Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-10-05
RUTLAND HERALD
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1865,
southern conventions.

anu Fr6slueulldl clSClOTs 10 inc people,
ordered voting in the Legislature by riaa
voce, indorsed the Administration and d.
rected q commission to submit code to
the Legislature for the protection Of the
colored population. The convention
also appointed a committee to intercede
with the President on behalf of JEFF. Da-
Wis and other rebels now in limbo, The
election for Governor and members Of
the Legislature takes place on the 18th
Of October. James L. Orr is nominated
for Governor, and ii is understood that
Gov. Perry will be sent TO the United
States Senate.
The present temper OF the South Caro-
llnians, !! we may Judge by the proceed
ings Of the convention, IS very COM
mendable, There was G little of the Din
conQuerable talk and buster, but it
was speedily and Overwhelmingly
squelched by the great majority Of the
members. Ex-Gov. Pickens, an old Sc
cessionist, said it did not become the
people Of South Carolina to buster
now, and his remark was almost unan-
inously Endorsed.
1t is a remarkable fact that while most
Of the members of the convention were for
supporting heartily the present admin
istration, a few Bourbons and Fire. eaters
were for renewing the contest " through
the aid Of the Democratic party Of the
North" 4 Mr.. Aldrich from the Barn
well district, offered a resolution to be
patient under the evils they could not
avert" and "to await calmly the time
and opportunity to effect deliverance
from unconstitutional rule" and he de-
clared that he hoped for the speedy
overthrow OF the party now in power in
the North" and advised the people Of
the South " to be quiet until they were
strong enough, through the aid Of the DEM
Oorat1 party at the North to get a constitu-
tional government But the spirit Of
his remarks was denounced amid great
applause, and his resolution was laid
upon the table with but very few-lour
or fVe-dissenting votes. AS an indi-
cation OF the present relative strength Of
the Administration and Democratic
parties in South Carolina, this is very
satisfactory so far as it goes.
The Alabama Convention adjourned
on Saturday. 1t fixed upon the first
Monday in November for the State cleo
ton, and passed two very sensible
ordinances, one declaring void all debts
created by the State Of Alabama in aid
Of the late war, directly or indirectly,
and that the General Assembly Of the
State shall have no authority to ratify
or assume to provide for their payment;
and the other providing for submission
Of the amendments OF the State COnsti-
tuition 10 popular vote. This last pro-
vision is wise for the sake Of precedent
at the South, where the people were too
generally cheated into secession, with
out an opportunity to vote directly upon
80 Znomentous movement, and it indi-
Gates realization Of how much mischief
may be done, by conventions and legis-
latures which assume to act for States
without submitting their action to the
ratification of the people. The proceed
ings o. the convention n full have not
yet reached US. The subject Of admit
ting negro testimony in the courts was
passed over to the State Legislature.
When the general question Of slavery
came mp, a Mr. Coleman, late a captain
in the rebel army, objected to any
action ne wanted to wait for the decis-
ion Of The supreme court as to the valid
ity Of the emancipation proclamation.
He believed if they gave up slavery they
would soon be compelled to admit the
negroes TO suffrage. Nobody sustained
the rebel captain in his views, and Judge
Foster d prominent member Of the con-
vention, made conclusive reply, in the
course Of which he said;
&" The supreme court has Il certain
power, and can control individual cases,
but differences between communities,
sections and nations, must be settled by
compromise or by the arbitration Of the
sword, and as a proof of this he would
refer TO the case Of the National Bank,
the bred Scott case and the Missouri
compromise, When there are cases of
great interest involved between nations
or sections of nations, courts are of no
account. In this case the sword had
been the arbiter, and it behooves US to
bow humbly and acknowledge the fact
with as much grace as possible. There
is no appeal. The institution of slavery
If not the cause of secession, has been
the victim of secession, and for its fate
there is no appeal. The issue was sla-
very, and the South took it up and
thank God, the question has been settled
effectually. This fact is manifested all
over the land slavery has been efectu-
ally destroyed. The citizens Of this
State admit it by making contracts with
their former slaves, or the former slaves
Of their neiehbors. Many other eviden-
COS OF its fate are as glaring as the noon
day sun. Almost the entire civilized
world has been opposed to this great
social evil. The anti slavery sentiment,
which but few years ago was no big
ger thar a mans hand, has swent on in