Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1861-05-23
Tte gntlaua gerald.
THURSDAY MORNING, MAY %, 1861.
THEY WANT BUT LITTLE
THERE BELOW.

after all. 1t has been all along supposed
that they wanted Washington-that they
wanted to see their flag floating not only
from the National Capitol, but over Faneuil
Hall in Boston, and from various other small
towns and villages, occupied by the "mud-
sills" and greasy mechanics who, so long
as things moved on in their accustomed and
proper channel, were simply regarded as
beneath the notice of southern gentlemen,
and, unlike their brethren of darker hue at
the South, worthy of no better fate than to
be lett to take care of themselves.
The idea had been, in some quarters,
gathered somehow from the orations Of infla-
ted southern politicians and from the general
tenor and tone of their truth-telling journals,
that their army, Gen. JEFF. Davis, Command
ing, was contemplating a summer trip to the
north of the Potomac, where it was expected
their generals would be sumptuously enter
tanned by their allies the first class northern
men with southern contederacy principles
while the chivalry-legions in the ranks
would be afforded the golden opportunity
to help themselves from the vaults of few
of the most obnoxious northern banks, and
thus obtain, in cash down, that ust remun-
Grafton for their services which might be
inconvenient to find within the limits of their
own proud "Confederacy."
Ali this, however, seems to have been
mistaken else the rebels have materially
altered their programme and modified their
purposes of late. According to information
received from the best and most reliable
sources among them, they now want compare
lively ittle-ther chief want being to be "let
alone" They now tell US in plain terms
that they have not the slightest wish to take
Washington, and Mr.. Davis thinks our
President Lincoln has been giving himself
much unnecessary anxiety about that trivial
matter, and causing vast deal of stir and
trouble and expense for nothing. And so it
follows, as matter Of course, that the rebel
chiefs do not at present want Philadel phia,
New York, Boston, or any other of tn m ore
important and wealthy cities of the Middle
or the New England States.
And it seems to have quite lately occurred
to some of the more astute among them tn at
they 90 not want Cairo, even, a point which
has hitherto been looked upon by military
men as otgreat Importance in this campaign.
Southern3rs, however, have a decided aver
sion to Cairo ; in proof of which, let us quote
from the Memphis Argus, which paper says
"Cincinnati papers OF Friday publish dis
patches from Washington that orders have
gone from the war department to put Cairo
in the best military condition. We don't
want Cairo. 1t is not of sufficient Importance
Tor US to make any fuss about. It would be
an easy matter for us to take it if we wanted
it, but as it is not decent place, gentlemen
will avoid it,
There YOU have it. 1t would be an easy
matter for them to take Cairo-J they
colsfed which they do not. But on the
contrary. southern gentlemen will avoid it as
an indecent place.
Perhaps they will after time discover
that they do not want the forts. minis. and
other property which they have stolen from
the government, and will graciously conde-
scend to deliver them up to their rghtful
owners. Time will determine il 50 let us
wait patiently, and see,