Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-03-09
Policy oil Restoration.


have some other objects in view besides
breaking his will, or subduing his tenn
per BE will above all things be careful
10 keep himself right. He has no more
right to exercise an ungovernable tenn
per than the child has. He should in
ate first place, as George Sumner,
brother of Charles, once said, take one
Of his size and thrash himself" He
should chasten his own spirit and thus
prepare himself to take calm and cor
rect view of the situation of his child
He will by all means endeavor 10 allay
that nervous excitement which is insep-
arably connected with strong emotion
OF any kind, and which constitutes no
essential part Of moral delinquency. He
will not fail to give the child an oppor-
tunity to let himself dozen, at the first
manifestations of returning reason. He
will in short labor to obviate all misap-
prehensions and misunderstanding be-
tween himself and the child:
Now it seems to us that policy anal
treatment of at least portion of the
people in the rebellious States. The re-
bellion is indeed to be crushed the au-
thority of the Government is to be
maintained; the danger which has
threatened our existence as a nation is
70 be averted and the proper guaran-
ties for the future are to be secured.
But headlong, oyerbearing, indiscrim-
mate and vindictive course Of proceed
ing would be deplorably wrong. A cor
rect, unbiased, unimpassioned view Of
the situation Of things in the Southern
States is an Indispensable prerequisite
to the adoption of a proper course OF
action in their behalf.
1t does not seem reasonable to require
the whole south to be laid upon the bed
OF Procrustes An organization that
would suit one locality, would in all
probability require great notifications
for another. Gen. Sherman, from the
knowledge he has gained from actual
contact with the south, and from ear
nest consultations with the most intelli-
gent and influential negroes, thinks it
best to try the experiment OF colonizing
them by themselves. Gen. Banks in .
Louisiana, after having personally and
thoroughly surveyed the whole ground,
adopts system by which the blacks
are provided with food, raiment, shelter,
education and employment at remuner-
alive wages.
Those who have not summered and
Wintered" in the midst of that system,
we submit, are not competent to pro-
nounce definitely with regard to its
merits. To any one who would take a
calm and rational view OF things it
would seem preposterous idea to allow
all those VIGOROUSLY ignorant blacks
all the rights of citizenship till they had
gone through period of naturalization
ESQ to speak, and enlightenment.
Again, after Savannah had been taken
and Gen. Geary had been left in COM
mand, he encouraged all loyal men to
come forward and offer any cotton for
sale, at fair prices, which they might
have in possession. The arbitrary sci
zure of the cotton brought forward I'M
der such encouragement would, for eX-
ample, operate as anything but philo-
sophie and parental inducement to dis
obedient children to return to their
daty.
We fear, too that radical and
intolerant course will have the effect to
q divide the Union party. The great ma
iority of the people in the loyal States
are now united on the issue OF prescott
. ing the war and crushing the rebellion
But It is undeniable that there is both q
radical and conservative element, and
we do not believe that the great con
servative portion Of the people will toll
crate such summary course as is sha-
dowed forth in the views OF Mr. Sumner
and some others.
So far as the great Union party may
%. be kept together by the cohesive power
r of public plunder," or be actuated by
John Randolph's seven principles,
namely, five loaves and two fishes, it il
matter of no Importance that it SHOULD
continue unbroken. On the other hand
the more it is disintegrated the better
But in view of the fact that more or les
disunon and treason exists, and is 70
some time likely to exist, in every par
of the land, it is desirable that stron!
Union party, embracing the creates
and best men in the land, should hav
the control of national affairs. To main
"a the existence of such party
.r. to us that men who are motor
1ical in their views, who ar
q moments delay In tn
of their darling pre-
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