Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-08-27
p I1LAND HERALD
THURSDAY, AUGUST p, 1863.
r~om 'he Dni'y. of August "a.


vermont GOpprrheadisnl, Hnco,
Yeaience oS Record.
Ask a Copperhead, where lies the gui
of causing this war, and be wlll answer
with the past anti-slsvery agitators of tll
North, Vermont has been especial
srong IN her distaste for the peculiar in
Il sumnon," Copperheads of Vermont ar
bereiore especially strong in denunciatio
their State tor her part in giving ris,
lhe rebellion, Great is the share o
! Fbs guilt, which must rest upon the shoul
Piers OF Vermont antI-slavery fanatics. ,
lhe Copperheads of the State have pro
tamed it in their conventions. They
Pave asserted it, and reiterated it, with in
treasing vehemence, in all their numerous
and influential State organs, from the
" oodstock Spirit Of the Age down to the
Autland Courier.
n The enormity of this guilt, wherever it
may justly rest, no pen or tongue can de-
Ecribe. Is it wonderful, then, that the
nv " latter day" democrats of Vermont
AFuId refuse any political communion
I'M Mth those whom they believe to have been
N ponsibe for this rebellion? Is it sur
|T sing that they should regard with un-
I'M arable horror, and eject from their
kn KS eeery @an who has been identified
II such originators Of the country's ca
km,s
,une last these few men ofVermont
||a 4nly. called Copperheads, met in
|aal lenton, and nominated as their stan
|1Ar bearer in the coming state election
Haheir can4'@',' .4'aa'@ for goyernor-Timolhy
#RedfeId of Montpelier ;-nominated
y, one would naturally suppose, especiul-
because no spot or stain Of that guilty,
I'M
N H-causing, Union-destroymg, a.ntl.sla
'm could be found upon his clear
H..
is hardly possi. ole to concieve 4 pic
III more Sta" .Gling for lis utter inconsls-
" '.Ad strange absurdity, than this all
|Ncmes, when viewed in the light OF
Al
n 1854, this same Timothy ?, Red
|sR was the candidate for governor of |
hepnost radical fanatics, the Aboli- |
"A d" Liberty" = Free Soil" or X Free |
T. ocratic" party Of this State. He
H. for the Green MoUntajn FTeemua,
organ Of this party. He made |
hN slavery resolutions and speeches. |
EaF agtated' in all ways. He was, a
b&f among those who, according to the
B8ry of the Copperheads whose ticket
\ now heads, are responsible fer the ma
on's present woes.-The platform adopt
9by the State convention of this party
that year, was as follows:
Wat it is the duty of the Federal Gov
|nlpeut to relieve itself from all RESPONSE
lhN for the existence or continuance of |
in the District of Columbia, and
|9s where else that Congress possesses
institutional power to legislate, and is
JUS responsible for its existence; so that
sedom instead of slavery shall become
|taonal and slavery instead of freedom
III become sectional.
Thai the only sas e means of preventing
eaex xtenslon of slavery into territory now
als to prohibit its extension into all
|e..aerrltory by act of Congress.
al no more Slave States ought to be
tted into the Union.
hat the fugitive slave law enacted by
j A&ongress lately expired is unjust, un-
htutonal, in derogation Of the funda
Mtal maxims of free government,
4 ought to be specify and forever re-
hled.
hat we oppose the base and unwar-
ptabIe accusation that in opposing the
Ke Power we are wanting in loyalty to
Amstitution and the Union and that
1slst that facility to the Union is best
ksted by anreleating efforts TO restore
pernment to the old Democratic pol
T. timiting, discourdging and local
r. t1te instutioa of SlaUery.
tMt the law passed by our late Legis-
r. n relation to the Habeas Corpus is
b Pr safeguard for the liberties of our
and a just exercise of the power
State to protect all within its limits !
lmmary and tyrannical proceed
Il. b. Peck was first nominated |
rnor upon this platform. But he, I
he repudiates eopperheadism +
Fclined the nomination because he
ot subscribe to this platform. Mr.. t
was then nominated and he stood .
lp to the anti-slavcry rack In /
fman which contained the proceed Il
Tue convention, was the reprint of =
le written for that paper by Mr.. +
from which the following is an 3
Speaking of the public excite