Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-03-22
PUILAND HEAL d.
FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1866,
Political Teaching.

The democratic newspapers continual
" told US curing the war that when
.osce returned, and the army Of officials
mich the war called forth had disap-
...rpa the democracy would rise again
=. il was, Federal bayouets aud the du-
.oss imposed by military authority, they
to,d us, kept that party down, Well, |
,ascr returucd-the military organlza-
.;ors throughout the North were dis
hord,d-eyrrybody went and voted As |
~, own free Will dictated-but where |
-,os the once triumphant democracy
nnring the months of October and No
,or,her last, more than six months after
The advent Of peace, general elections /
,rore held in at least ten Northern
states including New York, Ohio, Penn
svIyapia and New Jersey. In every one
If these the democracy was thoroughly
heaten-the whirlwind of indignation
against it's disoyal and rebeIlious spirit
swept through the ten States, not spar
inc the democratic stronghold Of New
Jersey, but remorselessly carrying away
the rubbish and chat Of a corrupt and
demoralized party And this, too, was
accomplished, Notwithstanding the loud
professions OF loyalty, and Of friendship
for President Johnson on the part OF
democratic leaders. In New York the
democratic convention endorsed the
President by resolutions, and put upon
the State ticket several well-known rad
ical Republicans but it was all to no
rurpose. The brand OF disioyalty TO the
Government, and OF inddelity W the
country in its hour OF extreme peril,
was stamped by democratic hands upon
the democratic party. and its insjncere
nro.essions of love for the President
whom the leaders had 50 recently de
rou9cyd. and denounced, too, when he
was Derrillng his life In defence OF his
country, only hred the people all the
more against them But not prohting
nv these lessons, democratic leaders still
kent up their professions of attachment
to President Johnson. hoping to drive
Republicans from him or ALLEVIATE
him from his Union friends and asso-
ciaJes.
In New Hampshire TIE democracy
went intothc field d few weeks ago, un-
der the banner OF ANDY johnson and
the Constitution" and on last Tuesday
it was met by the true Union hosts and
mos disastrousIy routed. Thus for
seven years in unbroken succession, has
this ancient and rocky citadel Of mod
ern democracy been carried to the dis
nav OF its leaders. The.name OF AHdy
Johnson does not save them, nor do pro
fessions of attachmentto the Union give
them victory. The people justly con
clude that if men would not SHOW at
tachment to the CoDsutuJion and Uniol
when half . million men were in th
field 10 destroy both, professions OF sucl
attachment were worthless when mad
after the danger had passed
The clash Of Union and reoe
arms, and patriotic appeals made ami
that clashing, could not move these COZ
rupt old party leaders to break ava
from their accustomed routine, an
make their imperrilled country thei
rallying cry. But if such great thing
do not move them, the continued loss
Office may ultimately reach them. B
the love of office and ambition for Pt
litical control, Southern politicians wei
led to rise in arms against the govern
ment, and it was this passion that hf
kept many Northern politicians bande
together in sympathy with Souther
traitors. But when these men see tn
political power will not return to theE
they Will be likely to seek new and mo
honorable sources ofsupport and anus
ment. Ohice-seeking and holding ha
been a trade by which they have live
The last gun, and the first gun OF l86
comes booming in their ears from Ne
Hampshire and another lesson is add
to the many already given them.