Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-01-08
Guberuat0rial Messages ON the Procla.
nation.


1t is a matter of interest to note the views
| taken by the governors of the states not in re-
bellion, who have recently delivered their an.
iual messages, upon the presidents procla-
nation Of emancipation which, regard it as
| we will, deplore it or rejoice at it, cast the
responsibility for it where we may, attemp,
to disguise it or not,-obviously covers the
question of paramount interest in this great
struggles means to the end of restoring
the Union, and rendering that restoration per-
manent
The message of Gov. Seymour of New
York upon this point we have already adver-
ted to. The very different views of that very
different democrat, Gov Tod of Ohio, who
sustains the government upon all points, have
been very briefly given in our columns also
those of Gov. Curtin of Pennsylvania We
can only make brief mention of others.
The message of Gov. Burton of Delaware
is what might have been expected from gov
ernor who refused to furnish troops to the gov
eminent at the outbreak of the rebellion. BE
ascribes the war to the fanatical madness Of
the North and the folly of the South, and fears
that the emancipation policy has destroyed the
last hope of q restoration Of the Union. Com
pensated emancipation be denounces as an IN
justice to the white man. He denounces the arbi-
trary arrests, utters patriotic sentiment cred
liable to his sincerity at least, and his address
may be characterized generally as vulgar
rendering &c .A~ rs.1sk~A phrases of Gov. Sew
mour of New York, with no attempt to dis
guise the real purpose.
This was the dying message" the swan
song of the outgoing governor. William
Cannon, the governor just elected, says the
Tribune, by the largest vote ever given by the
people of Delaware to any candidate whatever,
is thoroughly loyal, goes heart and hand for
the administration and a vigorous prosecution
of the war
Gov. Andrew of Massachusetts, alluses very
briefly to national affairs, approves the procla-
nation and predicts its success, and that in
consequence we shall pay the national debt in
CURED by the war in a few years.
Gov. (pro tenn Robinson of Kentucky, VI
olently attacks the proclamation and says "the
South will be fired into one burning mass of
inexhaustible hate."-It was hardly to be sup
posed that the chiefs of the rebellion would
like it. The proclamation was issued as a war
measure to aid US against the enemy mot on
the ground that it would be pleasing to the
leading rebel instigators of the war, sup
pose; and such Kentucky newspaper as the
Louisville Journal seems disposed, now tina
the proclamation is issued to give it fair trial
Gov. Yates of Illinois, says there is no cause
for dependency in national affairs, for the
government has now settled on the only true
policy,--a more vigorous prosecution OF the
war, and the emancip patton of the slaves and
insists that the two sections of our country
cannot live peaceably together till slavery is
abolished.
The message of the governor of Michigan
heartily endorses the proclamation and says
We are about to strike hands with the entire
loval population of the South, whether white
or black We shall no longer respect the
claims of white traitors, TO compel black 10y
alists to and them in destroying the govern
ment.
The governor of indiana also endorses the
proclamation necessary war measure. and
says the people of the North must not be delu-
ded with the idea that compromise Is possible,
or abandon its efforts to suppress the rebellion.
We do not perceive that the chief magis-
trates of these Western non-slaveholding states,
to the supposed interests and selhshness of
which Gov. Seymour indirectly, and JEFF. Da-
Wis directly, appeal for a restoration of the
Union (?) with the New England states left
out are much behind the - fanatical repre-
sentatives of the latter states. We suggest
therefore that the Sey mour and Chicago Times
politicians change their base, and "go IN
like the rebels generally, for reconstruction,
with oil the northern states excluded.
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