Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-08-27
Fem the Daily of August &c.
NNrfh Carolina.


ident of the Governors Council Hon, +.
b. Satterthwate) and said to be approved
by Gov. Vance, has been mentioned in our
columns. 1t is too long for publication in
our paper; but it is of such great interest
and importance, that we give below such
extracts from it as we can make room for,
which are sufficient to show its spirit and
tenor As we have already stated, the
article arraigns the secession leaders for
commencing the war upon insufficient
grounds, and charges them with having
involved the South in its difficulties against
the reason and convictions of the southern
people. 1t also acknowledges that there
is no reason to complain of the way IN
which the United States government has
prosecuted the war, and closes by declar-
ING that as peace on tho basis OF division
is now impossible, North Carolina is ready
for peace on any other honorable terms.
The article opens with a history OF the
the means used by the southern conspira-
tors to promote secession, and says that if
the South had labored under any real
grievance, it should first have demanded
redress, and if refused, should have fought
for its rights in the Union. 1t recapit-
ulates the magnificent promises made
by the secession leaders, switch looked so
I splendid as almost to dazzle the mind with
| their brilhancyn The article says;
First and foremost they promised that secession
/ should be peaceabe.
! SecondIV They promised that if perchance
| should ensue, it should be very short war !; that
| IL would not last SIR months---that the Yankees
would not fght---that one Southerner could whip
! from ten to one hundred of them---that England
! and France would speedily recognize us, and rem
! der us every assistance might desire--that
! whatever might be their abstract opinions of the
! subject of Slavery, their interests would impel
/ them to promote its perpetuity IN the Southern
States that if, after all, they should not be dis
! posed to assist us, Cotton t0GS htng, and would
I soon bring all the crowned heads of Europe on
their knees in suppicaton to as would compel
| them to raise the bloCkade---should one be eStah
! uSleu---ln tulfIy udyS, Ill Sixty udgS, III ninety
days, in one hundred and twenty days, in six
months, in nine months, in gear at furthest.
Thirdly. They promised us that all the slave
States except Delaware would join the Southern
Confederacy-- that slavery should not only be
perpetuated in the States, but that it should be
extended into all the territories in which the ne
groes could live; that all the grievances occa-
stoned by the non-eXeCutiOn of the Fugitive Slave
Law should be speedily redressed that slave prop
erty should be established upon basis as safe as
that of landed property.
! FOurthly. They promised us that the new Gov
eminent should be a mere ConfedeTaey of States,
of absolute sovereignty and equal rights that the
States should be tyranniZed over by no such seen
tral despotiSm" as the old Government at Wash
ington that the glorious doctrine of State rights
and notification, as taught by Mr.. Jefferson and
Mr.. Calhoun, should prevail III the new Confed-
eracy; that the sovereignty OF the states and
ttfhe elrt lqd'F''' ''''''i' be sacredly re-
F(tthly. They promised us the early and per-
manent establishment Of the wealthiest and best
Government on the earth, whose credit should be
better than that of any other nation whose pros
perity and happiness should be the envy of the
| civilized world.
And lastly they promised us that if war should
ensue, they would go to the battlefield and spill,
if necessary the last drop of their blood IN the
cause of their beloved South.
How their promises have been fulfilled
the writer proceeds to show:
$50 far from the wars ending in six months, as
they said it would should it ensue, it has already
lasted more than two years, and if their policy is
| to be pursued it will last more than two years
longer; and notwithstanding their predictions, the
| Yankees have fought on many occasions with
spirit and determination worthy OF their ancestor
: | of the revolution--worthyo of the descendants o
those austere old Puritan5 whose heroic spirit anC
| religious zeal made Oliver CromwelPs army tn
| terror of the civilized world OF of those French
| Huguenots who, thrice in the sixteenth century
| eontended with heroic spirit and various fortune
| against all the genius OF tbs house OF Lorraine
| and all the power of the house of Valois.' Eng
| land and France have not recognized us---hay
, not raised the blockade-haye not shown us an,
| sympathy, nor is there any probability that the!
ever will--and that cotton is not king is now uni
) versally Acknowledged. And Maryland has no
J Joined the Confederacy, nor has Kentucky no
, | Missouri ever really been with us. Slavery ha
not only not been perpctuated in the States, no
extended into the Territories; but Missouri ha
, passed an act of emancipation, and Maryland
ready to do so rather than give up her place in tn
Union, and the last hope OF obtaining one foot o
the Territories for the purpose of extending slav
cry has departed from the Confederacy forever
The grievances caused by the failure of some 0
the northern States to execute the fugitive slav
law have not only not been remedled, but more
slaves have been lost to the South forever siric'
secession was inaugurated, than would fave es
capped from their masters in the Union in five cen
turtles. And how have they kept their promise
that they would respect the sovereignty and right
of the States The great central despotism a
Washington, as they were pleased to call 1t, was
I at any time previous to the commencement OF thu
secession movement, and even for some time afte
; it had commenced, most mild and benefcen
government compared with the central despotisn
at Richmond, under which we are now living.
Instead of AN early and permanent establish
/ ment of the weathiest and best government il
the world with unbounded credit, what have w
got In spite OF all the victories which they pro
fess to have obtained the Yankees, they have
lost the States of Missouri, Kentucky, Arkansas
Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee, ant
! in my humble opinion have lost them forever
and in all probability, Alabama will soon be add
ed to the number. This will leave to the Confed
eracy but five States out of the original thirteen
and of these five the Yankees have possession o
E many of the most important points, and one-thrG
of their territory. 50 far, the Yankees have new
er failed to hold every place of Importance which
, they have taken and present indications are thai
Charleston will soon be added to the number
| The campaign of Gen. Lee into Pennsylvania ha
proved failure, and with it the last hope OF con
duering peace by successful invasion OF thu
| enemy's country. Our army has certainly beer
yery much weakened and dispirited by this failure
and the fall of yioksburg, and how long ever
Richmond will be safe, no one can tell. As thu
Richmond Enquirer said some time ago, They
! are slowly but surely gaining upon us acre BY
acre. mile by mile and unless Providence inter
: poses in our behalf---of which 1 see no indica
tions---we will, at no great distance OF time, be
subjugated people"
As to our unbounded credit based upon the Sc