Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-04-23

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where tn ladies' are 10 present the nselves.
AM ! regret exceedingly that will not
be able to accept the honor thus etfered.
have just recovered from fever, and
have severe cough which makes il i'm
| possible Tor me to speak in publ c Even
conversation IN the quiet of the psrlor is
irritating 20 my throat and chest
! an very DESTROYS TO have the cause of
my absence clearly stated, and beg you to
do IN Tor ms, at he same time reading
10 onr friends the fyllowng portions Of this
letter:
Frst,-A number of my democratic
brethren persistently sllege that tins I'm
ION League is q mere partisan scheme Of
Republican leaders. Ii is aa,sheult " u ."
with such men. They would know l,,.
what they say isutterly unfounded, if they
would tskethe trouble to inform them.
selves OF the origin, constitution and ''pla.-
lorR 2! the League. 1t is exclusively
national organization, and for national OBJ
Jects alone, wholly exclusive of party pref
erences or obligations. The great purpose
rs to insure at the North, entire unanimity
OF sentiment and action IN support of the
war tor the preservation of the Constitu-
ton and the Union.
second To effect an object so holy
holy is not only honorable but necessary
for citizens Of every race and creed, reli-
gious and political, to unite in close and
continuous fraternity.
Ihird--We will never consent that
more than one nation shall exist on the
territory Of the United States.
| fo"rtA-lf the eight millions at the
south retire from the existing conflict, no
dishonor will attach to them, for whatev-
or may be thought of the cause they fight
for, no one will deny that they have ex-
hibited heroic devotion, Patient endurance,
great skill, remarkable ingenuity, splendid
courage, and mastery generalship. But
II our twenty millions, with the immense
resources at their command, acknowledge
their inability to defeat the South, this
shameful avowal will make US justly con-
tempnble in the estimation of all brave
men now and forever. ...
: Fyfh-The Northern men who, despite
I of repeated assurances from the South thai
II will never again associate with us, still
with uneyampled folly, sue gest conven
> tons, and incoherently rave about peace
i without the capacity to define any the
s mode'of effectlng it than by physical tri
4 umph. These men are despised by tn
Southerners, who only respect IN cas-
% like the present, the opponents who honor
y ably and CALAMITY contest with them 10
n IN" honors of the field Each Of thes
Southerners will exclaim with Col. Duma
10 in the play, "lt is astonishing how mnc
'oI like the man after I've fought with him.
of Sirh-lt is rather amusing to haN
ones democracy questioned because ne il
g. sists upon supporting the adm.nstrato
ut in prosecuting the war.
I'd >rhis is the first time that the democrat
.. ever tolerated opposition to any war
:, the Revolution, thu war of 1872 or that
IN Mexico.
tn When notification was attempted l
~ South Carolina, the whole demOcra,
cheered Gen. jackson, VINO would ha'
- put it down by armsif Sou,h Carolina hi
nd not yielded.
nj "Our country, right or wrong"
"The Union must and shall be pr
80 served
in These have been the familiar democra
- &c war cries.
n Why snoulo they be disused because Il
enemies who stab at our national life al
ut those who should shed the last drop
he their blood to preserve it.
m | wish these discursive suggestions pl
sented in my behalf just at this time, a
IN in conclusion have only to say that, NJ
IN withstanding the Lord Burleigh hea
ne shakes of some, the mawworm sighings
J., others, the mysterious whispers of Ci
~ Hall mourners, and the keen vision Of
sh- place-loving patriots, who see nothing b
the evil in whatever does not bear the VIC
,,v 4" Party" stamped upon it. | mean 10 {
~ operate with the loyal league in any a
ha' every effort, now and hereafter, in Il
1ou city and elsewhere, to convince the sol
lea and the world that the war for our matte
al existence shall never cease until we
tain absolute and final conquest over phi,
ms. ical resistance, or until our people ha
of prepared themselves for the degrading
N, nouncement that two noi thern men
not equal to one southerner in the cours
me and perseverance essential to maint;
nth ones principles, support his governms
ore or preserve his country Yours, We
truly, (Signed,)
MOI JAS. I. BRADY