Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-03-27
Che Gntland Snaid.
THuRspAY MORNING, MARCH 81.
A, length il is now tolerably safe to


vhioh ,u.keih the heart sick, will soon oe
over, and the question determined LOT
ages whether these States are to De free'
separate and independent, or to fall pros,
trate. subdued and impotent into the OLD
federal combination from which they have
undertaken to enlarge .hemselves'-l NC"
Orleans True Delta.
We are glad to see that there is at
least one man in Dixie who has brains
enough to perceive, and honesty enough
TO admit, that ciisis is approaching that
a N settle the question as to the "rights"
Of the North and the South in the present
contest, The True Delta--it we remem-
her arisht-was the last New Orleans
paper and we believe the last Southern
sheet Of character, to resist the acts OF
,he leading secessioniss; and 1t would
appear, from the above, that it is now the
first 10 give sensible and timely warning
to those whom it opposed at the outset,
Tint the time is at hand when their pre-
posterous assumption OF the right to dis
solve at pleasure the unity or oneness OF
ahis confederacy, is to be tested, and that
that other question, as to the relative
strength and bravery Of the two sections
of the country is about to be decided upon
the arena of their own choosing.
And the True Delta is right. The
time has come when the heart sickness oil
deferred hope" which has oppressed the
Northern heart, as well as that OF the
South. i about 10 be relieved; : with
out Boosting, we feel bound to say, thai
from present appearances the last sad re-
suit to the South spoken of by the True
Delta, is soon to be realized. How car
they avoid it2 In view of the steady on
ward march of the Northern army sinc'
the opening Of the present year, with 1T
constant succession of victories, and with
- out single defeat, who can longer ques
ton the result2 While we see the Con
federate army throughout the disloys
States demoralized, disorganized, defeate
and discouraged at every point, we Sc
that Of the North everywhere triumphant
full of loyalty, and sanguine OF success
From every point of the great battlefield
everything looks hopeful and encou
aging. In the far Southwest, Sigel an
Curtis have carried the war successful
into the heart of the semi-civiized POI
lions Of Secessia On the Mississippi
the gallant Foote and Gen. Pope al
quietly (and apparently hopefully worI
ing on, passage down the Father
Waters. On the head waters OF Il
Cumberland and Tennessee, Gems. Blu
and Grant, with their subordinates, al
with large force, threaten the lines
the Cotton States. The former, at Ia
accounts, still held his headquarters
Nashville; while under the latter, t
largest number Of steam vessels ever co
gregated in the Union are assembled, wi
troops, a. Savannah on the Tennes
river about twenty miles north OF
Alabama line. The immediate object
this large body of troops and transpo
we, 0, course, are not positively avail
bu. IN view of the proximity of this po
to the cotton regions of Northern A
bama and Mississippi, and its relative
si,ion to Memphis, we are ledto thi
that transports and troops will here hs
divided duty to perform. In Easte
Kentucky and Tennessee and >Weste
Virginia, everything, just now, is
quiet and peaceable as "tbings" of Ii
have been on the line of the Potoma,
But the great path finder has aei
been detailed for duty, and we shall I
pect TO sec hsn1 soon In active service
this department. In the meantime
great, and, we doubt not. the best
ciplined army of the Union-that of
Potomac-has "moved," and under
lead of the gallant Mcclellan, we Sd
expect to hear of change front" in
affairs Of Virginia. With burnside
the rear Of Norfolk, and the forces Of T,
sress Monroe TO oct in concert W
Mcclellan, we shall expect sooa to see
end Of Virginia 5rag and buster;
with Dupont and Sherman on the SOU
eastern coast. and Butler and Porter
Phelps laundering away at Mobile
New Orleans, we have no doubt but
~ n-laans rr,apdl uili soon I