Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-11-09

THE PRESIDENTS Conversation WITH
Mr.. STEARxs.-The Presidents scheme
OF final rcc0nwructon as mapped out
by himself, in conversation in which
he chad nothing to conceal is some
times indistinct where we could wish
! it definite, in some cases it falls short Of
what we could desire, and in Others it
runs beyond the hopes Of some of our
downcast friends But whomsoeyer else
it disapponts it will, in our judgment,
notably disappoint in the end the ex-
! pectatiODs Of two classeS,-the demo-
cratic flatterers Of the President who
MOSTLY protest that he is coming over to
| them, and the suspicious among the re-
publicans, who fear that he is going in
| that direction. The democrats have al
ready "taken stOcE,' heavily in the Pres
| ident's plan, AS the phrase gOes,-with-
ont knowing their ground, and are a
great deal beyond their depth. They
will find, we apprehend, that their adj
venturOus pledges Of the last month or
| two bind them to the support Of some
very stiff doctrines, when the test is fair
ly applied to see whether, as the PreSi-
| dent says. "they have come up TO our
| IL.
suspect, will find, to their surprise, that
| the thing which the President has least
of all in mind, is breach with the great
| party which elected and Sustains him,
and in which alone he can find any real
| sympathy with the ultimate objects
| wnICL he has Ia view. 10 may we'll be,
| that when Congress meets and is called
upon to take action on the question of
| admitting the Southern members, more
direct methods Of reaching the final So
luton of This problem may recommend
| themselves to many; but we do not find
either in Mr.. JOhnsOn's words, or in the
spirit of his conversation as now repOr-
ted, or in the necessity OF the case, any
reason for believing that this state of
things will inyolves anyH danger of a
breecb which cannot easily be counter
vailed by mo jerate exercise Of good
temper and good iudgment,-BostonD ai-
| y -A4rrtisr,
THE PRESIDENTS SPEECH TO THE TUN-
IsIANs.-At the reception Of the Tuuis.
ian embassy by the president, on Mon
day, he replied to the address of Gen or
man Hashem. the ambassador, very hap,
PLY, saying among other things -
"Thls inauguration Of national court
estes between the old Contiuant OF AZ
RIGA and the new continent Of America
seems TO us to be suggestive, and we trust
that it is suspicious. ] am glad that
TuniS has sent Us an envoy, and especi-
ally pleased that you have been chosen
by his highues7 the Bey to be that min
lister. You are lavOrably known TO Us
as d soldier and a scholar, and above all,
~ a statesman devoted to the extiuc-
ton Of slavery. You will be able to re-
port to his highness the Bey that the
American nation are trying a humani-
tartan experiment. 1t is nothing less
than this; Whether a people can save
liberty and at the same time govern it.
self. The events, pleasing and painful,
to which you have referred in your
speech, and to which your government
has referred so kindly in your letters OF
credenca. were incidents of this great
trial. We have accepted them as such,
and while we thank God that he has
saved rs from the calamities which
were threatened US by great crimes, We
thank him for having inclined the ma
lions of the earth to interpret these
crimes and their consequences so justly
We humbly trust that our success will
be bcncfcent not only at home but
throughout the world, because it will
| give assurance that, although war and
conquest are so directed by Providence
as to produce benefcent effects, yet that
benevOleuce and peace are even better
Iagences to promote the progress Of civ
ilizltion."