Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-09-24
frsm the Daily at Sept. Ell,


! mo, IehnsylNana ana New York, and
ann to be as anxious for vigorous pros
ecuon OF war as they have heretofore been
Tor vigorous enforcement of peace, as
against the fed ia Government. But in
each OF tn three grva, States named.
they have committed themselves 50 FAR
thai such pretense will be easy Of ex-
posture.
Who and what their gubernatorial can
dldate is in Ohio, the whole country
knows, Vallaudigham has given his own
record to the voters of that State, and no
matter how cuuuingly his partisans may
attempt to explain his reasonable acts
and speeches away, he will be held close
" to II. His colleagues on the ticket are
known 10 be with him in sentiment, and
there Is no mistaking their position.
The candidate in PENNSYLVANIA is Mr..
Justice Woodland of the Supreme Court
"a man who was not deferred bv his Do
sltion on he Bench from uttering the fol-
lowing atrocious language in speech de-
LVered soon after the rebellion broke
out:
"And thus it has ever happened that
the providence of that good Being who
has ever watched over us from the begin
nlng, and saved us from eternal foes, has
so ordered our internal relations as to
make negro slavery an incalcuLable bless
ing to us and to the people of Great BripA
am. DO you not see and feel how good
1t was for US to hand over our slaves to
our friends at the South
at seems to me that there must be a
time when Shareholders may fall back on
their natural rights, and employ in de-
Tense of their slave property whatever
means of protection they possess or can
command.
" 1t is said, let the South go peacea-
bly,. say Ter go peaceably p
About this man than can be no more
doubt than there is of Vallandigham, and
yet his supporters claim to be Union men
and insist that he is loyal. Will they
now 60 farther, and assert that he is a
supporter of the war2
Here in New York we have no Cover
nor TO elect this year. There is unfortu-
nately no choice for US but submission to
the disgrace of having Horato Seymour
IN the Executive Char for another wear:
but we have other State officers to choose
and the result Of the election will be
highly important, solely on account of its
moral influence upon national affairs. if
we assume that the candidates on each
side are men of equality to fill the posi-
lions for VIII Oh they are in nomination.
running upon Platform which, as a lead,
ing Democratic organ declares, sis sus-
ceptlbe Of any construction the reader
may choose to give it, it will be far cas-
Ter for them to deceive the public regard
ing their real sentiments then it is for the
candidate in Ohio, who stand upon plat
forms avowedly hostile to the war. We
all know how numerous Union men were
induced to vote for Horatio Seymour last
TALL HIS platform was substantially the
same with regard to the war, as that
which the last Democratic convention
adopted, and in the course of the cam
palgn, IN speech at Brooklyn, he forti
he'd himself by such declarations as the
following:
II mean to be most explicit and out
spoken IN all | have to say. I shrink
from no question: seek to grapple with
every problem involved in our present DO
sltlon. Ii the people of this State shall
see fit again to place nae in the Executive
Char, l wish to go there with a full un-
derstandlng on their part of all my views
and my purposes. y [ recoqnize
and accept the fact that at this moment
tRe deSttR1eS, the honor and the 1Zoru of |
our country hong poised upon the conflict
IN the battle field, | recognize the fact
now that whether We would have had war
or not, 1t exists in all its vast proportions
IN our land. AND l RECOGNIZE |
IHE FACT NOW THAT IT is THE |
DUTY OF EVERY MAN WHO |
LOVES HIS COUNTRY-OF EVERY
TRUE MAN WHO WOULD STAND |
BY ITS INSTITUTIONS, TO SEE
NOW THAT THE WHOLE MEAS
RE ~OF HIS INFLUENCE. AND
AL - The WEIGHT OF HIS, POW
Ell Ek Is THROWN IN THAT BAT
LIE FIELD ON THE SIDE OF
LIE FLAG OF OUR UNION.
&C.,. They 1.-THE rebeIs) have not
'on'ented themselves with the ballot,
oat have chosen the bayoaet and the bull
60 e, 70 Q, settle The question. THEN WITH !
he ~ BA1ONET AND THE Bull
- WE MUST MEET THEM. We |
al NOT want this war, but the men of the
'ouIh maze the bayonet and the buIlet
he arblters of their doctrines, and 50 far
The present is concerned the S,ooyd mnat
the orbiter, and By 1t, Nth or o2on
'ro1'g~ of"la zoe aei0 strike rigorous bloys
o. The constitution and the Raq.n ]
we print the extracts with the italics
na capitals used by journals which sup
orted seymour to give emphasis and I
commence 10 his words. The unsuspl-
GUS people made him governor. as he de-
red, and from the moment he assumed
S official functions down to the present !
W Ae has constantly and persistentlv )
me all that lay in his power to embar- !
IS the national government and obstrnct =
e prosecution of the war.
tie was volunteer sympathizer with d
and is known to favor the +
sctlon OF the Ohio traitor. So far is he \
nm throwing the "whole measure Of his y
Iluence" on the side of the Union. that
acts and speeches are mentioned with 70