Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-06-14
The Copperheads and GEN. Grant.

Gen. Grant crushed the rebellion.
Gen. Grant therefore crushed the hopes
of the Northern copperheads. 1t is nat
ural that the latter should all secretly
hate him, and secretly worship the rebel
chieftain who was opposed to him and
squelched by him Fear of the conse-
Quences to theft party, however gene
rally prevents them from av0wiug this
hatred Of the one general and ad,..iira-
ton of the other quite so openly as in
the following extracts from the La
Crosse (Wisconsin) Democrat, one Of the
leading Democratic papers OF the North
West. But the recent remark of Gen.
Grant that the New York News and Chi
Csgo Times and kindred democratic"
sheets, which are striving to incite an
other rebellion, ought to be suppressed,
was too much for the temper Of the La
II Crosse paper and it blurts out its long
pent up feelings in the following style;
"Ah, but old dog Of Galca0, your teeth
are gone, and as the age of miracles has
passed away, you are not likely to grow
new set right away-your will is good
enough. but those same newspapers
those kindred sheets as you term them,
have full as much power to seize you
aud shake you out of the uniform yoH
disgrace, as you have TO cripple and fetter
their powers.
r. the same conversation In which
Gen. Grant made the remark above men,
toned, he also said that "Gen. Lee was
behaving badly; that is, that he was
setting the example of sullen and un-
willing submission to the re-established
authority of the United States instead
Of using his great influence at the South
for the restoration of harmony and good
feeling. This affords the Democrat an
opportunity TO vent its admiration Of the
rebel which it does as follows:
The lucky General of the Federal
4 forces never has forgiven, never will for
give the grandest living warrior OF the
American continent who with an lne-
rior army fought sue, ,2essfully the Nigh
/ ty forces OF the Federl General, strew-
ing the pathway of the latter from the
Wilderness to Richmond with untold
| numbers of killed and W ounded sacrl-
feed to his ignorance and lack Of skill
Lee behaving badly'-no man OF all the
| thousands who fought in behA II OF the
lost cause has conducted himse IL more
properly and heroically since the cessa-
uon OF the conflict of arms, and "a rant
knew it,"
In the conversation spoken of, which
was one had by an editor from Maine
with Gen. Grant, and which has been
published in our columns, it will be re-
membered that the lieutenant general
made some remark to the effect that the
citizens of Southern localities which
were not reached by our armies during
the war, were the most troublesome and
difficult to deal with now, and that it
might have been better in this re-
Spect il the Federal armies had passed
over the whole area OF the South. The
Democrat SAYS:
What an utterance for man by
whose genius ~ hundreds of miles OF
the most fruitful and beautiful sections
Of the Southern country were wasted
and devastated with fire and sword ;
cities utterly destroyed, and crimes pepe-
F,7ted Of 50 mOaStrOus and degtliSh nature
nat thoHgh a0'0 a gear and ahalf ia the past,
sy StW cry to hearsn for vengeance what
IN aspiration for man by whose orders
Se torch swept the fair and beautiful
eaenandoah; Nero fiddling, dancing and
eVeling over the wreck of burning
Rome did not ask another ruined Rome
% satiate his passions, but General Grant
h0 planned Deeds and caused By lis agents
',rors at Which the civiIi-ed Voyld STOOD
ghaSt, is dissatisfied that the war did
9ot last another year, that he might
nave used the persuasive agencies Of tht
,.ooreh, rape, pillage and murder, upon por
IONS of the South still unvisited."
And this Northern Democratic shee
concludes as follows:
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