Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-08-03
RUTLAND HERALD.
SATURDAY, JULY %, 1865.
slave States.


Slavery now exists in two states, Ken
lucky and Delaware. Slavery also ex-
lists minus the slaves in New Jersey.
These are the three Mcclellan, dyed-in-
the-wool democratic states, and the
worst Of the three is New Jersey,
Organized partisan democracy in the
Southern states was used up by the re-
belllon. 1t was abolished by the eman-
cipa.ion proclamation and other war;
like measures" 1t was lost in the strug-
gle against the Union, and now that
struggle having failed, the Southern
people are left TO accept its consequent
ces free from past party issues
The leaders and newspapers of the South
fully and unequivocally recognize the
fact that Divine Providence has seen At
to put an end to the "divine" institution.
They leave the institution, stop to shed
but few tears over 1t, and turn their at
tention to living issues.
But partisan democracy still exists In
Kentucky, Delaware and New Jersey
and as the kind of democracy we are
speaking OF seldom learns anything, 1t
has not discovered that slavery is
doomed. In fact, slavery and modern
democracy are inseparable; they are
Siamese twins kill Chang and Eng goes
with him; kill slavery and democracy"
is abolished. 1t is not strange then that
democracy in Kentucky Delaware
and New Jersey clings to its expiring
twin brother with death grasp.
But slavery in Kentucky is rapidly
going. The slaves are emigrating by
thousands, and the anti-slavery party
among the people is fast gaining the nee
essary strength to give the institution
it's finishing blow The Louisville Jour-
nal asks, What is the use of being
against abolition when abolition is a
fact Why advocate dogs life when
the dog is dead?" And the people OF
Kentucky are beginning to see clearly
the pertinency Of such questions
Delaware, unlike most small hodies,
moves slowly. Slavery there, however,
is Of comparatively small account, and
will soon end. But the last ditch OIL
later. day democracy will be in New Jer-
sey. Some fine morning, several years
after the last relict OF the peculiar in
stitution shall have disappeared, the
Jersey Blue democracy will perchance
discover that slavery is really dead and
then will itself give up the ghost; and
the people will shout amen.
REBEL LossEs IL THE WAR.-lt ap-
pears from the proclamation OF Provis-
ional Governor Parsons Of Alabama,
that his state furnished for the rebel
army one hundred and twenty-five thou
sand soldiers, and that more than one
half Of that number either suffered
death Oh were disabled. Calculating,
then, on the basis Of the census of 1850,
the number who entered the rebel army
from that state was one in every seven
and Il fraction Of her entire white popu-
lation. The same proportion in the
state OF New York would amount to
nearly half million OF soldiers, and
would give to that state loss of about
three hundred thousand. Surprising
that the other states included in the re-
bellion, furnished the same proportion
OF men as Alabama and suffered a pro-
portionate loss, and an aggregate rebel
force Of one and one-quarter millions,
exclusive Of negroes, is the result, and
an aggregate loss Of six hundred thou
sand men, This may give us some idea
OF how the able-bodied white popula
ton Of the South has been thinned out
by the rebellion,