Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-11-26
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FORM. The recent elections have left what
re- Ms Of the "copperhead democracy" IN
sau o..,Ama. ON the one hand many of
the more sagaclons ones Of the tribe read,
N the Union majorities, the inevitable
crushing ot any party winch openly
SEES TO blocl the wheels Of the war
for the Union.
The Rochester Union, for example, has
been about as coppery, probably, as any
northern paper, but the result Of the Fall
elections EFFORTS from il such expressions
as these;--
"Thc conservative Union men, who
want the war pros ecuted to the end OF a
restored Union, must unite and throw
overheard the obnoxious dead weights of
Fernando Wood odor We have always
repudiated them, (2) and now do 80 more
emphatcally than ever
On the other hand, it seems an impossi-
bilisy for this spurious democracy 10 give
any genuine support to the prosecution of
the war; Its only hope OF restoration
to power hes in future union with its
old allies of the South who are at present
rebols in arms. But with the COM
plete destruction of the power Of the
rebellion, bids fair to be utterly destroyed
also that which gives life and strength to
this party. Slavery is the cornerstone,
south and north, of their organization.
The pro-slavery sentiment is its insplra-
ton. The war incidentally but necesssri
~ strikes at the root Of this power. The
destruction of the overwhelming influence
of tho rebel chiefs derived from slavery,
by the overthrow of slavery itself, is then
the destruction OF all that has given this
organization such preponderating and
malign influence in times past-is the
death of all its hopes Of again grasping
its former rule in the national councils and
government. Hence the sympathy ex-
tended to the rebels by such of the north
ern members of this party as recklessly
place partisan power before all things
else-even the welfare and existence OF
the Union. Hence their continual cry
for Cancellation of traitors who will not
be conciliated, except by recognition Of
their independence and dissolution of the
Union. Hence their outcry against the
emancipation proclamation and hence all
their efforts to discourage and hinder the
vigorous prosecution of the war, whose
successful termination promises utterly to
destroy the DEMONSTRATING element of their
party.
Realizing this, some of the northern
oopperheads still cling to their idols. The
Cincinnati Enquirer seems to be OF this
class. 1t says:
& The great mass of the democracy be.
lieve that the Union cannot be preserved
bv force, that the war is disunion, now
and forever. They believe that it is ut
terly opposed to the continuance of re-
publican institutions. Whenever the peo'
pie want peace as their policy, they viii
call upon the democracy. As long a:
they want war they will, judging from
past results, continue the government II
the hands Of the republicans.
'sLet us say further 7 tina
the democracy Of OHIO, and we believe
all the Westers states, agree with MIR
I Vallandigham's views respecting the war
Even if he had not been arrested and exilet
he would have been nominated for Gov
ernor The Convention that selected hin
was for peace, and would have so declared
in the platform, if the antecedents o
the man had not been sufficiently ex
plicit."
So, between the late overwhelming pop
ular verdict in favor of vigorous prose
cution of the war, on the one hand, ant
their realization of the fact that such
prosecution threatens the death of tn
system upon which their organization i
based, on the other hand, the copperheat
democracy is in sad dilemma as to tn
proper construction Of their next presi
dental platform.
The ALUMNI OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
Several Of these gentlemen recently hell
meeting in the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New
York, to commemorate the accession 9
DR.. Smith to the presidency Of " Oh
Dartmouth" They seemed to think b
was the right man in the right place, an
they declare that he is in ''habitual sym
patty with whatever is healthful and goo
in the progress Of the age" As for tn
retiring president, DR.. Lord, they pre-
served the most profound silence Thi
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