Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-01-22

the national eX stence IS reconcllable with 10y
atty ! 1t may be satisfactory to the Senator
| from Kentucky, but it is not reconcilable with
| the teachings OF that school in which lmblbed
my democracy!
Upon the emancipation policy, Mr.. Wright
said:
"Napoleon and the generals of the past
years surveyed the Wh0le strength of the enc
my: not merely the number of men in arms,
! their heavy artillery, their cavalry force, the
bravery of the troops, and the skill of their
commanders, but the Numbers and resources
| at home to reih force and Sustain the army in
| the field !; and they struck the eaemy heavily
| aohere they could most efectasally cripple him.
This is the policy of the President, clearly and
| forciby stated He has announced his para
| mount object to be to save the Union, and not
| interfere with slavery. If he could save the
| Union without interfering with slavery, he has
| avowed his readiness to DO so; but if there
| were no other means to accomplish that essen
tial object than by the destruction OF slavery,
be it so-let slavery be destroyed. 1t is the
| will of the people that the Union shall be pre-
| served, and the executive Authority must resort
| to the requisite means. .-
The means resorted to by the so-called dem
ocrats to influence the late elections, were thus
summed up:
First, to discourage enlistments, particularly
| of those who would stay at home to vote the
| party ticket. Second, denunciatlon Of the
Administration for every possible or impossi-
| BILE shortcoming. Third, to oppose the confs-
cation acts Fourth, to create ill-feeling be-
| tween the East and West. Fifth, TO oppose
taxation to II eet the expenses of the war and
a., lolD%
more particularly to charge that the West is
more heavily taxed than the East in proper
ton to its wealth. Sixth, to impress on the
Northwest the great value of the navigation
of the Mississippi
"Cunning appeals were made to sectional
prejudices y; attempts to divide the East and
West. -"Oh, democracy" exclaimed he,
chow art thou abused by thy lip worshippers
If democracy requires that shall assist in SOW
ing dissensons among sections, stimulate the
local preiudices of one state against another,
and thus foment nternecine strife where there
should be undisturbed harmony, | shall cease
to be democrat"
Mr.. Wright proceeded with reference to
the parayzing divisions which are sought to
be fomented between different sections of the
loyal North, by socalIed democrats; and paid
an eloquent tribute to New England;
81 ca.not forget" said be, 'Ethe part played
by New England il the establishment and the
maintenance of our liberties in the Republic
What is her record IN the annals of the revo-
lutionary war ? The whole number of men
enlisted in the Continental service from the
beginning to the end Of that war was % $50.
Of these, Lorenzo Sabine says, in the hlstorl
cal essay pre6Xed 10 his American Loyaliss,
that 81 ,9O7 we from Massachusetta-one of
the New England States lone. All the
States south of PennRylvanis provided but
SO, ,493 or less by o,4l4 than the gallant Bay
State sent. New England equipped and
maintained rs $50 men-mcre than one half
the total number placed at the disposal Of
Congress during the war. There stands her
record. 1t Cannot be wiped out.
''A hen this unnatural contest was forceG
upon us, true tC her traditions, the men OF
New Eng land were the first 10 rush 10 the de
fence OF the Capital when ii was threa ened
by traitors. SIR, | am not Il New Englauder
/ was born and raised N the West; bur am
not Ignorant OF Aew England genus, wncn Is
famous as her patr otsm, her thrift and her
learning.
with free Institutions are insPpara-
represSed, 1t becomes prolific IN is Creations !;
aud New England presents a model Of repui
ilcsnlsm for The instruction Of o her comnlu-
nit es. Owing 50 much to its liberty. hiertv
Is here secu t, law and justice are nnparua.lv
admin slered, p op.rty IS well gu -rded, and
education IS Universally dlffuaed No political
community OF an equal number OF people up-
on whom the q nous orb OF day shed its be-
nlgnant hight, Is more blessed in these and
other respects; among none there IS such care
Tor the growth aud development of the reli-
gious sentiment; SO few poor; such untirlng,
comprehensive and healthy philanthropy such
an amount OF wealth so equally distributed !;
such promise of physical progress nowhere
is the ownership of land III the fee simple, so
universal labor so much respected and so
Well rewarded progress in all that purifies
and ennobies mankind rapid where the
governme bears SO easily and is so cheap
ly administered and among whom happiness
In the State, in the family and in the indi-
vidual is so firmly founded on an mdestructible
basis. Leave New England out in the cold,'
as was said by the. honorable member from
Kentucky Mr. Davis i
MIR. Davis-Let me correct the Senator |
did not say "Leave New England out in the
cold" but said that there was danger that
Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts
would be left out in the cold if they did not
reform their politics little
Mr.. Wrght-This is yer" common TRADE
that hear very often at home, from men who
are trying to prejudice my people against an
other section of the country; and, although
my friend from Kentucky did not say ''New
England" he applied the suggestion to part
and parcel of the country; and we cannot af
ford to part with that No, slr-the republic,
rich as it is in all that makes nations great and
glorious, cannot bear the sacrifice, nor can the
embeished pages of our historic annals bear
such expurgation. 'Liberty and Union,
now and forever, one and inseperable," was
the sentiment of New Engands great states
man, and | shall not be party to any move
ment that has for its object its dsseveration.
Wherever man lives, North, East, South or
West, who is loyal to the government, he is
entitled to equal rights and fraternal regard IN
the great family of American citizens, and no
disciple of Jefferson or of jackson will seek
to dlsnherit him. God forbid that / should
encourage the growth of prejudice among my
peeple to estrange them from any portion of
their fellow citizens, and weaken the ties
which have SO long united us.
CORRUPTION AND POPULATION.
One OF the many questions in the West, and
perhaps, one of the leading ones, which was
made to operate on our elections, was the ten
thousand stories magnifed, bad as they are, of
the peculation and thleving going on under the
Administration. Well, sir. war brings with |
it, among other evils, always this.
The senator gave number of instances,
showing the immense corruption and pecua-
s