Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-03-31


crudeiy expressed, not scientifically elab.
orated--for, as said before, / am nc
fnancier-I shall vote for the passage OF
this bill
Pursuit of knowledge nndcr Diff.
culties.
1t Is reported that only one man has
as yet gone TO the bottom OF the Schles-
wig Holstein question, now agitating
Europe +; that that man was German
philosopher, and that he straightway
went mad. Now if any political philos-
opher wishes to place the loyal public
under an everlasting load of gratitude
and run the risk of going mad in the
attempt, there is an opportunity much
better, we think, than the foregoing, in
endeavoring to get so near the bottom
OF the latter-day Democratic question as
to be able to explain what are the prin-
ciples, If any, which have to do with it.
The absorbing topic at present with all
parties is of course the prosecution of
the war. 1t would be well, therefore,
to commence the inquiry with ascertain
ing the position of the modern Democ-
racy on this subject. Leading Demo
cratic papers at the East, such as the
New York World, the Boston Post, etc,
profess to favor the carrying on of the
war for the defence OF the Union and
the preservation of the country In it's
integrity. Going further West, we are
met with such emphatic utterances as
these by the Cincinnati Enquirer, one
of the leading Democratic" papers of
that section
z--"'f The great question of our politics
a question so momentous, that it alb
serbs and extinguishes all others--is the
question of war or peace. It is ques-
ton presenting an issue of principle so
wide and SO strongly marked, that no
man is at liberty to make his choice be-
tween the two turn upon considerations
of mere expediency. n Uay Democrat is
therefore a thing inpossibh. The title he
chooses is a contradiction in terms-as
inconsistent as that of an honest thief or
vR-tuole protigats No averment of DEM
ocratic antecedents can establish in any
man the right to caR himself Democrat,
who is in favor of the prosecution of war
which Is not merely wrong in the mode
in which it has been conducted, but is
rroag IL, its inception and scroag IN the fros-
eiples icaich are set up as tie ground upon
,ehich il is soagea."
Here is good opening then for our
political philosopher lis the Demo-
cratic" party of the North war party
or peace party lin favor of defending
the Union against the wicked assaults
of it's enemies, or of cowardly submits
sion to their treason i'm favor of main
tanning the Union, or Of letting it go to
| pieces
If our seeker after truth under diff
| culties makes inquiries of Democrats,
most Of them, hereabouts at least, will
probably assure him with a degree OF
seeming indignation at the question
that they are of course for the mainten-
ance of the Union, that even the cues
ton of it's dissolution cannot be enter
tanned for q moment. If he inquiries
into the course of Democratic" lead
ers in Congress, he fluids that they are
Il frequently introducing and supporting
measures for an amicable conference
with the traitorous leaders for a settle
ment of existing difficulties, notwith
standing it is notorious that they scorn
fully reject every suggestion of a settle
, ment except on the basis of the dissolu
ton and destruction of the Union. And
he reads the papers for Instruction, h
will be utterly COMPOUNDED by meetin
with such Democratic resolutions q
the following, passed by Democratic
t meeting in Butler County, Ohio a fe'
q days since:
q Resolved, That the continued acqu
+ sition of territory and admission of ne
i States, would, without other disturbir
" influence, sooner or later cause dissoc
% alton and render. the establishment
several confederacies as inevitable
J, death that the destiny of the Angl
u, American is, not to perpetuate hug
y oyershadowing Federation but, on all
q, herita5ie territory of tie Continent, to 6npr
is the sorreignty Of the people and to erect
le 6oakdaries of the States: that tbs IS the I
le celsior, and accordantly Herewith it
II the dsay of the Democratic party
AZ CARELESS of the articles of the cunnil
n the timidity of the pusillanimous, the
u consistency of the vacillating, ard
at counsel of the incapable--to fearless
en- inscribe on its banners, Amity, Co
n merce. Alliance with the Southern CO
r; federacy, war with France for the &
70 cutorship Of Mexico"
II. flour political philosopher is by t
an time amad" enough to conclude Il