Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-11-15
ROLAND Il EkALD.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER Q, 1866.
u,,ubIican Government and the
One Man Power.

The peace and security of Republic
can government can only be rendered
permanent and safe by the removal from
the body polite of such disturbing ele-
ments as all history shows demagogues
are accustomed to sitze upon and use
for the accomplishment Of their nefari-
ous designs upon the lives of nations or
other objects. In no form OF govern
meDt is the safety Of each individual In
the community 50 closely linked with
the welfare ami perpetuily of the gov
eminent as in that of Republic
In Republic change of government
involves commotioI aud Il feeling of an
archy to- certain extent, and sometimes
great peril to Individual liberty. In no
other form of government have artful
and ambitious men so broad scope for
the exercise of those tricks and unjusti-
liable means by which they seek TO at
tain power for themselves or to crush
that " their enemies. The stream of
tine is >trcwn thick with the wrecks of
nations thus brought to destruction. 1t
/, utterly impossible in a Republic but
that sometimes a bad man will attain to
great political power, who will simulate
honesty, make false professions and pre-
Tend regard or the welfare Of the peo-
pie, while he really has none except for
his own personal Advancement. How
ever successful such a man may be in
.he attainment Of his objects, there gen.
orally comes a time in his career when
his perfdy is exposed, as in the case Of
our present accidental President.
The course that Andrew johnson has
pursued since he became President IS
jul of instructive warning to the lovers
o. free government. 1t shows how, by
hypocrtcal professions, an intelligent
people can be duped. Once this man
yehemently denounced the chivaIry of
the South; now he pardons, and while
still unrepentant for past offences, seeks
10 restore them to their full rights and
immunities under the Constitution. Once
he protested great regard for the welfare
Of the negro, promising to become his
Noses now he brings the whole
yower vi his administration to crush any
measure for the amelioration Of his con-
dition. Once be violently denounced the
copperheads Of the North now he be-
slows upon them all the patronage of
The Federal government. Once, while
Provisional Governor Of Tennessee. he
prescribed more rigid oath for rebels
than any other person or power has ever
advocated now he calls those who in
sist upon any oath at all traitors to the
constitution and the country. And
1nally, once he was honored, respected
and trusted by the loyal people of the
nation, but now they have lost all con-
adence in his honesty, integrity and
patriotism once he had it in his power
to 60 down to future ages crowned with
immortality, but now, the people have
declared in unmistakable tones at the
ballot-hOX that lie will go down as q
man whose folly was only equalled by
his knavery and endeavors to absorb the
powers of popular government and
centralize such powers in himself in
stead Of allowing them to remain in the
hands in which they have for nearly a
century fourished and prospered those
OF the Congress of the people.