Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-01-29

| ANOTHER SPEECH FROM SENATOR WRIGHT
Senator Wright of Indiana, delivered an
ether speech in the U. S. Senate in reply to
Mr. Powell of Kentucky OF which the follow
| ing is condensed report -
! Mr.. Wright, in reply. said he did not ac-
knowledge that Democracy as true which in
| time of war refused to aid the Government
| There had been Burr, a Calhoun, Breck-
| inrldge in the ranks of the Democracy and
| many of the Democrats who, year ago were
acting with the Senator from Kentucky, We're
new in the rebel army. He (Wrght) did not
belong TO that wing of the Democracy. 1t
was the duty of every loyal Democrat to aid
the Government, by every means in his power,
in its struggle for life and, in an hour like
this, he could draw no distinction between the
| Governn,ent and those who were carving it
on and trying t. save it. Secession was fhe
death of the nation, and any ,admissioa of that
principle by so-called propositions of peace
from so-caled Democrats was death to the ma
tion. Yet there We're men now trying to get
into political power through the misfortunes of
the country. The sentiment of Spnel or Doug
las could not be mistaken, when he declared
that there could be no neutrality IN this war.
Men must be either men or traitors. Would
th- men who deoFecated war upon the rebels,
counsel submission TO them} Would they
yield the government up TO the power of irea-
sn! If not, Their mutterings were mere III
ocy. The kew note of all this hau been soun-
e in New ork, unler the specious claim Of
State sovere gnty. THIS nefarlous docIr.ne-
that the State had the power to override the
country in a time of war like this-must he
put down, or the Government would be rnined
lien had kept still year until misfortune be-
IlI tht4V
cried against the war IN the name oil Democra
ay, ecause they thought taey could gan polit-
cal power. And here to day, a senator had
talked for an hour and a halt concerning the
war, and had not said one word against those
rebels who were irving to break up the Gov
ernnlent. If ever this Government fell, it's
death would come from traitors in the North
and it was time that the Government took mea-
sures to defend itself against these traitors
there were fifteen thousand graves IN indiana
10 day, and she had sent one hundred thousand
men TO the field, and she would send one hun
dred thousand, and one hundred thousand more
before the Government should fall by the hand
of treason. Applause in the galleries. AS
damilicar swore his child to eternal hatred to
Rome, so he was willing to swear his children
to forever fight for the unity and preservation
of this republic. (Applause in the galleries."
Eiuz =. OH Porter
- 1t seens e" "reiaoe c.. respondent"
"ae }t4s.,<en as to the result cf the Fitz
JGn forter Court Martial. He wa, found
guilty of the charges against him, and is con-
sequently cashiered and dismissed from the ser
vice. The charges Of which he was convicted
were in brief as follows:
l. Disobeying, on the 28th of August, the
order Of Gen. Pope, then his superior officer,
directing him to bring his corps to help Hook
er and others in whatI Is now known as the sec
ond battle of Bull Run. ...-.
2. Djsobeying another order of Gen Pope
on the day following, directing him to make
certain movements.
f. Totally disobeying very important orders
as TO the movement of his corps while the bat
tie was in progress on the said 10Th day Of
August.
4. Disregarding a peremptory ortsr from
Gen. Pope to bring his command into acton
and to report IN person on the field.
5. Permitting certain oi his brigades, in de-
iiance Of positive orders, 10 march back to Cen
trevile, thus great delaying the arrival of
Pratt's bn"aae on tie field of battle of the
80 q August.
&. WAen peremptorily ordered into battle,
ne ''did there shamefully disobey, and dia re- .
treat from the advancing forces Of the enemy,
without any attempt to engage them, and aid
the troops who were already lighting greatly
superior numbers, and were relying on the
flank attack he was thus ordered to make to-
secure decisive victory, and to capture the
enealy's army, result which must have fol-
lowed from said flank attack, had it been made
by said Gen. Porter in compliance with said
order which he so shamefullv dlsobeyed."
7. In that, Fbeing with his army corps on
Friday, the 29th of Aug, between Manassas
Station and the field of battle then pending,
and within sound of the guns, and in presence
of the enemy, and knowing sthat severe
action of great consequence was being
fought, and that the aid of his corps was great
ly needed, did fail all that day to bring it on
to the field, and did shamefully fall back and
retreat from the advance of the enemy, without
any attempt to give them battle, and without
knowing the forces from which be shamefllly
retreated."
s. That .sbeing in the belief that the troops
of Gen. Pope Were sustaining defeat and re
treating from the field did shamefully fail to
go to the aid of said troops, and did shameful.v
retreat, and fall back with his army to the
Manassas Junction, and leave to the disaster
Of presumed defeat the said army, and did
fail by any attempt to attack the enemy, to
aid in avertnS the misfortunes of disaster
that would have endangered the safety of the |
capital of the country"
THE President AND CONGRESS-. = The