Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-02-05


PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 80, 1868.
DEAR Herald After days and weeks of
incessant storm, we have day Of sunshine,
with snow carpet spread over houses and
streets. But the political horizon is not quite
80 clear-terrlbls commotlon is brewing in the
elements political. The arrest of Boileau, pub
Usher fthe journal has awakened the hot wrath
of the hosts who desire the defeat of our ar
mics rather than the triumph of freedom. We
of Vermont, nestled in the quiet wales of our
mountains have no idea-we can have none
of the deep determined feeling of hostility that
exists against our Government, now admin
istered and the secret Vaccinations employed
to overthrow it.
Circumstances, not of my seeking, made me
the unwilling listener to plans being concocted
to produce strong and, they hope, successful
demonstration against the Lincoln Govern
ment. | did not, / could not, then believe
what | heard. 1t was too monstrons, too dew
ilish to be be believed, to be thought of. But
the papers of to-day certainly seem to in
dictate the workings of the initiatory of the
scheme. In substance it was this Circulate
every Sian err awaken and confirm all suspi-
cions against Lincoln's government, of imbecil-
ity, incapacity, dishonesty, certain failure, &c.
&C., both at home and in the army, and yet
talk patriotism, union, peace, I" the Union as
it was" needless bloodshed, niger equality,
Abohtionism, &C., &c. At the same time,
keep constantly in mind that all the "tru
warriors who have made shipwreck of the
of the greatest and best army ever organic
ed" are the only men who can restore the I'm
ion and appease the South, never having in
jured them or designed to- to any great extent,
the South always having spoken well of them.
These men are to be put forward as the grand
| conservators of the nation, indispensable to its
salvation. As soon as the elements can be
warmed and warped into proper line, to ac-
cept the proposal, long time ago limited at In
the New York Herald and some other papers,
it is to be broken gradually to the public. If
it can 90 peaceably on, all will be right; if
not, then connections and outbreaks in New
York, here, Baltimore especially, and as far as
possible in all large cities and IN the Army of
| the Potomac, demanding that the man,
who never made an attack on the enemy, or
won battle but is the greatest of Generals,
shall be placed at the head of affairs by a
sort of French coup d etat, when all will 60
well, swimmingy, the war will be ended peace
reign, " the Union as it was will (perhaps)
be restored, and glory preside over us forever p!
| That clause " The Constitution as 1T as will
be gloriously vindlcated.
This is no dream, would it were, of mine
1t was said seriously and argued soberly, by a
man in Office here, and in the presence Of half
dozen, all supposed to be favorable to it
one of them from Fort Lafayette. AT first, 1
gave ii little thought, but simply suggested
some obstacles. Finding them in earnest, |
waived my objections and listened one not
URqrittjnq to be convinced. We were assured
that action had already begun-not direct and
bold bit secretly and with pretensions Of the
strongest unionism, Fitz John Porter was to
be invited to New York; sword was to be
given HIM hsra-and these were to be the oc-
casons to denoHnce the President and all about
him,
The Great Leader was to go to New England,
talk patriotism be humble, unobtrusiye and
"unwilliugn az ever Cesar was, and thus
reach the very heart of the chief hlndrance,
and thus make success certain. They IN Wash
ton were already hard at work, cannot de
tail all But | did venture to Interpose
the inquiry in reference to the expected result,
inasmuch AS jeff Davis had refused all prop
ositions of reunion. 1t was answered, 1t was
no matter, anything is better than the presen
rule-Lincoln and the Abolitionists.
Now all this may have been mere talk. But
if things proceed in the same direction, accor-
ding to the first steps proposed, Is there not
cause to suspect it is not all hctlon@f Note
the course at Washington, and this resolve pre-
sented Yesterday in the New Jersey Leglsla
ture. by man from Hudson, county close tc
New York, where the grand council was held
under the auspices of the Wooden patriots
there:
Resolved, That the people are discouraged
and disheartened at the continued reverses o.
our armies but for which we believe the Gen
erals in the field are not responsible, and thai
we look forward to the restoration OF GENERA
Mcclellan as Commander pin Chief as the only
means of saving the country from utter rum
and that we look to him as the only man tt
lead the Army of the Potomac to victory"
Has not such resolution meanngE A grea
hndrance was lamented in New York, al
Wool commands the militia and not Seymour
and Curtin. here, and not the Legislature, II
which a like spirit of INSTRUMENTATION Otter
creeps out-iust now in fury at the arrest o
Boileau and the suppression OF his traltorcu
sheet.
| tell YOU we are fallen, indeed, on troublou
times. Is there stamina enough left to bid
the trial Men were eating and drinking
when the noOQ came. Multltuueo VIII hoo pe
heve though one rise from the dead. butlel
Dix, Dickinson, Stanton, johnson, Halleck
Holt, and hosts of honest men bear their test
monv, and yet we slpmber. An official here
9 thanked God that Lincoln had got his las
man and his last dollar" A naval officer,
gunner, who is urging promotion from WASH
ton, rallied so constantly and violently agalns
the North that he was turned out OF his boarc
ing house yesterday,
How is it in Vermont? When | left, thei
was dropping of spirits, wavenng an
doubling | do not dispair; but ! lamei
money managing method, which is too mue
the measure Of our doings Where is the hea
: of our nation Where the pluck Of our p
triotism Are we SO soon degenerate Sha
the grandsons destroy what the grandsires bui
|. up? Has corruption, as in Athens, obllter
ted the names and battle fields OF Liberty!
all sacrificed to the pride of party, to intrigl
and corruption Then God have mercy {
us! But it cannot be through this fiery 0
deal the nation must pass to consume the co
ruption. as in another Gehenna, else it sha
become valley of slaughter in which the
shall not be room to bury. A better day
near at hand ORr nation shall live unite
happy, glorious. Let US give it our full SUI
port. W. ..