Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-01-08
RUTLAND HERALD.
GOV. seynnour's Message.

GOV. seymour's Message.
The portion of this document relating to ma
ional affairs must disappoint few sanguine
PERSONS who had ventured to hope that Gov.
Seymour would cut entirely loose from the
Irammels Of faction and become the earnest
exponent Of the loyal sentiment Of the great
state over which he is to preside as chief mag
trate but the majority will probably find their
expectations fulfilled and accept 1t without sur
prise. A sA aa asH
II is chiefly rehash Of that clamor against
every energetic act Of the administration,
which in q worse form has continually dsflsd
the columns Of the "Wood" press and the
mouths Of the " Wood" politicians since the
commencement of the rebellion. 1t says the
war should have been averted. Howe Sur
render the fundamental principle Of democrat
ic government the necessary right Of the ma
GRITTY concede to the handful Of slaveh.lders
the right to rule alone in short, succumb to
the dsspotism Of a southern aristocracy and
the naturalization Of slavery. There
was no other way Of averting the war; the
success Of this would have been doubtful mo
other way, except to consent to the disruption
and destruction Of the union. II II II
It dsnounces the suppression Of traitorous
journals and the arrest Of disloyal persons, at
time when the subject is shorn Of all. practi-
cal Importance by the fact that the so called
impressions and arrests have been discontln-
ued because the necessity for them has now
passed by. 1t descends even to the threadoare
orv. at a time Of national calamity when indl-
viduals are as nothing compared with the sal
walton of the country, that meddllng and IN
trieue have thwarted the skill of generals
within the influence of the capital; while our
armies have gained victories in fields remote
,bsrefron. But it is silent about the !" med
ding with Fremont, with Hunter, with buel
and other generals at the West. n.s
It condemns the exercise of power under
martial law at time when civil war imperll-
lad the life of the nation and traitors swarmed
in the Capital and all through the north, more
dangerous to our success than avowsd and
open rebels ID. -. .-.,.. 4. .-.a5 E@-.
1t declaims against the presidents proclama-
ton emancipating the slaves of rebels, at time
when it has passed beyond the reach of legAl-
mate opposition on the part of the loyal, by
having already become an adopted and IRE
yocable military measure of the lawfully con-
stituted commander in chief of the federal ar
my, in time of fragrant war. .
1t cries out for I" Cancellation" when there IS
no cancellation possible; when the rebels them
selves utterly repndiate any compromise except
that which shall involve separation OF the
union and destruction of the national exist
ence at time when careful and naturally
conciIiatory president has found by long and
patient trial that "conciliaton" towards de-
termined traitors nearly destroyed the nations
life, paralyzed the success of the federal arms,
and forced upon him the necessity of more
vigorous policy
1t says. too, that slavery has been the sub
iect and not the cause of the rebellion. If by
this Mr.. Seymour means that slavery Is
but the protect seized upon as most available
to the end by those who have been plotting
for thirty years to disrupt the nation, then
we agree with him. 1t is true, and no more
potent argument could be advanced to demon
strate the utter fallacy of his " conciliatory )"
position. They ask no concessions, no redress
of real or fancied grievances, which shall bring
them back into the union, for they admit that
thew have not rebelled because of any wrongs
suffered in it it is hatred Ct free government
which underlies the rebellion. No concessions
short at least of their domination over the
whole union and the naturalization of slavery
will appease them. When we are prepared
for this, then and not till then can Cancellation
be talked Of, even with hope of success.
But these matters have all been discussed
adj aauseGD,. Yet they form the burden Of
Mr.. Seymour's message 1t is in the old, old
vein, which, while it processes loosely TO sup
port the government, condemns all it does to
suppress the rebellion, and justlfes the rebels
themselves which attempts to divide the north
and array its parts in paralyzing antagonism
to each other.
That the administration has committed some
errors may be true. One was probably too
long trial Of the I" conciliatory policy" No
administration, composed of human beings,
could have avoided mistakes under the terri
bly, trying circumstances But its efforts have
all been those of patriots doing their utmost to
save the nation from shipwreck and this par
tizau TRADE of man, who, in time like this,
takes advantage of his position and influence
rs governor of the Empire State, to distract
the people array some Of the loyal states
against others, as Mr., Seymour does by signif
cant reference to the great Central and Wes-
tern States, and insulating that New England
IS the cause OF all the national woes ito decry
the efforts of the national government, fight
ing in self defence, TO magnify its past mis-
takes, admitting that such have occurred, to the
concealment of the great and glorious end for
which it is struggling-is 6tly characterized
by the Troy Times as the g humiliation Of New
York--a dishonor to the noble state Of which
be is chief magistrates wrong TO the Re
public in this hour of its calamity and peril"