Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-04-30
The Rebel view Of the Conuccticut
T. cotton,
From tsc Richmond II spatch, April II,


hopes which rstel on the triumph OF Sry-
mour have fallen 10 The ground Tie i'm
portaRce Of his detedt IF The democracy
ednu utit be exaggerated for II the re-
suit had been Otherwise die Northwest
ecu Il haze TiSeH-the peace party wOuid
hare been organize OHa permanent baSis;
the next mretng OF Congress wuald havu
been followed bv a summary abrogatlun
Of the imperial powers bestowed upon lin
coin 10y The abolition Congress Just endol,
and a cessation OF hostlltles might have
been confidently lo"ked for, at or before
the c.ose Ul the present year.
II is "a old and ir,te saying, that {" a
man is known b., the company hH keeps"
and in like manner may we well Judge of
the direct bearing Of the NOV, mentS Cf tho
new copperhead democratic party of the
north, by the sympathy expressed for
them by southern rebels and traitors in
arms. II is every day, and we may say
ever, hour, denied by the prominent lead
ers of this northerh band of conslirators
that they are any less loyal, any less de-
srous for the triumph of our arms, or any
less anAio fol the crushing out of the
rebellion than are the straight out republi-
cans, who go in for the support of the
Cover ament without cavil-or hardly a
complant-and who do not scent out a
constitutional objection to about every Wig
orous action proposed by Congress or the
the President. 1t will be remembered
that during the long and weary first
months of the war, when the President
dallied, as they thought, too long with his
over conservative advisers of the border
states; when he repudated the vigorous
action, and the proclamation of freedom of
General FreGont-and repressed otLer
prominent Officers whose zeal in the cause
led them in the same direction; and tie
more cspe, tally when he retained for
months in the command of the first army
army of the nation, a man in whom nln0
tenths of the truly loyal and earnest
friends Of the government had lost all con-
fidence; we say that during al this time
the most radical of the republicans
remained firm in their patriotism,
and answering in their devotion to
the government. ] hat they uttered no
complaints Ne will not assert, That they
did urge upon the Pres dent a change If
policy and more vigorous prosecution of
the war, we will not deny. But during
these long months of gloom and darkness
we saw no signs of macontent in the re-
publican racks. There was no factious
opposition to the government, and no open
and avowed hostility to its measures
There was no act of theirs which could
give occasion for rejoicing in the heat of
the rebel copfederacy! They argued long
and it may be earnestly for change Of
programme, and waited patiently for the
time when the President should see his
true course and act accordingly.
But how has 1t been with that portion
of our then democratic friends who now
rejoice in the name of copperheads, and
faunt their infamy (as they are safe IN do
ing in New England) with disregard of
patriotism that would shame the disem-
bodied spirit of tory of '76, could such
spirit now revisit us From the day of
this change of programme they have been
in open hostility to the government. Not
leaiieg measure in Congress has been
urged that they have not bitterly opposed.
The President can recommend nothing
that is not unconstitutional and even the
Secretary Of the Treasury is assailed, first
as an imbecile and then as an aspiring
demagogue who would coin the "mint
drops" and the tear drops, Of the nation,
into currency to float him into the
Presidency in 1864. In other words these
erst pro-slavery democrats--now copper
heads-were quite satisfied SO long as the
do-nothing policy prevailed, and the sway
not to do 1t" was the order IN council
But so soon as the proclamation of free
dom was issued, Mcclellan superseded,
and evidence given that the war was to
be carried on with vigor and TO purpose,
the ardor of these pretended patriots oozed
out of their finger ends, and we behold
them now as the plastic allies of their
southern masters, willing to offer them
selves up as type of manhood for the
execration Of all coming time. And these
are the men who, while they thus pander
to the south, avow their willingness to join
hands with their western comprehend
friends in disruption of the Union which
shall unite the great northwest with tho |