Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-12-21
HERALD.
,eIpaY. DECEMBER 10, 1865,
4 Third Estate.

difficulty ia believing may hc again.
l, Ia known that at the commencement
che late war, aud until near its close,
- IA, affairs Of the rCh,is were get.
y M, 20 b, desperate, they, the rebels,
/ H. --ed ju hSVv u perfect horror OF
] n. dca 81 employing negroes as sol
L., but they hualll Cam, Ia It, and
h. Glad enough 10 get all the help
/ b. could from that source. There are
4 A present in Washington outside Of
{fongress. two rather interesting
Masses o. persons. One Of these
tnslsts o. the representatives OF the
5. Reconstructed States, who appear to be
,1,,a as anxious Ia get INTO Congress as
I'm representatives of the same States
H.. to get out few years ago. Some
Eosucles appear to lie in the way Of
A. admission, and these obstacles are
No. formidable in the case of some
A. 0. others but all have found by
IN lmG that the right to hold u seat
n ar.C Congress OF the Nation is not in
Al aspects like Il loose wrapper which
man can put oil and on at pleasure
VI venture to affirm that il is the wish
81 rycry true patriot in the land that
h. may be speedily devised whereby
al the revolted States may he fully res
.t-j and their representatives admit
h. 1t IS manifest that the States
themselves desire this, and that they
,ge doing even more than people at the
North generally expected they would do,
n gain this object 1t may be true that
Rser motives are selfish, hut if we ex-
kute from the pale Of good society all
Esase who act in ii praiseworthy man
Ia from selfish motives, we fear that
y.hs pale would become very much like
En- ,lllow's orchard that had but zone
catering tree in it,
81 The other class consists OF Messrs.
EDo1glass Downing and few other gen
Ftemen of color, who have been sent to
Washington to look sharply after the
Srghts and interests Of four millions Of
Z s.r race. We know not that they have
Ian definite course Of action marked
To- The probability is they have not,
but only intend to watch the signs OF
I b. times, and be governed by events as
b. transpirc.
It is undeniable that the problem Of
RECONSTRUCTION and reconciliation is
|prplexing one. There art obstacles in
D. way which If not insurmOuutaOle,
b. at least formidable. How far the
general government ought to relax from
III stern demands of justice, to recedc
Eom its measures Of 0onfscation and
Republication, and how low the rebels
Ought TO be required to descend into the
ERScy o. humiliation, are questions that
KFoud seem to require something more
Ehau human wisdom rightCuIly 10 deter
|rne
The christian idea O, reconciliation
Between rebels and their rightrul sover-
ssgn, involves that Of a DAYS Man, or
Slt,rcessor and prolessedy, and we
may say, emineutly Christian Nation
ssaght TO conduct its affairs upon chris
tan principles. 1t is not impossible
Nut that the sable deputies now at Wash
hgtOn may yet perform an important
part IN this great work. They cOnsti-
tate kind Of Third Estate, and stand
p important relations to both the great
parties in the present negotiations. To
the one they have never done any injury
land not only So they have rendered
most important service. Indeed, it is
t0ubtful whether the National Govern
ftut could ever have succeeded in put
tag down the rebellion without their
sil, o. the other, they are the rightful
sgcditors, by years and centuries Of I'M
ftQuitod toll, and Of untold and unre-
Stressed wrongs. Their importance,
their intelligence and their influence are
Decreasing every day These facts and
circumstances have suggested ideas to
more than one mind that are beginning
~ End expression, as will be seen from
Hlnch remarks as the following, which we
@nd IN the N. Y. Tribune:
| Suppose, now, that these two classes
Aould quietly come together, and agree
p platform of peace and everlasting
2onciiation, who would not rejoice
Fhat action of the inside Congress
Fould be half so important or half so
peneticent How many auditors would
femain to Speaker Colfax's meuageric
Fhiie there was room for another to
!queeze within eyesight or earshot of
Iaat wherein the entente cordtalo between
me whites and blacks of the South was
itself7 How quickly
eould "pale the Intellectual fres" of
Monroe Mexican BuncOmbe before the
sunrise OF a true Southern reconstruc-
zion?
DO we seem to speak lightly Most
Certainly we were never more in earnest.
i cancellation between the Southern
Tlltes and the blacks would completely
8OIve all our remaining difficulties in an
OOf, Mr.. Stevens might demand con-
sCation; Parson Brownlow might call
III military execution; the cotton-job-