1880" may be found an
address by many citizens of Charleston, S
C., to Sir Henry Clinton, General of His
Majesty's forces, &C., in which the following
paragraphs occur:
OF rendering TO your Excelency our warmest
congratulations on the restoration of this
Capital and Province TO their political con
n,c,ion with the Crown and Government of
Great Britain an event which will add lus-
tire to , our Excellency's character.
Although the right Of taxing
America in Parliament excited considerable
fsrment in the minds of the people of this
province, ye, l. may, with religious adherence
10 TRUTH be affirmed that they did not enter
tain lhe mort distant thought of dissolvina
the union tha, so happily eristed bet~een them
sad their parent country; and when, IN the
progress OF that fatal controversy, the doc
trine of INDFrESpENCY (tohich originated n
the more northern coionies) made is appear
aBce against us, OUR NATURE REvoLTEr
AT THE IDEA, and we look back with thu
most painful regret on those controversial
that gave existence to a power OF subvertinI
constitution for which we always had, ant
ever shall retain, the most profound venera
ton, and substituting in its stead, RAM
DEMOCRACY, which however well digeste
in theory, on being reduced INTO practice ha
exhibited a system of IyRANNIC DONNA
TON only to be found among the uNclvII
ICED FART OF MANKIND, or in the histor
CT tbs DARK AND BARBERoUs AGES o
ANTIQUITY
Thus Is appears that the Tory of the Rev
luton has re-appeared in the Traitor of tt
day. The same hate of democratic instit'
tons is manifested bg the Traitors that W;
express, by the Tories, and almost in Il
same language. Can we doubt that deli
crate traitor to the Union is so only becau
Ne is also traitor 10 the liberal institution
upon which the Union is sod Ii there
any difference between Tory OF III
and Traitor OF 1861, it consists in thi
that the Tory was opposed to American
dependence in the outset, while tbs Trait
IL in favor of It's utter overthrow. The a
ID mating spirit in both is the same But
Traitor will 20 down to posterity IN bIac
or page of our country's history than
Tory, because his guilt is infinitely great
Something may be psrdoned TO the Tory
doubling whether the then feeble colon
were eapabls OF maintaining free insti'u 10
but nothing can be urged for the Traitor
day in mitigation OF his awful crimes.
the Traitor of to-day ia making del.bers
un, revoked and wanton assault upon IN
tl,ions which have been Well established,
which have afforded the best, the most ben
p cent and the purest Government that
worli has ever known. And that Cove
! ment will stand. Its flag will continue
hoat on the breeze. No traitor league
eonspiracyhas or can be formed strong emo
b destroy our liberties. Our country
come out Of the contest, strickened it is
but purified and ennobled, and better CT
bic Of guarding and preserving its libe
than ever.