Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-08-20

ing the recent victories Of the Union arms,
is significant warning to Northern cop
perheads of the vital necessity of quick
and tremendous action. If they fail their
"Southern brethernn in this critical emer-
gency, the opportunity will be among the
things that are irrecoverably passed away
the Union will be restored, by the exercise
of unconstitutional and irritatingn
force against traitors in arms all their
noble, patriotic, self-sacrlficing, persistent
and herculean .labors in behalf of the enc
mics of the Union will bear no fruit ex-
cept the indignant and everlasting con-
tempt of mankind and, above all, their
political brethren the chief consprators of
the South, will be forever barred from
voting the pseudo-democratic ticket and
leading them by the nose as in the good
old times of yore, to the public crib
Where then will be their excellent gibes :
their tuneful Kissing, their pleasant mock
cry of every patrio tic effort in time of the
country's peril; their charming articles
in decking out In false and revolving colors
every measure of defense against for
midable and dangerous assault upon the
Union their delightful tricks to divide,
distract, and dishearten the people in the
darkest hour of the country's history ?
That they have been making unparal-
led efforts Of late, is admitted and this
under most unpropitious circumstances.
The attempted operations of 'Lee's Left
Wing recently in New York city, were
worthy the skill Of experts in diablerie.
But the right wing failed before the brave
soldiers of the Union, and what could one
expect under such circumstances ?
We are not disposed to belittle their
past energetic and mighty exertions but
all these will end in nothing but infamy,
unless they at once put forth last des-
perate and gigantic effort to save the re-
belion from general, grand and total COL
lapse.
What the recent Union successes are,
all know. What is this news from North
Carolina, our readers also know. Pass
ing beyond the Union convention held in
Eastern North Carolina, to the centre and
capital Of the State and beyond the reach
of protecting Union armies and Yankee
we find leading journal, as
stated by the dispatches, denouncing the
treachery and falsity of the rebel leaders
them for commencing the war
upon insufficient grounds and charging
them with being the authors Of all the pen
ding difficulties Ca palpable hit at our cop
perheads), and with having brought them
on against the reason and convictions of
the people Of the Southern states sta
ting that portions only of five of the origi-
nal thirteen states remain in the hands of
he aConfederacy"; acknowledging that
n prosecuting the war the federal govern
nent has done no more than it could have
'een expected to do; and finally proposing
nat North Carolina, in her sovereign ca
acity, make overtures to the North for
eace. To appreciate the significance of
lis, it is only necessary to reflect that no :
lper, out of the reach of federal bayonets, {
ould dare give expression to such views, c
Hess it were backed up by the public
Union of the community and it is sta !
d that the article in question is the pro-
Iction of high officials of the state, and !.
approved by the governor. S
The right of secession is a fundamental
ctrine of "Secessia" The rebel lead
) cannot consistently force North Caro- >
IA to abide in the tumbling ''oonfeder-
~ They havn't the power if they
ould. This North Carolina movement is
fire in the rearn which isolates Virgin
and will compel that states abandon
snt by the rebels. As for the other !.
ties, now mere or less under rebel con- a
j, Gilmore and D-hlgren, Rosecrans, t
,ant, Banks, and others, are duly attend
3 to them. Lee has an army yet, but :
+ forces, augmented as they should be by I