Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-09-23
From the National Eagle.
The Traitors Confession,


awe seeded TO rid ourselves Of the rule
of the maj6rity."---Jef Daeis to Col. Jaqaes.
Write that in characters OF living
light Would that il might be engravsn
in the broad heavens, and the whole
world might read and reflect. IT is the
dea,h-bed confession of the rebellion. 1t
is the trembling assassin revealing his
Guilt on the threshold of eternity, when
no earthly terrors suppress it; and de-
sire TO tighten the burdens of his heart
compals it. 1t is of great advantage to
US its benefits to posterity are incaIcnla-
HE. It will heal the hearts of the affilot-
ed who mourn the loss of the flower OF
America slain in battle ! and it will also
teach the children for what their fathers
died. 1t is the correct history OF this
wicked war in nut shell. 1t is com
plete yindication of the North--ot the
Union from the foul aspersions OF her
clamorous and vindictive foe.
"We seeded to rid ourselves of the
rule of the majority''---to overthrow the
onlv government in the world founded
upon the right of the majority to rule
upon democracy and equal rights. Let
tbis be the text from which the Muse OF
American History, standing over the
crave of disunion, and dipping her pen
IA theIbright sunlight of regenerated Am
erica. shall immortalize, in epic strains,
t,e grand achievements Of the Army OF
the Union, in the defence Of Law, Liber-
ty aud Right
eve seeded TO rid ourselves of the
role of the majority" Will the craven,
stubborn copperbeads here learn lesson
Of their satanic chief" Will they be-
lieve him when be tells them so frankly
that they 'seceded to rid themselves OF
the rule of the majority or will they
viciously persist in imputng other and
ulster causes for the rebellion, so jealous
are they in defending the South from all
blame whatever in the matter OF seces-
sion. Jeff Davis words, if nothing else
ought to rebuke into silence their shiny
tongues, SO prolific Of reasonable cant.
ave seeded to rid ourselves OF the
rule of the majority" So we of :be
North have always maintained, which
Won of the South have until now denied.
Andrew johnson thought this TO be the
cause of your treason, for 10 the course
of his memorable speech of December
II8,l86l. il the United States Senate,
(in our opinion the strongest argument
against secession ever made in that
chamber in suggesting whether it would
not be better for the South TO bear these
ills she had, than to fly to others that she
knew not of, be turned to Sosthern Sen
ators and wanted to know if their inten-
lions were to establish despotism, when
they had succeeded in breaking up the
Union, and giving as his grounds for the
apprebension certain extracts from prom
inent Southern journals discussing the
relative merits of Republicanlsm and
Despotism. His vision was not closed
to the dangers of the change, an2 he
thought it prudent to look around him
and see where the Southern mind was
drifting ere he counselled Tennessee TO
cut her moorage from the old Republic.
How prophetic were Senator Johnson's
apprehensions Every bullet thrown
from rebel guns is aimed at Republican
ism against the right of the majority TO
govern, and in defense Of despotism of
the right of the few to govern the many.
Can you doubt it?
"We seeded to rid ourselves Of the
rule Of the majority" says Mr.. Davis, in
order to do what? To establish gov
ernment in which the majority shall have
neither voice nor votes, to entrench
ourselves and our institution within the
bulwarks of despotism.
Again, copperheads, in your defence
of slavery and treason, you sneered at
Mr.. Lincoln's proclamation of Freedom,
when it was issued, as a matter only
calculated to divide the North and exas-
perate the South, while it was harmless
in efscting its object You jeered at it
because it was simply emancipation on
parchment, because it was not strong
enough to strike the chains from the
slaves. Now, at the close of year and
a half--a short time for SO great result
what is the record, what is the testi-
mony of Mr.. Davis? He says:
"You have already emancipated near
ly two millions of our slaves, and you
may emancipate every negro in the con>
federacy, but we will be free. We are
not fighting for slavery--we are fighting
for independenee---and that, or extermi~
nation we will have" ..s.-
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