Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-08-20
THE RUTLAND HERALD
III ESnAY, AUGUST lS, 1865,
The Present psiiiiCa, issue,

The ,s,liiral issues that enter into the
Presidential campaign are most clearly
defined and are shown in the platforms Of
the respective parties, Tho Republican
party announce that ,hcy believe in sub
hitting 10 TIE state oi affair, as they at
presen, exist, and that whether the States
that seeded are In on out II the Union,
that their relations 20 the Union have
been prast Ally destroyed by the war,--
that .layegyhas been abolished meyer 10
appear on our soil again ohl tho whole
social system e the South has bea
changed, and whom tl,cy ome,haek they
must return IN harmony with things a.
they now are, with their institutions oi
bondage ulliieutel, the citizenship u
the eolored man established and the doc
,rine Of State rights abandoned The r.
publican advocate the superiority II the
Federal over State government and that
,hi, point was fully settled hy tie war.
The Democratic platform on the other
hand takes the position that all legislation
since the war Is unconstitutional and
therefore not binding, and must be- swept
from the statute books Of the land They
announce that the black man i bat a
semi.citiken. They hold 10 the doctrine
Of State rights, and that the cycle, Of
time must be reversed and Lee, surren,
der mus, be- the starting point TO frame
the laws for the government Of the iucom-
ing States, AL candid observer, Of
political events must acknowledge that
since the beginning Of the rebellion the
great issues before the American people
have never been so clearly defined a, in
the present canvass.
The Republican party, through all the
bloody struggle, stood up maniully 10 the
support Of the government, and on every
opportunity urged the noble cause of hu
man liberty Was it So with the Con
sentative party Of the country Most
certainly not. II never did anything in
a decided manner, but IL, leaders always
lodged candid opinion, and it has all
the way through favored secession and
opposed coercion, weakening the govern,
ment and giving aid aud comfort TO the
enemy; but soon after the first gun OF
Sumter was fired, their party ship was 81
nayigated as to be ready TO Join the sue
cessful cause, and TAT the time when all
was dark before rs, the true principles o
the old Democracy were under the ooyel
of deceit. Every rebel victory fount
their cry for the south, and at ever,
Union victory their voices SoUHi,d ~
tnar On one occasion. however, whcr
the Convention at Chicago nominated
Mcclellan, they made manifest their true
colors under the lead of IIoratio Seymour
solemnly declaring the war failure
ami demanded cessation of hostilitics
This doctrine they found unpopular and
they defeated thor candidate and left
their light obscurcd until the present time
The war having ended, this party lifts It's
banner with its principles inscribed there
on, and with the aid Of the South they
hope To win the Presidential battle by
declaring in favor of all those thing
which please and Halter the Southern
chiyalry, They may in a measure gain
their purpose by this truckcring to tn
mad propensiti', Of the southern seces
sionists and traitors. but the people ar
aroused, and will under the lead Of th'
gallant Grant preserve inyiolate the prin
ciples Of the great Republic for which on
soldiers fought during the hours of tn
rebellion.