Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-10-29
THE RUTLAND HERALD,
FRIDAY, OCTOBER ~. 1868,
which II "a be President. the trni-
tor az the Patriot

We TAX .hc following trnm the New
York Irish Republic paper which Is do
ing good service among our foreign popu'
latiou in tho present rrcsidvntid contest,
We oomm,ud il 10 those of foreign birth,
as coming irom one who has, and always
has had, the welfare Of this class Of our
people at heart, Already through the
influence, mainly Of this paper, We have
some two thousand lrishmen in New
York city alone, who are determined to
vote for Grant ColiaS, and peace, Al
over tho country, our foreign population
are beginning to get the scales from of
their eyes, beginning,to sec that the word
democracy" as borne by the Democratic
party, und which for so long time Ia,
been false beacon 10 them, is but snare;
and they are becoming convinced that on
ly through the election Of the Republican
ticket can they possibly receive that lib
cvty for which they lcf, the " old sod 10
enjoy,
In the issue Of this Journal for the week
ending September 18Th, "a letter appears
at length which was written in lS6a by
Lord Lyons, who Was at tina, time the
English Ambassador 10 this country, TO
Lord Russell tho British Minister OF
Foreign Affairs in London. On it We.
have already offered few observations
and We now proceed 10 conclude the few
additional remarks which our space will
pernit Us 10 devote 10 a document which
should be carefully pondered by every
American citizen in the present crisis of
his country's history
Are we to have a traitor and coward
ly one at that, for the next President Of
the American Republic l. the chair Of
Washington, who drove the English ty-
rant, detected and disgraccd. from this
magnificent country, 10 be occupied by
man who, only four short years ago, and
in the darkest hour Of his country's trial,
was cody proposing to the British Ambas-
sador, and plotting and preparing. in con-
junction with other traitors as Infamous
As himself, 10 bring back the very same
English tyrant, and establish his power
once more in the very heart Of this Re
public Such man is lloratio Seymour
The proof is before the world. 1t defies |
contradiction. And this is the candidate |
which the so-called Democracy have nom
mated for the highest Office in the United |
States, This is the parsonage which |
Tammany Hall and the Southern Con-
federates invite and urge Irishmeu as
well as Americans 10 vote for and support. |
All who are insane or wicked enough 10 |
comply with this very modest request
will do so with this fact staring them in
the face, that they are doing all that lies
in their power To makG>a proclaimed trail
Tor the next President of the American
Republic.
We will not use the words friends and ,
enemies, for we are 10th 10 believe that
any class, or section, of our fellow-ciiizens !
are our enemies. Most certainly we do .
not feel toward them as such But we
say deliberately and earnestly, to those
who differ from, as well as those who agree
with, Us in opinion. Ttdd HiS LyOHS letter
tor gourSelr6S. The author of it is no
fool. He is a wary and experienced dip
lomatist, a man whose business in life is
TO Judge mems thoughts, to weigh their
words and take the measure of their ac-
tions. And after three careful and anx-
ious Observation-Disclosures sought by
them more than by him - with !
these conservative leaders" Messrs. /
Seymour, Hoffman d Co, does he not de- |
clare in words what it is impossible TO I
misunderstood, that de idea uppeyU,ost in
TIER minds was that OF "FoRElGN MEpI-
ArIoN' between the Government of the
Republic and the Southern Confederacy
that, as an act Of prudence" they |
deemed it necessary TO defer the public |
proposal of such a measure until " the
conservative (Democratic) party would .
come into power as they were then
hoping soon TO do--and that it was deem |
ed essential that the English, the real |
movers and actors in the entire project, |
should not, a. first, appear too prominent
ly in the performance
Foreign meditation" is a very inno-
cent looking expression. But its real
meaning is very different affair indeed.
The voice may be the voice Of Jacob,
but the hand is in the hand Of Esau"
1t meant interference by armed force be-
tween the two parties, who, in 1862, con-
tended for the supremacy in this great
Republic. Men may write or talk vol
umes of contemplate twaddls to explain
macy and no morc-papcr swords and red
tape rifles in the innocent hands of be-
wigged and bediHoned ipotentiaries.
Tins is solemn triiling and the men who
seeks TO deceive Us by il are laughing in
their sleeves ut the gullability of their
dapes Think Of half a dozen old fogies,
without Il particle OF armed force to give
effect to their words, taking their stand
between the armies Of Grant and Lee, and
ordering them 10 pnt down their arms
and dispcr,c We rather think they
would have received very unccremoni-
ous rcply-a request to take themselves
hence with aS mnah speed as possible
failing their compliance with which u
lively reminder, in the shape of few
rid" bullets. would either have quickencd
their motion or summarily relieved their
diplomatic souls of all further connection
with their pmbt,>llnrial bodies Such
chatter rs this Is worse than childish. 1t
Is positively and Intentionally dishonest
Foreign mediation in America. there
fore. meant aud must have meant, the in
vasion of American s4l hv the armies.
aud the hlorktdiug Of the American
coast, by the natives uf thu d,>put, oi
Europe. 1T meant thAt their lcgIunS OF
mercenary murdercrs must have come in
such force as to command submission in "a
manner which il would he hopeless to re-
siSt- compel the cessation OF the strife,
the immediate recognition of the indie
pendcnce of the slave-owning South--the
permission under foreign "protcction" OF
u mock Republic in the North of an
other, probably, in the West; and in case
of determined resistance, the permanent
occupation OF this country BY England
and France. And "the conservative lead
ers,' Messrs Seymour x Co, proposed
this, longed for it, and ION the accession
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