Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-03-19

sSAA - ~ ~nAeAA6 tOsctA6T ne votes cast tor
hartman with those for the peace democrat,
Eastman "a remarkable combination. They
will unite As well IS oil and water; they are
IS similar as sunlight TO pitch darkness, or as
The democrat, Ben. Bulter, and the ESQ called)
democrat, Ben. Wood. Those who voted for
Col. Hartman are loyal supporters Of the gov
eminent in vigorous prosecution Of the war /;
they are emphatically Union men; they could
not be induced to unite with the Eastman par
ty by all the arts and herculean efforts of po-
litical demagogues, though working under the
name Of democracy; they are, in short, such
men as the peace democrats most incontinently
traduce and villify at all times and on all coca
sions. No vote could be more telling rebuke
to the copperheads, than one cast for Har-
riman. We suppose Col. Harriman's letter,
accepting the nomination, shows conclusively
his platform. 1t contains just those sentiments
which every Republican heartily subscrbes to,
and many Republicans voted for him from per-
sonal considerations while it administers one
of the severest castigations we have anywhere
seen to those who are now clarifying over the
votes cast for him, as swelling triumph for
them! Read his letter.
81 have always been Democrat and ex-
pect to remain one, as understand the term,
tin die.hence the cardinal point of my po-
Iitical faith is adherence to and support Of the
Government, in the day Of its peril, against all
treason and consplracles at home, and against
every assault, of whatever character, from
abroad. And l most fully subscribe to the
sentiment of Jefferson, that in a state of war
the distinctive policies of parties should remain
in allowance, while the great questions pertain
| mo to national honor and perpetuity should
oiye yioor to the hearts and hands of the peo-
pie. -
and thus encouraging assertions from the army
-magnifying the burdens of the people-be-
lifting the mighty issues of the battle in which
we are Joined and holding out promises of
neace without presenting any reasonable
grounds in which to anchor the hope of peace,
are giving the Union cause stab, the fatal
consequences of which the present age cannot
fathom. Be not deceived. Peace in the
nresent iuncture, means the dissolution of the
| Union. and ETERNAL WAR. 1t means more ;
! II means anarchy, which comprises all the woes
Of earth to civilized man. The Hon. Joel
Parker, in his letter to Col. George, recently
published. expresses this idea in the following
words. Under sgistiag circumstances there
can be no peace bit a shameful one which dis
qoeapbsrs the nati0a.'
In the sacred name of humanity and chris
| tan civilizaton.-ln the names of thirty mil
| lions of human souls, whose honor and whose
happiness are involved in this mighty struggle,
| appeal to the people of New Hampshire, to
Democrats, Republicans and all, to resist, with
every power, so dire calamity as the dssolu-
ton of this great Union.
Everything we hold dear on earth is involved
in this great contest. All will be saved or
lost. and that will be determined soon. stand
for the Government. My voice and pen and
sword are censeereted to the service of the
country. stand by it with all my heart
with all the vigor that is in my arm-with all
| the fire that is in my ,brain-with all my life.
| expect that cause will triumph, and thus the
CAPACITY of man for self vernment be vind-
Gated. | expect to see the Union restored and
!
| When the iron despotism of the oligarchy who
instigated and who are carrying forward this
rebellion is broken, | expect to see an over
whelming uprising in the seeded States, and
/ to hear, wild as the storm, the eXultant shout
| of that scoursed and blood-washed people,
coming up from their great tribulation to hail
once more the proud old flag of the country.
And beg ond this, expect to see the old Union,
having arisen from this terrible baptism OF fire,
aobler, taigef, @ightie, than before
The continued existence of the copperhead
party depended upon the result IN New
Hampshire anl Connecticut. They have
worked with corresponding desperation. The
unprecedentedly large vote,-larger than last
year, notwithstanding the thousands of voters
who have since then gone to fight for their
country sufficiently attests the unusually des-
perate effort to bring cut every voter, while
the absence of the soldiers tells largely against
the Republicans. The Eastman democrats
have employed themselves in exciting the
dread Of CONSUMPTION, in crying day after day
that "every vote for Gilmore or Hartman is a
vote to continue the war, TO enforce draft,
ana impose taxation, which, being rightly IN
terpreted, means vote for conquering peace
by subduing the rebellion, and saving the Re-
public from anarchy and rnin;' in short, IN
making pitifully wretched use of the mlsfor-
tunes and sacrifices incident to the wal forced
upon us to save the Union. By all these
means by the absence of the soldiers, and IN
view of the former numerical eyenness Of the
parties in that State, the copperheads felt GER
tain of the victory necessary to their existence;
but they are defeated. The loyal Union cause
triumphs; the Legislature will be largely re-
publican, and a republican governor will be
elected Let the Connecticut election result
as well, and we shall then hear still more OF
that change in the democratic policy which the
democratic Leaders are already beginning to
feel is necessary; a change bringing them to a
qualified support, at least, Of the war for the
preservation Of the national unity and lnteg-
rity.
DECIDEDLY CooL.-One Thomas q. Rey-
nolds was, before the rebellion broke oat, 1t.
Governor of tie State of Missouri. Claib
jackson was at the same time Governor. Both
skedaddled into the kingdom Of JEFF, and the
present Governor of Missouri, elected by the