Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-01-22

history OF other countries now ultcii" 'npoS
| sble it is to reach all the cases of syndling
| which occur We may legislate here we may
| nrovide law after law. but, in spite of all we
| can do ;mproper influences VII be brought to
! hear TO obtain contracts, and improper men
| will obtain them, and the government vii be
| defrauded; and the party out of power selzes
upon every such case, and represents 1t SO as
| to poison the public mind; not because that
| so doing will advance the interests of the coun-
try, but simply that they may get INTO power
| HOW THE REBELS MAY OBTAIN PEACE.
| If the people of the rebellious states really
t desire to enjoy their rights under the constltu
tion. thew have it in their power to do so at
once-the door is open before them. They
have but to accept the invitation OF the Presl-
dent, lay down their arms and return to their
! alleoiance to the government, and they VIII
/ find at once that the constitution is the palla-
| dium of their rights and liberties. But, On
! the other hand, if they spurn this invitation,
! and persist in their barbarous rebellion, they
| can claim no rights under the constitution
| they make themselves outlaws. The conslltu-
ton is to them the stone of the Scriptures; If
they fall upon it they shall b. saves but II
il falls upon them it will grind them to pow
! der.
| WHAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS ACCOMPLISHED
| The Senator showed that great progress had
been made in the war thus far he alluded to
! the circumstances under which this Admins
tration came into power; but little more than
eighteen months ago an administration went
out of power which, according tot language
| of Mr.. Dougias, had secession IN IT'S very midst
for over twelve months, planning Tor dlsrup-
ton, taking your guns, sending your naVles
! NJ tvt,ba nd
istration came into power there was no navy
at hand. no money in the treasury, no army to
| fight the battles of the country; and have we
accomplished nothing?
He continued by mentioning the progress
made, among other things, 'thGt one ha!f Of
| the territory claimed By the rebels as mow
under the national tag" This was not to
cease" said he, {" until we secure the salvation
of every inch of the territory Of this country"
and he contended that there is nothing in the his
tory of the past eighteen months to give any
reason for desponding. He alluded to the great
! advantage to be derived from the opening of
the Mississippi. :" want" said he, q to see
! Louisiana. Texas, Arkansas, and Missouri cut
| off from the cotton region. | know that there
is not a foot of grazing land in the Southern
! Confederacv when YOU cut these states OF from
cOttondom. | know that over two hundred
| thousand head Of cattle have crossed at Nlcks-
! burg from the grazing region west OF the Mis-
sIssippi 10 give life to this rebellion in the last
| twelve months | want the Mississippi river
:, opened by western boys, as 1t soon will be IN
| my Judgment. Then | want to see those rlv-
ers which go up into the heart OF cottondom
/! ned with our gunboats. la other y ords, |
| mean this: I g1at 10 8ee one kua9Iei M0n-
| sand 8laDebokders running one cGg. aI'd i'e1at
| to see Il InlUioa Of negroes running the other.
! Applause in the galleries.
! The Wee President Order!
! Mr.. Wright wtat TO strike a. the heGH
| Of the rebellion. | want to get around its
/! throat; and when you do that, and not before,
Twill YOU see daylight His tr-
butte to Gen. Rosecrans we have already given.
! He concluded with the
NECESSITY OF THE uoCF.
| In conc'us what is demanded Of the
hour What Is the PRAYER that leaps this day
! rom all The hearts OF the loyal people of the
| whole land 1t is, if | may re answer the
! ntcrr gatory, that tho,e in authority shoald
! ie>l as they feel, a profound, intense appre-
cltt0n OF the perIis that -nviron our national
life and for all 10 rise to thai grand eie, ion.
| t3at ;bi.m" n;cjUuSness, that We are ma
ton ard not party; that this great war is being
| prosecuted, not for party aggrandisemeut or
/ men who are par izans bU. for natti,l4i
! preservation, honor, grea ness, perpcu ,tIOn,
! AMI power teaching through every act, the
! great m.nd and hear5 Of the American people,
! our natianI existence rs supreme over party.
sup eme over every interest, and that no pow
| er, no interest should stand in the way of our
nations unity, her laws ID constitution, which
a wicked rebellion is trying to destroy.
| Whatever may be the end Of this terrible
! contest, at least have the consciousness of
! knowing that in every act, rom the time | left
the old world to this moment, Ifhave attempt
| ed, IN my humble way, to sustain those in
| power, and to sustain my country in its trying
! hour. have entered no party caucus | have
| Known no party name and, God being my
| Judge, | will not until we have country redeem
ed and saved.
| If all leading men at the North were imbu-
ed with such patriotism, how surely would
this war end IN the restoration of the Union
| and the progress of true democracy. ....
| More CoMFoRT FOR PEACE MES.-The
90 Peace at-any -price-Democrats I" in the free
states get little comfort from their friends the
rebels The following the reply which comes
| up from Richmond, in the Despatch of Janua
| ry 10, TO the peace propositions made by MIR.
| James Brooks of New York
q Mr.. Brooks appears TO be in earnest in
these extravagant propositions, strange 1T
may appear 10 any man who has possession of
his senses; for, upon the occasion of present.
ing them, he made long speech, and express
ed himself condent of their success Are the
Northern people all natural born fools, or are
they only stricken with that judicial mad
ness which we are told the gods always infict
upon the victims to their wrath preparatory to
their ruin ? Can they suppose that the Sonth
are as gall-ess and as lily livered as themselv-
es, and that they are willing for mere consid-
erations of interest, to forget the unheard of
outrages which they have suffered during the
war2 Can they believe them capable of so
soon burying in oblivion all that they have
done, ana all that they suffered?
If the whole Yankee race should fall Blown
in the dust tomorrow and pray us to be their
masters, we would spurn them even as slaves
Our only wish is to be separated from them
finally and torever-never to see the face of
one of them again-never to hear the voice of
another Yankee on the south side of the Po-
tomac or the north-to have no traffic and no
intercourse Of whatever description with them.
We are fighting for separation, and we will |
have it, if it cost the life of evory man in the |
Confederate States.
They look only to their pockets when thew |
preach of reconciliation and restoration. If |
the same object cOnld he effts.tad lv ort;rol,,