Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-12-03
Shs Rutlaad Ysrala.
THURSDAY, DEC, 5, 1868,


MrNpAoIrY. The recent state cleo
tons have produced partial, eleventh.
ho'r re. 1tance in some Of the copper
head ., ro.eG!s of the administration
These profess now 10 favor the prosecu-
ton o. the war, provided it is carried on
iracc, rdance with their dictation. On
the oti. ar hand, these same elections seem
10 have rendered others of the tribe stark
mad, and to have sent them to lower
depth of mendacity, If possible, than they
have ever before reached. The following
from the Albany Atlas and Argus, a lead
ing organ of the copperhcads in Now York,
could proceed only from political lu-
matte:
sWe believe that the majority of the
people Of the north are in favor of the re
ception Of North Carolina back into the
Union, upon the single condition of sub
mission and a return to allegiance!
But the administration refuses! Why2
Why does it wish TO protract the war
against submitting state2 The answer
is to be found, among other unsolved enig-
mas, in the fact that the administration at
Washington seeks TO perpetuate itself in
power through the army, and wants the
war to 60 on.h
Ii must be apparent from the above that
oopperhead capital has been reduced toits
dregs. We are to infer from it that North
Carolina has sought a return to the Union
and has been refused by the administrs-
ton. 1t is difficult for lying to go further.
Similar accusations in regard to AN unwil-
lingness of the administration TO receive
repentsnt rebel states, it is true, have been
made by other copperhead sheets but
none SO openly, unbushingly, outrageously
mepdsciGus has coue to our notice as the
above. The attempt to make capital
against the administration in this way is
based upon nothing. North Carolina has
not been refused admission sh could moi
have been for the very simple reason that
she has not asked il. When she is ready
to return she will be hailed with joy
President Lincoln in all his letters, III al
his public statements, has made no condi.
ton precedent to the restoration OF any
state TO its old place in the Union, excep
asubmission to the national authority
The administration and the party which
supports it in the prosecution of the wa
for the Union, have adopted no theory 0
individuals regarding estate suicide" AM
are not responsible for it, any more tha
they arc for old John Browns terrific raj
among the first families OF Virginia. Fer
nando Wood some time ago endeayored b
the most unscrupuious misrepresentation
10 manufacture political capital of a SIM
lar kind to the above. hpt was speedll
4qaclvl.eu Dy a frank and plain letter fror
the President. In il he said
understanding the phrase in the para
graph above qaoted-"the southern state
would send representatives to the mex
Congressn-to be substantially the sam
as that "the people of the southern state
would cease resistance, and would rein
sugurate, submit to, and maintain the ma
tlonal authority within the limits of sue
states, under the constitution of the Unite,
States" sag that IN such case the Wa
ssould cease on the part Of the Unite
States; and that ii within reasonabl
time /" full and general amnesty " wer
necessary to such end, it would not b
withheld"
The Atlas and Argus is improving upo
Woods attempt only in transparent AM
malignant falsehood.
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