Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-01-21
Agreed.

gru0us demonstrating fossils, Know
Nothings, Breckenridge Democrats peace
men, with a small admixnrc of very
moderately war men, etc, etc, 49, that
no agreement could be arrived at among
them upon any subject II seems, how
ever, that there is one thing concerning
which there is entire unanimity. What
that is, is most tersely expressed in the
following extract from the Nashua Ga
1ette -
Whatever discrepancy may be alleged
10 exist in the Democratic party as 10
the propriety of Peace or War Plat
form, tits clear that the Democracy all
concur in a determined opposition % the
policy Of the administration"
Here we certainly have, in a nutshell,
the history of this democracy from
The outbreak OF the rebellion 10 the pres
ent time and IL doubtless correctly fore
shadows its future course so long as the
rebellion continues. 1t win be observed
that ii is a matter of secondary import
anee whether this spurious democracy
act upon Peace or War Platform. 1t
is aquestion OF little interest 10 II wheth-
er this rebellion be put down and the
Union saved by force OF arms, or peace
be had Eat any price" involving the ac-
acknowledgement Of Southern independence
and the disruption of the Union; for 1t
is we'll enough understood that peace
can be had upon no other terms except
by lighting for it. But the question
with these democratic" patriots is, what
is the policy of the administration d
Whatever that may be, we are all agreed
in opposing it in any event, What its
bearing may be upon the salvation of
the Republic, is not our business. Our
work, they say in effect, is not to help
save the country, but to oppose the ad-
ministration which is endeayoring to do
it, in whatever course il may pursue
II its policy is peace, ours is war if its
policy is war, ours is peace; but wheth-
er war or peace, it is, at all events, OPP
position to the administration. In this
light it is not difficult to explain the
resolutions of so called democratic"
conventions which contain no uniform,
well defined policy, but are plentifully
denunciatory Of every measure Of the
administration. Such, in brief is 'lat-
ter-day democratic" patriotism; such is
the opposition appreciation Of duty to
ones country in its hour Of deadly peril.
TREATMENT OF SOLDIERS IN New York.
New York City is adding little to its
credit just now in the matter of her
treatment either of returning veterans
nants of old regiments, which have been
through battle after battle since the
commencement of the war, have re-en-
listed, and, coming home to New York
to spend their brief furloughs, have been
received in the city with no public dem
onstration of welcome. For instance,
the Tribune of Thursday says:
"The 18th and 88th Regiments arrived
in this city on Wednesday, the former
with 215, the latter with about 100 men.
No arrangements were made by the au-
thorities for their reception, although
they were among the bravest Of the
brave at the battle of Lookout Noun
tain
Again, the New York papers have fire.
quent accounts of frauds and outrages
committed upon new recruits of their
enlistment under fraud and force, and
sometimes, even, the influence of drugs,
by bounty Negroes are kid
mapped and forcibly enlisted 1t is said
that on Tuesday the boat brought from
Riker's Island the dead bodies of five
colored men, who had been poisoned
with drugs administered by the brokers
and runners, who do not seem to be sat
listed with stealing the bounty belong
ing to these men, but in some instances
they take their money and their lives
also"
After enlistment the recruits are inhu-
manly treated, sheltered under old cot
ton tents, with only blanket between
them and the frozen ground, and rob-
bed by the suffers at the tune, in some
eases, Of forty cents for cup of coffee
and a.dollar for a canteen of water. In
this way enlistnents are encouraged IN
that quarter, and the statement is not
incredible that recruiting there is going
on slowly. Public attention being call
ed to the matter, however, it is proba-
BILE that the outrages upon new recruits
will be stopped, though it is almost too
much to hope that those hitherto guilty
of them will be properly punished. 1t
is also hoped that more fitting treatment
will be hereafter received by the return
ing veterans of New York.
sg The copperhead papers are fond
OF quoting from the rebel sympathizing
London Times. Here is grain of truth,
found among all its Misrepresentation,
which we have not yet seen transferred
to their columns. The Times says, "it
has pleased the democratic party i'm the