Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-06-23
RUIL.AND HERALD.
s.TuRDAY. JUNE 10.
yalIandixhan.

,nnearance in Ohio the other DAY py
.reecb at a democratic convention
threatening the Administration, denounc-
mn The i r,v 'hc defence OF the IN
ion mainta 80. that the independence
NJ the rebels ought to be recognized, or
IN other words that the Union ought TO
he allowed to go to pieces, and advising
his poli tical friends TO shrink from no
on his account however
urgent. Upon this platform he was ac-
cording to the dispatches, received win
great enthusiasm by his democratic"
brethren, and was at once elected a dele
gate to the Chicago Convention. It's
fair to conclude. then, that the chief
plank in the platform of the Ohio democ-
rscy is disunionisn of the rankest kind.
This has been suspected before, OF the
latter-day democracy generally, but has
rarely, if at all, been quite so openly, de-
family and unequivocally expressed in
the action of considerable convention.
Men who have any lingering affection
for the Union or desire for its preserva-
ton, with the untold blessings 1t secures,
whether they call themselves democrats
or republicans, can here look upon what
is now called democracy" In its naked
ugliness.
What is the reason of Vallandigham's
sudden demonstration and defiance at
this time? 1t looks exceedingly like
this Lee is being cornered up in Rich
mond by Grant. Johnston is being push
cd disastrously back by Sherman. The
rebel cause is approaching the dark cri-
sis of its fate. 1t is evident that it must
have aid now to be saved. At the same
time it is necessary on our side, in order
To render the rebel overthrow sure and
final, that every loyal nerve be strained
and that the loyal strength be wholly
unembarrassed. At this critical moment
the arch traitor seeks by his sudden de-
Aance and reasonable utterance, to dis
tract the attention of the government
and the loyal people, to cause if possible
a conflict on the soil of Ohio with the
federal authorities, and so create sa-
wing diversion in favor of the despairing
and hard pushed rebels.
Is there anything incredible in this
Nothing, when we reflect that there is
no shadow of hope for Vallandigham in
this world, except in the success of the
rebellion. The overthrow Of the rebel
lion is his overthrow, now and forever.
Whether he is back in Ohio in viola
ton of the authority of the government,
we do not yet certainly know. But
whether SO or not, his object being pref
ty fairly declared by his acts and speech
es to be what is above indicated, there
is good ground for question at least
whether the cause of the country viii
not be best subserved by disappointing
his wishes, attending during the pres
emit crisis exclusively to the rebe
armies. and attending to the worthless
traitor of Ohio hereafter, If he is worthy
of attention at any time whether, dis
gushing as is his treason, he is of any
Importance compared with the great
work at this moment in hand; whether
every thought and energy of the govern
ment and people should not be bent to
the final destruction, noe, of the rebel
armies; whether he cannot be left to
meet his just deserts by and by and
whether as matter of policy, the "dem-
ocratic" party should not be left free to
support him, endorse his reasonable
doctrines and bear their load and stig-
ma, if they desire to.
As for the Administration, its course
towards Vallandigham has been suffi-
GENTLY indicated by the one hundred
thousand majority vote by which he was
repudiated after his arrest, in his own
State. The Administration can at least
much better afford to leave-him severely
alone for the present, than the democrat
ic party can afford to be burdened with
his dead weight.