Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-04-23
srom the Daily of April, IS.
Loyal Leagues

throus hout the couatry, seem to disturb
the eouauimity Of the copperheads, about
a, mueb As siaiilar associations of loyaIIsts
i tbe Reyo. utionary war did taat OF the
tories Of that day, The object of these
leagues. as avowea in the resolutions OF
their meetings, is neither more nor less
than TO form an ASSOCIATION, covering eve
nv section of the country, embracing the
truly loyal of all former political parties
whose sole aim shall be the preservation
of the Union of our Fathers, by the COM
plete overthrow of the present wicked ana
causeless rebellion They had their orr
Gin with the great and good men OF the
country, Democrats, Republicans and Old
Line Wings equally participating IN this
movement, and enrolling their names IN
its membership. Lieutenant General
Scott is President of one Of these Leagues
in the city Of New York, while Hon. Ed
ward Everett, the Vice Presidential candl-
! date of the so-ealled . conservatives" IN
the campaign of 1860, holds similar po-
stion in the city of Boston. Both of these
eminent men, as we'll as many others, for
merly acting with the Democratic and
Bell and Everett parties, most heartily
commend the object and purpose of these
leagues, viz: to keep the fires of patriot
ism burning brightly in the hearts of our
people; to keep the public mind elevated
above the devices of low and cunning pol
itcians who thrive upon their country 5
mlsfortunes to uphold the national arm
in its military movements by land and
sea; to maintain the public credit; to
watch and expose the schemes of design
ing demagogues in the North, who are al
, ready intriguing for a further division Of
5 the Union, by separating the West from
the East, with the reasonable and lnta,
! nous purpose of forming "league" with
, the "Southern Confederacy"; and, finally
f to aid in all proper ways in the execution
of the laws of the land wherever the Ma
}, ti6nal flag floats, or in whatever part o
our Union they may be resisted. Wh'
- shall say the object is not pralseworthy =
If fully carried out, old party lines. vii
T be entirely obiiterated, and the only dis
n tnction known among men in the NortI
certainly, will be the loyal and the dis
e loyal.
d Yet, notwithstanding this patriotic move
ment has the countenance of the old wal
,. worn veteran, General Scott, and sue
l. men as Everett, Butler, Wright of Ind
as ana, and hosts of leading Democrats
" times past, the copperhead journals OF Il
+ North, denounce the leagues in advance
%. secret Aboljtion Leagues" organized f
ri the purpose of overthrowing the Constit
" ton, and making the war war for Il
to destruction of the Union TWAS propo
ed by JEFF. Davis that the name Of i" db
Y. hti0ni8t' should be applied to the Ianke
nj, indiScriminitely, as we'll as to the Mort
Cd ern troops in the field, as oelng likely
4U keep alive the prejudice Of the ignora
at white people of the South against
S ~. North. These copperhead journals
Of seemingly true to their masters wish.
They lose no occasion to denounce this
bo an abolition 1oar,"-a "nigger war, J"
he san unconstitutional abolition. cruSGd.
oS- with every conceivable variety of chan
of phraseology-repeated and relterat
.ne from day to day, with as much lndust
si- as the same is repeated in the newspap'
ire of Richmond and Charleston.
But we rejoice that this spirit in
on North is on the wane. 1t cannot sta
00 before the rebukes of an indignant a
loyal people. These Union Leagu
ION when fully formed, with the ranks f
Ute will convince the 'copperheads" that 1t
emit h6y who are left out IN the cold" to m
,ial and bear the scorn which is sure at las
overtake and rest upon those who DIES
t.: their country, and mock at her calamlt
in.her hour of EXTREMIST peril.
ct. We hope the people of this and OF
ct. towns in Rutland county will at once ts
this subject into consideration. Let p1
Gu lie meetings be called to endorse the pl
Iu' form of the Loyal League, and every m
,an be invited to subscribe his name to it
ng Let the invitation to join be made III
VIII most public manner let its purpose {
aim to support the cause of Uni
Country be blazoned as distinctly aga
= q the sky, as the starry folds of the flag t
ire are sworn to uphold and defend. I
tier will patriotism be rekindled and reaW