Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-10-07
UNION NATIONAL TICKET.
The Majority must Rule.

mowers that be,-et the majority RUE IL VIVA
the democrat first learns in his political nursery
and it Is his Sinai in political contest. -Ne'cpo'
NetoS.
"Let the majority rule" rs good, SCUM
democratic doctrine, and every true dem
ocrat will submit to the rule of the ma
jority without murmur. But how abou
the South, Mr.. Spalding? They "sece-
ded to rid themselves of the rule OF the
majority" So said jeff Davis to Ed
mund Kirke, upon the occasion of hi;
late visit to Richmond. AS soon as IT
was known that Lincoln was elected they
began to withdraw, state by state, from
the union, dsmantled and seized our forts,
and but little more than month after
his inauguration fired upon the flag that
waved above Fort Sumter. They seeded
at that time because the majority was
the wrong way; had they been success
full in electing Breckenridge & Lane, the
acts of secession and rebellion would have
been postponed another four years.
And what was the political complexion OF
the traitors? They were almost to a
man democrats--just such democrats as
Mr.. Spalding is to-day, the enslavement
of the negro being the groundwork of
their political and scriptural faith. The
: fact is there is no sort Of consistency in
the doctrines you preach, as compared
with your practices. You and your par
ty--of the JEFF. Davis stripe--are willing
the majority should rule so long as you
are the majority, and no longer. Had
such democrats as JEFF. Davis, Robert
Toombs, Rhett, Slidell, Mason, Floyd,
Benjamin, Breckenridge, and thousands
of the same faith, always been in the ma
jority, this terrible war would have never
been bet loyal majority put them
down, asked them to be governed by new
men and different ideas it was then that
the flames of rebellion burst forth in all
their fury, and the hiss of the contempt
BILE copperhead mingled with the rattle
snakes warning was heard, and is still
heard, all over the land.
But the editor Of the Neacs may object
to being classed with the men who now
WELD the destinies of the southern peo-I
pie. II they do not resent it he should
not, for there attaches certain degree of
manliness to them and their cause that
does not belong to the party of which
neighbor Spalding is but vulgar frac-
ton. They are outspoken in their de-
mands and determined in their treason ;
they rebelled against government they
hate and people they affect to despise I;
they ask for peace, but ask it solely for
the purpose OF demanding the recognition
of the southern confederacy; on no other
terms, they say, will they have peace
this is the united voice Of her people,
her press and her rulers; on these terms
they desire it, and on no other. There
are without doubt many people in the
south who are still loyal to the old gov
eminent, but the vim Of the majority is
terribly strong for the new; and there is
no way of securing lasting peace but
in crushing this majority by fighting il
out /; so say they and SO say the north
the copperhe ads excepted. Why, then
do they ask for peace {? There are bu
two rational answers to the question:
The peace democrats either wish by then
shameful cry of "peace," "armistice," the
"Union as it was" &c, to so paralyzt
the arm Of the government by raising W
against it such powerful antiwar ant
anti-administration party, that we shall be
compelled 10 give the rebels peace upon
their own terms, to wit: separation and
recognition; or else their designs are
purely political anG selfish in their char
acter, with not spark Of patriotism in
them granting this last proposition to be
frue-and il is the most probable one
they would overthrow the administration
at whatever cost Of blood and treasure
for the sake Of raising one Of their crea-
lures TO position where he can dispense
his power and patronage to faithful vas.
sails. For proof that they intend to fight
their das,ardly principles through at the
polls, witness the vast amount of arm:
and ammunition seized at indianapolis
and other points, not long ago, which are
proved to have been purchased by and
forthe use Of copperheads. This is sub.
hitting to "the rule of the majority" with
vengeaneel
- But the reasonable plottings Of the
peace democracy must come to noueht
and the states that are in rebellion mus