Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1863-01-30
A. A. EARLE. EDITOR.
IRASBURGH, FRIDAY, JANUARY 80, 1863.
For County Commissioner
CHARLES A. j. MARSH,
OF CRAFTsBURY.
He'll Broke Loose.

If there was anything wanting to con
vince the most cautious unbeliever of thu
truth of the above caption, he has only t.
read the reports in this paper of the pro
ceedings in the New York and in the II
linois legislatures to find abundant proc
to satisfy him. There seems to be little
else than mob spirit abroad in our coun
| try. 1t exists elsewhere than in the Con
federaey. The leaders of the rebellion
though the most prominent, are not the
meanest men our country affords. The
Confederacy has its agents and its out
posts in all the loyal states, who are to
play as important a part in forwarding
its designs of breaking up the Union and
securing its recognition, as its own cho-
EN- ana trusty leaders.
There can be no doubt that the actiC n
of the democratic members in the states
mentioned is designed to give aid and
comfort to the enemies OF the country.
If the design were wanting it has that
effect. What bold uttcrances to come
from the lips OF members in free state
legislatures Treason open and covert
Men in the legislature of large hearted
and noble Illinois, openly denouncing the
presiden! and his cabinet, and saying that
we cannot conquer the south and ought
not to !" This is the same language in
form and substance that every traitor,
from jeff. Davis down, has continually
shrieked in our ears since the first gun
was fired. This is the refrain OF traitors
in arms and their friends the peace dem
ocrats.
What scenes have transpired in the
New York assembly during the past two
weeks ! the assembly rooms filed with
the offscourings Of Brooklyn and New
York, brought hither to overawe and
bully republicans in voting for a speaker.
There can be no possible reason for sucl
proceedings other than TO divide and dis
tract the friends of the country and par
alyze the arm of the president in his
efforts to carry on the war and bring it
to a successful close.
There is one remarkable fact in rela-
ton 10 the action Of this class of men
In the various messages Of the demo
cratic governors in all the speeches of
this class of congressman in every issue
of their press, there is no word of con
demnaiion or of reproach Of the rebels
ia arms; no attack made upon them for
the horrors of which they have been
guilty; their crimes and barbarites are
not reproved or limited at, save in terms
of tender apology Not so gently how
ever do they deal with our generals and
those having the conduct of the war :;
they are assailed with the grosscst libels
and made the object of their shameless
attacks. Vituperation comes up from her
vilest haunts and emits its foul slime
Malice with her many tongues weaves a
web Of lies and throws them to the winds
to strike down what friend of truth and
right they may; and they are not flung
at random no shaft of hers is aimed at
a rebel, for she spares her own.
The scenes that have lately taken place
in the New York assembly in the wran-
gle for speaker are humilating to every
loyal heart; they are a disgrace TO any
country--a shame TO any age. 1t is the
same spirit of treason and rebellion that
has swallowed up the whole south. Tre4-
son was at first confined TO the states Of
the Conrederacy; it was local disease,
and as long as it could be kept so there
was no great danger TO be apprehended
from it, for we could oppose TO it a united
north now it has spread SO that it gives
evidence Of having become a constitu-
tonal malady, from which there is no es-
cape, only by the application of the Sc
verest remedies. If The Union is ever
destroyed, it will be through the agency
Of traitors in the north. If Liberty ever
goes begging for place to lay her head,
and becomes houseless wanderer, trai-
tors in the north will be responsible for
the crime. This is the age of treason
and corruption. Now traitors hold high
carnival and are tugging at the vitals of
the republic and feasting upon the pros
trate body of popular freedom. Look
over the whole north and see where the