Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-01-08
Tribute 40 New England

Several days ago there appeared III our col
umns some account of a proposition from
Western journals to patch up peace with the
rebels by excluding New England, on the
ground, doubtless, that she could not be in
duoed readily enough to succumb to the de-
mands of the traitors. This was sufficient
compliment in itself to New England but we
give, as an Offset to the abuse heaped upon
her in some quarters, the following from the
Chicago Tribune. In the course Of an eo-
quent article, provoked by this quasi-secession
nonsense about ''leaving New England out in
the cold, the Tribune says:
at is, we say, too late to quarrel about the
character of the Puritans, because, were his
tory dumb, there stand the six States of New
England, everlasting monuments for the per-
petuation of the memory of the great qualities
of the men who built on puritan basis. And
in spite of the old story by which the pioneers
of the MayAOWer have been assaulted; in spite
of that kind of criticism which, in sneering at
long prayers, forgets the godliness Of the men
who made them, and that. in estimating char
acters, takes account of the bpmishes only,
and converts the pecuEarties Of an era into
the special vices of the individuals who flour
ished therein; in spite of despotlc reaction
against what New rngIand has t,"siC anu
lived, the fact remains. and is now confessed
by all the world
That nowhere does Gods sun shine upon
any political community, containing an equal
number Of people, among whom liberty is 50
secure;
Among whom law and justice are so impair
italy administered
Among whom property is so well guarded;
Among whom education is so universe ly
difused
Among whom there is such care for the
growth and development of the religious senti-
ment;
Among whom there are so few poor;
Among whom there is such un:iring, com
prehensve and healthy philanthropy;
Among whom there is such an amount of
wealth so equally distributed
Among whom there is such promise of phys
icsl progress
Among whom the ownership of land in fee
simple is so universal;
Among whom labor is so much res ected
and so well rewarded;
Among whom progress, III all that purlies
AMI ennobles, Is 50 rapid
Among whom women are 50 honored, or so
vlrtuous
Among wi'om Government bears so easily
and is SO easily administered;
Among whom happiness in the State, IN the
family. and in the individual, is so firmly
founded on an lndestructlble basis
Gov. SEYmoUR'S INAu'GURATIoN. - The
Inauguration of GOV. Seymour took place at
Albany on the lst inst. The ceremonies pas
sed off with an interchange of courtesies, says
dispatch, between the outgoing and incoming
officials EX-Goy. Seymour briefly and patri-
otically addressed Gov, Seymour. The latter
thanked him for the kind expression OF his
good wishes, and congratulated him on The
able close of his administration.
Gov. Seymour then said: :. | have soemnly
sworn to support the Constitution of the Uni
ted States with all its grants, restrictions and
guarantees, and | shall support ii. have al
so sworn to support the Constitution OF the
State of New York, with all its powers and
rights, and shall uphold it. | have sworn tC
support the duties of the office of Governor Of
the State, and with your aid they shall be
faithfully performed. The first law recorded
for nay observance is that declaring that /" 1t
shall be the duty of the Governor to MAINTAIN
and defend the sovereignty and jurisdiction o
the State" The next strict injunction of tn
Constitution is that the Governor shall taxi
care that the laws "are faithfully executed,
anG so help me God, they shall be. He would
not dwell, on the present occasion, on our Ma
tional affairs. Our position as State ha'
'heen happily alluded to by my predecessor
Ny views on the subject viii be laid befor
the Les s'islatpre. While knowing that his po
affairs he (Se.vmour) yet ventured to trus
that before the . I'D of his term of service tn
country would be aSsiA gies'' siofious an
united, as it once was.