Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-07-27
RUTLAND HERALD.
SATURDAY, JULY Is, 1865.
Spirit of the south.


is the part of true craftsmanship to take
practical view of affairs, he adds
Applying this rule to our present
condition, and remembering that revo-
luton and war often sweep away long
established usages, demolish theories
and change institutions, 1t Ia, in my
Judgment, the best that we accept the
fate imposed upon us by the fortunes of
war, and that we give up slavery at once,
by the action of the Convention, which
it is supposed will assemble under the
call of the Provisional Governor, APP
pointed to reorganize the State Govern
ment; that we organize system Of la
Dor as speedily as possible, which will
be alike Just to the late master and
slave; that we return good citizens, to
relieve the distressed, repair the damages
which have resulted from the contest,
and restore permanent peace and pros
perity to the whole country under the
old flag, to which all must again look
for protection, from the Atlantic to the
Pacific.
GAS will give no advice to Others
which will not practice myself, | shall
tion and laws of my State will permit to
emancipate my own slaves and shall
treat them as free, and give them part
of the crop, or such other wages as may
be agreed upon for their future labor"
To like effect spoke Mr.. BoyCe Of
South Carolina, in a recent address. He
said:
al consider slavery as gone, and the
best thing for us to do is to recognize
that fact distinctly and unequivocally,
and accept it in perfect good faith with
all its logical consequences. Amy other
course is only going. to protract and in
tensify the darkness of the night through
which we are now passing. Let US re-
cognize the great fact that the negro is
no longer a slave, and let us act toward
him in a kind spirit. This does not, Of
course, imply that we are to sacrifice
ourselves for him, but it means that we
are t. give him fair chance. This is
our policy, this our duty. Less than
this will not satisfy our sister States,--
If, then, after fair trial, emancipation
proves to be q failure, and the n gro race
is an incubus on the country, it will be-
come necessary to cOlonize them in an
other land.
"Our greatest craftsmanship now con-
sists in pacifcation with the North
Every man should lend himself to this
work. Whoever does u kindness to a
Northern man is doing a wise thing for
his country. The history Of nations is
the judgment of God. Let us acquiesce
in that destiny from which there is no
appeal Slavery is gone, but all is not
lost. Our fortunes are shattered; we
are poor indeed, but the heavens are still
above US; and though the way before
us is rugged let US with great hearts
move forward to fulfill our mission,
whatever it may be"
All which is very sound, sensible and
satisfactory, But unfortunately, we fear
that the number of late prominent rebels
who have progressed so rapidly in the
right direction, is comparatively small.
President Johnson seems to have caught
a Tartar even in his newly appointed
provisional governor of South Caro-
lima. Mr.. B. F. Perry of Greenville, S.
c., is the man, and he was appointed be-
cause he was supposed to have the fair
est Union record of any of South Caro-
lina's not particularly Union sons. His
record may be such, but it does not
seem much to boast Of after all. 1t is
said that Mr.. Perry was always deemed
t'unsound by the nullifiers and embryo
secessionists of his state; but if this is
true, it goes to show that there may
still be something o. difference between
an uns0und secessionist and sound
unionist. On the Sd inst. Mr.. Perry
made speech to the Geeenville people.
A few extracts will suffice to show its
spirit
"Mr. Chairman, / will here frankly
say, as l have often said during the past
four years that there was not man in
the United States who more deeply re-
GREETED the Secession of the Southern
States than did at the beginning of the
revolution; and there is not aoaO N the
Southern States any one tCho feels more bitter
ky the humiliation and degradation of going
back into the Union than do. Still, know
that we shall be more prosperous and
happy in the Union than out of it.
He however says that secession was
not properly rebellion, because
at was organized by constitutional
sovereign States, acting in their sover-
eign capacity, and not by unauthorized
asspmhlaops Of citizens
Treason may be committed against
the State of South Carolina as well as
against the United States. 1fter South
Carolina left the Union, all her citizens sVys
liable, as traitors, ia the State Courts, soho
took sides Wib tie United States and fought
against her. If they were liable to be
punished as traitors in the United States
Courts, for taking side with the State,
then all were traitors and liable to be
executed as traitors, whether they
fought for or served the one or the 9th
er government. This would, indeed, be
a most cruel and lamentable condition.
Death was their portion, act as they
might. To stand neutral they could not,
and to choose between the State and
United States was death. Surely, a
principle so monstrous and absurd can
net be enforced. There were thousands
n L - A. L. To-