The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-07-25
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1877.
REBELLI0NS.


The interest in current events is painfully
intense. In presence of the grave peril
there is no occasion to foster excitement,
when GOODNESS and reason are the qualities
most demanded Our full dispatches give
graphic accounts Of the instruction in all
parts of the extended field to the hour Of
going to press.
Whatever may have been the merits Of
the strikers cause at the outset, and so long
as they lefraired from violence these men
have by their own criminal folly forfeited
all claim to sympathy and raised against
them the hard Of every good citizen. They
have by their own acts transformed them
selves from oppressed worklngmen seeking
relief by lawful means, into outlaws who
deserve to be crushed by the iron hand of
military power. They have made decla-
ration OF war against society and murdered
the administrators of the law They have
raised the standard of the Partisan CON-
mune, following like their cxemplars with
crimes of theft. robbery, arson and muir
sued in a government like ours, which
they have outraged. The rioters must be
put down, if it requires ten or even fifty
thousand men and millions of money.
Any other course would be a cowardly and
disastrous surrender. 1t is not question
of protecting railroads or their traffic, but
one of preserving the supremacy of the
Law, which is the foundation of all true
civil government. Both government and
-----..so..Ou "o "nvn ,nU guns opened on
Fort Sumter in the shareholders rebellion.
We have sacrificed human lives by hum
dreds of thousands, and millions of treasure
10 prove that government and order shall
not be subverted by the rebellion OF the
people of any one section. Let us now
prove beyond peradventure that civil gov
eminent and domestic tranquility shall not
be oveIhrown at the will of any class of
our citizens. The road to safety lies only
over the PROSTATE form of this new rebel
lion.
This is by no means the first rebellion of
similar character that has occurred in our
country, aud brief retrospect may not be
Improbable. Even Pittsburg has once be-
fore been the scene Of insurrection. During
the excise troubles of Pennsylvania of 1901
10 1894, which eliminated in the "Whsky
instruction" Pittsburg was the scene of
much violence. Troops were sent against the
mob arrayed to resist the enforcement of
the United States tax on whisky, but there
was no bloodshed in that famous rebellion,
whereas the killing in the riot Of Saturday
equals the mortality of fighting between
organized armies. The older rebellion of
the carly years of the republic, known in
history as the ShRys rebellion, was also al
most bloodless in comparison. 1t was or
ganized by Daniel Shays in eastern Massa-
chusetts, who undertook to redress the high
taxes, the high salary of the governor and
the aristocratic tendencies of the upper
branch of the general court, and
insure the happiness and wealth of
all by the issue of paper money.
In December, 1856, Shays appeared
at Worcester and Springfield issuing an
order forbidding the courts to sit, and soon
after marched out with two hundred men,
to capture the arsenal at Springfield. The
commonwealth of Massachusetts, had
well organized and trained militia, and
knew how to put down rebellion against
the government. The insurgents were
routed at the first fire, three of them
killed, one hundred and fifty taken prison
ers and the balance scattered. Shays, after
hiding for time among the mountains of
Vermont, ended his life in New York.
Fourteen were sentenced to death, who,
together with the rest, were afterwards
pardoned.
In this instance, as in the great rebellion,
is clearly shown the necessity OF military
organizations, and that legislation should
not impair the efficiency of the volunteer
soldiery of the land. A riotous spirit
should be put down by the strong arm of
military power. Wherever this strike i'm
perils the safety of the travelling public, in
terferes with the rights of property or
jeopards the public peace, it should be
summarily punished.